| 14th census of India | ||||
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| General information | ||||
| Country | India | |||
| Results | ||||
| Total population | 1,028,737,436 (21.5%) | |||
| Most populous | Uttar Pradesh (166,053,600) | |||
| Least populous | Sikkim (541,902) | |||
The 2001 census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.[1]
The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females.[2] The total population increased by 182,310,397, 21.5% more than the 846,427,039 people counted during the 1991 census.[2]
Hindus comprise 82.75 crore (80.45%) and Muslims were 13.8 crore (13.4%) in the 2001 census.[3][4] Census 2001 showed 108 faiths under the head "Other Religions and Persuasion" (ORP) in India.[5] 700,000 people did not state their religion.[6]
| Religious group |
Population % |
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| Hindu |
80.45% |
| Muslim |
13.4% |
| Christian |
2.34% |
| Sikh |
1.89% |
| Buddhist |
0.74% |
| Animist, others |
0.43% |
| Jain |
0.46% |
Hindi is the most widely spoken language in northern parts of India. The Indian census takes the widest possible definition of "Hindi" as a broad variety of "Hindi languages". According to 2001 census, 53.6% of Indian population know Hindi, in which 41% of them have declared Hindi as their native language or mother tongue.[7][8][9] English is known to 12.18% Indians in the 2001 census. The number of bilingual speakers in India is 25.50 crore, which is 24.8% of the population in 2001.[10] India (780) has the world's second highest number of languages, after Papua New Guinea (839).[11]
| Language | First language speakers | Second language speakers[12] |
Third language speakers[12] |
Total speakers | ||
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| number [13][12] | % of total pop.[14] | number [15][12] | % of total pop.[14] | |||
| Hindi | 422,048,642 |
41.03% |
98,207,180 | 31,160,696 | 551,416,518 |
53.60% |
| English | 226,449 |
0.02% |
86,125,221 | 38,993,066 | 125,344,736 |
12.18% |
| Bengali | 83,369,769 |
8.10% |
6,637,222 | 1,108,088 | 91,115,079 |
8.86% |
| Telugu | 74,002,856 |
7.19% |
9,723,626 | 1,266,019 | 84,992,501 |
8.26% |
| Marathi | 71,936,894 |
6.99% |
9,546,414 | 2,701,498 | 84,184,806 |
8.18% |
| Tamil | 60,793,814 |
5.91% |
4,992,253 | 956,335 | 66,742,402 |
6.49% |
| Urdu | 51,536,111 |
5.01% |
6,535,489 | 1,007,912 | 59,079,512 |
5.74% |
| Kannada | 37,924,011 |
3.69% |
11,455,287 | 1,396,428 | 50,775,726 |
4.94% |
| Gujarati | 46,091,617 |
4.48% |
3,476,355 | 703,989 | 50,271,961 |
4.89% |
| Odia | 33,017,446 |
3.21% |
3,272,151 | 319,525 | 36,609,122 |
3.56% |
| Malayalam | 33,066,392 |
3.21% |
499,188 | 195,885 | 33,761,465 |
3.28% |
| Sanskrit | 14,135 |
<0.01% |
1,234,931 | 3,742,223 | 4,991,289 |
0.49% |
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See also: Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Demographics of India | |||||
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