1. The document provides demographic data from the 2011 census of India, including population statistics by state, religious demographics, literacy rates, and linguistic demographics. 2. The population of India was over 1.2 billion in 2011, with Uttar Pradesh being the most populous state and Hindi being the most spoken language. 3. Hindus made up nearly 80% of the population according to religious demographics, and literacy rates varied widely between states, from over 90% in Kerala to under 70% in several large states.

1. Comparative demographics
Category Global Ranking References
Area 7th
Population 2nd
Population growth rate 102nd of 212 in 2010
Population density 24th of 212 in 2010
Male to Female ratio, at birth 12th of 214 in 2009
List of states and union territories by demographics
Population growth of India per decade
Census Year Population Change (%)
1951 361,088,000 –
1961 439,235,000 21.6
1971 548,160,000 24.8
1981 683,329,000 24.7
1991 846,387,888 23.9
2001 1,028,737,436 21.5
2011 1,210,726,932 17.7
Population distribution by states/union territories (2011)
Ran
k
State/UT
Populati
on
Perce
nt (%)
Male Female
Sex
Rati
o
Rural] Urban
Area(k
m2)
Densi
ty
(per
km2)
1 Uttar Pradesh
199,812,34
1
16.50
104,480,5
10
95,331,83
1
930
155,111,0
22
44,470,45
5
240,928 828
2 Maharashtra
112,374,33
3
9.28
58,243,05
6
54,131,27
7
929
61,545,44
1
50,827,53
1
307,713 365
3 Bihar
104,099,45
2
8.60
54,278,15
7
49,821,29
5
918
92,075,02
8
11,729,60
9
94,163 1,102
4 West Bengal 91,276,115 7.54
46,809,02
7
44,467,08
8
950
62,213,67
6
29,134,06
0
88,752 1,030
5
Madhya
Pradesh
72,626,809 6.00
37,612,30
6
35,014,50
3
931
52,537,89
9
20,059,66
6
308,245 236
6 Tamil Nadu 72,147,030 5.96
36,137,97
5
36,009,05
5
996
37,189,22
9
34,949,72
9
130,058 555
7 Rajasthan 68,548,437 5.66 35,550,99 32,997,44 928 51,540,23 17,080,77 342,239 201

2. Ran
k
State/UT
Populati
on
Perce
nt (%)
Male Female
Sex
Rati
o
Rural] Urban
Area(k
m2)
Densi
ty
(per
km2)
7 0 6 6
8 Karnataka 61,095,297 5.05
30,966,65
7
30,128,64
0
973
37,552,52
9
23,578,17
5
191,791 319
9 Gujarat 60,439,692 4.99
31,491,26
0
28,948,43
2
919
34,670,81
7
25,712,81
1
196,024 308
10
Andhra
Pradesh
49,386,799 4.08
24,738,06
8
24,648,73
1
996
34,776,38
9
14,610,41
0
160,205 308
11 Odisha 41,974,218 3.47
21,212,13
6
20,762,08
2
979
34,951,23
4
6,996,124 155,707 269
12 Telangana 35,193,978 2.91
17,704,07
8
17,489,90
0
988
21,585,31
3
13,608,66
5
114,840 307
13 Kerala 33,406,061 2.76
16,027,41
2
17,378,64
9
1084
17,445,50
6
15,932,17
1
38,863 859
14 Jharkhand 32,988,134 2.72
16,930,31
5
16,057,81
9
948
25,036,94
6
7,929,292 79,714 414
15 Assam 31,205,576 2.58
15,939,44
3
15,266,13
3
958
26,780,52
6
4,388,756 78,438 397
16 Punjab 27,743,338 2.29
14,639,46
5
13,103,87
3
895
17,316,80
0
10,387,43
6
50,362 550
17 Chhattisgarh 25,545,198 2.11
12,832,89
5
12,712,30
3
991
19,603,65
8
5,936,538 135,191 189
18 Haryana 25,351,462 2.09
13,494,73
4
11,856,72
8
879
16,531,49
3
8,821,588 44,212 573
19 Delhi (UT) 16,787,941 1.39 8,887,326 7,800,615 868 944,727
12,905,78
0
1,484 11,297
20
Jammu and
Kashmir
12,541,302 1.04 6,640,662 5,900,640 889 9,134,820 3,414,106 222,236 56
21 Uttarakhand 10,086,292 0.83 5,137,773 4,948,519 963 7,025,583 3,091,169 53,483 189
22
Himachal
Pradesh
6,864,602 0.57 3,481,873 3,382,729 972 6,167,805 688,704 55,673 123
23 Tripura 3,673,917 0.30 1,874,376 1,799,541 960 2,710,051 960,981 10,486 350
24 Meghalaya 2,966,889 0.25 1,491,832 1,475,057 989 2,368,971 595,036 22,429 132
25 Manipur 2,721,756 0.22 1,290,171 1,280,219 992 1,899,624 822,132 22,327 122
26 Nagaland 1,978,502 0.16 1,024,649 953,853 931 1,406,861 573,741 16,579 119
27 Goa 1,458,545 0.12 739,140 719,405 973 551,414 906,309 3,702 394
28
Arunachal
Pradesh
1,383,727 0.11 713,912 669,815 938 1,069,165 313,446 83,743 17
29
Puducherry (U
T)
1,247,953 0.10 612,511 635,442 1037 394,341 850,123 479 2,598
30 Mizoram 1,097,206 0.09 555,339 541,867 976 529,037 561,997 21,081 52
31
Chandigarh (U
T)
1,055,450 0.09 580,663 474,787 818 29,004 1,025,682 114 9,252

