Census of India (Static GK)

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Census of India 2011
Census States/Districts
State with the highest population UP, Maharashtra, Bihar,
West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh
State with the lowest population Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal
pradesh, Goa, Nagaland
Union territory with the highest population Delhi, Puducherry,
Chandigarh
Union territory with the lowest population Lakshadweep, A & N Islands,
Dadar Nagar haveli
Highest population district Thane (Maharashtra)
Lowest population district Dibang valley (Arunachal
Pradesh)
Most populated city in India Mumbai (Maharashtra)
Least populated city in India Kapurthala (Punjab)
State with the highest population density Bihar (1106)
State with the lowest population density Arunachal Pradesh
17 people living per square
kilometer
Union territory with the highest population Delhi
density
Union territory with the lowest population Andaman & Nicobar Islands
density
State with the highest sex ratio Kerala
(1084 females/1000 males)
State with the lowest sex ratio Haryana
(877 females/1000 males)
Union territory highest sex ratio Puducherry
(1037 females/1000 males)
Union territory lowest sex ratio Daman and Diu
(618 females/1000 males)
State with the highest literacy rate Kerala (93.91% ~ 94%)
State with the lowest literacy rate Bihar (61.80 %)
Union territory with the highest literacy rate Lakshadweep (92.28%)
Union territory with the lowest literacy rate Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(77.24%)
State with most urban population Maharashtra
State with most urban population in Goa (62.17%)
percentage
Highest Rural population in numbers Uttar Pradesh
Highest Rural population in percentage Himachal Pradesh
Highest Rural population in percentage Meghalaya (27.80%)
Compare all states and UTs highest decadal Dadra and Nagar Haveli
population growth rate (55.50%)
Compare all states and UTs lowest decadal Nagaland (Negative)
population growth rate
States has maximum SC population Uttar Pradesh (Sitapur)
States has maximum ST population Madhya Pradesh
States has maximum ST population in Mizoram (94.5 %)
percentage
States has lowest ST population in percentage Goa (0.04 %)
UT with the highest proportion of Scheduled Lakshadweep (94.5 %)
Tribes
UT with the lowest proportion of Scheduled A & N Islands (8.3 %)
Tribes
District with the highest proportion of Sarchhip, Mizoram ( 98.1%)
Scheduled Tribes
District with the lowest proportion of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh(0.01%)
Scheduled Tribes
UTs has maximum SC population Delhi
UTs has maximum ST population Lakshadweep
States has zero Scheduled Tribe (ST) Punjab
population
Highest Fertility rate Bihar
smallest state in India geographically Goa
Area wise state Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra,
UP
 Questions asked in Recent Exams
Questions (Census 2011) Answers
What was the sex ratio of India as per 2011 943/1000M
census ?
What was the literacy rate of India as per 2011 74.04%
census ?
What was the male literacy rate according to 82.14%
the 2011 census ?
What was the fertility rate of India as per 2011 2.2 (2.5 – 2001)
census ?
The Union territory with the lowest sex ratio as per Daman & Diu (618F/1000M)
2011 census ?
The state with the least population as per 2011 Sikkim
census ?
What was the percentage of Scheduled Tribes 8.6%
(ST) according to the 2011 census ? (Scheduled Caste – 16.6%)
What was the population of Hindu in India as per 96.63 crores (79.8%)
2011 census ?

Important Facts related to Census 2011

Important Facts (Census 2011) Answers
The slogan of census 2011 was ‘Our Census, Our future’.
______ was the Census Commissioner of India 2011 C. Chandramouli
Mascot for Census 2011 — an animated woman with
a black Census bag and
a stack of files
(Female Enumerator)
1st Census in British India Under Lord MAYO ( 1872)
Regular census/ interval of every 10 years : Under Lord Rippon in 1881
15th no. Census was : 2011
After independence: it was 7th No. Census
1951 Census 1st census after
independence
1951 Census Literacy rate : 18%
Sex ratio: 946
 Population Density: 382
per sq km
The first Economic Census was undertaken in 1977
1st Caste based Census in 1931
Great Dividing Year: 1921
Census is in : Centre List
Under the Ministry of Home Affairs, the office of the decennial Census
Registrar General and Census Commissioner is
responsible for the
____assumed the charge as Registrar General & Shri Mritunjay Kumar
Census Commissioner of India Narayan
World population day 11th July
Population Explosion : 1951-1981
Highest growth in population : 1961- 1971 (24.80%)
Population stability achieved by : 2070
But before this aim was : by 2045

According to the Census of 2011

Important Facts On Census 2011
India holds _______ of the world’s population. 17.5%
Total population of India - 121 crore (1210854977)
Total population of India (Male) - 51.47 % (62.31 crores)
Total population of India (Female) - 48.53% (58.74 crores)
Population of Hindu - 96.63 crores (79.8%)
Population of Muslim – 14.2%
Sex ratio: 943/ 1000
Sex ratio in 200: 933
Child sex ratio: 919 / 1000
Child Sex ration (In 2001) : 927
Sex ratio Sikh community in India has the lowest sex ratio
Districts : 640
No. of towns: 7933
No.of villages: 640930
Gross fertility rate is 2.4
Fertility rate of India 2.2
Fertility rate of India (in 2001) 2.5
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 16.6% and 8.6%,
comprise about respectively
______ is the most literate in india Jainism
literacy rate of India - 74.04%
Male literacy rate - 82.14%
Female literacy rate – 65.46%
The percentage of urban population in India was 31.1%
The percentage of rural population in India was – 68.9%
Laungages after hindi is the most spoken by Bengali
maximum number of people in India –
There were _________canvassed during population 29 questions
enumeration in the Census of 2011
_________has the highest sex ratio of 1093 females Kozhikode of Kerala
per 1000 males
_________has the lowest sex ratio of 709 females Bhiwandi city of
per 1000 males Maharashtra
_________has the highest literacy rate of 98.76 % Aizawl city of Mizoram
Sonbhadra is the district with the highest number Uttar Pradesh
of scheduled tribes in
Sambhal of UP is the least literate city in India with 48 Percent only
a figure of
________ has the highest density North East Delhi