Population: | 1,191,000,000 (2010) (2nd est) |
Growth rate: | 1.548% (2009 est) |
Birth rate: | 22.22 births/1,000 population (2009 est) |
Death rate: | 6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est) |
Life expectancy: | 69.89 years (2009 est) |
–Male: | 67.46 years (2009 est) |
–Female: | 72.61 years (2009 est) |
Fertility rate: | 2.72 children born/woman (NFHS-3, 2008) |
Infant mortality rate: | 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Age structure: | |
0-14 years: | 31.1% (male 190,075,426/female 172,799,553) (2009 est) |
15-64 years: | 63.6% (male 381,446,079/female 359,802,209) (2009 est) |
65-over: | 5.3% (male 29,364,920/female 32,591,030) (2009 est) |
Sex ratio: | |
At birth: | 1.12 male(s)/female (2009) |
Under 15: | 1.10 male(s)/female (2009) |
15-64 years: | 1.06 male(s)/female (2009) |
65-over: | 0.90 male(s)/female (2009) |
Religions:(Census 2001)
Religion | Population | (%) |
Hindus | 827,578,868 | 80.5 |
Muslims | 138,188,240 | 13.4 |
Christians | 24,080,016 | 2.3 |
Sikhs | 19,215,730 | 1.9 |
Buddhists | 7,955,207 | 0.8 |
Jains | 4,225,053 | 0.4 |
Other religions & persuasions | 6,639,626 | 0.6 |
Religion not stated | 727,588 | 0.1 |
Total | 1,028,610,328 | 100.0 |
Census information for 2001* (Religions) | |||||||
Composition | Hindus | Muslims | Christians | Sikhs | Buddhist | Jains | Others |
% Total of population 2001 | 80.5% | 13.4% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
10-Yr Growth % (est '91–'01) | 20.3% | 29.5% | 22.6% | 18.2% | 24.5% | 26.0% | 103.1% |
Sex ratio (avg. 944) | 935 | 940 | 1009 | 895 | 955 | 940 | 1000 |
Literacy rate (71.7% for Age 7 & above) | 75.5 | 60.0 | 90.3 | 70.4 | 73.0 | 95.0 | 50.0 |
Work Participation Rate | 40.4 | 31.3 | 39.7 | 37.7 | 40.6 | 32.9 | 48.4 |
Rural sex ratio | 944 | 953 | 1001 | 895 | 958 | 937 | 995 |
Urban sex ratio | 922 | 907 | 1026 | 886 | 944 | 941 | 966 |
Child sex ratio (0–6 yrs) | 925 | 950 | 964 | 786 | 942 | 870 | 976 |
* The data is "unadjusted" (without excluding Assam and Jammu and Kashmir); 1981 census was not conducted in Assam and 1991 census was not conducted in Jammu and Kashmir.
1. All figures in %.
2. Others including Bahá'ís, Jews, and Parsis.
3. Tribal Animists (and non religious) are grouped under Others after 1926 (1931 census onwards)
Native speakers of Indian languages as per the 2001 census | |||
Rank | Language | Speakers | Percentage |
1 | Hindi | 422,048,642 | 41.03% |
2 | 83,369,769 | 8.11% | |
3 | 74,002,856 | 7.19% | |
4 | 71,936,894 | 6.99% | |
5 | 60,793,814 | 5.91% | |
6 | 51,536,111 | 5.01% | |
7 | 46,091,617 | 4.48% | |
8 | 37,924,011 | 3.69% | |
9 | 33,066,392 | 3.21% | |
10 | 33,017,446 | 3.21% | |
11 | 29,102,477 | 2.83% | |
12 | 13,168,484 | 1.28% | |
13 | 12,179,122 | 1.18% | |
14 | 9,582,957 | 0.93% | |
15 | 6,469,600 | 0.63% | |
16 | 5,527,698 | 0.54% | |
17 | 2,871,749 | 0.28% | |
18 | 2,713,790 | 0.26% | |
19 | 2,535,485 | 0.25% | |
20 | 2,489,015 | 0.24% | |
21 | 2,282,589 | 0.22% | |
22 | 2,075,258 | 0.20% | |
23 | 1,751,489 | 0.17% | |
24 | 1,722,768 | 0.17% | |
25 | Meitei (Manipuri) | 1,466,705* | 0.14% |
26 | 1,350,478 | 0.13% | |
27 | 1,128,575 | 0.112% | |
28 | 1,061,352 | 0.105% | |
29 | 1,042,724 | 0.103% |
Languages: | |
Official Language: Standard Hindi written in the Devanāgarī script.
(The Indian Constitution recognises English as a subsidiary official language)
Regional Languages included in Indian Constitution:
1. ASSAMESE/ASOMIYA -Assam
2. BENGALI/BANGLA -Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tripura, West Bengal
3. BODO- Assam
4. DOGRI -Jammu and Kashmir
5. GUJARATI -Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat
6. HINDI -Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, the national capital territory of Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
7. KANNADA- Karnataka
8. KASHMIRI -Jammu and Kashmir
9. KONKANI- Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra
10. MAITHILI- Bihar
11. MALAYALAM- Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Kerala
12. MANIPURI -(also MEITEI or MEITHEI) Manipur
13. MARATHI -Dadra & Nagar Haveli , Daman and Diu, Goa, Maharashtra
14. NEPALI -Sikkim, West Bengal
15. ORIYA -Orissa
16. PUNJABI- Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab
17. SANSKRIT- Listed as a Classical Language of India.
18. SANTHALI -Santhal tribals of the Chota Nagpur Plateau (comprising the states of Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa)
19. SINDHI -Sindhi community
20. TAMIL -Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. Listed as a Classical Language of India.
21. TELUGU- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh
22. URDU -Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh
Other Regional Languages Accepted by States as Official Languages:
- Kokborok - Tripura,
- Mizo - Mizoram,
- Khasi, Garo, and Jaintia - Meghalaya,
- French - Puducherry.
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