IMPORTANT FACTS ON CENSUS 2011

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IMPORTANT FACTS ON CENSUS 2011

IMPORTANT FACTS ON CENSUS 2011
IMPORTANT FACTS ON CENSUS 2011

IMPORTANT FACTS ON CENSUS 2011

  • Henry Walter is known as the father of the Indian Census.
  • Census operations started in India long back during the period of the Maurya dynasty.
  • The Census was first started under British Viceroy Lord Mayo in 1872.
  • The first synchronous census was taken under British rule on February 17, 1881, by W.C. Plowden, Census Commissioner of India.
  • During that time Lord Ripon was Viceroy of India.
  • The first census of Independent India was conducted in 1951, which was the seventh census in its continuous series.

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  • Census 2011 was the 15th National Census of the country since 1872 and the 7th after Independence.
  • Motto of 15th Census is = Our Census. Our Future.
  • The year of the Great Divide – 1921
  • State with the highest population density – Bihar (1102)
  • State with the lowest population density – Arunachal Pradesh (17)
  • Union territory with Highest population – New Delhi (11320)
  • Union territory with least population – Lakshadweep
  • State with the highest population – Uttar Pradesh
  • State with the lowest population – Sikkim
  • State with the highest sex ratio – Kerala
  • State with the lowest sex ratio – Haryana
  • State with the highest literacy rate – Kerala
  • State with the lowest literacy rate – Bihar
  • State largest rural population – U.P> Maharashtra> MP>Punjab
  • The most populous tribe – Bhil
  • Census 2011 was theseventh census after independence and fifteenth census overall
  • Moto of Census – ‘Our Census, Our Future’
  • Total population of India reached121 crores (1.21 billion)
  • Total number of males were31 crores and females were 58.74 crores
  • Percentage of population growth during the decade was7%
  • Population density (per sq. km.) was382 persons
  • Sex ratio was943 females/1000 males
  • Child sex ratio was919 females/1000 males
  • State with highest sex ratio –Kerala (1084 females/1000 males)
  • District with highest sex ratio –Mahe, Puducherry (1176 females/1000 males)
  • City with highest sex ratio –Kozikhode, Kerala (1093 females/1000 males)
  • UT with highest sex ratio –Puducherry (1029 females/1000 males)
  • State with lowest sex ratio –Haryana (877 females/1000 males)
  • District with lowest sex ratio –Daman, Daman and Diu (533 females/1000 males)
  • City with lowest sex ratio –Vapi,Gujarat (734 females/1000 males)
  • UT with lowest sex ratio –Lakshadweep (946 females/1000 males)
  • Literacy rate was73%. Male literacy – 9% and Female literacy – 64.6%
  • State with highest literacy –Kerala (93.91%)
  • District with highest literacy –Serchhip, Mizoram (98.76%)
  • City with highest literacy –Aizwal, Mizoram (98.80%)
  • UT with highest literacy –Lakshadweep (98.80%)
  • State with lowest literacy –Bihar (63.82%)
  • District with lowest literacy –Alirajpur, MP (37.22%)
  • City with lowest literacy –Rampur, UP (60.74%)
  • UT with lowest literacy –Dadar and Nagar Haveli (76.24%)
  • Most populous state –Uttar Pradesh (19.96 crore)
  • Most populous district –Thane, Maharashtra (1.11 crore)
  • Most populous city –Mumbai (1.25 crore)
  • Least populous state –Sikkim (6,07,688)
  • Least populous district –Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh (7,948)
  • Least populous city –Nagda, UP (100,036)
  • State with highest urban population –Maharashtra
  • State with lowest urban population –Sikkim
  • State with highest rural population –Uttar Pradesh
  • State with lowest urban population –Sikkim
  • Number of districts –640
  • State with highest density of population –Bihar (1102)
  • State with lowest density of population –Arunachal Pradesh (17)
  • State with highest fertility rate –Meghalaya
  • 2011 Census Commissioner of India – Chandramouli

Literacy Rate in India

  • 04 % is Overall
  • 14% for Males
  • 46% for Females
  • 68% diffrence between Males & Females.
  • Literacy rate in India in 2011 has increased by 8 per cent to 73 per cent in comparison to 64.8 per cent in 2001.
  • While male literacy rate stands at 80.9 per cent – which is 5.6 per cent more than the previous census, the female literacy rate stands at 64.6 per cent — an increase of 10.9 per cent than 2001.
  • The highest increase took place in Dadra and Nagar Haveli by 18.6 points (from 57.6 per cent to 76.2 per cent), Bihar by 14.8 points (from 47.0 per cent to 61.8 per cent), Tripura by 14.0 points (from 73.2 per cent to 87.2 per cent)
  • Improvement in female literacy is higher than males in all states and UTs, except Mizoram (where it is same in both males and females) during 2001-11.
  • The gap between literacy rate in urban and rural areas is steadily declining in every census. Gender gap in literacy rate is steadily declining in every census. In Census 2011, the gap stands at 16.3 points.
  • Top five states and UTs, where literacy rate is the highest, are Kerala (94 per cent), Lakshadweep (91.8 per cent), Mizoram (91.3 per cent), Goa (88.7 per cent) and Tripura (87.2).
  • The bottom five states and UTs are Bihar (61.8 per cent), Arunachal Pradesh (65.4 per cent), Rajasthan (66.1 per cent), Jharkhand (66.4 per cent) and Andhra Pradesh (67 per cent).

 

 

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