AREA AND POPULATION 1. AREA AND POPULATION This section includes abstract of available data on area and population of the Indian Union based on the decadal Census of population. Table 1.1 This table contains data on area, total population and its classification according to sex and urban and rural population. In the Census, urban area is defined as follows (a) All statutory towns i.e. all places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee etc. (b) All other places which satisfy the following criteria: (i) a minimum population of 5,000. (ii) at least 75 per cent of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits; and (iii) a density of population of at least 400 persons per sq.km. (1000 per sq. mile) Besides, Census of India has included in consultation with State Governments/ Union Territory Adminis- trations, some places having distinct urban charactristics as urban even if such places did not strictly satisfy all the criteria mentioned under category (b) above. Such marginal cases include major projec colonies, areas of intensive industrial development, railway colonies, important tourist centres etc In the case of Jammu and Kashmir, the population figures exclude information on area under unlawfu occupation of Pakistan and China where Census could not be undertaken. Table 1.2 The table shows State-wise area and population by district-wise of Census, 2001 Table 1.3 This table gives state-wise decennial population enumerated in eleven Censuses from 1901 to 2001. Table 1.4 This table gives state-wise population decennial percentage variations enumerated in ten Censuses from 1901 to 1991. Table 1.5 This table presents data on birth rate, death rate and infant mortality rate by residence as revealed by Sample Registration System. Table 1.6 This table shows the rankings of the States and Union Territories in descending order of population and area Table 1.7 This table presents the economic classification of the population. Table 1.8 Expectation of male and female lives at birth and at ages 10,20,30,40,50, 60 and 70+ years in the various years for all India is shown in the table. Table 1.9 The table shows the population accordingly to numerically important religious communities of India viz Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains with the percentage increase duirng 1991-2001. Other religions have been collectively presented under 'others'. Table 1.10 The figures in this table represent the population and percentage distribution of members of Scheduled Castes ans Scheduled Tribes in States and Union Terriotories. Table 1.11 This table shows State-wise estimated mid-year population for the years 1991 to 2005. Population fo 1991 to 2000 has been estimated on the basis of Final Population Totals,Paper-1 of 2001, Census of India,2001. Population for 2001 to 2003 has been projected on the basis of Paper 1 of Census of India. 2001. Table 1.12 This table shows sex-wise population of cites as per census 2001 Table 1.13 This table shows as per census 2001, population of towns by classes (I-VI) and villages in India. Towns are classified according to population as below:- Class I - One lakh and above Class II - 50,000 to 99,999 Class III -20,000 to 49,999 Class IV - 10,000 to 19,999 Class V - 5,000 to 9,999 Class VI - Under 5,000 Table 1.14 This table shows as per census 2001, the number of villages, towns, households, population and area 1 2 AREA AND POPULATION TABLE 1.1- AREA AND POPULATION BY STATES (Census-2001) Population India/ State/ Area in Union Territory sq. kms. Males Females Persons Rural Urban (M) (F) (P) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 INDIA (1) ++ 3287263* 532223090+ 496514346+ 1028737436+ 742617747+ 286119689+ State: Andhra Pradesh 275045 38527413 37682594 76210007 55401067 20808940 Arunachal Pradesh 83743 579941 518027 1097968 870087 227881 Assam 78438 13777037 12878491 26655528 23216288 3439240 Bihar 94163 43243795 39754714 82998509 74316709 8681800 Chhattisgarh 135191 10474218 10359585 20833803 16648056 4185747 Goa 3702 687248 660420 1347668 677091 670577 Gujarat 196024 26385577 24285440 50671017 31740767 18930250 Haryana 44212 11363953 9780611 21144564 15029260 6115304 Himachal Pradesh 55673 3087940 2989960 6077900 5482319 595581 Jammu & Kashmir (1) ++ 222236 5360926 4782774 10143700 7627062 2516638 Jharkhand 79714 13885037 13060792 26945829 20952088 5993741 Karnataka 191791 26898918 25951644 52850562 34889033 17961529 Kerala 38863 15468614 16372760 31841374 23574449 8266925 Madhya Pradesh 308245 31443652 28904371 60348023 44380878 15967145 Maharashtra 307713 50400596 46478031 96878627 55777647 41100980 Manipur + 22327 1161952 1131944 2293896 1717928 575968 Meghalaya 22429 1176087 1142735 2318822 1864711 454111 Mizoram 21081 459109 429464 888573 447567 441006 Nagaland 16579 1047141 942895 1990036 1647249 342787 Orissa 155707 18660570 18144090 36804660 31287422 5517238 Punjab 50362 12985045 11373954 24358999 16096488 8262511 Rajasthan 342239 29420011 27087177 56507188 43292813 13214375 Sikkim 7096 288484 252367 540851 480981 59870 Tamil Nadu 130058 31400909 31004770 62405679 34921681 27483998 Tripura 10486 1642225 1556978 3199203 2653453 545750 Uttar Pradesh 240928 87565369 78632552 166197921 131658339 34539582 Uttarakhand 53483 4325924 4163425 8489349 6310275 2179074 West Bengal 88752 41465985 38710212 80176197 57748946 22427251 Union Territory: A.