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Population
Totals
Data on rural & urban areas
FIGURES AT A GLANCE
INDIA
No. of States/UTs
No. of Districts
No. of Sub Districts
No. of Towns
No. of Statutory Towns
No. of Census Towns
No. of Villages
2001
2011
35
35
593
5,463
5,161
3,799
1,362
638,588
640
5,924
7,935
4,041
3,894
640,867
Total
Rural
POPULATION
SEX RATIO
(females per 1000 males)
181,455,986
91,501,158
89,954,828
940
90,469,915
46,248,060
44,221,855
947
Incrase
47
461
2,774
242
2,532
2,279
Urban
377,105,760
195,807,196
181,298,564
Percentage
Urban
90,986,071
45,253,098
45,732,973
914
919
Rural
12.18
12.12
12.25
Urban
31.80
30.06
33.73
926
Absolute
Total
Rural
158,789,287 117,585,514
82,952,135 61,285,192
75,837,152 56,300,322
Total
17.64
17.19
18.12
Percentage to total
population
Urban
41,203,773
21,666,943
19,536,830
Total
13.12
13.30
12.93
Rural
14.11
14.32
13.90
Urban
10.93
11.07
10.78
902
LITERATES
Absolute
Persons
Males
Females
Total
Rural
778,454,120 493,020,878
444,203,762 288,047,480
334,250,358 204,973,398
Literacy rate
Urban
285,433,242
156,156,282
129,276,960
Total
74.04
82.14
65.46
Rural
68.91
78.57
58.75
Urban
84.98
89.67
79.92