India's population:India's population now stands at 1.21 billion

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) India's population is now pegged at 1.21 billion, an substantiate of greater number of as opposed to 181 million in the last 10 years, according to the provisional 2011 Census poll released today.

The populace comprising 623.7 million males and 586.5 million females is about equal to the combined population of the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan put together.

The population has increased by a great deal more as opposed to 181 million during the decade 2001-2011, the forecast said. The value increase values in 2011 is 17.64 per cent in comparison to 21.15 per cent in 2001.

The 2001-2011 era is the first decade -- with exception of 1911-1921 -- that has so much added lesser population put side by side to the earliest decade, Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner of India C Chandramauli said in arrival of Home Secretary Gopal K Pillai.

Among the suggests and Union territories, Uttar Pradesh is the numerous populous arena in 199 million customers and Lakshadweep the least inhabited at 64,429.

The combined populace of UP and Maharashtra is higher than the present of the US.

The highest population density is in Delhi's north-east district (37,346 per sq km) while the lowest is in Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh (just one per sq km).

Child sex ratio in 2011 is 914 female against 1,000 male--the the very least ever since Independence.

According to the data, literates constitute 74 per cent of the total populace aged seven and above and illiterates order 26 per cent.

The literacy rate has gone up out of 64.83 per cent in 2001 to 74.04 per cent in 2011 popping an increase in value of 9.21 per cent.

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