2001 census of India

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14th census of India
General information
Country India
Date taken 2001 (2001)
Total population 1,028,737,436
Percent change 21.5%
Most populous region Uttar Pradesh (166,053,600)
Least populous region Sikkim (541,902)

The 2001 census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.[1]

The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females.[2] The total population increased by 182,310,397, 21.5% more than the 846,427,039 people counted during the 1991 census.[2]

Religious demographics

Hindus comprise 82.75 crore (80.45%) and Muslims were 13.8 crore (13.4%) in the 2001 census.[3][4] Census 2001 showed 108 faiths under the head "Other Religions and Persuasion" (ORP) in India.[5] 700,000 people did not state their religion.[6]

Population trends for major religious groups in India(2001)
Religious
group		 Population
% 2001
Hindu 80.45%
Muslim 13.4%
Christian 2.34%
Sikh 1.89%
Buddhist 0.74%
Animist, others 0.43%
Jain 0.46%

Language demographics

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Main article: Languages of India

Hindi is the most widely spoken language in northern parts of India. The Indian census takes the widest possible definition of "Hindi" as a broad variety of "Hindi languages". According to 2001 census, 53.6% of Indian population know Hindi, in which 41% of them have declared Hindi as their native language or mother tongue.[7][8][9] English is known to 12.18% Indians in the 2001 census. The number of bilingual speakers in India is 25.50 crore, which is 24.8% of the population in 2001.[10] India (780) has the world's second highest number of languages, after Papua New Guinea (839).[11]

First, second, and third languages by number of speakers in India (2001 census)
Language First language
speakers[12][13]		 First language
speakers as a percentage

of total population[14]

 Second language
speakers[13]		 Third language
speakers[13]		 Total speakers[15][13] Total speakers as a percentage of total population[14]
Hindi 422,048,642 41.03 98,207,180 31,160,696 551,416,518 53.60
English 226,449 0.02 86,125,221 38,993,066 125,344,736 12.18
Bengali 83,369,769 8.10 6,637,222 1,108,088 91,115,079 8.86
Telugu 74,002,856 7.19 9,723,626 1,266,019 84,992,501 8.26
Marathi 71,936,894 6.99 9,546,414 2,701,498 84,184,806 8.18
Tamil 60,793,814 5.91 4,992,253 956,335 66,742,402 6.49
Urdu 51,536,111 5.01 6,535,489 1,007,912 59,079,512 5.74
Kannada 37,924,011 3.69 11,455,287 1,396,428 50,775,726 4.94
Gujarati 46,091,617 4.48 3,476,355 703,989 50,271,961 4.89
Odia 33,017,446 3.21 3,272,151 319,525 36,609,122 3.56
Malayalam 33,066,392 3.21 499,188 195,885 33,761,465 3.28
Sanskrit 14,135 <0.01 1,234,931 3,742,223 4,991,289 0.49

Graphical summaries

  • India Muslim census 2001 pyramid.jpg

    Overview of 2001 population, separated by gender and age bracket.

  • 2001 overview based on religious affiliation and language.

See also

References

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