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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
61 Darbhanga Bihar 3,937,385 19.47 % 911 56.56
62 West Godavari Andhra Pradesh 3,936,966 3.51 % 1004 74.63
63 Vellore Tamil Nadu 3,936,331 13.20 % 1007 79.17
64 Pashchim Champaran Bihar 3,935,042 29.29 % 909 55.70
65 Kolhapur Maharashtra 3,876,001 10.01 % 957 81.51
66 Jalpaiguri West Bengal 3,872,846 13.87 % 953 73.25
67 Rajkot Gujarat 3,804,558 20.02 % 927 80.96
68 Sultanpur Uttar Pradesh 3,797,117 18.11 % 983 69.27
69 Karimnagar Andhra Pradesh 3,776,269 8.15 % 1008 64.15
70 Thiruvallur Tamil Nadu 3,728,104 35.33 % 987 84.03
71 Aurangabad Maharashtra 3,701,282 27.76 % 923 79.02
72 Jodhpur Rajasthan 3,687,165 27.74 % 916 65.94
73 Bijnor Uttar Pradesh 3,682,713 17.60 % 917 68.48
74 Budaun Uttar Pradesh 3,681,896 19.95 % 871 51.29
75 Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 3,676,841 17.15 % 913 75.60
76 Alwar Rajasthan 3,674,179 22.78 % 895 70.72
77 Aligarh Uttar Pradesh 3,673,889 22.78 % 882 67.52
78 North West Delhi Delhi 3,656,539 27.81 % 865 84.45
79 Ghazipur Uttar Pradesh 3,620,268 19.18 % 952 71.78
80 Bankura West Bengal 3,596,674 12.65 % 957 70.26
81 Kushinagar Uttar Pradesh 3,564,544 23.20 % 961 65.25
82 Ganjam Orissa 3,529,031 11.66 % 983 71.09
83 Warangal Andhra Pradesh 3,512,576 8.21 % 997 65.11
84 Birbhum West Bengal 3,502,404 16.15 % 956 70.68
85 Bulandshahar Uttar Pradesh 3,499,171 20.12 % 896 68.88
86 Ludhiana Punjab 3,498,739 15.36 % 873 82.20
87 Vaishali Bihar 3,495,021 28.57 % 895 66.60
88 Nalgonda Andhra Pradesh 3,488,809 7.41 % 983 64.20
89 Bahraich Uttar Pradesh 3,487,731 46.48 % 892 49.36
90 Salem Tamil Nadu 3,482,056 15.44 % 954 72.86