List of states in India by past population

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Population density map of India.

India is a union of twenty-eight states and eight union territories.[1] As of 2011, with an estimated population of 1.210 billion, India occupies 2.4 percent of the world's land surface area but is home to 17.5 percent of the world's population.[2] The Indo-Gangetic Plain is among the most densely populated areas of the world. The eastern and western coastal regions of Deccan Traps are also densely populated regions of India. The Thar Desert in western Rajasthan is one of the most densely populated deserts in the world. The northern and north-eastern states along the Himalayas contain cold arid deserts with fertile valleys. These states have less population density due to indomitable physical barriers.[3]

Census of India

The first population census in India was conducted in 1873. Since then the a decennial census has been conducted in 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931, and 1941 by the Government. Since India's independence in 1947, a census has been carried out every 10 years by the Indian Government, starting from 1951.[4] The census in India is carried out by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs, and is one of the largest administrative tasks conducted by a federal government.[5]

Latest population figures are based on data from the 2011 census of India.[6] During the decade of 2001–2011, India's annual population rising rate has slowed down from 2.15 to 1.76.[6] Based on decennial census data, Dadra and Nagar Haveli shows the highest growth rate of 55.5 percent. It is followed by Daman and Diu (53.5 percent), Meghalaya (27.8 percent) and Arunachal Pradesh (25.9 percent). Nagaland recorded the lowest growth rate of -0.5 percent.[6]

India has 641,000 inhabited villages and 72.2 percent of the total population reside in these rural areas.[6] Of them, 145,000 villages have a population size of 500–999 persons; 130,000 villages have a population size of 1000–1999 and 128,000 villages have a population size of 200–499. There are 3,961 villages that have a population of 10,000 persons or more.[2] India's 27.8 percent urban population lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations.[7] In the decade of 1991–2001, migration to major cities caused a rapid increase in urban population.[8][9] On the basis of net migrants by last residence during the past decade, Maharashtra had the most immigration with 2.3 million, followed by the National Capital Territory of Delhi (1.7 million), Gujarat (0.68 million) and Haryana (0.67 million). Uttar Pradesh (−2.6 million) and Bihar (−1.7 million) topped the list for interstate emigration.[10] The four states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and account for almost half (48.89 percent) of the total Indian population.[6]

By past population

The total geographical area of India is Template:Convert.[2] As per census data 2011, the total population of India is: 1,210,193,422.[6]

