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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
271 Etah Uttar Pradesh 1,774,480 13.62 % 873 70.81
272 Chhattarpur Madhya Pradesh 1,762,375 19.51 % 883 63.74
273 Jamui Bihar 1,760,405 25.85 % 922 59.79
274 Surendranagar Gujarat 1,756,268 15.91 % 930 72.13
275 Shimoga Karnataka 1,752,753 6.71 % 998 80.45
276 Thoothukkudi Tamil Nadu 1,750,176 11.32 % 1023 86.16
277 Hisar Haryana 1,743,931 13.45 % 872 72.89
278 Cachar Assam 1,736,617 20.19 % 959 79.34
279 Hazaribagh Jharkhand 1,734,495 20.65 % 947 69.75
280 Namakkal Tamil Nadu 1,726,601 15.61 % 986 74.63
281 Shivpuri Madhya Pradesh 1,726,050 22.76 % 877 62.55
282 West Tripura Tripura 1,725,739 12.57 % 962 88.69
283 Sant Kabir Nagar Uttar Pradesh 1,715,183 20.77 % 972 66.72
284 East Delhi Delhi 1,709,346 16.79 % 884 89.31
285 Buxar Bihar 1,706,352 21.67 % 922 70.14
286 Valsad Gujarat 1,705,678 20.92 % 922 78.55
287 Bidar Karnataka 1,703,300 13.37 % 956 70.51
288 Bhind Madhya Pradesh 1,703,005 19.21 % 837 75.26
289 Balaghat Madhya Pradesh 1,701,698 13.60 % 1021 77.09
290 Puri Orissa 1,698,730 13.05 % 963 84.67
291 Dehradun Uttarakhand 1,696,694 32.33 % 902 84.25
292 Barpeta Assam 1,693,622 21.43 % 953 63.81
293 Kishanganj Bihar 1,690,400 30.40 % 950 55.46
294 Jalaun Uttar Pradesh 1,689,974 16.19 % 865 73.75
295 Dakshin Dinajpur West Bengal 1,676,276 11.52 % 956 72.82
296 Khagaria Bihar 1,666,886 30.19 % 886 57.92
297 Chitradurga Karnataka 1,659,456 9.33 % 974 73.71
298 Osmanabad Maharashtra 1,657,576 11.50 % 924 78.44
299 Kannauj Uttar Pradesh 1,656,616 19.27 % 879 72.70
300 Sangrur Punjab 1,655,169 12.35 % 885 67.99