This is a presentation our group made showcasing the important trends of census of India 2011.

1. Overview of Census 2011

2. Census
A census is the procedure of systematically
acquiring and recording information about the
members of a given population. It is a regularly
occurring and official count of a particular
population.
The term is used mostly in connection with national
population and housing censuses; other common
censuses include agriculture, business, and traffic
censuses.
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3. Census in India
The first census in India in modern times was
conducted in 1872.
Population census has been carried out every 10
years.
The census is carried out by the office of the
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of
India, Delhi, an office in the Ministry of Home
Affairs, Government of India, under the 1948
Census of India Act.
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4. The 15th Indian National
census was conducted in two
CENSUS phases, house listing and
population enumeration.
The Census covered 640
districts, 5767 tehsils, 7742
towns and more than 6 lac
villages. 2.7 million officials
visited households in 7,935
towns and 6,40,867 villages,
classifying the population
according to gender, religion,
education and occupation.
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5. Did you KNOW?
Mascot for •Approximately twenty five lakh
Census 2011 (or 2.5 million) enumerators and 2
lakh supervisors were engaged for
this operation and information was
collected on 35 items and 1.5 crore
Census Schedules were canvassed
in 16 Indian languages.
•Cost of 2,200 crore (US $415.8
million) – this comes to less than $
0.5 per person, well below the
estimated world average of $4.6
per person.
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6. Two stages of Census
• Houselisting
• Population Enumeration
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7. Houselisting questionaire
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8. Population enumeration
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9. POPULATION COMPARISON
2021
2011
2001 The population of India has
increased by more than 181 million
during the decade 2001-2011.This
addition is slightly lower than the
population of Brazil, the fifth most
populous country in the world !!
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10. India as compared to the world
The gap between India,
the country with the
second largest
population in the world
and China, the country
with the largest
population in the world
has narrowed from 238
million in 2001 to nearly
131 million in 2011. On
the other hand, the gap
between India and the
United States of
America, which has the
third largest population,
has now widened to
about 902 million from
741 million in 2001.
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11. Population
Density
A point that is
striking is that while
India accounts for a
meagre 2.4 percent
of the world surface
area, it supports and
sustains a whopping
17.5 percent of the
world population.
Density of
population ( per sq
km ) is 382.
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12. Growth Rate
The world population grew at an annual rate of 1.23 percent during 2000-2010.
China registered a much lower annual growth rate of population (0.53 percent)
during 2000-2010, as compared to India (1.64 percent during 2001-2011). India will
overtake china by 2030 and have 18% of the worlds population.
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13. State wise break-up
Uttar Pradesh
continues to be the
most populous State
in the country with
200 million people ,
which is more than
the population of
Brazil, the fifth most
populous country in
the world. The
combined population
of Uttar Pradesh and
Maharashtra (the
second most
populous State), at
312 million, is
substantially greater
than the population of
USA, the third most
populous country of
the world.
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14. State wise
population 2001
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15. 23%
State wise
population 2011
26%
25%
-0.5%
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16. Decadal Growth
It is significant that the percentage decadal growth during 2001-2011 has registered
the sharpest decline since independence. It declined from 23. 87 percent for 1981-
1991 to 21.54 percent for the period 1991-2001, a decrease of 2.33 percentage
point. For 2001-2011, this decadal growth has become 17.64 percent, a further
decrease of 3.90 percentage points
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17. EAG Growth Rate
The growth rates of eight States popularly referred to in administrative parlance as the
eight Empowered Action Group (EAG) States, namely, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa is
compared with the rest of the States and Union Territories. The EAG group, from 1951
till 2011, have hosted between forty three to forty six percent of India’s
population. Census 2011 marks a milestone in the demographic history of the country,
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is perhaps for the first time, there is a significant fall in growth rate of population in
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the EAG States after decades of stagnation

18. The phenomenon of low growth have started to spread
beyond the boundaries of the Southern States during 2001-
11, where in addition to Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and
Karnataka in the South, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in the
North, West Bengal and Orissa in the East, and Maharashtra in
the West have registered a growth rate between eleven to
sixteen percent in 2001-2011 over the previous decade.
The Provisional Population Totals of Census 2001 predicted
this: “It is also obvious that in the contiguous four major
South Indian States fertility decline appears to have well
established, stretching to neighbouring Maharashtra on the
west and Orissa and West Bengal in the east, whereas in
other regions it is rather scattered.”

