The 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indians by Unique Identification Authority of India.

The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 to 28 February 2011. Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.64%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of census 2011 was ‘Our Census, Our future’.

Population
Total 1,210,569,573
Males 623,121,843
Females 587,447,730
Literacy
Total 72.99%
Males 80.89%
Females 64.64%
Density of population per km2 382
Sex ratio per 1000 males 943 females
Child sex ratio (0“6 age group) per 1000 males 919 females

 

Rank State /Union Territory Type Population % of total population Sex Ratio
1 Uttar Pradesh State 199,812,341 16.5 912
2 Maharashtra State 112,374,333 9.28 929
3 Bihar State 104,099,452 8.6 918
4 West Bengal State 91,276,115 7.54 950
5 Andhra Pradesh State 84,580,777 6.99 993
6 Madhya Pradesh State 72,626,809 6 931
7 Tamil Nadu State 72,147,030 5.96 996
8 Rajasthan State 68,548,437 5.66 928
9 Karnataka State 61,095,297 5.05 973
10 Gujarat State 60,439,692 4.99 919
11 Orissa State 41,974,218 3.47 979
12 Kerala State 33,406,061 2.76 1084
13 Jharkhand State 32,988,134 2.72 948
14 Assam State 31,205,576 2.58 958
15 Punjab State 27,743,338 2.29 895
16 Chhattisgarh State 25,545,198 2.11 991
17 Haryana State 25,351,462 2.09 879
18 Delhi UT 16,787,941 1.39 868
19 Jammu and Kashmir State 12,541,302 1.04 889
20 Uttarakhand State 10,086,292 0.83 963
21 Himachal Pradesh State 6,864,602 0.57 972
22 Tripura State 3,673,917 0.3 960
23 Meghalaya State 2,966,889 0.25 989
24 Manipur State 2,570,390 0.21 992
25 Nagaland State 1,978,502 0.16 931
26 Goa State 1,458,545 0.12 973
27 Arunachal Pradesh State 1,383,727 0.11 938
28 Pondicherry UT 1,247,953 0.1 1037
29 Mizoram State 1,097,206 0.09 976
30 Chandigarh UT 1,055,450 0.09 818
31 Sikkim State 610,577 0.05 890
32 Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT 380,581 0.03 876
33 Dadra and Nagar Haveli UT 343,709 0.03 774
34 Daman and Diu UT 243,247 0.02 618
35 Lakshadweep UT 64,473 0.01 946
TOTAL India 28 + 7 1,210,193,422 100 940

 

Rank State /Union Territory Literacy (%) Rural Population Urban Population Density (/km²)
1 Uttar Pradesh 67.68 131,658,339 34,539,582 828
2 Maharashtra 82.34 55,777,647 41,100,980 365
3 Bihar 61.8 74,316,709 8,681,800 1,102
4 West Bengal 76.26 57,748,946 22,427,251 1,030
5 Andhra Pradesh 67.02 55,401,067 20,808,940 308
6 Madhya Pradesh 69.32 44,380,878 15,967,145 236
7 Tamil Nadu 80.09 34,921,681 27,483,998 555
8 Rajasthan 66.11 43,292,813 13,214,375 201
9 Karnataka 75.36 34,889,033 17,961,529 319
10 Gujarat 78.03 31,740,767 18,930,250 308
11 Orissa 72.87 31,287,422 5,517,238 269
12 Kerala 94 23,574,449 8,266,925 859
13 Jharkhand 66.41 20,952,088 5,993,741 414
14 Assam 72.19 23,216,288 3,439,240 397
15 Punjab 75.84 16,096,488 8,262,511 550
16 Chhattisgarh 70.28 16,648,056 4,185,747 189
17 Haryana 75.55 15,029,260 6,115,304 573
18 Delhi 86.21 944,727 12,905,780 11,297
19 Jammu and Kashmir 67.16 7,627,062 2,516,638 56
20 Uttarakhand 78.82 6,310,275 2,179,074 189
21 Himachal Pradesh 82.8 5,482,319 595,581 123
22 Tripura 87.22 2,653,453 545,750 350
23 Meghalaya 74.43 1,864,711 454,111 132
24 Manipur 79.21 1,590,820 575,968 122
25 Nagaland 79.55 1,647,249 342,787 119
26 Goa 88.7 677,091 670,577 394
27 Arunachal Pradesh 65.38 870,087 227,881 17
28 Pondicherry 85.85 325,726 648,619 2,598
29 Mizoram 91.33 447,567 441,006 52
30 Chandigarh 86.05 92,120 808,515 9,252
31 Sikkim 81.42 480,981 59,870 86
32 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 86.63 239,954 116,198 46
33 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 76.24 170,027 50,463 698
34 Daman and Diu 87.1 100,856 57,348 2,169
35 Lakshadweep 91.85 33,683 26,967 2,013
TOTAL India 74.04 833,087,662 377,105,760 382