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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
181 Bellary Karnataka 2,452,595 20.99 % 983 67.43
182 Giridih Jharkhand 2,445,474 28.41 % 944 63.14
183 Sabarkantha Gujarat 2,428,589 16.62 % 952 75.79
184 Bhilwara Rajasthan 2,408,523 19.60 % 973 61.37
185 Thanjavur Tamil Nadu 2,405,890 8.56 % 1035 82.64
186 Ambedkar Nagar Uttar Pradesh 2,397,888 18.30 % 978 72.23
187 PanchMahal Gujarat 2,390,776 18.05 % 949 70.99
188 Sagar Madhya Pradesh 2,378,458 17.63 % 893 76.46
189 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 2,371,061 28.62 % 918 80.37
190 Rewa Madhya Pradesh 2,365,106 19.86 % 931 71.62
191 Bikaner Rajasthan 2,363,937 41.19 % 905 65.13
192 Surguja Chhattisgarh 2,359,886 19.66 % 978 60.01
193 Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh 2,344,474 4.23 % 1019 58.89
194 Rampur Uttar Pradesh 2,335,819 21.42 % 909 53.34
195 Baleshwar Orissa 2,320,529 14.62 % 957 79.79
196 Kheda Gujarat 2,299,885 13.62 % 940 82.65
197 Gurdaspur Punjab 2,298,323 9.26 % 895 79.95
198 Purbi Singhbhum Jharkhand 2,293,919 15.68 % 949 75.49
199 South West Delhi Delhi 2,292,958 30.65 % 840 88.28
200 Erode Tamil Nadu 2,251,744 11.66 % 993 72.58
201 Khordha Orissa 2,251,673 19.94 % 929 86.88
202 North East Delhi Delhi 2,241,624 26.78 % 886 83.09
203 Supaul Bihar 2,229,076 28.66 % 929 57.67
204 Satna Madhya Pradesh 2,228,935 19.19 % 926 72.26
205 Nawada Bihar 2,219,146 22.63 % 939 59.76
206 Mau Uttar Pradesh 2,205,968 18.98 % 979 73.09
207 Chandrapur Maharashtra 2,204,307 6.43 % 961 80.01
208 Jalandhar Punjab 2,193,590 11.76 % 915 82.48
209 Dhar Madhya Pradesh 2,185,793 25.60 % 964 59.00
210 Bijapur Karnataka 2,177,331 20.50 % 960 67.15