In India, first Census was held in 1872,
done by W.C. Plowden. But ,it was not a synchronized census. First synchronized
Census was held in 1881, since then Census is organized after every 10 years.
Census 2011 is the 15th
Census of India since 1872. It was held in two phases : House Listing and
Housing Census (April to Sept 2010) and Population Enumeration (9th
to 28th February, 2011) Reference Data was 0.00 houses of 1st March 2011.
Censes is a Union Subject (Article 246)and
it listed as entry 69 of the VIIth Schedule of the Constitution .
General trends of Census 2011
Population : 1210.6 million; Males : 623 million and Females : 587.4 million.
Population density is defined as number of
persons per sq.km. The population
density of India in 2011 was 382 per sq km decadal growth 17.5%. Among major states , Bihar is the most
thickly population state with a population density of 1106 persons followed by
West Bengal and Kerala.
Sex ratio is defined as the number of females
per thousand males. According to 2011
census, the sex ratio Of India is 943. It was 972 at the beginning of the 20th
century and thereafter showed continuous decline until 1941.
As per population totals of Census 2011,
literates constituted 73.0 per cent of the total population aged seven and above
and illiterates formed 27.0 per cent . Literacy rate has gone up form 64.8 per
cent in 2001 showing an increase of 8.2 percentage points.
For the purpose of Census 2011, a person
aged seven and above , who can both read and write with understanding in any
language, is treated as literate. A
person , who can only read but cannot write
, is not literate . In the censuses prior to 1991, children below five
years of age were necessarily treated as illiterates.
Kerala retained its position by being on
top with 94.0 per cent literate rate closely followed by Lakshadweep. Bihar
with a literate rate of 61.8 per cent
ranks last in he country.
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