Census of India: By: M.Shyam Kumar M.Maruthi Nandan Kumar N.Priyadarshini P. Kiran Kumar
Census of India: By: M.Shyam Kumar M.Maruthi Nandan Kumar N.Priyadarshini P. Kiran Kumar
Census of India: By: M.Shyam Kumar M.Maruthi Nandan Kumar N.Priyadarshini P. Kiran Kumar
By:
M.Shyam Kumar
M.Maruthi Nandan Kumar
N.Priyadarshini
P. Kiran Kumar
Census
A census is the procedure of
systematically acquiring and recording
information about the members of a given
population.
It is conducted in every 10 years
The last census data is according to 2001
States and UT’s in India
No. of states = 28
No. of Union territories = 6
No. of Districts = 593
No. of Urban regions = 4,762
No. of Towns = 5,161
No. of villages = 6,38,596
Area of India = 3,287,240 Sq km.
Largest State Rajasthan 342,239 Sq km
Smallest State Goa 3,702 Sq km
Largest UT Andaman & Nicobar Islands
8249 Sq km
Smallest UT Lakshadweep 32 Km
Largest District Kuchchh(Gujarat) 45,652 Sq
km
Smallest District Mahe(Pondicherry) 9 Sq km
Total Population =1,028,737,436
Males= 532,223,090 (51.73%)
Females = 496,514,346 (48.27%)
600,000,000
500,000,000
400,000,000
300,000,000 Persons
Males
Females
200,000,000
100,000,000
0
6 years and 7 to 14 years 15 to 59 years 60 years and Age Not Stated
below above
Number
of
Literates Total % Rural % Urban %
Persons 560,687,797 50 361,870,817 50 198,816,980 50
Males 336,533,716 30 223,551,641 31 112,982,075 28
Females 224,154,081 20 138,319,176 19 85,834,905 22
600,000,000
500,000,000
400,000,000
Persons
300,000,000 Males
Females
200,000,000
100,000,000
0
Total Rural Urban
State with highest literacy rate is Kerala
with 90.9%
Males – 94.2%
Females – 87.7%
State with Lowest Literacy rate is Bihar
with 47%
Males – 59.7%
Females – 33.1%
Andhra Pradesh
No. of districts = 23
Area = 275,045 Sq km
Total population = 76,210,007
Highest in East Godavari 4,901,420
Lowest in Vizayanagaram 2,249,254
Rural population = 55,401,067
Highest in East Godavari 3,749,535
Lowest in Hyderabad with 0
Literacy= 38,338,578
Sex Ratio = 980
Hyderabad – 933
Nizamabad – 1017
Age Groups Persons %
0 to 4 years 6,684,361 8.771
5 to 14 years 17,713,764 23.243
15 to 59 years 45,890,354 60.216
60 years and above 5,921,528 7.77
0 to 4 years
5 to 14 years
15 to 59 years
60 years and above
Top 5 districts in AP with highest
population