19. Importance of Gender Statistics
• Equality between women and men is a matter of human
rights and a condition for social justice and is also a necessary
and fundamental prerequisite for equality, development and
peace”
• Gender composition reflects natality, mortality and migration
character of a given population. Distribution pattern of male
and female in a population affects relative roles and
economic relationships. There are different tools to measure
gender equity in a population. Sex ratio is one such widely
used tool for cross sectional analysis to measure gender
balance. Sex ratio is defined in the Census of India as the
number of females per 1,000 males in the population.
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20. • 586.46 million.
• 48.46% of total.
• 18.12% Growth
Rate.
• 623.7 million.
• 51.54% of total.
• 17.19 Growth
Rate.
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21. Sex Ratio
The sex ratio of
India is 940. The
sex ratio at the
National level has
risen by seven
points since the
last Census in
2001. This is the
highest since 1971.
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22. Sex Ratio Trend in India
The sex ratio in India has been historically negative or in
other words, unfavourable to females. Sex ratio reached its
lowest in 1991 but since then has kept rising.
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23. State-wise
Sex Ratios
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24. Sex Ratio Stand-outs
• In 2001, the State of Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry
reported above unity sex ratio. Both these States have not only retained
their status but have also shown considerable increase in 2011.
• An increase of Forty five points was seen in the highly urbanised National
Capital Territory of Delhi.
• A point to be noted is that the States having historically low sex ratio such
as Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Chandigarh have shown appreciable
increase in the sex ratio in Census 2011. Majority of the States identified
as gender critical for special attention and intervention as part of the
Census 2011 have shown increasing trend in the sex ratio as per the
provisional results.
• Only major States of Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir and Gujarat have
shown decline in the sex ratio. The other Union Territories registering
decline in overall sex ratio include Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and
Diu and Lakshadweep.
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25. Census report of 2011
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26. Highlights of Census 2011
The population of India has increased by more than
181 million during the decade 2001-2011.
2001-2011 is the first decade (with the exception of
1911-1921) which has actually added lesser
population compared to the previous decade.
Population (0-6 years) 2001-2011 registered -3.08
percent growth with - 2.42 for males and -3.80 for
females.
Literacy rate has gone up from 64.83 per cent in
2001 to 74.04 per cent in 2011 showing an increase
of 9.21 percentage points.
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27. Population growth overview
Total absolute increase in population during the
decade is 18.15 crores.
Thane district of Maharashtra is the most populated
district of India.
Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh is the least
populated.
Kurung Kumey of Arunachal Pradesh registered
highest population growthrate of 111.01 percent.
Longleng district of Nagaland registered negative
population growth rate of (-)58.39.
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28. Literacy and density of population
Serchhip district of Mizoram has highest literacy rate of
98.76 percent.
Alirajpur of MP is the least literate district of India with
figure of 37.22 percent only.
North East Delhi has the highest density with figure of
37346 person per square kilometer.
Dibang Valley has the least density of 1 person per sq.
km.
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29. States having highest population
Uttar Pradesh - (19.96 Crore) increased at the rate of
20% from 2001
Maharashtra- (11.24 Crore) increased at the rate of
15% since last census.
Delhi is most densely populated with a density of
11297 per sq km ( an increase of 21% from 2001)
Bihar is the most densely populated state with a
density of 1102 per sq km ( an increase of 25% from
2001).
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30. States with highest literacy
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31. City census 2011
• The total population of Urban Agglomeration (UA)
and the city's population 2011 were calculated.
• All places which had a municipality, a corporation,
notified town area community or a cantonment
board was known to fall under the category of city or
UA.
• Urban areas surrounding Cities are combinly called
Urban Agglomeration. Under UA census data for all
cities having population more than 1 lakh was made
available.
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32. Census of Mumbai 2011
City population : 12,478,447
Urban Metropolitan : 18,414,288
Mumbai city is governed by
Municipal Corporation which
comes under Mumbai
Metropolitan Region.
Mumbai metropolitan area
comprise of Ambernath,
Badalapur, Kalyan and Dombivili,
Mira and Bhayander, Mumbai,
Navi Mumbai, Thane, and
Ulhasnagar .
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33. Interesting Facts
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34. Interesting facts- Telecom
• “More phones than toilets” Census 2011 sheds light
on changing India.
