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title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: center; background-color: #efefef; margin: 0.1em; padding: 0.05em 0;">Results</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total population</th><td class="infobox-data">361,088,090 (13.32%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most<span class="nowrap"> </span>populous<span class="nowrap"> </span><wbr />state</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> (60,274,800)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Least<span class="nowrap"> </span>populous<span class="nowrap"> </span><wbr />state</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a> (138,093)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The 1951 <b>census of India</b> was the ninth in a series of <a href="/wiki/Census_of_India" title="Census of India">censuses</a> held in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> every decade since <a href="/wiki/Census_of_India_prior_to_independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Census of India prior to independence">1872</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ancsdaap_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ancsdaap-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also the first census after independence and <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Hindu_religions_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Hindu_religions-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1951 census was also the first census to be conducted under 1948 Census of India Act. The first census of the Indian Republic began on February 10, 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The population of India was counted as 361,088,090 (1000:946 male:female)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Total population increased by 42,427,510, 13.31% more than the 318,660,580 people counted during the 1941 census.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No census was done for <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> in 1951 and its figures were interpolated from 1941 and 1961 state census.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Citizens_for_Assam" title="National Register of Citizens for Assam">National Register of Citizens for Assam</a> (NRC) was prepared soon after the census.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1951, at the time of the first population census, just 18% of Indians were literate while life expectancy was 32 years.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on 1951 census of displaced persons, 7,226,000 Muslims went to Pakistan (both <a href="/wiki/West_Pakistan" title="West Pakistan">West</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East</a> Pakistan) from India, while 7,249,000 Hindus and Sikhs moved to India from Pakistan (both <a href="/wiki/West_Pakistan" title="West Pakistan">West</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East</a> Pakistan).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language_demographics">Language demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_census_of_India&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Language demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:ghostwhite;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; 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border-top-color:orchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:orchid"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:85.264016435409px 52.249856471595px 0 0; border-top-color:royalblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:royalblue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:52.624360622353px 85.033385614643px 0 0; border-top-color:lightgreen"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:lightgreen"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:7.8459095727845px 99.691733373313px 0 0; border-top-color:purple"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:purple"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:0; border-width:0 182.17036042694px 100px 0; border-right-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:orange"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Languages of India in 1951<sup id="cite_ref-langs1951_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langs1951-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>, <span data-sort-value="7008149944311000000♠">149,944,311</span> (42.01%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:purple; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>, <span data-sort-value="7007329999160000000♠">32,999,916</span> (9.24%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:lightgreen; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>, <span data-sort-value="7007270495220000000♠">27,049,522</span> (7.57%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:royalblue; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Language">Tamil</a>, <span data-sort-value="7007265467640000000♠">26,546,764</span> (7.43%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orchid; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, <span data-sort-value="7007251216740000000♠">25,121,674</span> (7.03%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:deeppink; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a>, <span data-sort-value="7007163107710000000♠">16,310,771</span> (4.57%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Kannada_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada language">Kannada</a>, <span data-sort-value="7007144717640000000♠">14,471,764</span> (4.05%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:turquoise; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam language">Malayalam</a>, <span data-sort-value="7007133801090000000♠">13,380,109</span> (3.69%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a>, <span data-sort-value="7007131539090000000♠">13,153,909</span> (3.21%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:indigo; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a>, <span data-sort-value="7006498822600000000♠">4,988,226</span> (1.39%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:ghostwhite; color:black;"> </span> others (9.81%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>Separate figures for Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi were not issued, due to the partition 1947 and fact that returns were intentionally recorded incorrectly in states such as <a href="/wiki/East_Punjab" title="East Punjab">East Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/PEPSU" class="mw-redirect" title="PEPSU">PEPSU</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kahlur" class="mw-redirect" title="Kahlur">Bilaspur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-langs1951_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langs1951-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_demographics">Religious demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_census_of_India&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Religious demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; 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top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 64.346838485846px; border-left-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:orange"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Major religious groups in India in 1951 </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, <span data-sort-value="7008303675084000000♠">303,675,084</span> (84.1%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, <span data-sort-value="7007353866330000000♠">35,386,633</span> (9.8%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:blue; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, <span data-sort-value="7006830502600000000♠">8,305,026</span> (2.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a>, <span data-sort-value="7006682456500000000♠">6,824,565</span> (1.89%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orchid; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, <span data-sort-value="7006267205100000000♠">2,672,051</span> (0.74%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Animism" title="Animism">Animism</a>, others, <span data-sort-value="7006155267800000000♠">1,552,678</span> (0.46%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:purple; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a>, <span data-sort-value="7006166100500000000♠">1,661,005</span> (0.43%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>In 1951, India had 305 million Hindus (84.1% of the population), 35.4 million Muslims (9.8%), 8.3 million Christians, (2.3%), and 6.86 million Sikhs, (1.9%). 1951 Indian census showed that there were 8.3 million Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-indiadawn1951_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiadawn1951-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hindus had made up about 73% of the population of <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a>. 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