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2011
(Static GK)
By – Indo Pathshala
Contact Number – 9123206137
https://www.youtube.com/@indopathshala400
Important Facts
The slogan of census 2011 was ‘Our Census, Our future’.
Mascot for Census 2011 — an animated woman with a black Census bag and a stack of files
(Female Enumerator)
Under the Ministry of Home Affairs, the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner is
responsible for the decennial Census
Shri Mritunjay Kumar Narayan assumed the charge as Registrar General & Census Commissioner of
India
Sex ratio Sikh community in India has the lowest sex ratio.
Districts : 640
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes comprise about 16.6% and 8.6%, respectively
Laungages after hindi is the most spoken by maximum number of people in India – Bengali
There were 29 questions canvassed during population enumeration in the Census of 2011
Kozhikode of Kerala has the highest sex ratio of 1093 females per 1000 males
Bhiwandi city of Maharashtra has the lowest sex ratio of 709 females per 1000 males
Aizawl city of Mizoram has the highest literacy rate of 98.76 Percent
Sonbhadra is the district with the highest number of scheduled tribes in Uttar Pradesh
Sambhal of UP is the least literate city in India with a figure of 48 Percent only
Union territory with the lowest population density Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Union territory with the lowest literacy rate Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(77.24%)
States has the highest decadal population growth rate Meghalaya (27.80%)
Compare all states and UTs highest decadal population growth rate Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(55.50%)
Compare all states and UTs lowest decadal population growth rate Nagaland (Negative)
What was the literacy rate of India as per 2011 census ? 74.04%
What was the male literacy rate according to the 2011 census ? 82.14%
What was the fertility rate of India as per 2011 census ? 2.2 (2.5 – 2001)
The Union territory with the lowest sex ratio as per 2011 census ? Daman & Diu (618F/1000M)
The state with the least population as per 2011 census ? Sikkim
What was the percentage of Scheduled Tribes (ST) according to the 2011 census ? 8.6%
(Scheduled Caste – 16.6%)
What was the population of Hindu in India as per 2011 census ? 96.63 crores (79.8%)