POPULATION IN INDIA 1901 - 2011

Year

Population
(in Millions)

Decadal
Growth Rate
(percentage)

1901
239
1911
252
5.75
1921
251
-0.31
1931
279
11
1941
319
14.22
1951
361
13.31
1961
439
21.64
1971
548
24.8
1981
683
24.66
1991
847
23.87
2001
1029
21.54
2011
1210
17.64
Source : Census Report of India 2011

Rural Area
(in Millions)

Urban Area
(in Millions)

213
226
223
246
275
299
360
439
524
629
743
833

26
26
28
33
44
62
79
109
159
218
286
377

% of Total Population
(percentage)
Rural Area Urban Area
89.12
89.68
88.84
88.17
86.21
82.83
82.00
80.11
76.72
74.26
72.21
68.84

10.88
10.32
11.16
11.83
13.79
17.17
18.00
19.89
23.28
25.74
27.79
31.16

Rank

State / union
territory

UT6 Daman and Diu

% of
Population(201
Population
Populati
1 Census)
(2001 Census)
[11]
on

% of
%
Populati Growth Decadal Growth
Rural Pop.[12]
on
(20012 (20012011)
(2001)
011)

Urban Pop.[12] Area km[13]

Density
(per
km)

Area mi

Density
(per
mi)

