CENSUS 2011 SUMMARY:

POPULATION:
Persons 1,028,737,436
Males 532,223,090
Females 496,514,346
Highest / Lowest Population :
 State with Highest Population Uttar Pradesh 166,197,921
 State with Lowest Population Sikkim 540,851
 UT with Highest Population Delhi 13,850,507
 UT with Lowest Population Lakshadweep 60,650
Medinipur (West
 District with Highest Population 9,610,788 
Bengal)
 District with Lowest Population Yanam (Pondicherry) 31,394

POPULATION DENSITY:
  Persons / Sq. Km
  India 325
State with Highest Population Density West Bengal 903
State with Lowest Population Density Arunachal Pradesh 13
UT with Highest Population Density Delhi 9,340
UT with Lowest Population Density Andaman & Nicobar Islands 43
District with Highest Population
North East (Delhi) 29,468
Density
Lahul & Spiti (Himachal
District with Lowest Population Density 2
Pradesh)

RURAL-URBAN DISTRIBUTION:
Rural - Urban Distribution Population (%)
Rural 742,490,639 72.2%
Urban 286,119,689 27.8%
State with highest proportion of Urban
Goa   49.76
Population
State with lowest proportion of Urban Himachal
  9.30
Population Pradesh
UT with highest proportion of Urban Delhi   93.18
Population
UT with lowest proportion of Urban Dadra & Nagar
  22.89
Population Haveli

SEX RATIO:
  Sex ratio (females per thousand males)
  India 933
  Rural 946
  Urban 900
State with Highest Female Sex Ratio Kerala 1,058
State with Lowest Female Sex Ratio Haryana 861
UT with Highest Female Sex Ratio Pondicherry 1,001
UT with Lowest Female Sex Ratio Daman & Diu 710
District with Highest Female Sex Ratio Mahe (Pondicherry) 1,147
District with Lowest Female Sex Ratio Daman (Daman & Diu) 591

BROAD AGE GROUPS:

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

NUMBER OF LITERATES & LITERACY RATE:

      Persons   Males   Females
 Total No. of literates 560,687,797 336,533,716 224,154,081
  Literacy rate 64.8% 75.3% 53.7%
 Rural No. of literates   361,870,817  223,551,641 138,319,176
  Literacy rate   58.7%  70.7%   46.1%
 Urban No. of literates 198,816,980 112,982,075 85,834,905
  Literacy rate 79.9% 86.3% 72.9%
 
Persons (%) Males (%) Females (%)
 State with Highest Literacy Rate   Kerala (90.9)   Kerala (94.2)   Kerala (87.7)
 State with Lowest Literacy Rate   Bihar (47.0)   Bihar (59.7)   Bihar (33.1)
  Lakshadweep   Lakshadweep
 UT with Highest Literacy Rate   Lakshadweep (80.5)
(86.7) (92.5)
  Dadra &   Dadra &
  Dadra &
 UT with Lowest Literacy Rate Nagar Haveli Nagar Haveli
Nagar Haveli (40.2)
(57.6) (71.2)
  Mahe,
 District with Highest Literacy   Aizwal,   Aizwal,
Pondicherry
Rate Mizoram   (96.5) Mizoram  (96.26)
(97.6)
  Dantewada   Dantewada
 District with Lowest Literacy
Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh   Shrawasti UP (7.7)
Rate
(30.17) (39.75)

SCHEDULED CASTES & SCHEDULED TRIBES POPULATION:

Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population
Scheduled Castes : 166,635,700 16.2%
Scheduled Tribes : 84,326,240 8.2%
Scheduled Castes
State with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes Punjab ( 28.9 %)
State with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes Mizoram ( 0.03 %)
UT with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes Chandigarh (17.5%)
UT with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes D & N Haveli (1.9% )
District with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes Koch-Bihar (50.1%)
District with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes Lawngtlai Mizoram (0.01%)
Scheduled Tribes
State with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes Mizoram ( 94.5 % )
State with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes Goa (0.04 %)
UT with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes Lakshadweep (94.5 %)
UT with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes A & N Islands (8.3 %)
District with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes Sarchhip, Mizoram ( 98.1%)
District with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes Hathras, Uttar Pradesh (0.01%)
 VITAL RATES:
 
