CENSUS 2011: SOME VALUABLE STATISTICS:
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The percentage of Literacy among the Indians is highest from the Jain community, which stands at 95%.
The Muslims in India still continues to grow at an alarming rate of 29.5% (though the birth rate has decreased, Y-o-Y basis or as compared to the figures of census, 2001) and continues to have lowest literacy rate of only 60% among the Indians .
The Muslims in India still continues to grow at an alarming rate of 29.5% (though the birth rate has decreased, Y-o-Y basis or as compared to the figures of census, 2001) and continues to have lowest literacy rate of only 60% among the Indians .
The growth rate of population for India in the last decade was 17.64%. The growth rate of population in rural and urban areas was 12.18% and 31.80% respectively. Bihar (23.90%) exhibited the highest decadal growth rate in rural population.
India’s population in 1901 was about 238.4 million (23.84 Cr) which has increased by more than four times in 110 years to reach a population of 1,210 (121 Cr) million in 2011.
Percentage of Population Matrix:
Hindus--80.5%
Muslims--13.4%
Christians--2.3%
Sikhs--1.9% (Hindu Family)
Buddhists--0.8% (Hindu Family)
Jains--0.4% (Hindu Family)
Others--0.6%
Literacy:
Hindus-75.5%
Muslims--60.0% (Lowest)
Christians--90.3%
Sikhs--70.4%
Buddhists--73.05
Jains--95.0 % (Highest)
Others--50.05%
10-Yr Growth % (est '91–'01):
Hindus--20.3%
Muslims--29.5% (Highest)
Christian--22.6%
Sikhs--18.2%
Buddhists--24.5%
Jains--26.0%
Others--103.1%
NOTE:
## The above data excludes Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul subdivisions of Senapati District of Manipur state.
## The data is "unadjusted" (without excluding Assam and Indian-administered Kashmir); 1981 census was not conducted in Assam and 1991 census was not conducted in Jammu and Kashmir.
10 (TEN) PRINCIPAL LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN INDIA:
Rank Language---Speakers----Percentage:
1. Hindi dialects-- 422,048,642---41.03%
2. Bengali--83,369,769--8.11%
3. Telugu---74,002,856---7.19%
4. Marathi---71,936,894---6.99%
5. Tamil--- 60,793,814 ---5.91%
6. Urdu---51,536,111---5.01%
7. Gujarati--- 46,091,617--4.48%
8. Kannada---37,924,011---3.69%
9. Malayalam---33,066,392---3.21%
10. Oriya---3,017,446---3.21%
ALARM BELL:
India's 2011 census shows a serious decline in the number of girls under the age of seven - activists fear eight million female foetuses may have been aborted between 2001 and 2011.
