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District Census 2011

According to the Census Statistics 2011, the population of India was 1,210,854,977 with 623,270,258 males and 587,584,719 females. Literacy was found to be a total of 74.04% with 65.46% literate females and 82.14% males. This was a 9.81% increase since the last census. The density of population was found out to be 382 per square kilometers. The total sex ratio was 940 females to 1000 males. The child sex ratio (of ages 0 to 6 years old) was 914 females to 1000 males. The growth rate was 17.64% and the death rate was 21.5%.

Census is the process by which the information of a given population is calculated on the basis of economical, educational and social records, in a given period of time. Census is calculated after regular time intervals. These are some basic census facts. In India, the census is carried out every 5 years. The last census was calculated in the year 2011. This official census 2011 was the 15th census calculation which was done India. It was carried out in two main phases- population listing and house enumeration.

# District State Population Growth Sex-Ratio Literacy
151 Sikar Rajasthan 2,677,333 17.03 % 947 71.91
152 Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 2,663,629 33.29 % 971 70.78
153 Kollam Kerala 2,635,375 1.94 % 1113 94.09
154 Raigarh Maharashtra 2,634,200 19.31 % 959 83.14
155 Fatehpur Uttar Pradesh 2,632,733 14.05 % 901 67.43
156 Cuttack Orissa 2,624,470 12.10 % 940 85.50
157 Cuddalore Tamil Nadu 2,605,914 14.02 % 987 78.04
158 Barmer Rajasthan 2,603,751 32.52 % 902 56.53
159 Buldana Maharashtra 2,586,258 15.85 % 934 83.40
160 Bid Maharashtra 2,585,049 19.61 % 916 76.99
161 Ajmer Rajasthan 2,583,052 18.40 % 951 69.33
162 Gulbarga Karnataka 2,566,326 18.01 % 971 64.85
163 Gopalganj Bihar 2,562,012 19.02 % 1021 65.47
164 Siddharth Nagar Uttar Pradesh 2,559,297 25.45 % 976 59.25
165 Nizamabad Andhra Pradesh 2,551,335 8.77 % 1040 61.25
166 Bharatpur Rajasthan 2,548,462 21.29 % 880 70.11
167 Mathura Uttar Pradesh 2,547,184 22.78 % 863 70.36
168 West Delhi Delhi 2,543,243 19.46 % 875 86.98
169 Aurangabad Bihar 2,540,073 26.18 % 926 70.32
170 Kannur Kerala 2,523,003 4.73 % 1136 95.10
171 Mayurbhanj Orissa 2,519,738 13.33 % 1006 63.17
172 Firozabad Uttar Pradesh 2,498,156 21.69 % 875 71.92
173 Mirzapur Uttar Pradesh 2,496,970 18.00 % 903 68.48
174 Amritsar Punjab 2,490,656 15.47 % 889 76.27
175 Tiruppur Tamil Nadu 2,479,052 29.11 % 989 78.68
176 Faizabad Uttar Pradesh 2,470,996 18.29 % 962 68.73
177 Tiruvannamalai Tamil Nadu 2,464,875 12.75 % 994 74.21
178 Basti Uttar Pradesh 2,464,464 18.21 % 963 67.22
179 Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh 2,463,289 14.51 % 929 81.07
180 Latur Maharashtra 2,454,196 17.97 % 928 77.26