Figures at a Glance, India 2003
Rura Urba
  Total
l n
1. percentage distribution of population by broad age groups
0-14 32.3 33.7 28.3
15-59 60.5 59.1 64.6
60+ 7.2 7.2 7.2
2. Fertility indicators
Crude birth rate 24.8 26.4 19.8
103.
General fertility rate 95.3 71.9
5
Age-specific Fertility rate      
15 - 19 46.1 52.5 25.4
214. 235.
20 - 24 157.6
4 1
171. 180.
25 - 29 147.2
3 4
30 - 34 90.6 98.8 66.9
35 - 39 44.1 50.5 25.8
40 - 44 18.5 22.2 8.6
45 - 49 6.8 7.8 3.9
Total fertility rate 3 3.2 2.2
Gross reproduction rate 1.4 1.5 1
132.
General marital fertility rate 141 106.4
6
Total marital Fertility rate 4.7 4.9 4.2
Mean age at effective marriage for females 20.1 19.8 21.1
3. Total fertility rate by level of education of the mother
Illiterate 4 4.1 3.1
Literate 2.4 2.6 2
Without any formal education 3.8 3.8 3.8
Below primary 3.2 3.3 2.8
Primary 2.4 2.5 2.1
Middle 2.1 2.2 2
Class X 1.9 2 1.7
Class XII 1.5 1.6 1.4
Graduate and above 1.8 2 1.6
4. Percentage distribution of live births by birth order
1 35.1 33.7 40.7
2 28.1 27.4 31.1
3 16.5 17.1 14.2
4+ 20.3 21.8 14
5. Percentage distribution of current live births by birth interval ( in months )
10 to 12 0.8 0.9 0.7
12 to 18 8.4 8.4 8.6
18 to 24 14.5 14.8 13.5
24 to 30 23.2 23.8 20.4
30 to 36 10.3 10.5 9.3
36+ 42.6 41.6 47.5
6. Mortality indicators
Crude death rate 8 8.7 6
Percentage of infant deaths to total deaths 18.7 20.1 12.7
Percentage of deaths of less than one week to total infant deaths 40.9 42.2 31.4
Infant mortality rate 60 66 38
Neo-natal mortality rate 37 41 22
Early neo-natal mortality rate 25 28 12
Late neo-natal mortality rate 12 13 10
Post neo-natal mortality rate 23 25 16
Peri-natal mortality rate 33 36 20
Still birth rate 9 9 8
7. Percentage distribution of births by type of medical attention at delivery
Insititutional 28.3 20.6 59.9
Doctor, nurse or trained midwife 19.7 18.9 23.1
Traditional birth attendants 48.5 56.5 15.9
Relatives and others 3.4 4 1.1
8. Percentage distribution of deaths by type of medical attention before death
Insititutional  21.7 18.3 37.1
Medical attention other than institution 65.5 67.2 58.3
No medical attention 12.7 14.6 4.6

Estimated Birth rate, Death rate, Natural growth rate and Infant mortality rate, 2009
Birth rate Death rate Natural growth rate Infant mortality rate
Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban Total Rural Urban
India 22.5 24.1 18.3 7.3 7.8 5.8 15.2 16.3 12.5 50 55 34

DEFINITIONS:
Number of live births during the year
Crude birth rate ---------------------------------------------------- x 1000
Mid-year population
Number of live births in a particular age-group
Age-specific fertility ---------------------------------------------------------------------- x 1000
Mid-year female population of the same age-group
General fertility rate Number of live births in a year
(GFR) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
x 1000
 Mid-year female population in the age-group (15-49) years
       45-49
      5 x ASFR
Total fertility rate (TFR)        15-19
-----------------------
       1000
       45-49
      5 x ASFR for female live births
Gross reproduction rate
        15-19
(GRR)
---------------------------------------
       1000
Number of live births in a particular age-group
Age-specific marital ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ertility rate (ASMFR) -- x 1000
Mid-year married female population of the same age-group
Number of live births in a year
General marital fertility ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fertility rate (GMFR) ----------- x 1000
Mid-year married female population in the age group (15-49) year
       45-49
      5 x ASMFR
Total marital fertility
       15-19
rate (TMFR)
------------------------------
       1000
Number of deaths during the year
Crude death rate
-------------------------------------------------- x 1000
(CDR)
Mid-year population
Number of deaths in a particular age-group
Age-specific mortality
---------------------------------------------------------------- x 1000
rate (ASMR)
Mid-year population of the same age-group
Number of infant deaths during the year
Infant mortality rate
----------------------------------------------------------- x 1000
(IMR)
Number of live births during the year
Infant mortality rate comprises of two parts, viz. Neo-natal mortality rate and Post neo-natal
mortality rate.
The neo-natal mortality rate also comprises of two parts viz. Early neo-natal mortality rate
and late neo-natal mortality rate.
These are defined as:
Number of infant deaths of < than 29 days during the year
Neo-natal mortality ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
rate (NMR) x 1000
Number of live births during the year
Number of infant deaths of < than 7 days during the year
Early neo-natal --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mortality rate x 1000
Number of live births during the year
Late neo-natal Number of infant deaths of 7 days to < than 29 days during the year
mortality rate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------ x 1000
 Number of live births during the year
Number of infant deaths of 29 days to < than one year during the
year
Post neo-natal
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mortality rate(PNMR)
------------- x 1000
Number of live births during the year
Number of still births and infant deaths of < than 7 days during the
year
Peri-natal mortality
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rate (PMR)
-------------- x 1000
Number of live births and still births during the year
Number of still births during the year
Still birth rate ----------------------------------------------------------------------- x 1000
Number of live births and still births during the year