Template:Infobox census The 1991 census of India was the 13th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.[1]
The population of India was counted as 838,583,988.[2] The number of enumerators was 1.6 million.[1]
Religious demographics
Hindus comprises 69.01 crore(81.53%) and Muslims were 10.67 crore(12.61%) in 1991 census.[3]
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Language data
The 1991 census recognizes 1,576 classified "mother tongues". According to the 1991 census, 22 languages had more than a million native speakers, 50 had more than 100,000 and 114 had more than 10,000 native speakers. The remaining accounted for a total of 566,000 native speakers (out of a total of 838 million Indians in 1991).[4] The number of Sanskrit speakers in India in 1991 census was 49,736.[5]
Other statistics
- Census towns in 1991 census of India were 1,702.[6]
- Jammu and Kashmir was excluded from census-taking in 1991 due to Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir.[7] The number for J&K was derived by interpolation for the population of religious communities in the state.[8]
- Census was not conducted in Assam in the previous census in 1981 due to separatist movements that time. The census data for Assam was done based on interpolation.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census. Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific(26–29 August 1998).
- ↑ Comparative Literature : Sharing Knowledges for Preserving Cultural Diversity{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(2010) Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Paris, France, [1]. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ With current trends, it will take 220 years for India's Hindu population to equal Muslims numbers in the world(16 December 2014).
- ↑ Languages of India according to 2001 Census. Languages in India(7 November 2001).
- ↑ Where are the Sanskrit speakers?. The Hindu(9 August 2014).
- ↑ Census findings point to decade of rural distress. The Hindu(25 September 2011).
- ↑ Where Are India's 2011 Census Figures on Religion?. Wall Street Journal(9 January 2015).
- ↑ Religion Census: A faithful count.
- ↑ Muslims' growth rate much lower. The Times of India(7 September 2004).