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Census was introduced in 1872 during the time of Lord Mayo and came into effect in 1881.

Office of Registrar General & Census Commissioner conducts the census.

2011 Census of India or the 15th and 7th census after independence was conducted in two
phases, house listing and population enumeration.

Motto of census 2011 was “Our Census, Our future”.

Registrar General & Census Commissioner in census 2011 – C.Chandra Mouli

Total Population = 1,210,193,422
Decadal Growth from 2001 to 2011 = 17.70% (nearly181 millions)
Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%

The census covered

35 States/UTs
640 districts,
5,924 sub-districts,
7,935 towns
and more than 600,000 villages.
 Total 1,210,854,977

Population Males 623,724,568

Females 586,469,294

Total 74%

Literacy Males 82.14%

Females 65.46%

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
People residing in Urban areas constitutes approx 31.2 % (nearly 37 crores)
People residing in Rural areas constitutes approx 68.8 % (nearly 83 crores)

Most populated states

1. Uttar Pradesh (199,812,341 = 20 crore)
2. Maharashtra (112,374,333 = 11 crore)

Least Populated states

1. Sikkim ( 610,577 = 6 Lakh)
2. Mizoram (1,097,206 = 10 Lakh)

Most Populated UT
1. Delhi (16,787,941 = 1.6 crore)

Least Populated UT
1. Lakshadweep (64,473 = 64 k)
Decadal Growth Rate

States with Highest Growth Rate

1. Meghalaya = 27.8%
2. Arunachal Pradesh = 25.9%

States with Lowest Growth Rate

1. Nagaland = -0.5%
2. Kerala = 4.9%

UT with Highest Growth Rate

1. Dadar & Nagar Haveli = 55.5 %

UT with Lowest Growth Rate

1. Lakshadweep = 6.2%
Annual Growth Rate

Annual Growth Rate from 2001 to 2011 = 1.64%

Highest Annual Growth Rate

1. Meghalaya = 2.49%
2. Arunachal Pradesh = 2.3 %

Lowest Annual Growth Rate

1. Goa = 0.79%
2. Andhra Pradesh = 1.07%
Density of Population per square km

States with Highest Density of population

1. Bihar = 1106
2. West Bengal = 1030

States with lowest Density of population

1. Arunachal Pradesh = 17
2. Mizoram = 52

UT with Highest Density of Population

1. Delhi = 11,297
2. Chandigarh = 9,252

UT with lowest Density of Population

1. Andaman & Nicobar = 46
Sex Ratio

State with Highest Sex Ratio

1. Kerala = 1084
2. Tamil Nadu = 996

State with lowest Sex Ratio

1. Haryana = 879
2. Jammu & Kashmir = 889

UT with Highest Sex Ratio

1. Puducherry = 1037

UT with Lowest Sex Ratio

1. Daman & Diu = 618
Literacy Rate

State with Highest Literacy Rate

1. Kerala = 94%
2. Mizoram = 91.33%

State with Lowest Literacy Rate

1. Bihar = 61.8%
2. Arunachal Pradesh = 65.38%

UT with Highest Literacy Rate

Lakshadweep = 91.85%

UT with Lowest Literacy Rate

Dadar and Nagar Haweli = 76.24%
Child Sex Ratio

State with Highest Child Sex Ratio

1. Mizoram = 970
2. Meghalaya = 970

State with Lowest Child Sex Ratio

1. Haryana = 834
2. Punjab = 846

UT with Highest Child Sex Ratio

Andaman & Nicobar Island = 968

UT with Lowest Child Sex Ratio

Delhi = 871
Population

States with Highest Population

1. Uttar Pradesh = 199,812,341 (19.9 Million)
2. Maharashtra = 112,374,333 (11.2 Million)

States with Lowest Population

1. Sikkim = 610,577 (6 lakh)
2. Mizoram = 1,097,206 (10 lakh)

UT with Highest Population

1. Delhi = 16,787,941 (1.6 Million)
2. Puducherry = 1,247,953 (12 lakh)

UT with Lowest Population

Lakshadweep = 64,473
Rural Population

States with Highest Rural Population

1. Uttar Pradesh = 155,111,022
2. Bihar = 92,075,028

States with Lowest Rural Population

Sikkim = 455,962

UT with Highest Rural Population

Delhi = 944,727

UT with Lowest Rural Population

Lakshadweep = 14,121
Urban Population

States with Highest Urban Population

1. Maharashtra = 50,827,531
2. Uttar Pradesh = 44,470,455

States with Lowest Urban Population

Sikkim = 151,726

UT with Highest Urban Population

Delhi = 12,905,780

UT with Lowest urban Population

Lakshadweep = 50,308
Male Population

States with highest Males population

1. Uttar Pradesh = 104,480,510
2. Maharashtra = 58,243,056

States with Lowest Males Population

Sikkim = 323,070

UT with highest Males population

Delhi = 8,887,326

UT with Lowest Males Population

Lakshadweep = 33,123
Females Population

States with Highest females population

1. Uttar Pradesh = 95,331,831
2. Maharashtra = 54,131,277

States with Lowest females Population

Sikkim = 287,507
UT with Highest Females population
Delhi = 7,800,615

UT with Lowest Females population

Lakshadweep = 31,350
State Area (km²)

