India is 1.21 Billion

        The latest census commenced on 1 May 2010, which is 15th National Census of the country, provisional data is release on the basis of 2011 census by the Central Home Secretary Mr. G.K. Pillai in the presence of Registrar General of India & Census Commissioner of India Mr. C. Chandarmoilly in New Delhi on 3rd March,2011. Last two National censuses which held in the country in the year 1991 and 2001 increase of 23.87 percent and 21.54 percent of population were registered respectively but provisional data 2011 census reveal increase of population of 17.64 percent. World’s 17.5 percent population is reside in India and it is more then the combined population of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and America.
      After the gap of ten years national census held in India, first time it was held in India in the year 1881, but after independent India it was held in the year 1951. As per provisional data of 2011 national census population is increased 181 million from 2001 national census but in percentage it has registered drop in almost 4 percent and 6.23 percent from last two national censuses held in the country in the year 2001 and 1991 respectively. 2011 provisional data of census show jump of 9.21 percent literacy rate, which was 64.83 percent in the 2001 census it now stands 74.04 percent, out of it 82.14 percent are men and 65.46 percent are women as compare to 2001 census which was 75.26 percent were men and 53.67 percent were women, so there is jump of in literacy rate of 6.9 percent of men and 11.8 percent of women from last census. Five most populated states in the 2011 census are-

• Uttar Pradesh
• Maharashtra
• Bihar
• West Bengal
• Andhra Pradesh

But contrary to this all the above mentioned five states and Madhya Pradesh have registers drop in there population from last census. Five states appears in the 2011 census as least populations are –

• Lakshadweep
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli
• Daman and Diu
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Sikkim

North East state of country Nagaland get privilege of drop in population register from 2001 national census, talking to media persons on that occasion Mr. C Chandarmoilly said that although country’s every part is covered under 2011 census including naxal effective areas, but it cannot deny some areas of the country may be miss, before giving final status to these stats, there will be survey after census which will start from next month. There are 940 women counts behind every 1000 men and it is increase of seven women from last census, as per stats of 2011 census total men in the country are 62.37 Crores and 58.65 Crores are women and it is drop in rate of 17.19 percent of men and jump in the rate of women of 18.12 percent, but its matter of concern in the widening gap between the population of six years boy and girls as it was 927 in 2001 census and in 2011 census it is 914 yet it has register drop in compare to last census which was 16.38 Crores and in 2011 census it is 15.88 Crores. Highest density of population areas in the country are-

• Delhi – 11297 per square kilometer
• Chandigarh – 9252 per square kilometer

Least density areas of the country are –

• Arunachal Pradesh – 17 per square kilometer
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands – 46 per square kilometer

National census 2011 provisional data is quite encouraging as it has register significant drop in population compare to last two censuses, plus increase of women numbers behind every thousand men and literacy rate has shown jumps of almost double digits.