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District Census 2011

According to the Census Statistics 2011, the population of India was 1,210,854,977 with 623,270,258 males and 587,584,719 females. Literacy was found to be a total of 74.04% with 65.46% literate females and 82.14% males. This was a 9.81% increase since the last census. The density of population was found out to be 382 per square kilometers. The total sex ratio was 940 females to 1000 males. The child sex ratio (of ages 0 to 6 years old) was 914 females to 1000 males. The growth rate was 17.64% and the death rate was 21.5%.

Census is the process by which the information of a given population is calculated on the basis of economical, educational and social records, in a given period of time. Census is calculated after regular time intervals. These are some basic census facts. In India, the census is carried out every 5 years. The last census was calculated in the year 2011. This official census 2011 was the 15th census calculation which was done India. It was carried out in two main phases- population listing and house enumeration.

# District State Population Growth Sex-Ratio Literacy
1 Thane Maharashtra 11,060,148 36.01 % 886 84.53
2 North Twenty Four Parganas West Bengal 10,009,781 12.04 % 955 84.06
3 Bangalore Karnataka 9,621,551 47.18 % 916 87.67
4 Pune Maharashtra 9,429,408 30.37 % 915 86.15
5 Mumbai Suburban Maharashtra 9,356,962 8.29 % 860 89.91
6 South Twenty Four Parganas West Bengal 8,161,961 18.17 % 956 77.51
7 Barddhaman West Bengal 7,717,563 11.92 % 945 76.21
8 Ahmadabad Gujarat 7,214,225 24.03 % 904 85.31
9 Murshidabad West Bengal 7,103,807 21.09 % 958 66.59
10 Jaipur Rajasthan 6,626,178 26.19 % 910 75.51
11 Nashik Maharashtra 6,107,187 22.30 % 934 82.31
12 Surat Gujarat 6,081,322 42.24 % 787 85.53
13 Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 5,954,391 20.63 % 901 72.32
14 Paschim Medinipur West Bengal 5,913,457 13.86 % 966 78.00
15 Patna Bihar 5,838,465 23.73 % 897 70.68
16 Hugli West Bengal 5,519,145 9.46 % 961 81.80
17 Rangareddy Andhra Pradesh 5,296,741 48.16 % 961 75.87
18 Nadia West Bengal 5,167,600 12.22 % 947 74.97
19 East Godavari Andhra Pradesh 5,154,296 5.16 % 1006 70.99
20 Purbi Champaran Bihar 5,099,371 29.43 % 902 55.79
21 Purba Medinipur West Bengal 5,095,875 15.36 % 938 87.02
22 Guntur Andhra Pradesh 4,887,813 9.47 % 1003 67.40
23 Haora West Bengal 4,850,029 13.50 % 939 83.31
24 Muzaffarpur Bihar 4,801,062 28.14 % 900 63.43
25 Belgaum Karnataka 4,779,661 13.41 % 973 73.48
26 Moradabad Uttar Pradesh 4,772,006 25.22 % 906 56.77
27 Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh 4,681,645 42.27 % 881 78.07
28 Nagpur Maharashtra 4,653,570 14.40 % 951 88.39
29 Chennai Tamil Nadu 4,646,732 6.98 % 989 90.18
30 Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh 4,613,913 17.11 % 1019 70.93