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Population growth, from 443 million in 1960 to 1,004 million in 2000
Map showing the population density of each district in India
Map showing the population growth over the past ten years of each district in India
Map showing the literacy rate of each district in India
Chart showing the percentage of population in India below poverty line
Chart showing the Total Fertility Rate of Indian states (SRS survey 1996-98)
[1] has a population of approximately 1.136 billion people (estimate for September 1, 2007 based on interpolating on estimates by Census Bureau of India for March 1 of 2007 and 2008), comprising approximately one-sixth of the world's population. This population is remarkably diverse; it has more than two thousand
ethnic groups, and every major
religion is represented, as are four major
families of
languages (
Indo-European,
Dravidian,
Austro-Asiatic and
Tibeto-Burman languages) as well as two
language isolates (
Nihali spoken areas of
Maharashtra, and the
Dardic languages, spoken by the
Dardic People of the Kashmir Valley). Further complexity is lent by the great variation that occurs across this population on social parameters such as income and education. Only the continent of Africa exceeds the linguistic, cultural and genetic diversity of India.
[2] These factors render the task of comprehensively detailing the 'Demographics of India' prohibitive; some important indices are available, nevertheless.
Salient features
Although
India occupies only 2.4% of the world's land area, it supports over 16% of the world's population. 31.8% of Indians are younger than 15 years of age.
[3] As per the 2001 census, 72.22% of the people live in more than 550,000 villages, and the remainder in more than 2000 towns and cities.
[4]
Although 77.5% of the people are
Hindus,
[3] India is also home to the second-largest
Muslim population in the world 16.4% in after Indonesia. India also contains the majority of the world's
Zoroastrians,
Sikhs and
Jains. Other religious groups include
Christians (2.3%),
Buddhists (1.05%),
Jews and
Bahá'ís.
[6]
Census
The most recent
census of India was performed in
2001 for enumeration as of March 1 of that year.
[7] It was the 14th census in an unbroken series, and the 6th after independence in 1947 (with the exception that census could not be held for
Assam in the 1981 and
Jammu & Kashmir in 1991). Eight censuses were performed under the
British Raj, the first one was carried out throughout the
1860s and completed in
1872. After this, there has been 'one census every decade'' starting 1881'.
The 2001 census was conducted in two phases, the first being Housenumbering and Houselisting operations, carried out in May 2000, and the second being population enumeration, carried out from February 9 to 28, 2001. The reference time for the census is 1 March, 2001. The homeless population was enumerated on 28 February. A revisional round was undertaken 1 to 5 March 2001 to account for mutations between the time of visit in February and 1 March.
The total population calculated for 1 March 2001 was 1,027,015,247, making the 2001 census the first to count more than a billion Indians.
[8] The population had risen by 21.34% compared to the 1991 total. The female population had increased by 0.3 percentage points to 48.4%.
[9]
See list of
States of India by urban population. Maharashtra has the largest urban agglomeration while Delhi is the most urbanised market at over 93% urbanization.
Key data
'Total Population:'
1,129.9 million(July 1, 2007 est. CIA)
[10]
1,028.7 million(2001 Census final figures, March 1 enumeration and estimated 124 thousand in areas of Manipur that could not be covered in the enumeration)
'Rural Population:'
72.2%, male: 381,668,992, female: 360,948,755 (2001 Census)
'''Table 1: Population History'''
| Year | Total Population |
|---|
| 1960 | 443,000,000 |
| 1970 | 553,000,000 |
| 1980 | 684,000,000 |
| 1990 | 838,141,000 |
| 2000 | 1,004,591,054 |
| 2005 | 1,095,054,669 |
| 2007 | 1,129,866,154 |
'''Table 2: Population Projections (in millions)'''
| Year | Under 15 | 15-64 | 65+ | Total |
|---|
| 2000 | 361 | 604 | 45 | 1010 |
| 2005 | 368 | 673 | 51 | 1093 |
| 2010 | 370 | 747 | 58 | 1175 |
| 2015 | 372 | 819 | 65 | 1256 |
| 2020 | 373 | 882 | 76 | 1331 |
Source: Based on P.N. Mari Bhat, "Indian Demographic Scenarion 2025", Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi, Discussion Paper No. 27/2001.
'Urban Population:'
''Age structure:''
''0–14 years:'' 30.8%, male: 188,208,196, female: 171,356,024
''15–64 years:'' 64.3%, male: 27,258,259, female: 30,031,289 (2007 est.)
The average age of Indians is 24.8 years.
'Population growth rate:'
1.606%% (2007 est.)
'Birth rate:'
22.69 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
'Death rate:'
6.58 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
'Literacy rate:'
79,9% (2007 est.)
[11]
'Percent of the population under the poverty line:'
22% (2006 est.)
