1961 Census of India
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The 1961 Census of India was the 10th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1872.[1]
1961 Census of India | |
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General information | |
Country | India |
Results | |
Total population | 438,936,918 (21.62) |
Most populous | Uttar Pradesh |
Least populous | Sikkim |
The population of India was counted as 438,936,918 people.[2]
Population by stateEdit
State/Union Territory | Population |
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Andhra Pradesh | 35.98 million |
Assam | 11.87 million |
Bihar | 46.45 million |
Gujarat | 20.63 million |
Jammu and Kashmir | 3.56 million |
Kerala | 16.9 million |
Madhya Pradesh | 32.37 million |
Madras | 33.68 million |
Maharashtra | 41.64 million |
Maharashtra | 39.55 million |
Mysore | 23.58 million |
Orissa | 17.54 million |
Punjab | 20.3 million |
Rajasthan | 21.15 million |
Uttar Pradesh | 73.74 million |
West Bengal | 34.92 million |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 63,548 |
Delhi | 2.65 million |
Himachal Pradesh | 1.35 million |
Lakshadweep | 24,108 |
Manipur | 780,037 |
Tripura | 1.14 million |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 57,963 |
Goa, Daman & Diu | 626,978 |
North East Frontier Agency | 336,558 |
Nagaland | 369,200 |
Pondicherry | 369,079 |
Sikkim | 162,189 |
Language dataEdit
The 1961 census recognized 1,652 mother tongues, counting all declarations made by any individual at the time when the census was conducted.[2] However, the declaring individuals often mixed names of languages with those of dialects, sub-dialects and dialect clusters or even castes, professions, religions, localities, regions, countries and nationalities.[2] The list therefore includes "languages" with barely a few individual speakers as well as 530 unclassified "mother tongues" and more than 100 idioms that are non-native to India, including linguistically unspecific demonyms such as "African", "Canadian" or "Belgian".[2] Modifications were done by bringing in two additional components- place of birth i.e. village or town and duration of stay ( if born elsewhere).
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Vijayanunni, M. (26–29 August 1998). "Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census" (PDF). 18th Population Census Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mallikarjun, B. (5 August 2002). "Mother Tongues of India According to the 1961 Census". Languages in India. M. S. Thirumalai. ISSN 1930-2940. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑ "Census of India 1961 Final Population Totals" (PDF). 1962. pp. 3–6.