3. Ran
k
State/UT
Populati
on
Perce
nt (%)
Male Female
Sex
Rati
o
Rural] Urban
Area(k
m2)
Densi
ty
(per
km2)
32 Sikkim 610,577 0.05 323,070 287,507 890 455,962 151,726 7,096 86
33
Andaman and
Nicobar
Islands (UT)
380,581 0.03 202,871 177,710 876 244,411 135,533 8,249 46
34
Dadra and
Nagar
Haveli (UT)
343,709 0.03 193,760 149,949 774 183,024 159,829 491 698
35
Daman and
Diu (UT)
243,247 0.02 150,301 92,946 618 60,331 182,580 112 2,169
36
Lakshadweep (
UT)
64,473 0.01 33,123 31,350 946 14,121 50,308 32 2,013
– Total (India)
1,210,854,9
77
100
623,724,2
48
586,469,1
74
943
833,087,6
62
377,105,7
60
3,287,240 382
Religious demographics
Religions of India (Census 2011)
Religion Population Percent (%)
All 1,210,854,977 100.00
Hindus 966,378,868 79.80
Muslims 172,245,158 14.23
Christians 27,819,588 2.30
Sikhs 20,833,116 1.72
Buddhists 8,442,972 0.70
Jains 4,451,753 0.37
Others 7,937,734 0.66
Not stated 2,867,303 0.24

4. Literacy rate
Literacy rate by state/union territory
State/UT Code State/UT Overall(%) Male (%) Female (%)
1 Jammu and Kashmir 86.61 87.26 86.23
2 Himachal Pradesh 83.78 90.83 76.60
3 Punjab 76.60 81.48 71.34
4 Chandigarh 86.43 90.54 81.38

5. Literacy rate by state/union territory
State/UT Code State/UT Overall(%) Male (%) Female (%)
5 Uttarakhand 79.63 88.33 70.70
6 Haryana 76.64 85.38 66.77
7 Delhi 86.34 91.03 80.93
8 Rajasthan 67.06 80.51 52.66
9 Uttar Pradesh 69.72 79.24 59.26
10 Bihar 63.82 73.39 53.33
11 Sikkim 82.20 87.29 76.43
12 Arunachal Pradesh 66.95 73.69 59.57
13 Nagaland 80.11 83.29 76.69
14 Manipur 79.85 86.49 73.17
15 Mizoram 91.58 93.72 89.40
16 Tripura 87.75 92.18 83.15
17 Meghalaya 75.48 77.17 73.78
18 Assam 73.18 78.81 67.27
19 West Bengal 77.08 82.67 71.16
20 Jharkhand 67.63 78.45 56.21
21 Odisha 72.90 82.40 64.36
22 Chhattisgarh 71.04 81.45 60.59
23 Madhya Pradesh 70.63 80.53 60.02
24 Gujarat 79.31 87.23 70.73
25 Daman and Diu 87.07 91.48 79.59
26 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 77.65 86.46 65.93
27 Maharashtra 83.20 89.82 75.48
28 Andhra Pradesh 67.66 75.56 59.74
29 Karnataka 75.60 82.85 68.13
30 Goa 87.40 92.81 81.84
31 Lakshadweep 92.28 96.11 88.25
32 Kerala 93.91 96.02 91.98
33 Tamil Nadu 80.33 86.81 73.86
34 Puducherry 86.55 92.12 81.22
35 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 86.27 90.11 81.84
– Overall (India) 74.03 82.14 65.46

6. Linguistic demographics
Main article: List of languages by number of native speakers in India
The table immediately below excludes Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul subdivisions of Senapati District of Manipur
state due to cancellation of census results.
Languages of India by number of native speakers at the 2001 census
Rank Language Speakers Percentage (%)
1 Hindi dialects 422,048,642 41.030
2 Bengali 83,369,769 8.110
3 Telugu 74,002,856 7.190
4 Marathi 71,936,894 6.990
5 Tamil 60,793,814 5.910
6 Urdu 51,536,111 5.010
7 Gujarati 46,091,617 4.480
8 Kannada 37,924,011 3.690
9 Malayalam 33,066,392 3.210
10 Odia 33,017,446 3.210
11 Punjabi 29,102,477 2.830
12 Assamese 13,168,484 1.280
13 Maithili 12,179,122 1.180
14 Bhili/Bhilodi 9,582,957 0.930
15 Santali 6,469,600 0.630
16 Kashmiri 5,527,698 0.540
17 Nepali 2,871,749 0.280
18 Gondi 2,713,790 0.260
19 Sindhi 2,535,485 0.250
20 Konkani 2,489,015 0.240
21 Dogri 2,282,589 0.220
22 Khandeshi 2,075,258 0.200
23 Kurukh 1,751,489 0.170
24 Tulu 1,722,768 0.170
25 Meitei (Manipuri) 1,466,705 0.140
26 Bodo 1,350,478 0.130
27 Khasi – Garo 1,128,575 0.112
28 Mundari 1,061,352 0.105
29 Ho 1,042,724 0.103