Demographics India

Age and Gender

Age Groups

Persons

Males

Females

6 years and below

163,819,614

84,999,203

78,820,411

Proportion to total population (%)

15.9

16.0

15.9

7 to 14 years

199,791,198

104,488,119

95,303,079

Proportion to total population (%)

19.4

19.6

19.2

15 to 59 years

585,638,723

303,400,561

282,238,162

Proportion to total population (%)

56.9

57.0

56.9

60 years and above

76,622,321

37,768,327

38,853,994

Proportion to total population (%)

7.5

7.1

7.8

Age Not Stated

2,738,472

1,500,562

1,237,910

Proportion to total population (%)

0.3

0.3

0.3

Literates and literacy rates by sex : 2011

State
India/State/
#
/UT
Union Territory
Code
1 2
INDIA
01 Jammu & Kashmir
02 Himachal Pradesh
03 Punjab
04 Chandigarh #
05 Uttarakhand
06 Haryana
07 NCT of Delhi #
08 Rajasthan
09 Uttar Pradesh
10 Bihar
11 Sikkim
12 Arunachal Pradesh
13 Nagaland
14 Manipur
15 Mizoram
16 Tripura
17 Meghalaya
18 Assam
19 West Bengal
20 Jharkhand
21 Orissa
22 Chhattisgarh
23 Madhya Pradesh
24 Gujarat
25 Daman & Diu #
26 Dadra & Nagar Haveli #
27 Maharashtra
28 Andhra Pradesh
29 Karnataka
30 Goa
31 Lakshadweep #
32 Kerala
33 Tamil Nadu
34 Puducherry #
35 Andaman & Nicobar Islands #

Literates

Literacy rate (%)

Persons

Males

Females

Persons

Males

Females

9
778,454,120
7,245,053
5,104,506
18,988,611
809,653
6,997,433
16,904,324
12,763,352
38,970,500
118,423,805
54,390,254
449,294
789,943
1,357,579
1,891,196
847,592
2,831,742
1,817,761
19,507,017
62,614,556
18,753,660
27,112,376
15,598,314
43,827,193
41,948,677
188,974
228,028
82,512,225
51,438,510
41,029,323
1,152,117
52,914
28,234,227
52,413,116
966,600

10
444,203,762
4,370,604
2,791,542
10,626,788
468,166
3,930,174
9,991,838
7,210,050
24,184,782
70,479,196
32,711,975
253,364
454,532
731,796
1,026,733
438,949
1,515,973
934,091
10,756,937
34,508,159
11,168,649
15,326,036
8,962,121
25,848,137
23,995,500
124,911
144,916
46,294,041
28,759,782
22,808,468
620,026
28,249
13,755,888
28,314,595
502,575

11
334,250,358
2,874,449
2,312,964
8,361,823
341,487
3,067,259
6,912,486
5,553,302
14,785,718
47,944,609
21,678,279
195,930
335,411
625,783
864,463
408,643
1,315,769
883,670
8,750,080
28,106,397
7,585,011
11,786,340
6,636,193
17,979,056
17,953,177
64,063
83,112
36,218,184
22,678,728
18,220,855
532,091
24,665
14,478,339
24,098,521
464,025

12
74.04
68.74
83.78
76.68
86.43
79.63
76.64
86.34
67.06
69.72
63.82
82.20
66.95
80.11
79.85
91.58
87.75
75.48
73.18
77.08
67.63
73.45
71.04
70.63
79.31
87.07
77.65
82.91
67.66
75.60
87.40
92.28
93.91
80.33
86.55

13
82.14
78.26
90.83
81.48
90.54
88.33
85.38
91.03
80.51
79.24
73.39
87.29
73.69
83.29
86.49
93.72
92.18
77.17
78.81
82.67
78.45
82.40
81.45
80.53
87.23
91.48
86.46
89.82
75.56
82.85
92.81
96.11
96.02
86.81
92.12

14
65.46
58.01
76.60
71.34
81.38
70.70
66.77
80.93
52.66
59.26
53.33
76.43
59.57
76.69
73.17
89.40
83.15
73.78
67.27
71.16
56.21
64.36
60.59
60.02
70.73
79.59
65.93
75.48
59.74
68.13
81.84
88.25
91.98
73.86
81.22

293,695

164,219

129,476

86.27

90.11

81.84