People - Quick Facts
People
| People (Statewise) | Tribes
| Demographics | Costumes
| Personalities
Population |
Persons - 1,027,015,247
Males - 531,277,078
Females - 495,738,169
(2001 Census) |
Languages |
India has two National
languages (Central administrative). They are English (associate official)
and Hindi (in the Devanagiri script). The Indian Constitution also officially
recognizes 22 regional languages. |
Ethnic groups |
Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian
25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) |
Age structure |
0-14 years:
31.2%(male 173,634,432/female 163,932,475)
15-64 years: 63.9% (male 356,932,082/female 333,283,590)
65 years and over: 4.9% (male 26,542,025/female 25,939,784) (2005 est.) |
Median age |
total: 24.4 years
male: 24.4 years
female: 24.4 years (2004 est.) |
Population growth rate |
1.4% (2005 est.) |
Birth rate |
22.32 births/1,000
population (2005 est.) |
Death rate |
8.28 deaths/1,000
population (2005 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
total: 56.29 deaths/1,000 live
births female: 55.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) male: 56.86 deaths/1,000
live births |
Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 64.35 years
male: 63.57 years
female: 65.16 years (2005 est.) |
Sex Ratio |
The sex ratio (i.e.,
number of females per thousand males) of population was 933 |
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