SSC CGL Study Materials - Population India

Friends, this is the sixth lesson of our SSC CGL Geography

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materials series. Just write it down on a notebook while reading these lessons. This not only helps you in remembering better, but it also helps you to refer during the 11th hour preparation. In this post we shall discuss about the Population of India. According to the census released by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on 30th April 2013, India's total population as on March 1, 2011 is 1,210,726,932 or 1.21 billion - an increase of 181.96 million persons in absolute number of population during 2001-11. India occupies 2.4 percent of the world's land surface area and is home to 17.5 percent of the world's population. Check few more important points about India's population from below.

• Total Population of India : 121,01,93,422
• Males : 62,37,24,248
• Females : 58,64,69,174
• Literacy Rate : 74.04%
• Male Literacy Rate : 82.14%
• Female Literacy Rate : 65.46%
• The highest literacy rate : Kerala - 93.91%
• The lowest literacy rate : Bihar - 63.82%
• The most populous state : Uttar Pradesh (19,95,81,477)
• The least populous state : Sikkim (6,07,688)
• The highest density state : Bihar (1102)
• The lowest density state : Arunachal Pradesh (17)
• The highest density union territory : Delhi (11,297)
• The lowest density union territory : Andaman & Nicobar Island (46)
• The most populous country in the world : China
• The second most populous country in the world : India
• India's percentage in world's population : 17.5%
• India density of population : 382
• The highest population growth rate : Uttar Pradesh (70.09%)
• The lowest population growth rate : Nagaland (-0.47%)

Synopsis : 

India's Population (2011 - Census - 1.21 billion peoople)

• Distribution of Population
• States:
• Most Populous State - Uttar Pradesh (19,95,81,477)
• Least Populous State - Sikkim (6,07,688)
• Union Territories :
• Most Populous Union Territory - Delhi (1,67,53,235)
• Least Populous Union Territory - Laksha Dweep (64429)
• Density of Population (India - 382)
• States : 
• Highest Density of Population - Bihar (1102)
• Lowest Density of Population - Arunachal Pradesh (17)
• Union Territories :
• Delhi - 11297
• Andaman & Nicobar Islands - 46  

Read previous lessons of SSC CGL Geography from below

• Lesson 1 : The Locational and Spatial Setting of India
• Lesson 2 : Physical Features - Relief and Drainage
• Lesson 3 : Climate
• Lesson 4 : Soils of India 
• Lesson 5 : Natural Vegetation of India