• 63.2 per cent households in India now have a
telephone/mobile facility( 82 per cent in urban and
54 per cent in rural area.)
• The penetration of mobile phone is 59 per cent and
landline is 10 per cent.
• More than half of Indian households (some 53.1 per
cent) do not have access to something as basic as a
toilet.
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35. Facts- Communication
• The penetration of computers and laptops in India is
only 9.4 per cent or less than one out of 10
households with only 3 per cent having internet
facility.
• The penetration of internet is 8 per cent in urban as
compared to less than 1 per cent in rural area.
• Maharashtra is the biggest Indian Internet market
with 18% .
• 47.2 % of Indians own a Television
• 19.9 % of Indians own a Radio/Transistors
• 13.42 Million broadband connections (Home +
Offices ) combined.
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36. Facts- Literacy and Population
• Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state and
the combined population of Uttar Pradesh and
Maharashtra is more than that of the USA.
• Ten states and union territories have attained
literacy rate of above 85 per cent.
• According to the Census report India's population is
now bigger than the combined population of USA,
Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
• 74% of Indians can now read, write and do basic
maths (like adding, subtracting) — that means that 3
out of every 4 Indians are literate.
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37. Transport in India
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38. Facts- Transport
• Only 18 per cent of households do not have any of
the specified assets — radio, TV, computer/laptop,
phones, means of transportation (bicycle,
car/jeep/van, scooter, motorcycle/moped).
• Bicycle penetration :Household penetration for
bicycle inched up marginally from 43.7% to 44.8%. In
urban India the penetration for bicycle actually
declined from 46.0% to 41.9%. Among the larger
states Uttar Pradesh and Punjab have a penetration
level of 60% plus.
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39. Facts- Transport
• Two Wheeler growth: Household penetration of two
wheelers on an all India basis increased from 11.7% to
21.0% over the decade 2001-11. two wheeler
household penetration in rural India more than doubled
to 14.3%, the growth in urban India was from 24.7% to
35.2%. Above average growth recorded for North
eastern states and Bihar.
• Household penetration for passenger vehicles almost
doubles: Four wheeler penetration jumped from 2.5%
to 4.7% over 2001-11. In the urban India it was at 9.7%
while in the rural region it was at 2.3%. High growth
was recorded in Rajasthan & Gujarat.
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40. Facts : Ownership of Vehicles
• Ownership of multiple vehicles : Considering the
household penetration level of 4.7% on an all India
basis for passenger vehicles, we derive a vehicle
population of 11.6mn units. However, as per the
industry data available 13.4mn vehicles have been
sold over the ten year period of 2001-2011.A portion
of the 13% difference could be explained by
ownership of multiple PVs in a household.
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41. Observation : Transport
• The demand for two wheelers would continue to be
driven by the rural India as penetration levels
continue to remain low at 14.3. For passenger
vehicles there would be an equal demand pull from
both rural and urban India as penetration levels are
low in both the regions.
• The geographical demand is expected to change over
the forthcoming decade. Also considering that on a
pan India basis 80% of the households still do not
own a two wheeler and 40% of the population have
no mode of transport, saturation in demand for two
wheelers is still some years away.
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42. Facts : General
• Females outnumber males in Goa.
• Over 50% of the population of India is aged under 25
and over 65% of the population of India is aged
under 35. It is anticipated that the median age of an
Indian citizen will be 29 years in 2020, in comparison
to 48 for Japan and 37 for China.
• India covers 2.4% of the land territory of the world
and represents more than 17.5% of the population of
the world.
• Beggars, sex workers and eunuchs get place in
Census 2011 as other category
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43. Facts : General
Total expenditure and materials used :
• Cost Rs. 2200 crore
• Cost per person Rs. 18.33
• No. of Census Functionaries 2.7 million
• No. of Languages in which Schedules were canvassed 16
• No. of Languages in which Training Manuals prepared 18
• No. of Schedules Printed 340 million
• No. of Training Manuals Printed 5.4 million
• Paper Utilised 12,000 MTs
• Material Moved 10,500 MTs
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45. References
• http://www.census2011.co.in/
• http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-31/in
• http://censusindia.gov.in/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_census_of_India
• http://www.mapsofindia.com/census2011/
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46. THANK YOU
-Presented By-
Aditya Krishnan
Deepesh Kothari
Gautam Agarwal
Kandarp Desai
Saya Dhingra
Sneh Shukla
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