& N.Islands 8249 192972 163180 356152 239954 116198 Chandigargh 114 506938 393697 900635 92120 808515 D.& N.Haveli 491 121666 98824 220490 170027 50463 Daman & Diu 112 92512 65692 158204 100856 57348 Delhi 1483 7607234 6243273 13850507 944727 12905780 Lakshadweep 32 31131 29519 60650 33683 26967 Pondicherry 479 486961 487384 974345 325726 648619 Source: Office of Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs * The area figures of States and U.T's do not add up to area of India because : (i) The shortfall of 7 square km. area of Madhya Pradesh and 3 square km. area of Chhattisgarh is yet to be resolved by the Survey of India. ( ii ) Disputed area of 13 square km. between Pondicherry and Andhra Pradesh is neither included in Pondicherry nor in Andhra Pradesh. (1) The population figures excludes population of the area under unlawful occupation of Pakistan and China where Census could not be taken. ++ Area figures includes the area under unlawaful occupation of Pakistan and China. The area includes 78,114 sq.km under illegal occupation of Pakistan, 5,180 sq. km.illegally handed over by Pakistan to China and 37,555 sq.km. under illegal occupation of China. + The population of India, Manipur State and Senapati District by sex includes estimated population and excludes the households of Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub divisions, as the census results for 2001 Census for these sub divsions were cancelled due to administrative and technical reasons. 3 AREA AND POPULATION Table 1.2 Area and Population By Districts ( Census 2001 ) India/ State/ Union Area in sq. km.Population Decennial Rural/Urban as Population Territory/ District _______________________________ Growth Rate Percentage of Total 1991 Census P M F of Population Population Rural Urban (1991-2001) 123456789 INDIA ++ * 3287263.00* 1028737436+ 532223090+ 496514346+ 21.11 72.19 27.81 849,421,039 ANDHRA PRADESH 275045.00 76210007 38527413 37682594 14.59 72.70 27.30 66508008 Adilabad 16105.00 2488003 1250958 1237045 19.47 73.47 26.53 2,082,479 Nizamabad 7956.00 2345685 1162905 1182780 15.12 81.89 18.11 2,037,621 Karimnagar 11823.00 3491822 1747968 1743854 14.96 80.56 19.44 3,037,486 Medak 9700.00 2670097 1352446 1317651 17.64 85.64 14.36 2,269,800 Hyderabad 217.00 3829753 1981173 1848580 21.74 0.00 100.00 3,145,939 Rangareddi 7493.00 3575064 1839227 1735837 40.09 45.80 54.20 2,551,966 Mahbubnagar 18432.00 3513934 1782340 1731594 14.20 89.43 10.57 3,077,050 Nalgonda 14240.00 3247982 1651990 1595992 13.88 86.68 13.32 2,852,092 Warangal 12846.00 3246004 1644895 1601109 15.15 80.80 19.20 2,818,832 Khammam 16029.00 2578927 1305543 1273384 16.39 80.19 19.81 2,215,809 Srikakulam 5837.00 2537593 1260020 1277573 9.33 89.02 10.98 2,321,126 Vizianagaram 6539.00 2249254 1119541 1129713 6.55 81.67 18.33 2,110,943 Visakhapatnam 11161.00 3832336 1930197 1902139 16.66 60.05 39.95 3,285,092 East Godavari 10807.00 4901420 2459640 2441780 7.93 76.50 23.50 4,541,222 West Godavari 7742.00 3803517 1910038 1893479 8.13 80.26 19.74 3,517,568 Krishna 8727.00 4187841 2117401 2070440 13.22 67.92 32.08 3,698,833 Guntur 11391.00 4465144 2250279 2214865 8.72 71.20 28.80 4,106,999 Prakasam 17626.00 3059423 1552332 1507091 10.88 84.72 15.28 2,759,166 Nellore 13076.00 2668564 1344935 1323629 11.55 77.55 22.45 2,392,260 Cuddapah 15359.00 2601797 1318093 1283704 14.58 77.41 22.59 2,270,720 Kurnool 17658.00 3529494 1796214 1733280 18.72 76.84 23.16 2,973,024 Anantapur 19130.00 3640478 1859588 1780890 14.45 74.74 25.26 3,180,863 Chittoor 15151.00 3745875 1889690 1856185 14.86 78.35 21.65 3,261,118 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 83743.00 1097968 579941 518027 27.00 79.25 20.75 864558 Tawang 2172.00 38924 21846 17078 37.60 78.48 21.52 28,287 West Kameng 7422.00 74599 42542 32057 32.22 91.03 8.97 56,421 East Kameng 4134.00 57179 28802 28377 13.46 73.76 26.24 50,395 Papum Pare 3462.00 122003 64184 57819 67.56 49.15 50.85 72,811 Lower Subansiri 9548.00 98244 49542 48702 18.13 87.39 12.61 83,167 Upper Subansiri 7032.00 55346 28240 27106 10.50 71.53 28.47 50,086 West Siang 8325.00 103918 54349 49569 15.55 79.68 20.32 89,936 East Siang 3603.00 87397 45265 42132 21.61 74.87 25.13 71,864 Upper Siang 6590.00 33363 18057 15306