Dr. C. CHANDRAMOULI REGISTRAR GENERAL & CENSUS COMMISSIONER, INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS 30 TH APRIL 2013 CENSUS OF INDIA 2011 DATA HIGHLIGHTS RELEASE OF

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 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 sub- divisions 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. As on 0.00 Hrs. of 1 st March, 2011

Decadal Change in Population India : There has been an increase of million persons in absolute number of population in India during Increase among males: million Increase among females: million Growth Rate of females (18.3%) is higher than males (17.1%)

Decadal Change in Population India : Population of India grew by 17.7% during , 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 %)

833.5 million persons live in Rural areas as per Census more than two-third of the total population million persons live in urban areas. Population – Rural Urban Distribution India :

Proportion of Urban Population India : Urban proportion has gone up from 17.3% in 1951 to 31.2% in 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 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 The minimum population density works out in Arunachal Pradesh (17) for both 2001 and 2011 Census. Density of Population, India (Persons per sq. km.)

DENSITY OF POPULAITON

Child Population (0-6 years) India : 2001, Variation (in %) Persons % Males % Females % 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 (in million)

PROPORTION OF CHILD POPULATION (IN %)

Sex Composition of Child Population (0-6) – India 2011 The total number of children in India is 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 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 Change Total Rural Urban

SEX RATIO

States Ranked by Sex Ratio – 2011 (Major States – Population 10 million and above) Top 5 StatesBottom 5 States StatesSex RatioStatesSex Ratio Kerala1,084Haryana879 Tamil Nadu996Jammu & Kashmir889 Andhra Pradesh993Punjab895 Chhattisgarh991Uttar Pradesh912 Odisha979Bihar918 * 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 Change Total Rural Urban906905

CHILD SEX RATIO

States Ranked by Child Sex Ratio (0-6) 2011 (Major States – Population 10 million and above) Top 5 StatesBottom 5 States States Sex Ratio (0-6 yrs) States Sex Ratio (0-6 yrs) Chhattisgarh969Haryana834 Kerala964Punjab846 Assam962Jammu & Kashmir862 West Bengal956Rajasthan888 Jharkhand and Karnataka 948Gujarat890 * 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 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 : Variation (%) Persons % Males % Females % (in million)

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

Proportion of SC/ST Population India – 2001, 2011 Proportion of SCsProportion of STs Total Rural Urban (In %)

PROPORTION OF SCs

PROPORTION OF STs

(In %)

States/UTs Ranked by Proportion of SCs Top 5 States/UTsBottom 5 States/UTs Punjab31.9%Mizoram0.1% Himachal Pradesh25.2%Meghalaya0.6% West Bengal23.5%Goa1.7% Uttar Pradesh20.7% Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1.8% Haryana20.2%Daman & Diu2.5%

Top 5 States/UTsBottom 5 States/UTs Lakshadweep94.8%Uttar Pradesh0.6% Mizoram94.4%Tamil Nadu1.1% Nagaland86.5%Bihar1.3% Meghalaya86.1%Kerala1.5% Arunachal Pradesh68.8%Uttarakhand2.9% States/UTs Ranked by Proportion of STs

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. Sex Change Persons Males Females (in millions)

Literacy Rate India : 2001, Difference ( 2011 – 2001) Persons Males Females (in %) 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

Literacy Rate – Rural Urban Differential India , 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 , 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 Top 5 States/UTsBottom 5 States/UTs States/UTs Literacy Rate States/UTs Literacy Rate Kerala94.0Bihar61.8 Lakshadweep91.8Arunachal Pradesh65.4 Mizoram91.3Rajasthan66.1 Goa88.7Jharkhand66.4 Tripura87.2Andhra Pradesh67.0 (In %)

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

Definition of Work (Economic Activity) 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 Number of Workers Non-Workers Work Participation Rate* Total % Rural % Urban % * Work Participation Rate is defined as the number of workers per 100 population (in million)

Work Participation Rate India : 2001, 2011 ResidenceSex Change TotalPersons Males Females (In %)

WORK PARTICIPATION RATE (PERSONS)

WORK PARTICIPATION RATE (MALES)

WORK PARTICIPATION RATE (FEMALES)

States/UTs Ranked by WPR Top 5 States/UTsBottom 5 States/UTs States/UTsWPRStates/UTsWPR Himachal Pradesh51.9Lakshadweep29.1 Sikkim50.5Uttar Pradesh32.9 Daman & Diu49.9NCT of Delhi33.3 Nagaland49.2Bihar33.4 Chhattisgarh47.7Jammu & Kashmir34.5 (In %)

States/UTs Ranked by WPR Females : 2011 Top 5 States/UTsBottom 5 States/UTs States/UTsWPR(F)States/UTsWPR(F) Himachal Pradesh44.8NCT of Delhi10.6 Nagaland44.7Lakshadweep11.0 Chhattisgarh39.7Punjab13.9 Sikkim39.6Daman & Diu14.9 Manipur38.6Chandigarh16.0 (In %)

Type of Workers 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 ResidenceSex Change Main WorkersPersons Males Females Marginal WorkersPersons Males Females (in %) Persons Males 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 ; 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 Total Marginal Workers Marginal Workers (3-6 months) Marginal Workers (less than 3 months) Persons Males Females Percentages Persons Males Females (in millions)

Category of Workers - India: 2011 Total Workers (Main + Marginal) Cultivators118.7 (24.6%) Agricultural Labourers144.3 (30.0%) Household Industries Workers 18.3 ( 3.8%) Other Workers (41.6%) Total Workers481.7(100.0%) (in millions)

PROPORTION OF CULTIVATORS

PROPORTION OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS

PROPORTION OF WORKERS IN HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRIES

PROPORTION OF OTHER WORKERS

Category of Workers Change in Proportions - India: 2001 &2011 ResidenceCategory Change Workers (Main + Marginal) All AreasTotal Workers100.0 Cultivators Ag. Labourers HHI Workers Other Workers (in %) Agriculture sector: 54.6 % of Total Workers, decline by 3.6 percent points

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