Demographics of Andhra Pradesh

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[[Andhra Pradesh]] is one of the southern state of [[India]]n sub continent. There are a total of 13 districts in the two regions of [[Coastal Andhra]] and [[Rayalaseema]]. The capital of the state is the [[Amaravati (state capital)|Amaravati]] alongside, [[Hyderabad]] being the joint capital of both Andhra Pradesh and [[Telangana]] for 10 years from the date 2 June 2014.

The census over the years grown steadily in terms of population. It shares borders with states like [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]], Telangana and [[Karnataka]]. Based on the Census of India (2011), the state has a population of ''49,471,555'' residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/censusinfodashboard/stock/profiles/en/IND028_Andhra%20Pradesh.pdf|format=PDF|title=Andhra Pradesh Profile
|publisher=Censusindia.gov.in|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> The sex ratio is way above the national average at ''992'' as against 978 in 2001.

Spread over an area of ''160,205 km<sup>2</sup>'', the state has a population density of ''308'' as against 277 in 2001 Census, which is below the national average.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/indiaatglance.html|title=Census of India : Provisional Population Totals : India :Census 2011|publisher=Censusindia.gov.in|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> Registered growth rate of the population is 11.10 as against 14.59 recorded in the 2001 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-andhra-pradeshs-population-growth-rate-down-sex-ratio-increases-1526714|title=Andhra Pradesh's population growth rate down; sex ratio increases|work=dna|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> The decadal growth rate has come down by 3.49 during the 2001-2011.

Literacy rate in 2011 was ''67.77%'' as against 60.47% recorded in 2001 census. It is an increase of 7.19%. The official language of the state is Telugu.

==Religion==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ Religion in Andhra Pradesh
!Religion !! 2001<ref name="religion1">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Population_by_religious_communities.htm|title=Total population by religious communities|publisher=Censusindia.gov.in|access-date=20 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119031333/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Population_by_religious_communities.htm|archive-date=19 January 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> !! 2011<ref name="religion2">{{cite web|publisher=Census Department, Government of India|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/c-01.html|title=Indian Census 2011|access-date=25 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913045700/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html|archive-date=13 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| Hinduism || 67,836,652 || 74,824,149
|-
| Islam || 6,986,856 || 8,082,412
|-
| Christianity || 1,181,917 || 1,129,784
|-
| Jainism || 41,846 || 53,849
|-
| Sikhism || 30,998 || 40,244
|-
| Buddhism || 32,037 || 36,692
|-
| Other || 4,768 || 9,547
|-
| Not stated || n/a || 404,100
|-
| Total || 76,210,007 || 84,580,777
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ Religion in Andhra Pradesh (%)
!Religion !! 2001<ref name="religion1"/> !! 2011<ref name="religion1"/>
|-
| Hinduism || 89.01 || 88.46
|-
| Islam || 9.17 || 9.55
|-
| Christianity || 1.55 || 1.34
|-
| Jainism || 0.05 || 0.06
|-
| Sikhism || 0.04 || 0.05
|-
| Buddhism || 0.04 || 0.04
|-
| Other || 0.01 || 0.01
|-
| Not stated || n/a || 0.48
|}

==References==
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{{Demographics of India}}
[[Category:Demographics of India by state or union territory|Andhra]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh]]

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