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class="bd-links-link d-inline-block rounded">SC Population</a> </li> <li> <a href="/scheduled-tribes.php" class="bd-links-link d-inline-block rounded">ST Population</a> </li> <li> <a href="/slums.php" class="bd-links-link d-inline-block rounded">Slum Population</a> </li> <li> <a href="/data/village/455015-patewari-madhya-pradesh.html" class="bd-links-link d-inline-block rounded">Patewari</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </aside> <main><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-0612465356921996" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <style> .adslot_lbtop { width:100%;height:250px;margin:10px 0;} </style>  <ins class="adsbygoogle adslot_lbtop" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-0612465356921996" data-ad-slot="2926950643" ></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <div class="bd-intro pt-2 ps-lg-2"> <h1>Population Census 2011</h1> <p class="text-sm-start mb-0"> The Census 2011 is the 15th National census survey conducted by the Census Organization of India. Mr. C. Chandramouli is the Commissioner & Registrar General of the Indian 2011 Census. The 2011 Indian National Census has been conducted in 2 phases - house listing and population. The national census survey covered all the 28 states of the country and 7 Union territories including 640 districts, 497 cities, 5767 tehsils & over 6 lakh villages. </p> <br>  <div class="row">  <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title">Most Populated Metros</h5> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-hover"> <thead class="bg-primary text-light"> <tr> <th>City/UA</th> <th>2011</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="/census/metropolitan/305-mumbai.html" title="Mumbai Population 2019">Mumbai</a></td> <td>18,394,912</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/census/metropolitan/50-delhi.html" title="Delhi Population 2019">Delhi</a></td> <td>16,349,831</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/census/metropolitan/184-kolkata.html" title="Kolkata Population 2019">Kolkata</a></td> <td>14,035,959</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/census/metropolitan/435-chennai.html" title="Chennai Population 2019">Chennai</a></td> <td>8,653,521</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/census/metropolitan/388-bangalore.html" title="Bangalore Population 2019">Bangalore</a></td> <td>8,520,435</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p class="card-text">The Urban Metropolitan regions have witness huge population increase in the last 10 years.</p> <a href="/urbanagglomeration.php" class="btn btn-primary">Most Populated Metropolitan</a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title">Top Literate States</h5> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-hover"> <thead class="bg-primary text-light"> <tr> <th>State</th> <th>Literacy</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/kerala.html" title="Kerala Literacy 2025">Kerala</a> </td> <td>94.00 %</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/lakshadweep.html" title="Lakshadweep Literacy 2025">Lakshadweep</a> </td> <td>91.85 %</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/mizoram.html" title="Mizoram Literacy 2025">Mizoram</a> </td> <td>91.33 %</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/goa.html" title="Goa Literacy 2025">Goa</a> </td> <td>88.70 %</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/tripura.html" title="Tripura Literacy 2025">Tripura</a> </td> <td>87.22 %</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p class="card-text">Kerala has consistently ranked top in last few decades in terms of literacy.</p> <a href="/literacy.php" class="btn btn-primary">Top Literate States</a> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <br>  <div class="row">  <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title">Best Sex Ratio</h5> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-hover"> <thead class="bg-primary text-light"> <tr> <th>State</th> <th>Sex Ratio</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/kerala.html" title="Kerala Sex Ratio 2019">Kerala</a> </td> <td>1084</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/puducherry.html" title="Puducherry Sex Ratio 2019">Puducherry</a> </td> <td>1037</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/tamil+nadu.html" title="Tamil Nadu Sex Ratio 2019">Tamil Nadu</a> </td> <td>996</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/andhra+pradesh.html" title="Andhra Pradesh Sex Ratio 2019">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td> <td>993</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/chhattisgarh.html" title="Chhattisgarh Sex Ratio 2019">Chhattisgarh</a> </td> <td>991</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p class="card-text">India's sex ratio is comparitively very low except few southern states .</p> <a href="/sexratio.php" class="btn btn-primary">Best Sex Ratio</a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="card"> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title">Top Growth Rate</h5> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-hover"> <thead class="bg-primary text-light"> <tr> <th>State</th> <th>Percentage</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/dadra+and+nagar+haveli.html" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli Population Growth 2011 - 2019">Dadra and Nagar Haveli</a> </td> <td>55.88 %</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/daman+and+diu.html" title="Daman and Diu Population Growth 2011 - 2019">Daman and Diu</a> </td> <td>53.76 %</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/puducherry.html" title="Puducherry Population Growth 2011 - 2019">Puducherry</a> </td> <td>28.08 %</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/meghalaya.html" title="Meghalaya Population Growth 2011 - 2019">Meghalaya</a> </td> <td>27.95 %</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="/census/state/arunachal+pradesh.html" title="Arunachal Pradesh Population Growth 2011 - 2019">Arunachal Pradesh</a> </td> <td>26.03 %</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p class="card-text">Few states are witnessing population growth either due to immigration or fertility rate.</p> <a href="/states.php" class="btn btn-primary">State List ...</a> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <p class="text-sm-start mb-0"> The Indian Population Census 2011 covered a number of parameters during the survey. These parameters include population, growth rate in population, rate of literacy, density of population, sex ratio and child sex ratio (0-6 years). According to the census reports of Indian Census 2011, the population of India is 1,210,854,977 with 623, 724, 248 males and 586,469, 174 females. The total literacy rate in the country at present is 74.04%. The density of population is 382 persons/sq.km. In regards to sex ratio, at present there are 940 females on average on per 1000 males and the child sex ratio is 914 females per 1000 males. <br><br> The Indian Census survey is conducted to gather information from the grass root base which is essential to launch different welfare schemes like Annual Plans, 5 Year Plans etc. in the country for the privilege of common man here. The Houselisting & Housing Census provides extensive information on the status of the human settlements, the housing deficits as well as the different housing necessities to be looked for formulating the housing welfare policies. <br><br> The Population Enumeration offers needed Census data about land & its people in the present time. 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