2011 Census of India

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The 2011 Census of India was a nationwide population and housing census that collected comprehensive demographic, linguistic, and socio-economic data across India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf housing census ⓘ
population census ⓘ
censusNumber 15 ⓘ
censusYear 2011 ⓘ
conductedBy Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dataCollectedOn age structure ⓘ
housing ⓘ
language ⓘ
literacy ⓘ
population ⓘ
religion ⓘ
rural-urban distribution ⓘ
workforce participation ⓘ
dataUsedFor allocation of funds ⓘ
delimitation of constituencies ⓘ
planning and policy-making ⓘ
socio-economic research ⓘ
femaleLiteracyRate 65.46 percent ⓘ
femalePopulation 587130731 ⓘ
houselistingPhaseStartYear 2010 ⓘ
includesState Telangana (as part of undivided Andhra Pradesh) ⓘ
linked to: Telangana
leastPopulousState Sikkim ⓘ
leastPopulousUnionTerritory Lakshadweep ⓘ
legalBasis Census Act, 1948 ⓘ
literacyRateOverall 74.04 percent ⓘ
maleLiteracyRate 82.14 percent ⓘ
malePopulation 623724248 ⓘ
mostPopulousState Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
mostPopulousUnionTerritory Delhi ⓘ
nextCensus 2021 Census of India ⓘ
parentAgency Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India ⓘ
phase Houselisting and Housing Census ⓘ
Population Enumeration ⓘ
populationEnumerationPeriod 9 February 2011 to 28 February 2011 ⓘ
populationGrowthRate2001to2011 17.64 percent ⓘ
previousCensus 2001 Census of India ⓘ
referenceDate 1 March 2011 ⓘ
referenceLanguageDataYear 2011 ⓘ
ruralPopulationShare 68.84 percent ⓘ
sexRatio 943 females per 1000 males ⓘ
slogan Our Census, Our Future ⓘ
stateWithHighestLiteracyRate Kerala ⓘ
stateWithHighestPopulationDensity Bihar ⓘ
stateWithLowestLiteracyRate Bihar ⓘ
stateWithLowestPopulationDensity Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
totalNumberOfStatesAndUTsCovered 35 ⓘ
totalPopulation 1210854977 ⓘ
totalPopulationRounded 1.21 billion ⓘ
urbanPopulationShare 31.16 percent ⓘ

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