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The five states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh account for almost half (47.90 percent) of the total Indian population. [ 7 ] While the national average for the sex ratio shows an increase from 933 in 2001 to 940 in 2011, [ 7 ] the 2011 census shows a sharp decline in the child sex ratio , the number of ...
The 1948 Census of India Act does not bind the Union Government to conduct the census on a particular date or to release its data in a notified period. The last census was held in 2011, whilst the next was to be held in 2021 before it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. [3] The next census is yet to have a confirmed date. [4]
The first population census in India was conducted in 1873. Since then the a decennial census has been conducted in 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931, and 1941 by the Government. Since India's independence in 1947, a census has been carried out every 10 years by the Indian Government, starting from 1951. [4]
The 2025 census of India, or the 16th Indian census, is to be conducted in two phases, a house listing phase and a population enumeration phase.Although initially the house listing was to begin in April 2020 along with the updating of the National Population Register, and the population enumeration on 9 February 2021, [1] they have been continuously postponed.
The Indian census takes the widest possible definition of "Hindi" as a broad variety of "Hindi languages". [71] According to 2011 census, 57.1% of Indian population know Hindi, [72] in which 43.63% of Indian people have declared Hindi as their native language or mother tongue. [73] [74] The language data was released on 26 June 2018. [75]
Map showing the population density in India, per 2011 Census. [54] India occupies 2.41% of the world's land area but supports over 18% of the world's population. At the 2001 census 72.2% of the population [55] lived in about 638,000 villages [56] and the remaining 27.8% [55] lived in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations. [57]
Sex ratio is used to describe the ratio of females to males in a population. In India, the sex ratio has been estimated via a number of methods and data sets including the decennial censuses, the National Family Health Surveys (NFHS), the Civil Registration System, the Sample Registration System and the Health Management Information System. [5]
Human Development Index map for Indian states in 2006, as calculated by Government of India and UNDP India. [15] This is a list of Indian states by their respective Human Development Index (HDI), as of 2008. [1] Kerala stands first in Human Development Index among the states in India. 1981 to 2011 Human development index in India