By IANS,
New Delhi : India’s headcount has risen to 1.21 billion over the last decade, making it home to 17.5 percent of the world’s population. Following are the highlights of the census data released Thursday.
– India has 623.72 million (51.54 percent) males and 586.46 million females.
– The child sex ratio has declined to 914 females per 1,000 males from 927 females per 1,000 males born as per 2001 data
– The population of India has increased by more than 181 million – 17.64 percent – from 2001-2011.
– The decade is the first, with the exception of 1911-1921, which has actually added fewer people compared to the previous decade.
– With 200 million people, Uttar Pradesh continues to be the most populous state in the country while the Lakshadweep has the least numbers at 64,429
– The number of children in the age group 0-6 has gone down five million since 2001 to 158.8 million
– The overall sex ratio showed a marginal improvement, with 940 women counted for every 1,000 men compared to 933 in the 2001 census.
– Kerala with 1,084 has the highest sex ratio followed by Puducherry with 1,038, Daman and Diu has the lowest sex ratio of 618
– Literacy rate has gone up to 74.04 percent from 64.83 in 2001 – an increase of 9.21 percentage.