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{{Infobox census
| name = 1981 Census of India
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| country = [[India]]
| date = {{start date|1981}}
| population = {{formatnum:685184692}}
| percent_change = 25.04%
| annual_percent_change =
| most_populous = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| previous_census = 1971 Census of India
| previous_year = 1971
| next_census = 1991 Census of India
| next_year = 1991
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The '''1981 Census of India''' was the 12th 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 685,184,692 people.<ref name="census1981">{{cite web |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/310/1/49962_1981_POR.pdf |title=Census of India 1981 - A Hand Book of Population Statistics |date=18 April 1988 |author=V. S. Verma |access-date= 19 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519084528/http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/310/1/49962_1981_POR.pdf}}</ref>

==Population by state==
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsable"
|+ Population of Indian states and union territories in 1981
|-
|- align=center
!State/Union Territory
!Population
|-
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|53,549,673
|-
|[[Assam]]{{efn|[[Population projection|projected figure]] for 1981}}
|19,896,843
|-
|[[Bihar]]
|69,914,734
|-
|[[Gujarat]]
|34,085,799
|-
|[[Haryana]]
|12,922,618
|-
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]
|4,280,818
|-
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|5,987,389
|-
|[[Karnataka]]
|37,135,714
|-
|[[Kerala]]
|25,453,680
|-
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|52,178,844
|-
|[[Maharashtra]]
|62,784,171
|-
|[[Manipur]]
|1,420,953
|-
|[[Meghalaya]]
|1,335,819
|-
|[[Nagaland]]
|774,930
|-
|[[Orissa]]
|26,370,271
|-
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|16,788,915
|-
|[[Rajasthan]]
|34,261862
|-
|[[Sikkim]]
|316,385
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|48,408,077
|-
|[[Tripura]]
|2,053,058
|-
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|110,862,013
|-
|[[West Bengal]]
|54,580,647
|-
|[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] (UT)
|188,741
|-
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]] (UT)
|631,839
|-
|[[Chandigarh]] (UT)
|451,610
|-
|[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] (UT)
|103,676
|-
|[[Delhi]] (NCT)
|6,220,406
|-
|[[Goa]], [[Daman and Diu]] (UT)
|1,086,730
|-
|[[Lakshadweep]] (UT)
|40,249
|-
|[[Mizoram]] (UT)
|493,757
|-
|[[Pondicherry]] (UT)
|604,471
|}
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==See also==
*[[Demographics of India]]

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

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