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{{Infobox census&lt;br /&gt;
| name = 1981 Census of India&lt;br /&gt;
| logo = &lt;br /&gt;
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| country = [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| date = {{start date|1981}}&lt;br /&gt;
| population = {{formatnum:685184692}}&lt;br /&gt;
| percent_change = 25.04%&lt;br /&gt;
| annual_percent_change =&lt;br /&gt;
| most_populous = [[Uttar Pradesh]]&lt;br /&gt;
| previous_census = 1971 Census of India&lt;br /&gt;
| previous_year = 1971&lt;br /&gt;
| next_census = 1991 Census of India&lt;br /&gt;
| next_year = 1991&lt;br /&gt;
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The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;1981 Census of India&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was the 12th in a series of [[census of India|censuses]] held in [[India]] every decade since [[Census of India prior to independence|1872]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|last=Vijayanunni, M.|date=26–29 August 1998|title=Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census|url=http://www.ancsdaap.org/cencon98/papers/india/india.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119080707/http://www.ancsdaap.org/cencon98/papers/india/india.pdf|archive-date=19 November 2008|access-date=25 March 2021|website=18th Population Census Conference|publisher=Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific|location=Honolulu, Hawaii, USA|format=[[PDF]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The population of India was counted as 685,184,692 people.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;census1981&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/310/1/49962_1981_POR.pdf |title=Census of India 1981 - A Hand Book of Population Statistics |date=18 April 1988 |author=V. S. Verma  |access-date= 19 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519084528/http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/310/1/49962_1981_POR.pdf}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Population by state==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable collapsable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Population of Indian states and union territories in 1981&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
!State/Union Territory&lt;br /&gt;
!Population&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Andhra Pradesh]] &lt;br /&gt;
|53,549,673&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Assam]]{{efn|[[Population projection|projected figure]] for 1981}}&lt;br /&gt;
|19,896,843&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Bihar]]&lt;br /&gt;
|69,914,734 &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Gujarat]]&lt;br /&gt;
|34,085,799&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Haryana]]&lt;br /&gt;
|12,922,618&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|4,280,818&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] &lt;br /&gt;
|5,987,389&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Karnataka]]&lt;br /&gt;
|37,135,714 &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kerala]]&lt;br /&gt;
|25,453,680&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|52,178,844&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Maharashtra]]&lt;br /&gt;
|62,784,171&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Manipur]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1,420,953&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Meghalaya]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1,335,819&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Nagaland]]&lt;br /&gt;
|774,930&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Orissa]]&lt;br /&gt;
|26,370,271&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]&lt;br /&gt;
|16,788,915 &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Rajasthan]]&lt;br /&gt;
|34,261862&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Sikkim]]&lt;br /&gt;
|316,385&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Tamil Nadu]]&lt;br /&gt;
|48,408,077 &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Tripura]]&lt;br /&gt;
|2,053,058 &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|110,862,013&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[West Bengal]]&lt;br /&gt;
|54,580,647&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] (UT)&lt;br /&gt;
|188,741&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]] (UT)&lt;br /&gt;
|631,839&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Chandigarh]] (UT)&lt;br /&gt;
|451,610&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] (UT)&lt;br /&gt;
|103,676&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Delhi]] (NCT)&lt;br /&gt;
|6,220,406&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Goa]], [[Daman and Diu]] (UT)&lt;br /&gt;
|1,086,730&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Lakshadweep]] (UT)&lt;br /&gt;
|40,249&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Mizoram]] (UT)&lt;br /&gt;
|493,757&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Pondicherry]] (UT)&lt;br /&gt;
|604,471&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
{{notelist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Demographics of India]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{notelist}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*{{official website|http://censusindia.gov.in/}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Census of India}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:1981 in India|Census Of India, 1978]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Censuses in India]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Political history of India]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1981 censuses|India]]&lt;br /&gt;
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