State with Highest Area

1. Rajasthan = 342,239 km²
2. Madhya Pradesh = 308,245 km²
3. Maharashtra = 307,713 km²

State with Lowest Area

1. Goa = 3,702 km²
2. Sikkim = 7,096 km²

UT with Highest Area

Andaman & Nicobar Island = 8,249 km²

UT with Lowest Area

Lakshadweep = 32 km²
Religion Group
Highest = Hinduism = 79.80%
Lowest = Jainism = 0.37%

Language
Highest = Hindi = 57.1%
Lowest = Sanskrit = 0.19%

Tribe
550 Tribes
8.2% of population of India

Highest Tribe Population state

Madhya Pradesh = 15317

Lowest Tribe Population State

Punjab & Haryana = 0
Goa = 149
SC / ST Population

Highest SC Population in State = Uttar Pradesh

Lowest SC Population in State = Nagaland

Highest ST Population in State = Madhya Pradesh

Lowest ST Population in in State Punjab.

1) What is the crude birth rate of India as per 1. Tamil Nadu
Census 2011?
2. Maharashtra
1. 20%
3. Kerala
2. 28%
4. Himachal Pradesh
3. 20.5%
Ans - According to the 2011 Census of India,
4. 21.8% Kerala has the highest female literacy rate in
India at 96.2%. Himachal Pradesh has the second-
ANS - As per the last census of 2011, birth rate in
highest female literacy rate at 83.8%.
India stands at 21.8 infants born per 1000 people
each year. The 2011 census also found that India's literacy
rate was 74.04%, with 82.14% for males and
65.46% for females.
2.) Which of the following states had the highest
percentage of Scheduled Tribes in the country as
per census 2011? 5. According to Census of India 2011, what is the
percentage of India's population that live in
1. Mizoram
urban areas?
2. Meghalaya
1. 25.7%
3. Chhattisgarh
2. 49.71%
4. Rajasthan
3. 41.72%
Ans - According to the 2011 census, Mizoram and
4. 31.16%
Lakshadweep had the highest percentage of
Scheduled Tribes (ST) in their populations, at Ans - According to the 2011 Census, 31.16% of
around 95%. Nagaland had the third highest India's population, or 377.11 million people, lived
percentage of ST at 86.5%. in urban areas. This is an increase from 27.7% in
2001.
However, the share of the urban population that
3.According to Census of India 2011, what is the
lives in cities and towns governed by urban local
decadal population growth rate?
bodies is even lower, at 26%.
1. 16.2%
2. 16.7%
6.According to Census of India 2011, what is the
3. 17.2% percentage of the rural population of India?

4. 17.7% 1. 65.25%
Ans - According to the 2011 Census of India, the 2. 69%
country's decadal growth rate was 17.7%. This is
3. 68.8%
a decline from the previous decade, when the
growth rate was 21.5%. 4. 70%
Ans- As per the 2011 Census, the rural population
formed 68.84% of the total population with the
4.According to Census of India 2011, which state
urban population constituting only 31.16%.
in India has the highest female literacy rate?