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Administrative divisions Population as per Census
Emblem Name 1951[11] 1961[11] 1971[11] 1981[11] 1991[11] 2001[11] 2011[11]
States
Uttar Pradesh 60,274,800 70,144,160 83,849,775 105,113,300 132,062,800 166,053,600 199,581,477
Template:Flagicon image Maharashtra 32,002,500 39,554,900 50,412,240 62,782,820 78,937,190 96,752,500 112,372,972
Template:Flagicon image Bihar 29,085,900 34,841,490 42,126,800 52,303,000 64,531,200 82,879,910 103,804,630
Template:Flagicon image West Bengal 26,300,670 34,926,000 44,312,017 54,580,650 68,077,970 80,221,300 91,347,736
Template:Flagicon image Madhya Pradesh 18,615,700 23,218,950 30,017,180 38,169,500 48,566,800 60,385,090 72,597,565
Template:Flagicon image Tamil Nadu 30,119,680 33,687,100 41,199,170 48,408,080 55,859,300 62,111,390 72,138,958
Template:Flagicon image Rajasthan 15,971,130 20,156,540 25,765,810 34,361,860 44,005,990 56,473,300 68,621,012
Template:Flagicon image Karnataka 19,402,500 23,587,910 29,299,015 37,135,710 44,977,200 52,734,986 61,130,704
Gujarat 16,263,700 20,633,305 26,697,488 34,085,800 41,309,580 50,597,200 60,383,628
Template:Flagicon image Andhra Pradesh 31,115,000 35,983,480 43,502,710 53,551,030 66,508,170 75,728,400 84,580,777
Template:Flagicon image Odisha 14,646,100 17,549,500 21,944,625 26,370,270 31,659,740 36,707,900 41,947,358
Template:Flagicon image Telangana N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 35,193,978
Template:Flagicon image Kerala 13,549,000 16,904,560 21,347,300 25,453,680 29,098,523 31,839,000 33,387,677
Template:Flagicon image Jharkhand 9,697,300 11,606,504 14,227,493 17,612,000 21,844,550 26,946,070 32,988,134
Template:Flagicon image Assam 8,029,100 10,837,700 14,625,157 18,041,250 22,414,320 26,638,600 31,169,272
Template:Flagicon image Punjab 9,160,990 11,135,404 13,551,069 16,788,920 20,281,971 24,289,130 27,704,236
Template:Flagicon image Haryana 5,674,400 7,591,190 10,036,430 12,922,122 16,464,600 21,083,900 25,753,081
Template:Flagicon image Chhattisgarh 7,457,700 9,154,330 11,637,800 14,010,110 17,615,600 20,834,530 25,540,196
Template:Flagicon image Uttarakhand 2,946,900 3,611,200 4,493,800 5,726,550 7,051,600 8,489,100 10,116,752
Template:Flagicon image Himachal Pradesh 2,386,940 2,812,300 3,460,434 4,280,818 5,170,877 6,077,453 6,856,509
Template:Flagicon image Tripura 639,984 1,142,282 1,556,342 2,053,058 2,757,205 3,191,880 3,671,032
Template:Flagicon image Meghalaya 606,300 769,990 1,011,699 1,335,819 1,774,778 2,306,540 2,964,007
Template:Flagicon image Manipur 578,060 780,340 1,073,509 1,421,290 1,837,900 2,294,480 2,721,756
Template:Flagicon image Nagaland 213,700 369,309 516,110 775,570 1,210,492 1,990,275 1,980,602
Template:Flagicon image Goa 547,000 590,875 795,997 1,008,373 1,170,115 1,348,900 1,457,723
Template:Flagicon image Arunachal Pradesh NA 337,300 468,885 632,502 865,900 1,098,328 1,382,611
Template:Flagicon image Mizoram 196,970 266,200 332,190 494,440 690,963 889,690 1,091,014
Template:Flagicon image Sikkim 138,093 162,863 210,205 316,840 406,000 541,902 607,688
Union territories
Template:Flagicon image Jammu and Kashmir 3,254,650 3,561,100 4,616,632 5,987,389 7,718,700 10,070,300 12,548,926
Template:Flagicon image Delhi 1,744,500 2,659,990 4,066,400 6,220,973 9,421,311 13,851,503 16,753,235
Template:Flagicon image Puducherry 317,407 369,355 472,836 604,281 808,117 974,820 1,244,464
Template:Flagicon image Chandigarh 24,948 120,480 257,100 452,960 642,374 901,080 1,054,686
Template:Flagicon image Andaman and Nicobar Islands 31,480 64,160 115,874 189,496 281,990 356,650 379,944
Template:Flagicon image Dadra and Nagar Haveli 42,846 58,020 74,880 104,300 138,290 220,963 342,853
Template:Flagicon image Daman and Diu 49,482 37,587 63,000 79,842 102,110 158,080 242,911
Template:Flagicon image Lakshadweep 21,000 24,370 32,900 40,250 52,820 61,300 64,429
Template:Flag 361,088,400 439,235,720 548,160,050 683,329,900 846,421,830 1,028,737,690 1,210,193,422

See also

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References

  1. ↑ States and union territories. Census of India.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Area and Population. Census of India.
  3. ↑ India - General Profile, Land Use Classification and Land Use Pattern. Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF).
  4. ↑ Census Organisation of India. Census of India.
  5. ↑ Brief history of census. Census of India.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 {{{title}}}. The Hindu.
  7. ↑ Urban Agglomerations (UAs) & towns. Census of India.
  8. ↑ Migration rate to city will dip. The Times of India(13 Sep 2008). Retrieved 2008-12-08.
  9. ↑ Develop towns to stop migration to urban areas: economist. The Hindu(Dec 3, 2005).
  10. ↑ Migration. Census of India.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Archived copy. Retrieved 2011-04-07.

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