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{{Infobox census
| name = 1971 Census of India
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| country = [[India]]
| date = {{start date|1971}}
| population = 547,949,809
| percent_change = 24.84%
| annual_percent_change =
| most_populous = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| previous_census = 1961 Census of India
| previous_year = 1961
| next_census = 1981 Census of India
| next_year = 1981
}}
The '''1971 Census of India''' was the 11th in a series of [[census of India|censuses]] held in [[India]] every decade since [[Census of India prior to independence|1872]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vijayanunni, M.|date=26–29 August 1998|title=Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census|url=http://www.ancsdaap.org/cencon98/papers/india/india.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119080707/http://www.ancsdaap.org/cencon98/papers/india/india.pdf|archive-date=19 November 2008|access-date=25 March 2021|website=18th Population Census Conference|publisher=Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific|location=Honolulu, Hawaii, USA|format=[[PDF]]}}</ref>

The population of India was counted as 547,949,809 people.<ref name="census1971">{{cite web |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/362/1/24695_1971_GRO.pdf |title=Intercensal Growth of Population |date=29 March 1972 |author=D. Natarajan |access-date= 4 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=4 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504050253/http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/362/1/24695_1971_GRO.pdf}}</ref>

==Population by state==
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsable"
|+ Population of Indian states and union territories in 1971 <ref>{{cite web|title=Census of India Final Population|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/382/1/24475_1971_FP.pdf |year=1972}}</ref>
|-
|- align=center
!State/Union Territory
!Population
|-
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|43,500,000
|-
|[[Assam]]{{efn|includes Mizo district now part of [[Mizoram]]}}
|14,900,000
|-
|[[Bihar]]
|56,300,000
|-
|[[Gujarat]]
|26,600,000
|-
|[[Haryana]]
|10,030,000
|-
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]
|3,460,000
|-
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|4,610,000
|-
|[[Kerala]]
|21,300,000
|-
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|41,640,000
|-
|[[Maharashtra]]
|50,400,000
|-
|[[Manipur]]
|1,070,000
|-
|[[Mysore State|Mysore]]{{efn|Mysore state was renamed Karnataka on November 1, 1973}}
|29,290,000
|-
|[[Nagaland]]
|516,449
|-
|[[Orissa]]
|21,940,000
|-
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|13,510,000
|-
|[[Rajasthan]]
|25,700,000
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|41,190,000
|-
|[[Tripura]]
|1,550,000
|-
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|88,340,000
|-
|[[West Bengal]]
|44,310,000
|-
|[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
|115,133
|-
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|465, 511
|-
|[[Chandigarh]]
|257,251
|-
|[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]
|74,170
|-
|[[Delhi]]
|4,060,000
|-
|[[Goa, Daman and Diu]]
|857,771
|-
|[[Lakshadweep]]
|31,810
|-
|[[Pondicherry]]
|471,707
|}

==Information==
The schedule contained 35 questions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/Data_Products/Library/Indian_perceptive_link/Census_Questionaires_link/questions.htm#1971 |title=Census of India - Questions - 1971: Individual Slip |access-date= 22 July 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Name of the person Relationship to head (of the household) Sex Age Marital Status For currently married women only:
* Age at marriage
* Any child born in the last one year
Birth Place
* Place of birth
* Rural/Urban
* District
* State/Country
|Last Residence
* Place of last residence
* Rural/Urban
* District
* State/Country
Duration of Residence at the village or town of enumeration
 Religion [[Scheduled Castes|S.C.]] or [[Scheduled Tribes|S.T.]] Literacy (L or O) Educational level Mother tongue Other languages
|Main Activity
* Broad category
** Worker (C, AL, HHI, OW)
** Non-worker (H, S, T, R, D, B, I, O)
* Place of work (Name of Village/Town)
* Name of Establishment
* Nature of Industry, Trade, Profession or Service
* Description of Work
* Class of worker
Secondary Work
* Broad Category (C, AL, HHI, OW)
* Place of work (Name of Village/Town)
* Name of Establishment
* Nature of Industry, Trade, Profession or Service
* Description of Work
* Class of Worker
|}

==See also==
*[[Demographics of India]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://censusindia.gov.in/}}

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