'Unemployment Rate:'
7.8%
'Net migration rate:'
− 0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
'Sex ratio:'
''at birth:''
1.12 male(s)/female
''under 15 years:''
1.098 male(s)/female
''15–64 years:''
1.061 male(s)/female
''65 years and over:''
0.908 male(s)/female
''total population:''
1.064 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
'Infant mortality rate:'
total: 34.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
female: 29.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 39.42 deaths/1,000 live births
'
Life expectancy at birth:'
''total population:''
68.59 years
''male:''
66.28 years
''female:''
71.17 years (2007 est.)
'Total fertility rate:'
2.81 children born/woman (2007 est.)
The TFR (Total number of children born per women ) according to Religion in 2001 was : Hindus - 2.27, Muslims - 3.06, Sikhs - 1.86, Christians - 2.06, Buddhists - 2.29, Jains - 1.50 , Animists and Others - 2.99, Tribals - 3.16, Scheduled Castes - 2.89.
[12]
'Nationality:'
''noun:''
Indian(s)
''adjective:''
Indian
'Religions:'
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.1%, Christian 2.31%, Buddhists 1.05%, Sikh 1.93%, Jains 0.41%, others or not stated 0.76% (2001 Census)
'Scheduled Castes and Tribes:'
Scheduled Castes: 16.2% (2001 Census)
Scheduled Tribes: 8.2% (2001 Census)
'Languages:' See
Languages of India and
List of Indian languages by total speakers.
There are 216 languages with more than 10,000 native speakers in India. The largest of these by far is
Hindi with some 337 million (the second largest being
Bengali with some 207 million). 22 languages are recognized as "
official languages". In India, there are 1,652 languages and
dialects in total.
[13][14]
Religious breakdown
Main articles: Religion in India
Censuses were conducted in parts of India in the ancient times with examples such as
Kautilya's ''
Arthashastra'' which describes the collection of population statistics for taxation in 4th century B.C.. The
British census in
1865-
1872 was the first conducted in modern times in India.
The
2001 census figures released by the India Census Commission give a breakdown by various parameters including religion.
# All figures in %.
# Gender Ratio
★ : no of females/1000 males
# ''Others'' including
Bahá'ís,
Jews, and
Parsis.
# Tribal Animists (and non religious) are grouped under Others after 1926 (1931 census onwards)
Source: The First Report on Religion: Census of India 2001[ Tables: Profiles by main religions. ]
'α.' The data excludes Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul subdivisions of
Senapati District of
Manipur
'β.' The data is "unadjusted" (without excluding
Assam and
Jammu and Kashmir); 1981 census was not conducted in Assam and 1991 census was not conducted in Jammu and Kashmir
It should also be noted that about 40% of the Hindus speak Hindi while the rest speak Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati,Kannada and other languages. Almost 70% of the Muslims speak Urdu while the rest speak Kashmiri, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Gujarati and other languages. About one-third of the Christians speak Malayalam, one-sixth speak Tamil while the rest speak a variety of languages.
Ethnic groups
Unlike the
USA,
UK, and
Australian Censuses, the national Census of India does not recognize
racial or ethnic groups within India,
[15] but recognizes many of the tribal groups as
Scheduled Castes and Tribes (see
list of Scheduled Tribes in India).
It should be noted that
Indo-Aryan, Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman are racial and linguistic terms and denote members of these racial groups and speaks of there linguistic groups.
See also
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★
Indian diaspora
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Geography of India
References
1. http://www.unescap.org/esid/psis/population/database/poplaws/law_india/indiaappend3.htm
2. India, a Country Study ''United States Library of Congress, Note on Ethnic groups''
3. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html#People
4. http://www.censusindia.net/results/rudist.html
5. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html#People
6. http://www.censusindia.net/religiondata/
7. http://www.censusindia.net
8. http://www.censusindia.net/results/resultsmain.html
9. http://www.censusindia.net/results/
10. CIA World Factbook - ''India''
11. http://www.censusindia.net/results/provindia3.html
12. http://www.censusindia.net/results/fseries_tables/data_highlights_F9_F10.pdf
13. Mother Tongues of India According to the 1961 Census
14. Rupert Goodwins. Smashing India's language barriers. ZDNet UK.
15. Kumar, Jayant. Census of India. 2001. September 4, 2006. http://www.censusindia.net/.
External links
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Census of India; Govt. site with detailed data from 2001 census
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Census of India map generator; generates maps based on 2001 census figures
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Census-2001 Religion wise data
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Demographic data for India; provides sources of demographic data for India
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Peopling of India
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Kokrajhar District Information Gateway - ''Census 2001''
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Population Explosion in West Bengal: A Survey A Study by South Asia Research Society, Calcutta
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indianchild.com - ''Population of India''
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District Level Estimates of Fertility from India’s 2001 Census
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