242,911

0.02%

158,204

0.02%

53.50%

84,707

60,331

182,580

112

2,169

43.2

5,623

342,853

0.03%

220,490

0.02%

55.50%

122,363

183,024

159,829

491

698

189.6

1,808

UT3 Chandigarh

1,054,686

0.09%

900,635

0.09%

17.10%

154,051

29,004

1,025,682

114

9,252

44

23,970

UT1 Delhi

16,753,235

1.38%

13,850,507

1.35%

21%

2,902,728

419,319

16,333,916

11,297

9,340

572.6

29,258

25,353,081

2.09%

21,144,564

2.06%

19.90%

4,208,517

16,531,493

8,821,588

44,212

573

17,070.30

1,485

379,944

0.03%

356,152

0.03%

6.70%

23,792

244,411

135,533

8,249

46

3,185.00

119

12,548,926

1.04%

10,143,700

0.99%

23.70%

2,405,226

9,134,820

3,414,106

222,236

56

85,805.80

146

UT5

16
UT4
18

Dadra and
Nagar Haveli

Haryana
Andaman and
Nicobar Islands
Jammu and
Kashmir

28

Sikkim

607,688

0.05%

540,851

0.05%

12.40%

66,837

455,962

151,726

7,096

86

2,739.80

222

15

Punjab

27,704,236

2.30%

24,358,999

2.37%

13.70%

3,345,237

17,316,800

10,387,436

50,362

550

19,444.90

14,253

Uttar Pradesh

199,581,477

16.49%

166,197,921

16.16% 20.10%

33,383,556

155,111,022

44,470,455

240,928

828

93,022.80

2146

Bihar

103,804,637

8.58%

82,998,509

8.07%

25.10%

20,806,128

92,075,028

11,729,609

94,163

1102

36,356.50

2,855

10

Gujarat

60,383,628

4.99%

50,671,017

4.93%

19.20%

9,712,611

34,670,817

25,712,811

196,024

308

75,685.30

798

26

Arunachal
Pradesh

1,382,611

0.11%

1,097,968

0.11%

25.90%

284,643

1,069,165

313,446

83,743

17

32,333.40

43

Rajasthan

68,621,012

5.67%

56,507,188

5.49%

21.40%

12,113,824

51,540,236

17,080,776

342,239

201

132,139.20

519

Madhya
Pradesh

72,597,565

6.00%

60,348,023

5.87%

20.30%

12,249,542

52,537,899

20,059,666

308,245

236

119,014.10

610

24

Nagaland

1,980,602

0.16%

1,990,036

0.19%

-0.50%

-9,434

1,406,861

573,741

16,579

119

6,401.20

309

Maharashtra

112,372,972

9.28%

96,878,627

9.42%

16.00%

15,494,345

61,545,441

50,827,531

307,713

365

118,808.70

815

UT7 Lakshadweep

64,429

0.01%

60,650

0.01%

6.20%

3,779

14,121

50,308

32

2,013

12.4

5,196

West Bengal

91,347,736

7.55%

80,176,197

7.79%

13.90%

11,171,539

62,213,676

29,134,060

88,752

1029

34,267.30

2,666

13

Jharkhand

32,966,238

2.72%

26,945,829

2.62%

22.30%

6,020,409

25,036,946

7,929,292

79,714

414

30,777.70

1071

14

Assam

31,169,272

2.58%

26,655,528

2.59%

16.90%

4,513,744

26,780,526

4,388,756

78,438

397

30,285.10

1029

21

Tripura

3,671,032

0.30%

3,199,203

0.31%

14.70%

471,829

2,710,051

960,981

10,486

350

4,048.70

907

19

Uttarakhand

10,116,752

0.84%

8,489,349

0.83%

19.20%

1,627,403

7,025,583

3,091,169

53,483

189

20,649.90

490

Karnataka

61,130,704

5.05%

52,850,562

5.14%

15.70%

8,280,142

37,552,529

23,578,175

191,791

319

74,050.90

826

25

Goa

1,457,723

0.12%

1,347,668

0.13%

8.20%

110,055

551,414

906,309

3,702

394

1,429.40

1020

20

Himachal
Pradesh

6,856,509

0.57%

6,077,900

0.59%

12.80%

778,609

6,167,805

688,704

55,673

123

21,495.50

319

27

Mizoram

1,091,014

0.09%

888,573

0.09%

22.80%

202,441

529,037

561,997

21,081

52

8,139.40

134

11

Orissa

41,947,358

3.47%

36,804,660

3.58%

14.00%

5,142,698

34,951,234

6,996,124

155,707

269

60,118.80

698

22

Meghalaya

2,964,007

0.24%

2,318,822

0.23%

27.80%

645,185

2,368,971

595,036

22,429

132

8,659.90

342

23

Manipur

2,721,756

0.22%

2,293,896

0.22%

18.70%

427,860

1,899,624

822,132

22,327

122

8,620.50

316

17

Chhattisgarh

25,540,196

2.11%

20,833,803

2.03%

22.60%

4,706,393

19,603,658

5,936,538

135,191

189

52,197.50

489

Andhra Pradesh

84,665,533

7.00%

76,210,007

7.41%

11.10%

8,455,526

56,311,788

28,353,745

275,045

308

106,195.50

797

Tamil Nadu

72,138,958

5.96%

62,405,679

6.07%

15.60%

9,733,279

37,189,229

34,949,729

130,058

555

50,215.70

1,437

UT2 Puducherry

1,244,464

0.10%

974,345

0.09%

27.70%

270,119

394,341

850,123

479

2,598

184.9

6,730

33,387,677

2.76%

31,841,374

3.10%

4.90%

1,546,303

17,445,506

15,932,171

38,863

859

15,005.10

2,225

1,210,193,422

100%

1,028,737,436

100%

17.64%

181,455,986

833,087,662

377,105,760

3,287,240

368

1,269,210.50

954

12

Kerala

Total India

Sex
ratio
618
775
818
866
877
878
883
889
893
908
916
918
920
926
930
931
946

946
947
947
954
961
963
968
968
974
975
978
986
987
991
992
995
1,038
1,084
940

Rank

State /
union
territory
Andhra
Pradesh

% of
Population(2
Populatio
011 Census)
n[11]
84,665,533

7.00%

Population
(2001
Census)
76,210,007

Decadal
% of
% Growth
Growth
Populatio (200120
(200120
n (2001)
11)
11)
7.41%

11.10%

Rural
Pop.[12]

8,455,526 56,311,788

Urban
Pop.[12]

Area
km[13]

28,353,745 275,045

Density
(per km)

Area mi

Density
(per mi)

Sex ratio

308

106,195.50

797

992