General Knowledge a Indian Geography Census 2011~~ —- testbook »mm Census 2011 The Census 2011 is the 15th National Census survey conducted by the Census ‘Organization of Indic. Mr. €. Chandramouli is the Commissioner & Registrar General of the Indian 2011 Census. The 2011 Indian National Census was conducted in 2 phases - house fisting ond population. + The national census survey covered all 26 states of the country and 7 Union territories including £40 districts, 497 cities, 5767 tehsils & over 6 lakh villages. India's Population Dynamics Demographic Composition Population Dota ne aston Growth of vanous demographic Literacy Rates Hignnights penads of een ies. Examines the iteracy significant population levels across diferent increase and dectine, ‘genders and states. Urban and Rural Census History Distribution ‘Chnonicles the evolution Explores the balance ‘and methodology of between urban and rural \ndia’s census over time populations in India, Important points @ Census 2011 © Census was introduced in India during the era of Lord Mays in the year 1872. © Ttcame into force fram 1881 © The first-ever Census was carried out in Sweden in the year 1749. * The motto of Census 2011: “Our Census, Our future”, Census 2011 was held in two phases: > House Lis ing & Housing Census (April to September 2010) > Population Enumeration (9th to 28th February 2011)EEE ISoIVVYUA Oil Number of Administrative Units in Census 2011 > Staves/UTS: 35 > Districts: 640 > Sub-districts: 5,924 > Towns: 7,956 > Villages: 6.42 lakh ‘ The responsibility of conducting the decennial Census rests with the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India + In Indio, the 15th Census was carried out in 2011. It was the 7th Census of Independent India + According te the Census Analytical Report, India has the highest youth popuistion, and in-the year 2020, the average age of Indians will be 29 years. %* Increase in population from 2001 to 2011: 181 Million, % The people residing in Urban areas constitute 31.2% of the Indian Population (around 37 crores), while the Rural Area comprises 68.8% of the Indian Population. 4 According to the Census 2011, the highest percentage of the Rural Population resides in Himachal Pradesh, % According to the Census of India 2011, the population of India is 1210,569,573 (121crore) comprising of 625,121,845 (62.3 crore) males and 587,447,750(58.7 crore) + As per Census 2011, sex ratio of India is 943 females per 1000 mates. The effective literacy rate for India has gone up from 64.83 percent in 2001 to 74.04percent (census 2011) % The population density of India has gone up to 382 persons per square kilometer in 2011 ‘9s compared to 325 persons per square kilometer in 2001, Facts about the 2011 Census Literacy rate: @ person is considered literate if he/she is aged 7 years and above, and can bath read and write with understanding in any language is treated as literate, The effective literacy rate for India has gone up from 64.83 percent in 2001 to 74.04 percent (census 2011) showing an increase of 9.21 percentage points. The top 10 states/UT with the highest literacy rates areTeSTDOOK SHE Uterocy Rates BH 6232 prctora eroge| Bane 1] Maes B etn Bs Rank Statesut Literacy Rate (Approx.%) 1 Kerala 24.00 2 Lakshadweep 80 3 Mizoram LD 4 ‘Goa 88.70 Ss Tripura 8720 é Daman & Diu 8710 | 7 Andaman & Nicober 86.60 & 8620 9 “26.00 10 25.80 Sex Ratio: As per Census 2011, the sex ratio of India is 945 females per 1000 males. © In rural creas, there are 949 femnsies to 1000 men, while in urban areas there are 929 females to 1000 males. Rural India has 21,813,264 more males and urban India has 13,872,275 more males then femeles. ‘© _Indic's Sex Ratio has improved from 935 in 2001 to 943 in 2011. © The top 10 states/UT with the highest sex ratio are:eT” = testbook sim Rank Senter. “= mie t Kerala i084 2 Puducherry 1,037 4 ‘Andhra Pradesh 7 5 Chhattisgarh ot é Meghalaya 309 7 Manipur 965 @ “Telangana 85 ? Odisho 9 10 Mizorom 978Top 10 Most Populous States: testbook /ssmuuu State/UT Population (in Crores) Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Bihar West Bengal ‘Madhya Pradesh Tamil Nadu Rajasthan Karnataka Gujarat ‘Andhra Pradesh 10 States with the ‘The date given below is related 10 SC’s only: ‘Top highest SC population Rank State/uT ‘SC Population (%) 1 Punjab 32 2 Uttar Pradesh 2 3 Rajasthan. 17 4 Madhya Pradesh 7 5 Haryana a 6 Bihar 16 ? ‘West Bengal 25 a Tamil Nadu 20 9 Odisha 16 10 ‘Andhra Pradesh 7 India Religion-wise population = Population Growth rate of various religions has come down in the last decade (2001-2011),testbook sim «Hindu Population Growth rate slowed down to 1676 % from the previous decade's figure of 19.925 while Musims witnessed @ sharp fall in growth rate to 24.60% (2001-2011) from the previous figure of 29.52 % (1991-2001). «Such sharp fall in the population growth rate for Muslims hosn't happened in the last 6 decades. Christian Popuiation growth was at 15.5% while the Sikh population grewth rate stood at 84%. +The most educated and weolthy community of Joins registered the lowest growth rate in 2001-2011 with a figure of just 5.4%. Exams. Facts that are most Frequently asked © Total Census til 2024: 25 + Totalafter Independence: 7 ‘* National Population Policy: 2000 #2011 Census in 2 Phases covering 26 states, 8 UTs, and 640 Distt. «The theme of the 2011 Census: Our Census Our Future. ¢ First Census of a City: In 1650, Dhaka by Henry Walter(Father of Census in India). «Population ir 1901: 238.4 milion. * Population in 2001: 1029 million, ¢ Population in 20011: 423 Billion. + 1911-1921 Period of Negative Growth. © 1961-1971: Period of Maximum Growth. ‘¢ 1951-1981: Period of Population Explesion. © 1971: Concept of Standard Urban Area. © Population of SC’s 16.6% and ST's 8.6%. ‘The density of the Indion population is 382/sqkm. © UT with maximum and minimum population density: Deihi & Andaman and Nicobar Islands Sex Ratio: 943 in adults and 919 in children. © Decth Rote: 72 per 1000/Se” =—estbook hit «State with zero Population of SC: Nageland, «State with negative Growth Rete: Nagaland. + The state with the highest Populction Growth is Meghalaya follawed by Arunachal Pradesh and Bihar. Total literacy Rate: 74.04%. ¢ Literacy rate among Moles: 82.14%, © Literacy rate among Females: 65.46%. © Literacy Gap between Moles and Females: 16.68%. © The highest literacy rate: is 94% in Kerala and the Lowest is 61.8% in Bihar. «The highest Literate district is Serchip(Mizoram) and the lawest is Alirajpur(MP). «The literacy rate in SC is 66.3% and in ST is 59%. * ‘The highest Urban population is in Goa. © The population that fives in Rural Areos is 68.8%. The absolute increase in population s 18.29 crore which is 17.7%. ©The largest Buddhist/Jain population is in Maharashtra. ‘The population increase in absolute value is the maximum in: > Urban: Maharashtra >Uttar Pradesh > Tamil Nedu. > Rural: Uttar Pradesh > Bihar > West Bengal. > Gout if we talk in percentage, not in absolute vaiues. * National workforce, Males: 53.25% and Females: 25.51%. * The workforce in Sectors, Primary: 54.6% and Secondary: 24.3%. © Below the Poverty Line: 21.9% which consists of Urban: 13.7% and Rural: 25.7%