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{{Infobox census<br />
| name = 1981 census of India<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| date = {{start date|1981}}<br />
| population = {{formatnum:685184692}}<br />
| percent_change = 25.04%<br />
| annual_percent_change =<br />
| most_populous = [[Uttar Pradesh]] (105,113,300)<br />
| least_populous = [[Sikkim]] (316,840)<br />
| previous_census = 1971 census of India<br />
| previous_year = 1971<br />
| next_census = 1991 census of India<br />
| next_year = 1991<br />
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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, US}}</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><br />
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==Population by state==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsable"<br />
|+ Population of Indian states and union territories in 1981<br />
|-<br />
!State/Union Territory<br />
!Population<br />
|-<br />
|[[Andhra Pradesh]] <br />
|align=right|{{nts|53549673}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Assam]]{{efn|[[Population projection|projected figure]] for 1981}}<br />
|align=right|{{nts|19896843}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Bihar]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|69914734}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Gujarat]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|34085799}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Haryana]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|12922618}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|4280818}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] <br />
|align=right|{{nts|5987389}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Karnataka]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|37135714}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kerala]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|25453680}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|52178844}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Maharashtra]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|62784171}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Manipur]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|1420953}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Meghalaya]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|1335819}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Nagaland]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|774930}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Orissa]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|26370271}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|16788915}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Rajasthan]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|34261862}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sikkim]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|316385}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|48408077}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Tripura]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|2053058}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|110862013}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[West Bengal]]<br />
|align=right|{{nts|54580647}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] (UT)<br />
|align=right|{{nts|188741}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]] (UT)<br />
|align=right|{{nts|631839}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Chandigarh]] (UT)<br />
|align=right|{{nts|451610}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] (UT)<br />
|align=right|{{nts|103676}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Delhi]] (NCT)<br />
|align=right|{{nts|6220406}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Goa]], [[Daman and Diu]] (UT)<br />
|align=right|{{nts|1086730}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Lakshadweep]] (UT)<br />
|align=right|{{nts|40249}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Mizoram]] (UT)<br />
|align=right|{{nts|493757}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Pondicherry]] (UT)<br />
|align=right|{{nts|604471}}<br />
|}<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
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==Religious demographics==<br />
{{Pie chart<br />
|caption = Major religious groups in India in 1981<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/handle/123456789/321 |title=Household Population by Religion of Head of Household, Series-1, Paper 3 of 1984, India |date=4 July 1984 |author=V. S. Verma |access-date= 1 December 2021}}</ref><br />
|label1 = [[Hinduism]] |value1 = 82.4|color1 = orange<br />
|label2 = [[Islam]] |value2 = 11.35 |color2 = green<br />
|label3 = [[Christianity]]|value3 = 2.43 |color3 = blue<br />
|label4 = [[Sikhism]]|value4 = 1.97 |color4 = gold<br />
|label5 = [[Buddhism]]|value5 = 0.71 |color5 = orchid<br />
|label6 = Others|value6 = 0.42|color6 = red<br />
|label7 = Not stated|value7 = 0.01|color7 = purple<br />
|thumb = right<br />
}}<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Demographics of India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{official website|https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/}}<br />
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{{Census of India}}<br />
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[[Category:1981 in India|Census Of India, 1978]]<br />
[[Category:Censuses in India]]<br />
[[Category:Political history of India]]<br />
[[Category:1981 censuses|India]]</div>
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