7. What was the percentage of women working
in the primary sector of India as of 2011-2012?
1. 63.08%
2. 64.5%
3. 62.8%
4. 61%
Ans -
The primary sector includes agriculture, forestry,
fishing, and mining. As of 2011-2012, the
percentage of women working in the primary
sector in India was 62.8 percent.
8.As per the Census of 2011, the literacy rate of
India is
1. 74%
2. 74.04%
3. 74.80%
4. 74.60%
As per the census of 2011, the literacy rate of
India is 74.04%. Literacy rate among the males is
82.14% and among females is 65.46%.
9. According to Census of India 2011, which state
in India has the lowest literacy rate?
1. Jharkhand
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Bihar
4. Rajasthan
Ans - As per the 2011 census, among
states, Bihar has the lowest literacy rate of 47%.
The male and female literacy rate is the lowest in
Bihar (male: 71.2%, female: 51.5%) and highest in
Kerala (male: 96.1%, female 92.1%).
10.The density of population of India as per the
Census of 1951 is __________.
1. 324 per sq km
2. 382 per sq km
3. 103 per sq km
4. 117 per sq km
Ans- Census 1951:-There were approximately 117
people living in every square kilometer of land in
India in 1951. The density of population has
increased significantly since then, with the latest
Census of 2011 reporting a density of 382 per sq
km.
11.)Which state has the highest sex ratio, as per
the 2011 Census?
1. Manipur
2. Kerala
3. Nagaland
4. Mizoram
Ans - According to the 2011, Census Kerala has
the highest sex ratio in India, with 1,084 females
per 1,000 males. This is a 26-point improvement
from 2001.
The sex ratio is the number of females per 1,000
males. In 2011, India's sex ratio was 943.
Kerala is followed by Puducherry, Tamil Nadu,
and Andhra Pradesh. Haryana has the lowest sex
ratio at 879.
12.According to Census of India 2011, which of
the following States Union Territories are in
correct descending order of literacy rate?
1. Kerala, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh
2. Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra
3. Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram
4. Kerala, Puducherry, Goa
Ans - 4. 16.4%
Kerala:-Kerala has consistently been at the top of Ans:- According to the 2011 national
the literacy rate rankings in India for several census, 14.2% of India's population was Muslim
decades.It has the highest literacy rate in India at in 2011. This is a 4.4 percentage point increase
96.2%. from 1951, when Muslims made up 10.8% of
India's population.
Lakshadweep:-It has a literacy rate of
91.85%.Lakshadweep is a Union Territory of India
with a small population of around 65,000 people.
15.) What is the Crude Death Rate of India as per
Mizoram:-It is a state in Northeast India with a Census 2011?
predominantly Christian population.Mizoram has
1. 8.5%
a literacy rate of 91.33%.
2. 7.1%
3. 10%
13.)According to Census of India 2011, the top
three most populated states are: 4. 5.9%
1. Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar
2. West Bengal, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh 16.The decadal growth rate of India's population
as per Census 2011 is ___________
3. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Himanchal Pradesh
1. 17.02%
4. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Goa
2. 16.54%
Ans- The top 10 most populated states of India as
per Census 2011 are given below: 3. 15.65%
● Uttar Pradesh. 4. 17.64%
● Maharashtra.
● Bihar. Ans - According to the 2011 Census of India, the
country's decadal growth rate was 17.7%. This
● West Bengal.
means that India's population increased to 1.21
● Madhya Pradesh. billion, with an increase of 181.5 million from
2001.
● Tamil Nadu.
● Rajasthan.
17.According to Census of India 2011, what is the
● Karnataka.
literacy rate among the male population in India?
1. 90.01%
14.What was the percentage of India's
2. 82.14%
population that belonged to the Muslim religion
in 2011? 3. 65.46%
1. 18.5% 4. 74.04%
2. 14.2% Ans - According to the 2011 Census of India, the
literacy rate for males in India was 82.14%. The
3. 11.9%
overall literacy rate for the country was 74.04%,
with a rate of 65.46% for females.
The literacy rate for males has increased over
time:
● 1981: 56.38%
● 1991: 64.13%
● 2001: 75.26%
● 2011: 82.14%
18.Which state in India had the lowest sex ratio
according to the 2011 census?
1. Haryana
2. Punjab
3. Bihar
4. Rajasthan
Ans- As per Census 2011, Haryana has the lowest
sex ratio, i.e., the number of females per 1000
males.
The sex ratio is a valuable source for identifying
the female population in India and what is the
ratio between women and men in India.
Kerala has India's highest sex ratio and the figure
shows a number of 1084 females to 1000 males.
19. Which state in India has the highest literacy
rate as per Census of 2011?
1. Maharashtra
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Kerala
4. Bihar
Ans - According to the 2011 census, Kerala has
the highest literacy rate in India, with
94%. Kerala's male literacy rate is 96.11% and
female literacy rate is 92.07%.
The 2011 census also shows that the country's
literacy rate is 74.04%, 82.14% for males, and
65.46% for females.
20. According to Census of India 2011, which
state in India has the highest population density?
1. Bihar
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Kerala
4. West Bengal
Ans - According to the 2011 Census of
India, Bihar has the highest population density at
1,106 people per square kilometer. West Bengal
is second at 1,028 people per square kilometer,
and Kerala is third at 860 people per square
kilometer.
India's population density increased from 324 to
382 people per square kilometer .
21. According to Census of India 2011, which
state in India has the highest proportion of its
population living in the urban areas.
1. Goa
2. Haryana
3. Kerala
4. Tamil Nadu
Ans - According to the 2011 Census of
India, Tamil Nadu has the highest proportion of
its population living in urban areas, with
48.45%. Kerala, Maharashtra, and Gujarat follow
Tamil Nadu.
According to Drishti IAS, Tamil Nadu, Kerala,
Maharashtra, and Gujarat have all achieved over
40% urbanization. Mizoram is the most urbanized
state in the North-Eastern region, with 51.5% of
its population living in urban areas.
22.54.6% of the total workforce is engaged in It is spoken by 6.86% of the total population.
________________and allied sector activites
(Census of India 2011).
1. Hunting and gathering
2. Mining
3. Manufacturing
4. Agriculture
Ans -
According to the 2011 Census of India, 54.6% of
India's total workforce is engaged in agricultural
and allied sector activities.
The agricultural sector includes cultivators and
agricultural laborers. The share of the workforce
in this sector has decreased from 58.2% in 2001
to 54.6% in 2011.

23. The literacy rate of Andhra Pradesh state as

per the Census of 2011 is
1. 68.5%
2. 67.02%
3. 66.48%
4. 66%
Ans - According to the 2011 census, Andhra
Pradesh's literacy rate was 67.66%. This is an
increase of 7.19% from the 2001 census, which
recorded a literacy rate of 60.47%.

24. As per Census 2011, which language replaced

Telugu as the third most spoken language in
India?
1.Gujarati
2. Marathi
3. Bengali
4. Tamil
Ans - The third most spoken language of India is
Marathi which has 8.30 crore speakers according
to the 2011 Census data.