2001 Census of India: Difference between revisions

The '''2001 Census of India''' was the 14th in a series of [[census of India|censuses]] held in [[India]] every decade since [[1871 India Census|1871]].<ref name="ancsdaap">{{cite web|url=http://www.ancsdaap.org/cencon98/papers/india/india.pdf|title=Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census |author=Vijayanunni, M. |format= [[PDF]] |date= 26–29 August 1998 |work=18th Population Census Conference |location= Honolulu, Hawaii, USA | publisher= Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific |archive-date=19 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119080707/http://www.ancsdaap.org/cencon98/papers/india/india.pdf |access-date=17 December 2014}}</ref>

The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/India_at_glance/glance.aspx | title= Home/Census Data 2001/India at a glance | year=2001 | publisher= Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] | location= New Delhi| access-date= 8 November 2013}}</ref> Total population increased by 182,310,397, 21.5% more than the 846,427,039 people counted during the 1991 census.<ref name="glance2001">{{cite web| url= http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/India_at_glance/glance.aspx | title= Home/Census Data 2001/India at a glance | year=2001 | publisher= Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] | location= New Delhi| access-date= 8 November 2013}}</ref>

Hindus comprise 82.75 [[crore]] (80.45%) and Muslims were 13.8 crore (13.4%) in 2001 census.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/census-hindu-share-dips-below-80-muslim-share-grows-but-slower/| title= Census: Hindu share dips below 80%, Muslim share grows but slower| author= Abantika Ghosh , Vijaita Singh | work=Indian Express| date= 24 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/694975/with-current-trends-it-will-take-220-years-for-indias-muslim-population-to-equal-hindu-numbers|title=With current trends, it will take 220 years for India's Muslim population to equal Hindu numbers}}</ref> Census 2001 showed 108 faiths under the head "Other Religions and Persuasion" (ORP) in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/india-religion-census-fewer-minor-faiths-in-india-now-finds-census-number-of-their-adherents-up-2946824/|title=Fewer minor faiths in India now, finds Census; number of their adherents up}}</ref> 700,000 people did not state their religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/govind-pansare-mm-kalburgi-gauri-lankesh-murder-5316465/|title=Indian rationalism, Charvaka to Narendra Dabholkar}}</ref>

! Religious<br>group

! Population <br>% 2001

[[Hindi]] is the most widely spoken language in northern parts of India. The Indian census takes the widest possible definition of "Hindi" as a broad variety of "[[Hindi languages]]". According to 2001 Census, 53.6% of Indian population know Hindi, in which 41% of them have declared Hindi as their native language or mother tongue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qz.com/239073/these-four-charts-break-down-indias-complex-relationship-with-hindi/|title=These four charts break down India’s complex relationship with Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nearly-60-of-Indians-speak-a-language-other-than-Hindi/articleshow/36922157.cms|title=Nearly 60% of Indians speak a language other than Hindi}}</ref><ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement5.aspx 2001 census data]</ref> [[Indian English|English]] is known to 12.18% Indians in the 2001 census. The number of bilingual speakers in India is 25.50 crore, which is 24.8% of the population in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/hindi-migrants-speaking-marathi-rise-to-60-lakh/articleshow/66061624.cms|title=Hindi migrants speaking Marathi rise to 60 lakh}}</ref> India (780) has the world's second highest number of languages, after [[Papua New Guinea]] (839).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/seven-decades-after-independence-many-small-languages-in-india-facing-extinction-threat/articleshow/60038323.cms|title=Seven decades after Independence, many small languages in India face extinction threat}}</ref>

! First language<br>speakers<ref name="1971-2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement5.aspx|title=Census of India: Comparative speaker's strength of Scheduled Languages-1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001|last=ORGI}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/data/sanskrit-and-english-theres-no-competition/article6630269.ece|title=Sanskrit and English: there’s no competition|first=Rukmini|last=S}}</ref>

! First language<br>speakers as a percentage

of total population<ref name="pop">http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/India_at_glance/popu1.aspx</ref>

! Second language<br>speakers<ref name="thehindu"/>

! Third language<br>speakers<ref name="thehindu"/>