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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
241 Davanagere Karnataka 1,945,497 8.63 % 972 75.74
242 Virudhunagar Tamil Nadu 1,942,288 10.91 % 1007 80.15
243 Palamu Jharkhand 1,939,869 26.17 % 928 63.63
244 Raichur Karnataka 1,928,812 15.51 % 1000 59.56
245 Sonitpur Assam 1,924,110 15.55 % 956 67.34
246 Saharsa Bihar 1,900,661 26.02 % 906 53.20
247 Patiala Punjab 1,895,686 19.62 % 891 75.28
248 Haridwar Uttarakhand 1,890,422 30.63 % 880 73.43
249 Bagalkot Karnataka 1,889,752 14.40 % 989 68.82
250 Farrukhabad Uttar Pradesh 1,885,204 20.05 % 874 69.04
251 Krishnagiri Tamil Nadu 1,879,809 20.41 % 958 71.46
252 West Nimar Madhya Pradesh 1,873,046 22.85 % 965 62.70
253 Kanniyakumari Tamil Nadu 1,870,374 11.60 % 1019 91.75
254 Mainpuri Uttar Pradesh 1,868,529 17.02 % 881 75.99
255 Sonbhadra Uttar Pradesh 1,862,559 27.27 % 918 64.03
256 Dharwad Karnataka 1,847,023 15.13 % 971 80.00
257 Darjiling West Bengal 1,846,823 14.77 % 970 79.56
258 Jyotiba Phule Nagar Uttar Pradesh 1,840,221 22.76 % 910 63.84
259 Parbhani Maharashtra 1,836,086 20.19 % 947 73.34
260 Jalor Rajasthan 1,828,730 26.21 % 952 54.86
261 Jajapur Orissa 1,827,192 12.49 % 973 80.13
262 Akola Maharashtra 1,813,906 11.27 % 946 88.05
263 Faridabad Haryana 1,809,733 32.54 % 873 81.70
264 Mandya Karnataka 1,805,769 2.38 % 995 70.40
265 Kendujhar Orissa 1,801,733 15.35 % 988 68.24
266 Banda Uttar Pradesh 1,799,410 17.05 % 863 66.67
267 Banswara Rajasthan 1,797,485 26.53 % 980 56.33
268 Ramabai Nagar Uttar Pradesh 1,796,184 14.89 % 865 75.78
269 Hassan Karnataka 1,776,421 3.18 % 1010 76.07
270 Hanumangarh Rajasthan 1,774,692 16.91 % 906 67.13