About 2011 census of India

It was 15th Indian National census of India which was conducted in two phases, houselisting and population enumeration. Houselisting phase began on April 1, 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all Indians by Unique Identification Authority of India. The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9th to 28th February, 2011.

Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on March 31, 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.64%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%.

This process is revised every 10 years and for 2011 total of 2.7 million workers participated covering 35 states/ UT and 6 lakhs villages of India.

Census report

Population	Total	1,210,193,422
	Males	623,724,248
	Females	586,469,174
Literacy	Total	74.04%
	Males	82.14%
	Females	65.46%
Density of population	per sq. km	382
Sex ratio	per 1000 males	940 females

Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state with roughly 200 million people followed by maharashtra, bihar and west bengal. Kerala with 1084 has the highest sex ratio followed by Puducherry with 1038, Daman & Diu has the lowest sex ratio of 618.

The literacy rate of India has grown with tremendous speed. From 5.31% of literacy rate in 1901 which includes 9.83 % rate for male and 0.60% for female, it has grown to 74.04% in 2011 which includes 82.14% rate for male and 65.46% for female.

I hope our country continue to grow in the right direction to have good future for our coming generation. This can't be achieved just by watching the figures or by blaming the government, it will be possible only if every single of us participate for the well being of our country.

Since the figures of census 2011 figures are of satisfaction a bit but there is more to do for the bright future of our mother country.