CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES-1 INDIA Paper 1 of 1982 FINAL POPULATION TOTALS P. PADMANABHA of the Indian Administrative Service­ Registrar General & Census Commissioner for India """~i~, ,;(~tt""'~~ f~:,"<\~'''''f 11i::!!i""I,,~""'l:1lf CONTENTS Introduction v-viii Table 1: Union Population Totals 1 ---- 4 Table 2: State Population Totals 5 -262 States Andhra Pradesh 7 --~ 24 Bihar 25--~59 GUjal'at 60 --72 Halyana 73-76 H fmachal Pradesh 77--81 Jammu & Kashmir 82---,85 Karnataka 86 -,99 Kera\a " 00 104 r-..~ ~'Idllya Pradesh 10~l- 1~'O Mah()\ashtfc) 121- 136 ManipLH 137 138 Meghalaya 139 - 140 Nagaland 141-- 144 Orissa 145-167 Punjab 168- ~172 Rajasthan 173 -~ 185 5ikkim 186 Tamil Nadu ... 187-200 Tripura 201-202 Uttar Pradesh 203----225 West Bengal 226-248 Union T er,itories Andaman & Nicobar Islands ... _.. 249 Arunacha\ Pradesh ... 250-254- Chandigarh ~ .. 256 Oadra & Nag ar Haveli 256 DelhI 257 Goa, Daman & Diu 258--259 Lakshadweep 260 Mizoram 261 Pondicherry 262 Annexe..; : Annexo j Urban aggtonlerations extending to more than one district 26b-- 270 Annexe II Urban agglomerations extending to more than one tel:sil 271----276 Arrnexe III Administrative units adopted in each stale/union terrilory 277 Annexe (V Abbre"'attOflS 278 INTRODUCTORY NOTE The 1981 Census enumeration was conducted in February-March 1981, with sunrise of 1st March, 1981 as the reference point of time. The houseless were enumerated on the night of the 28th February and a revisional round was conducted from 1st to 5th March 1981. In certain inaccessible areas, however, the enumeration was carried out non-synchronously_ These areas include the snow bound regions of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim and certain parts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands where the enumeration was carried out in September-October 1980. In Jammu & Kashmir the enumeration was carriod out from 20th April to 10th May 1981, the reference point being the sunrise of 6th May 1981. The revisional round was from 6th May to 10th May 1981. This was due to the unfavourable weather conditions that prevailed in February, 1981. The census could not be taken in Assam owing to disturbed conditions prevailing there at the time of the census. The final population totals presented in Table 1 of this volume, therefore, include the proje::ted population of Assam as determined by the Expert Conlmittoe on Population Projections set up by the Planning Commission. After the count was completed, the provisional results for the country, the states and union territories giving the basic statistics of population classified by sex and literacy were released on the 18th March 1981 through Paper 1 of 1981. Sometirne later, Paper 2 of 1981 presenting the provisional rural/urban distribution of population in the country, the states and union territories was released in August 1981. Later, Paper 3 of 1981 giving the provisional data of the 1981 census on the distribution of population by workers and non-workers was released for the immediate use of data users. In the same paper data at the district level in the general format of the Primary Census Abstract was also presented. The provisional results published in papers 1, 2 & 3 were based on a quick tabulation of field totals. This was followed by a detailed scrutiny and tabulation of data contained in the Individua' slips and Household schedules canvassed during the 1981 census, in the Regional Tabulation Offices in all the states and un ion territories except Assam. The final population totals arrived at through this process of manual tabulation are presented in this paper. This paper presents the final population totals upto the lowest administrative level of the country with rural and urban break-up, It also gives population figures relating to each town. city and urban agglomeration (with constituent units of the respective urban agglomeration). The data are presented in the following two tables: Table 1 : Un ion Population Totals-1981 giving the final population of India, the states and union territories by total, rural and urban. Table 2: State Population Totals-1981 giving the final population of states/union territories upto the level of tahsil/ taluk/davefopment block/police station/circle