Demographics
Population
The second largest populous country, India is home to around 16
per cent of world’s population. The country, however, accounts for 2.42
per cent of the total world area. The 10 heavily populated districts of
the country are Calcutta, Chennai, Greater Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Chandigarh,
Mahe, Howrah, Kanpur City and Bangalore. All of them have density of above
2,000 persons per square kilometre and 5.01 per cent of the country’s
population lives in these districts. |
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. |
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Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian
25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) |
Major Religions |
Hinduism,
Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism |
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Hindu 81.8%, Muslim
12.1%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, Others ther groups including Buddhist,
Jain, Parsi1.9% (2001) |
Literacy |
Total
Females
Males |
-
-
- |
64.8 %
53.7 %
75.3 % (2001 Census) |
Sex
ratio
Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per thousand males.
In India, it has generally been adverse to women. The ratio has also declined
over the years except in 1981 when it slightly improved to 934 from 927
females per thousand men. In 1991, there has been a fall by seven points
to 927 per thousand males. But the state of Kerala represent a different
spectrum. The state has a higher number of females than males, 1,036 females
against thousand males. |
Sex Ratio |
The sex
ratio (i.e., number of females per thousand males) of population was 933 |
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1.4% (2005 est.) |
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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.) |
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Total
- 24.4 years
Males - 24.4 years
Females - 24.4 years (2004 est.) |
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22.32 births/1,000
population (2005 est.) |
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8.28 deaths/1,000
population (2005 est.) |
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-0.07 migrant (s)/1,000
population (2005 est.) |
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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:
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Total population -
64.35 years
Males - 63.57 years
Females - 65.16 years (2005 est.) |
Total Labor Force |
406,000,000 |
Urban Population |
28% |
Access to Improved Water
Source |
88% |
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