Population of India by sex and sex ratio, Important Links Related to India

	Population
India / State / Ut	Persons	Males	Females	Sex ratio
India	1,028,610,328	532,156,772	496,453,556	933
Jammu & Kashmir	10,143,700	5,360,926	4,782,774	892
Himachal Pradesh	6,077,900	3,087,940	2,989,960	968
Punjab	24,358,999	12,985,045	11,373,954	876
Chandigarh	900,635	506,938	393,697	777
Uttaranchal	8,489,349	4,325,924	4,163,425	962

Haryana	21,144,564	11,363,953	9,780,611	861
Delhi	13,850,507	7,607,234	6,243,273	821
Rajasthan	56,507,188	29,420,011	27,087,177	921
Uttar Pradesh	166,197,921	87,565,369	78,632,552	898
Bihar	82,998,509	43,243,795	39,754,714	919
Sikkim	540,851	288,484	252,367	875
Arunachal Pradesh	1,097,968	579,941	518,027	893
Nagaland	1,990,036	1,047,141	942,895	900
Manipur@	2,166,788	1,095,634	1,071,154	978
Mizoram	888,573	459,109	429,464	935
Tripura	3,199,203	1,642,225	1,556,978	948
Meghalaya	2,318,822	1,176,087	1,142,735	972
Assam	26,655,528	13,777,037	12,878,491	935
West Bengal	80,176,197	41,465,985	38,710,212	934
Jharkhand	26,945,829	13,885,037	13,060,792	941
Orissa	36,804,660	18,660,570	18,144,090	972
Chhattisgarh	20,833,803	10,474,218	10,359,585	989
Madhya Pradesh	60,348,023	31,443,652	28,904,371	919
Gujarat	50,671,017	26,385,577	24,285,440	920
Daman & Diu	158,204	92,512	65,692	710
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	220,490	121,666	98,824	812
Maharashtra	96,878,627	50,400,596	46,478,031	922
Andhra Pradesh	76,210,007	38,527,413	37,682,594	978
Karnataka	52,850,562	26,898,918	25,951,644	965
Goa	1,347,668	687,248	660,420	961
Lakshadweep	60,650	31,131	29,519	948
Kerala	31,841,374	15,468,614	16,372,760	1058
Tamil Nadu	62,405,679	31,400,909	31,004,770	987
Pondicherry	974,345	486,961	487,384	1001
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	356,152	192,972	163,180	846

India became only the second country in the world after China to cross the One Billion mark. India's Population rose by 21.34 % between 1991 - 2001. The sex ratio ( i.e., number of Females per thousand Males ) of population was 933, rising from 927 as at the 1991 Census. Total Literacy rate in India was returned as 65.38%.

Source: Provisional Population Totals : India. Census of India 2001, Paper 1 of 2001

Structure and Dynamics

Population of India . Although India occupies only 2.4% of the world's land area, it supports over 15% of the world's population. Only China has a larger population. Almost 40% of Indians are younger than 15 years of age. About 70% of the people live in more than 550,000 villages, and the remainder in more than 200 towns and cities. Over thousands of years of its history, India has been invaded from the Iranian plateau, Central Asia, Arabia, Afghanistan, and the West ; Indian people and culture have absorbed and changed these influences to produce a remarkable racial and cultural synthesis.

Religion, caste, and language are major determinants of social and political organization in India today. The government has recognized 18 languages as official; Hindi is the most widely spoken.

Although 83% of the people are Hindu, India also is the home of more than 120 million Muslims--one of the world's largest Muslim populations. The population also includes Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, and Parsis.

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