etc., with rural and urban break­ up as also for urban agglomerations/cities/towns. In the relevant column heading in Table 2, the term tahsil refers to all these various area levels and Annexe 111.given at the end of this paper may be referred to for the appropriate term in the case of each state/union territory. ( viii ) Statement 3 presents the absolute increase and percentage decadal growth rate between 1961-71 and 1971-81 for the country and the states and union territories. Statement 3 Absolute increase and per cent growth rate of population of India/ States/Un ion Territories 1961-71 and 1971-81 Decadal Growth of Population Percentage decadal growth rate Sl. India/State/ No. Union Territory 1961-71 1971-81 1961-71 1971-81 1 2 3 4 5 6 ---_.- , __ ,,,,,•. n ...___ Indl. 108.924,881 137,026,040 24.80 25.00 St.tes 1 Andhra Pradesh 7.519.261 10.046,965 20.90 23.10 2 Assam 3.787.823 5.271.691· 34.95 36.05· 3 Bihar 9.905.912 13.561,365 21.33 24.06 4 Gujarat 6.064.125 7.388.324 29.39 27.67 5 Haryana 2.446.265 2.885,810 32.23 28.75 6 Himachal Pradesh 647.971 820.384 23.04 23.71 7 Jammu & Kashmir 1.055.656 1.370.757 29.65 29.69 8 Karnataka 5.712.242 7.836.700 24.22 26.75 9 Kerala 4.443.660 4.106.305 26.29 19.24 10 Madhya Pradesh 9.281.711 10.524.725 28.67 25.27 1 1 Maharashtra 10.858.517 12.371.936 27.45 24.54 12 Manipur 292.716 348.200 37.53 32.46 13 Meghalaya 242.319 324.120 31.50 32.04 14 Nagaland 147.249 358.481 39.88 50.05 15 Orissa 4.395.769 4.425.656 25.05 20.17 16 Punjab 2.415.991 3.237.855 21.70 23.89 17 Rajasthan 5.610.204 8.495.056 27.83 32.97 18 Sikkim 47.654 106.542 29.38 50.77 19 Tamil Nadu 7.512.215 7.208.909 22.30 17.50 20 Tripura 414.337 496.716 36.28 31.92 21 Uttar Pradesh 14.586.590 22.520.869 19.78 26.49 22 West Bengal 9.385.732 10.268.636 26.87 23.17 Union Territor/es 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 51,585 73,608 81.17 63.93 2 Arunachal Pradesh 130.953 164,328 38.91 35.15 3 Chandigarh 137.370 194,359 114.59 75.55 .. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 16.207 29.506 27.96 39.78 6 Delhi 1.407,086 2.154.708 52.93 63.00 6 Goa, Daman & Diu 231.104 228.959 36.88 26.69 7 Lakshadweep 7.702 8.439 31.95 26.53 8 Mizoram 66.327 161.367 24.93 48.55 9 Pondicherry 102,628 , 32.764 27.81 28.15 -Growth ral. betw.en 1971-81 of AIS.m hi. been worked out tlking into account thl projected populltion of Aaa.m IS ., 1 981 . TABI~E 1 l1NI()N 1>()Pl1LA'r)()N l~()T ALS 3 TABLE 1 Union Population Totals-1981 --........ ~----- ---__.__ ._'>._----- '.- ..~---------- ... -------.------~~ .. ---.--- Total Total TotAl Total India/State/ Rural Population India/State/ Rural Population Union Territory Urban (Persons} Union Territory Urban (Persons) 1 2 3 1 2 ----------------------_._._-_._- INDIA*(u Total 686,184,692 12 Manipur Total 1,420.953 Rural 626,457,335 Rural 1,045,493 Urban 169.727,367 Urban 375.450 StBtes 13 Meghalaya Total 1.335,819 1 Andhra Pradesh Total 53,649,673 Rursl 1.094,486 Rural 41,062,097 Urban 241.333 Urban 12,487,576 2 Assam·· Total 19.896.843 14 Nagaland Totel 774,930 Rural 17.849,657 Rural 654.696 Urban 2.047.186 Urban 120,234 3 Bihar Total 69,914,734 Rural 61.195,744 15 Orissa Total 26,370.271 Urban 8,718,990 Rural 23,259.984 Urban 3,110,287 4 Gujarat TOlal 34,085.799 Rural 23,484,146 16 Punjab Total 16.788.91 b Urban 10.601,653 Rura I 12,141,158 Urban 4.647.7t>7 5 Haryana Total 12,922,618 Rural 10,095,231 Urban 2,827,387 17 Rajasthan Total 34,2fJ1.862 RUlul 27.051.354 Total 4.280.818 6 Himachal Pradesh U I tJa n 7,210)')08 Rural 3.954.847 Urban 325,971 18 Sikkim Total 316.385 7 Jammu & Kashmir(tl\ Total 5,987,389 Rural 265,301 Rural 4,726,98u Urban 51.084 Urban 1,260,403 19 Tamil Nadu Total 48,40B,077 8 Karnataka Total 37,135,714 RUTal 32,456,202 Rural 26.406,108 Urban 15,951,875 Urban 10.729,606 20 Tripura Total 2,053,058 9 Kerala Total 25,453,680 Rural 1,827,490 Rural 20,682,405 Ulban 225.568 Urban 4,771,275 21 Uttar Pradesh Total 110,862.013 10M adhya Pradesh Total 52,178,844 Rural 90,962.898 Rural 41,592.386 Urban 19,899,115 Urban 10.586,459 11 Maharashtra Total 62.784,171 22 West Bengal Total 54,580,647 Rural 40,790,577 Aural 40,133.926 Urban 21.993,594 Urban 14.445.721 *Includes projected figures of Assam where census could not be held owing to disturbed conditions prevailing there.