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Current Population of India in 2015 is estimated to be 1.28 billion. Know more on present Population of India in 2015/2016. Population of India
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Population of India 2015
States Population in India
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at 940. Kerala with 1058 females per 1000 males is the state Hindu Festivals
with the highest female sex ratio. Pondicherry (1001) is
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second, while Chhatisgarh (990) and Tamil Nadu (986) are at third and fourth places respectively. Haryana with 861
has the lowest female sex ratio. Muslim Festivals
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Some of the reasons for India's rapidly growing population are poverty, illiteracy, high fertility rate, rapid decline in
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death rates or mortality rates and immigration from Bangladesh and Nepal. Alarmed by its swelling population, India
started taking measures to stem the growth rate quite early. In fact India by launching the National Family Planning Lohri
program in 1952 became the first country in the world to have a population policy. The family planning program yielded Makar Sankranti 2015
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some noticeable results, bringing down significantly the country's fertility rate. In 1965-2009, the contraceptive usage Pongal
more than tripled and the fertility rate more than halved. The efforts did produce positive results, however, failed to
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achieve the ultimate goal and the population of India since getting independence from Britain in 1947 increased
almost three times. Whereas India has missed almost all its targets to bring the rate of population growth under Valentine's Day
control, China's 'One Child Policy' in 1978, has brought tremendous results for the latter. The policy claims to have Maha Shivratri
prevented between 250 and 300 million births from 1978 to 2000 and 400 million births from 1979 to 2010.
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According to recent estimates, Population of India in 2015 is 1.28 billion. Hanuman Jayanti
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Current Population of India 2015 Buddha Purnima
Rank State or union territory Population (2011 Census) Density (per km²) Sex ratio Sindhu Darshan Festival 2015
01 Uttar Pradesh 199,581,477 828 908 Eid ul Fitr
02 Maharashtra 112,372,972 365 946 Friendship Day
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10 Gujarat 60,383,628 308 918
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11 Odisha 41,947,358 269 978
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12 Kerala 33,387,677 859 1,084
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13 Jharkhand 32,966,238 414 947
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16 Haryana 25,353,081 573 877
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