CENSUS 2011 /THE SEVENTH CENSUS OF INDIA

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CENSUS 2011

CENSUS 2011 WAS THE SEVENTH CENSUS AFTER  INDEPENDENCE AND FIFTEENTH CENSUS OVERALL. THIS TOPIC IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE EXAM AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PURPOSE.

•MOTO OF CENSUS – ‘OUR CENSUS, OUR FUTURE’

•TOTAL POPULATION OF INDIA REACHED 121 CRORES (1.21 BILLION)

•TOTAL NUMBER OF 

MALES WERE 62.31 CRORES AND 

FEMALES WERE 58.74 CRORES

•PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION GROWTH DURING THE DECADE WAS 17.7%

•POPULATION DENSITY (PER SQ. KM.) WAS 382 PERSONS

•SEX RATIO WAS 943 FEMALES/1000 MALES

•NUMBER OF DISTRICTS – 640

•2011 CENSUS COMMISSIONER OF INDIA –                                                              C.CHANDRAMOULI

•STATE WITH HIGHEST SEX RATIO – KERALA (1084 FEMALES/1000 MALES)

•DISTRICT WITH HIGHEST SEX RATIO – MAHE, PUDUCHERRY (1176 FEMALES/1000 MALES)

•CITY WITH HIGHEST SEX RATIO – KOZIKHODE, KERALA (1093 FEMALES/1000 MALES)

•UT WITH HIGHEST SEX RATIO – PUDUCHERRY (1029 FEMALES/1000 MALES)

•STATE WITH LOWEST SEX RATIO – HARYANA (877 FEMALES/1000 MALES)

•DISTRICT WITH LOWEST SEX RATIO – DAMAN, DAMAN AND DIU (533 FEMALES/1000 MALES)

•CITY WITH LOWEST SEX RATIO –VAPI, GUJARAT (734 FEMALES/1000 MALES)

•UT WITH LOWEST SEX RATIO – LAKSHADWEEP (946 FEMALES/1000 MALES)

ALL ABOUT THE STATES IN INDIA CM , GOVERNORS , CAPITAL STATIC GK

LITERACY RATE

•LITERACY RATE WAS 73%. MALE LITERACY – 80.9% AND FEMALE LITERACY – 64.6%

•STATE WITH HIGHEST LITERACY – KERALA (93.91%)

•DISTRICT WITH HIGHEST LITERACY – SERCHHIP, MIZORAM (98.76%)

•CITY WITH HIGHEST LITERACY – AIZWAL, MIZORAM (98.80%)

•UT WITH HIGHEST LITERACY – LAKSHADWEEP (98.80%)

•STATE WITH LOWEST LITERACY – BIHAR (63.82%)

•DISTRICT WITH LOWEST LITERACY – ALIRAJPUR, MP (37.22%)

•CITY WITH LOWEST LITERACY – RAMPUR, UP (60.74%)

•UT WITH LOWEST LITERACY – DADAR AND NAGAR HAVELI (76.24%)

POPULOUS STATE

•MOST POPULOUS STATE – UTTARPRADESH (19.96 CRORE)

•MOST POPULOUS DISTRICT – THANE, MAHARASHTRA (1.11 CRORE)

•MOST POPULOUS CITY – MUMBAI (1.25 CRORE)

•LEAST POPULOUS STATE – SIKKIM (6,07,688)

•LEAST POPULOUS DISTRICT – DIBANG VALLEY, ARUNACHAL PRADESH (7,948)

•LEAST POPULOUS CITY – NAGDA, UP (100,036)

•STATE WITH HIGHEST URBAN POPULATION – MAHARASHTRA

•STATE WITH LOWEST URBAN POPULATION – SIKKIM

•STATE WITH HIGHEST RURAL POPULATION – UTTAR PRADESH

•STATE WITH LOWEST URBAN POPULATION – SIKKIM

•STATE WITH HIGHEST DENSITY OF POPULATION – BIHAR (1102)

•STATE WITH LOWEST DENSITY OF POPULATION – ARUNACHAL PRADESH (17)