State-specific Census 2001 Population Data

India/States/Union territories*
Population 2001 Percentage decadal growth Sex ratio ( females per 1,000 males) Population density(per sq. km.) Literacy rate 2001
Persons Males Females 1981-1991 1991-2001 1991 2001 1991 2001 Persons Females Males
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
INDIA 1, 2, 3 1,027,015,247 531,277,078 495,738,169 23.86 21.34 927 933 267 324 65.38 54.16 75.85
Jammu & Kashmir 4 10,069,917 5,300,574 4,769,343 30.34 29.04 896 900 77 99 54.46 41.82 65.75
Himachal Pradesh 5, 7 6,077,248 3,085,256 2,991,992 20.79 17.53 976 970 93 109 77.13 68.08 86.02
Punjab 24,289,296 12,963,362 11,325,934 20.81 19.76 882 874 403 482 69.95 63.55 75.63
Chandigarh * 900,914 508,224 392,690 42.16 40.33 790 773 5,632 7,903 81.76 76.65 85.65
Uttaranchal 8,479,562 4,316,401 4,163,161 24.23 19.20 936 964 133 159 72.28 60.26 84.01
Haryana 21,082,989 11,327,658 9,755,331 27.41 28.06 865 861 372 477 68.59 56.31 79.25
Delhi * 13,782,976 7,570,890 6,212,086 51.45 46.31 827 821 6,352 9,294 81.82 75.00 87.37
Rajasthan 56,473,122 29,381,657 27,091,465 28.44 28.33 910 922 129 165 61.03 44.34 76.46
Uttar Pradesh 166,052,859 87,466,301 78,586,558 25.55 25.80 876 898 548 689 57.36 42.98 70.23
Bihar 82,878,796 43,153,964 39,724,832 23.38 28.43 907 921 685 880 47.53 33.57 60.32
Sikkim 540,493 288,217 252,276 28.47 32.98 878 875 57 76 69.68 61.46 76.73
Arunachal Pradesh 1,091,117 573,951 517,166 36.83 26.21 859 901 10 13 54.74 44.24 64.07
Nagaland 1,988,636 1,041,686 946,950 56.08 64.41 886 909 73 120 67.11 61.92 71.77
Manipur 2,388,634 1,207,338 1,181,296 29.29 30.02 958 978 82 107 68.87 59.70 77.87
Mizoram 891,058 459,783 431,275 39.70 29.18 921 938 33 42 88.49 86.13 90.69
Tripura 3,191,168 1,636,138 1,555,030 34.30 15.74 945 950 263 304 73.66 65.41 81.47
Meghalaya 2,306,069 1,167,840 1,138,229 32.86 29.94 955 975 79 103 63.31 60.41 66.14
Assam 26,638,407 13,787,799 12,850,608 24.24 18.85 923 932 286 340 64.28 56.03 71.93
West Bengal 80,221,171 41,487,694 38,733,477 24.73 17.84 917 934 767 904 69.22 60.22 77.58
Jharkhand 26,909,428 13,861,277 13,048,151 24.03 23.19 922 941 274 338 54.13 39.38 67.94
Orissa 36,706,920 18,612,340 18,094,580 20.06 15.94 971 972 203 236 63.61 50.97 75.95
Chhatisgarh 20,795,956 10,452,426 10,343,530 25.73 18.06 985 990 130 154 65.18 52.40 77.86
Madhya Pradesh 60,385,118 31,456,873 28,928,245 27.24 24.34 912 920 158 196 64.11 50.28 76.80
Gujarat 6, 7 50,596,992 26,344,053 24,252,939 21.19 22.48 934 921 211 258 69.97 58.60 80.50
Daman & Diu * 158,059 92,478 65,581 28.62 55.59 969 709 907 1,411 81.09 70.37 88.40
Dadra & Nagar Haveli * 220,451 121,731 98,720 33.57 59.20 952 811 282 449 60.03 42.99 73.32
Maharashtra 96,752,247 50,334,270 46,417,977 25.73 22.57 934 922 257 314 77.27 67.51 86.27
Andhra Pradesh 75,727,541 38,286,811 37,440,730 24.20 13.86 972 978 242 275 61.11 51.17 70.85
Karnataka 52,733,958 26,856,343 25,877,615 21.12 17.25 960 964 235 275 67.04 57.45 76.29
Goa 1,343,998 685,617 658,381 16.08 14.89 967 960 316 363 82.32 75.51 88.88
Lakshadweep * 60,595 31,118 29,477 28.47 17.19 943 947 1,616 1,894 87.52 81.56 93.15
Kerala 31,838,619 15,468,664 16,369,955 14.32 9.42 1036 1058 749 819 90.92 87.86 94.20
Tamil Nadu 62,110,839 31,268,654 30,842,185 15.39 11.19 974 986 429 478 73.47 64.55 82.33
Pondicherry * 973,829 486,705 487,124 33.64 20.56 979 1001 1,683 2,029 81.49 74.13 88.89
Andaman & Nicobar Islands * 356,265 192,985 163,280 48.70 26.94 818 846 34 43 81.18 75.29 86.07
  1. The population of India includes the estimated population of entire Kachchh district, Morvi, Maliya-Miyana and Wankaner talukas of Rajkot district, Jodiya taluka of Jamnagar district of Gujarat State and entire Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh where population enumeration of Census of India, 2001 could not be conducted due to natural calamities.
  2. For working out the population density of India and Jammu and Kashmir the entire area and population of those areas of Jammu and Kashmir which are under illegal occupation of Pakistan and China have not been taken into account.
  3. The literacy rates for India have been worked out by excluding the population and number of literates of areas affected by natural calamities of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh as per details given in Note 1 above .
  4. While working out the percentage decadal growth of population of Jammu and Kashmir the population figures for 1991 have been worked out by interpolation as 1991 Census could not be held there owing to disturbed conditions.
  5. Figures shown against Himachal Pradesh have been arrived at after including the estimated figures of entire Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh where the population enumeration of Census of India, 2001 could not be conducted due to natural calamity.
  6. Figures shown against Gujarat have been arrived at after including the estimated figures of entire Kachchh district, Morvi, Maliya-Miyana and Wankaner talukas of Rajkot district, Jodiya taluka of Jamnagar district of Gujarat State where the population enumeration of Census of India, 2001 could not be conducted due to natural calamity.
  7. Literacy rates shown against Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat do not include areas affected by natural calamities, the details of which are given in Note 1 above.

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