CENSUS OF INDIA 2011 RELEASE OF

DATA HIGHLIGHTS

REGISTRAR GENERAL & CENSUS COMMISSIONER, INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS 30TH APRIL 2013

Dr. C. CHANDRAMOULI

 This is the first set of final data from the Population Enumeration exercise held in February 2011
So far the data released from Census 2011 pertained to Houselisting and Housing Census covering All Households SC & ST Households

Female Headed Households

Slum Households

 Population* Density Population (0-6)* Scheduled Castes Population Scheduled Tribes Population Number of Literates* Number of Workers (Total, Main, Marginal) Category of Economic Activity (Cultivators, Agricultural Labourers, Household Industry Workers, Other Workers) Non Workers
By Sex & Residence
* - Provisional data released earlier

DATA HIGHLIGHTS

Population of India
Census 2011
As on 0.00 Hrs. of 1st March, 2011

Final Total Population of the country is

1,210,726,932* (or 1.21 billion)

Provisional Population Total 1,210,193,422* Difference: + 533,510 persons (0.04%)
* Includes the estimated population of Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul subdivisions of Senapati district of Manipur. In the remaining slides, the figures exclude the estimated population of Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur.

Decadal Change in Population

India : 2001-2011
There has been an increase of 181.96 million persons in absolute number of population in India during 2001-11

Increase among males:

Increase among females:

90.97 million
90.99 million

Growth Rate of females (18.3%) is higher than males (17.1%)

Decadal Change in Population India : 2001-2011

Population of India grew by 17.7% during 200111, against 21.5% in the previous decade Among the major States, highest decadal growth in population has been recorded in Bihar (25.4%) 14 States/UTs have recorded population growth above 20%.

DECADAL CHANGE IN POPULATION

(IN %)

Population Rural Urban Distribution India : 1961-2011

833.5 million persons live in Rural areas as per Census 2011 - more than two-third of the total population

377.1 million persons live in urban areas.

Proportion of Urban Population India : 1951-2011

Urban proportion has gone up from 17.3% in 1951 to 31.2% in 2011. EAG states have lower urban proportion (21.1%) in comparison to non EAG states (39.7% ) Highest proportion of urban population is in NCT Delhi (97.5%) Top 5 States: Goa (62.2%), Mizoram (52.1%), Tamil Nadu (48.4%), Kerala (47.7%) & Maharashtra (45.2%)

PROPORTION OF URBAN POPULATION

(IN %)

Density of Population India : 2011

(Persons per sq. km.)

Density of Population , India

2001 2011

325

382

Delhi (11,320) turns out to be the most densely inhabited followed by Chandigarh (9,258), among all States/UTs, both in 2001 and 2011 Census.
Among the major States, Bihar occupies the first position with a density of 1106, surpassing West Bengal which occupied the first position during 2001. The minimum population density works out in Arunachal Pradesh (17) for both 2001 and 2011 Census.

DENSITY OF POPULAITON

Child Population (0-6 years) India : 2001, 2011

(in million)

2001 Persons Males Females 163.8

2011 164.5 85.7 78.7

Variation (in %) +0.4 %

85.0 78.8

+0.8 % -0.1 %

The Child Population (0-6) is almost stationary - grown by only 0.4% in the last decade. In 17 States/UTs the Child Population has declined in 2011 compared to 2001.

PROPORTION OF CHILD POPULATION

(IN %)

Sex Composition of Child Population (0-6) India 2011

The total number of children in India is 164.5 millions, about 660 thousand more than the number recorded in 2001 Male Child (0-6) population has increased whereas Female Child population has decreased marginally during 2001-11 8 States, viz. Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya have proportion of child population more than 15 percent.

Sex Ratio of Population India : 2001, 2011

Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males in a population.

Residence
Total Rural

2001
933 946

2011
943 949

Change
+10 +3

Urban

900

929

+29

SEX RATIO

States Ranked by Sex Ratio 2011

(Major States Population 10 million and above)
Top 5 States States Kerala Sex Ratio 1,084 States Haryana Bottom 5 States Sex Ratio 879

Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh Chhattisgarh Odisha

996
993 991 979

Jammu & Kashmir

Punjab Uttar Pradesh Bihar

889
895 912 918

* Sex Ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males

Child Sex Ratio (0-6)

India : 2001, 2011
The sex ratio in the age group 0-6 attempts to bring out the recent changes in our society in its attitude and outlook towards the girl child. Also an indicator of the likely future trends of sex ratio in the population. Residence Total Rural Urban 2001 927 934 906 2011 919 923 905 Change -8 -11 -1

CHILD SEX RATIO

States Ranked by Child Sex Ratio (0-6) 2011 (Major States Population 10 million and above)
Top 5 States States Chhattisgarh Sex Ratio (0-6 yrs) 969 Bottom 5 States States Haryana Sex Ratio (0-6 yrs) 834

Kerala
Assam West Bengal Jharkhand and Karnataka

964
962 956 948

Punjab
Jammu & Kashmir Rajasthan Gujarat

846
862 888 890

* Child Sex Ratio (0-6) is defined as the number of females per 1000 males in the age group 0-6 years.

