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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
31 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 4,589,838 25.82 % 917 77.29
32 Kanpur Nagar Uttar Pradesh 4,581,268 9.92 % 862 79.65
33 Ahmadnagar Maharashtra 4,543,159 12.44 % 939 79.05
34 Krishna Andhra Pradesh 4,517,398 7.87 % 992 73.74
35 Kolkata West Bengal 4,496,694 -1.67 % 908 86.31
36 Jaunpur Uttar Pradesh 4,494,204 14.89 % 1024 71.55
37 Madhubani Bihar 4,487,379 25.51 % 926 58.62
38 Sitapur Uttar Pradesh 4,483,992 23.88 % 888 61.12
39 Bareilly Uttar Pradesh 4,448,359 22.93 % 887 58.49
40 Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh 4,440,895 17.81 % 950 70.83
41 Agra Uttar Pradesh 4,418,797 22.05 % 868 71.58
42 Gaya Bihar 4,391,418 26.43 % 937 63.67
43 Solapur Maharashtra 4,317,756 12.16 % 938 77.02
44 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 4,290,589 11.96 % 1006 66.91
45 Samastipur Bihar 4,261,566 25.53 % 911 61.86
46 Jalgaon Maharashtra 4,229,917 14.86 % 925 78.20
47 Chittoor Andhra Pradesh 4,174,064 11.43 % 997 71.53
48 Vadodara Gujarat 4,165,626 14.38 % 934 78.92
49 Muzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh 4,143,512 16.94 % 889 69.12
50 Malappuram Kerala 4,112,920 13.45 % 1098 93.57
51 Hardoi Uttar Pradesh 4,092,845 20.44 % 868 64.57
52 Anantapur Andhra Pradesh 4,081,148 12.10 % 977 63.57
53 Raipur Chhattisgarh 4,063,872 34.70 % 984 75.56
54 Kurnool Andhra Pradesh 4,053,463 14.85 % 988 59.97
55 Mahbubnagar Andhra Pradesh 4,053,028 15.34 % 977 55.04
56 Kheri Uttar Pradesh 4,021,243 25.38 % 894 60.56
57 Kancheepuram Tamil Nadu 3,998,252 38.95 % 986 84.49
58 Maldah West Bengal 3,988,845 21.22 % 944 61.73
59 Saran Bihar 3,951,862 21.64 % 954 65.96
60 Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh 3,943,323 2.97 % 954 83.25