What did the data of census 2001 reveal about india's population size and distribution?
- India’s population as on March 2001 stood at 1,028 million
- The 2001 Census data reveals that Uttar Pradesh with a population size of 166 million people is the most populous state of India.
- Almost half of India’s population lives in just five states.
- The population density of India in the year 2001 was 324 persons per sq km. Densities vary from 904 persons per sq km in West Bengal to only 13 persons per sq km in Arunachal Pradesh.
- According to the Census of 2001, a person aged 7 years and above who can read and write with understanding in any language, is treated as literate. The literacy rate in the country as per the Census of 2001 is 64.84 per cent; 75.26 per cent for males and 53.67 per cent for females.