Scheduled Caste (SC) & Scheduled Tribe (ST)

SCs/STs in India - 2011

Scheduled Castes are notified in 31 States/UTs of India and Scheduled Tribes in 30 States There are altogether 1,241 individual ethnic groups, etc. notified as Scheduled Castes in different States/UTs Number of individual ethnic groups, etc. notified as Scheduled Tribes is 705 There has been some changes in the List of SCs/STs in States/ UTs during the last decade

Population of SCs
India : 2011
(in million)

2001 Persons 166.6 86.1 80.5

2011 201.4 103.5 97.9

Variation (%)
+20.8 % +20.3 % +21.5 %

Males
Females

Population of STs
India : 2011
Sex Persons Males
(in million)

2001 84.3 42.6 41.7

2011 104.3 52.4 51.9

Variation (%) +23.7 % +22.9 % +24.4 %

Females

Proportion of SC/ST Population

India 2001, 2011
(In %)

Proportion of SCs Proportion of STs

2001 2011 2001 2011

Total Rural Urban

16.2 17.9 11.8

16.6 18.5 12.6

8.2 10.4 2.4

8.6 11.3 2.8

PROPORTION OF SCs

PROPORTION OF STs

(In %)
Rest 15.0 Odisha 3.6 Punjab Uttar Pradesh 20.5

4.4 Karnataka
5.2 Madhya Pradesh 5.6 Bihar 8.2 6.6 Andhra Pradesh 6.9 Tamil Nadu 7.2 West Bengal 10.7

Rajasthan 6.1

Maharashtra

(In %)
Rest Meghalaya Assam 3.7 Karnataka 4.1 West Bengal 5.1 Andhra Pradesh 5.7 Maharashtra 10.1 2.5 11.6 Madhya Pradesh 14.7

Odisha
9.2

Chhattisgarh 7.5 Jharkhand 8.3 Rajasthan 8.9 Gujarat 8.6

States/UTs Ranked by Proportion of SCs - 2011

Top 5 States/UTs
Punjab Himachal Pradesh West Bengal Uttar Pradesh Haryana 31.9% 25.2% 23.5% 20.7% 20.2%

Bottom 5 States/UTs
Mizoram Meghalaya Goa Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu 0.1% 0.6% 1.7% 1.8% 2.5%

States/UTs Ranked by Proportion of STs - 2011

Top 5 States/UTs Lakshadweep Mizoram Nagaland Meghalaya Arunachal Pradesh 94.8% 94.4% 86.5% 86.1% 68.8% Bottom 5 States/UTs Uttar Pradesh Tamil Nadu Bihar Kerala Uttarakhand 0.6% 1.1% 1.3% 1.5% 2.9%

Literates & Literacy Rates

Number of Literates
India : 2001, 2011
A person (aged 7 and above) is considered literate, if he or she can read and write, with understanding, in any language.
(in millions)

Sex
Persons Males Females

2001
560.7 336.5 224.2

2011
763.5 434.7 328.8

Change
+202.8 +98.2 +104.6

Literacy Rate

India : 2001, 2011

(in %)

2001

2011

(2011 2001)

Difference

Persons

64.8
75.3 53.7

73.0
80.9 64.6

+8.2
+5.6 +10.9

Males Females

Largest increase: Dadra & Nagar Haveli by 18.6 points (from 57.6% to 76.2%), Bihar by 14.8 points (from 47.0% to 61.8%), Tripura by 14.0 points (from 73.2% to 87.2%)

Improvement in Female literacy is higher than males in all States/UTs, except Mizoram (where it is same in both Males and Females) during the decade 2001-11.

Literacy Rate Rural Urban Differential

India - 2001, 2011

Gap between Literacy Rate in Urban and Rural areas is steadily declining in every census. In Census 2011, the gap stands at 16.3 points

Gender Gap in Literacy Rate

India - 2001, 2011

Gender gap in Literacy Rate is steadily declining in every census. In Census 2011, the gap stands at 16.3 points

LITERACY RATE AMONG FEMALES

States/UTs Ranked by Literacy Rate

2011
(In %)

Top 5 States/UTs States/UTs Kerala Lakshadweep Mizoram Goa Tripura Literacy Rate 94.0 91.8 91.3 88.7 87.2

Bottom 5 States/UTs States/UTs Bihar Arunachal Pradesh Rajasthan Jharkhand Andhra Pradesh Literacy Rate 61.8 65.4 66.1 66.4 67.0

Workers, Work Participation Rate (WPR) & Categories of Economic Activity

Definition of Work
(Economic Activity)- 2011
Worker: A person who has participated in any economically productive activity with or without compensation or profit Reference period: one year preceding the date of enumeration

Number of Workers by Residence

India : 2011
Residence Total Rural Urban
(in million)

Number of Workers
481.7 348.6 133.1

Non-Workers 728.8 484.9 243.9

Work Participation Rate* 39.8% 41.8% 35.3%

* Work Participation Rate is defined as the number of workers per 100 population

Work Participation Rate

India : 2001, 2011
(In %)

Residence Sex

2001

2011

Change

Total

Persons Males Females

39.1 51.7 25.6

39.8 53.3 25.5

+0.7 +1.6 -0.1

WORK PARTICIPATION RATE (PERSONS)

WORK PARTICIPATION RATE (MALES)

WORK PARTICIPATION RATE (FEMALES)

States/UTs Ranked by WPR- 2011

(In %)

Top 5 States/UTs

Bottom 5 States/UTs

States/UTs
Himachal Pradesh Sikkim

WPR
51.9 50.5

States/UTs
Lakshadweep Uttar Pradesh

WPR
29.1 32.9

Daman & Diu

Nagaland Chhattisgarh

49.9
49.2 47.7

NCT of Delhi
Bihar Jammu & Kashmir

33.3
33.4 34.5

States/UTs Ranked by WPR

Females : 2011
(In %)

Top 5 States/UTs States/UTs Himachal Pradesh WPR(F) 44.8

Bottom 5 States/UTs States/UTs NCT of Delhi WPR(F) 10.6

Nagaland
Chhattisgarh Sikkim Manipur

44.7
39.7 39.6 38.6

Lakshadweep
Punjab Daman & Diu Chandigarh

11.0
13.9 14.9 16.0

Type of Workers- 2011

Main Worker: Persons who worked for 6 months or more during the reference year Marginal Worker: Persons who worked for less than 6 months. For the first time in Census 2011, the marginal workers have been sub-divided in two categories, namely, those worked for less than 3 months and those who worked for 3 to 6 months Non-Worker: Persons who did not work at all during the reference period. Includes students, persons engaged in household duties, dependents, pensioners, beggars, etc.

Type of Workers
India : 2001, 2011
Residence
Persons

(in %)

Sex

2001

2011

Change

Main Workers

Persons
Males Females

77.8
87.3 57.3 22.2 12.7 42.7

75.2
82.3 59.6 24.8 17.7 40.4

-2.6
-5.0 2.3 2.6 5.0 -2.3

Marginal Workers Persons

Males

Males Females

Females

PROPORTION OF MAIN WORKERS

PROPORTION OF MARGINAL WORKERS

Decadal Change in Work Participation Rate (WPR) States/UTs: 2001,2011

The WPR in the country has recorded a marginal increase from 39.1% in 2001 to 39.8% in 2011 Majority of the States/ UTs have shown increase in WPR between 2001-2011 ; Highest increase in Nagaland (6.6 pp) In 9 States/UTs, WPR has declined; Mizoram (-8.2 pp), D & N Haveli, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar (-0.3 pp)

Marginal Workers: 2011

(in millions)

Total Marginal Workers

Marginal Workers (3-6 months) 97.1 48.6 48.5

Marginal Workers (less than 3 months) 22.2 10.1 12.1

Persons Males Females Percentages Persons Males Females

119.3 58.7 60.6

100.0 100.0 100.0

81.4 82.8 80.0

18.6 17.2 20.0

Category of Workers - India: 2011

Total Workers
(Main + Marginal) Cultivators Agricultural Labourers Household Industries Workers Other Workers Total Workers 118.7 144.3 18.3 200.4 481.7 (24.6%) (30.0%) ( 3.8%) (41.6%) (100.0%) (in millions)

(in millions)

PROPORTION OF CULTIVATORS

PROPORTION OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS

PROPORTION OF WORKERS IN HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRIES

PROPORTION OF OTHER WORKERS

Category of Workers
Residence Category Workers (Main + Marginal)

Change in Proportions - India: 2001 &2011

(in %)

2001

2011

Change

All Areas

Total Workers
Cultivators

100.0
31.7

100.0
24.6 - 7.1

Ag. Labourers
HHI Workers

26.5
4.2

30.0
3.8

+3.5
-0.4

Other Workers

37.6

41.6

+4.0

Agriculture sector: 54.6 % of Total Workers, decline by 3.6 percent points

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