Indian Economy, 5th edition (145 page)

Literacy Rate: 1951-2011

Census
Year

Persons

Males

Females

Male-Female gap
in literacy rate

1

2

3

4

5

1951

18.33

27.16

8.86

18.30

1961

28.3

40.4

15.35

25.05

1971

34.45

45.96

21.97

23.98

1981

43.57

56.38

29.76

26.62

1991

52.21

64.13

39.29

24.84

2001

64.83

75.26

53.67

21.59

2011

74.04

82.14

65.46

16.68

Literacy, 2011: Ranking of
States and UTs

Rank

Persons

India/State/

Literacy

Union Territory
#

rate

1

2

3

1

Kerala

93.91

2

Lakshadweep#

92.28

3

Mizoram

91.58

4

Tripura

87.75

5

Qoa

87.40

6

Daman & Diu#

87.07

7

Puducherry#

86.55

8

Chandigarh#

86.43

9

NCT of Delhi#

86.34

10

Andaman & Nicobar Islands#

86.27

11

Himachal Pradesh

83.78

12

Maharashtra

82.91

13

Sikkim

82.20

14

Tamil Nadu

80.33

15

Nagaland

80.11

16

Manipur

79.85

17

Uttarakhand

79.63

18

Gujarat

79.31

19

Dadra & Naqar Haveli#

77.65

20

West Bengal

77.08

21

Punjab

76.68

22

Haryana

76.64

23

Karnataka

75.60

24

Meghalaya

75.48

25

Orissa

73.45

26

Assam

73.18

27

Chhattisgarh

71.04

28

Madhya Pradesh

70.63

29

Uttar Pradesh

69.72

30

Jammu & Kashmir

68.74

31

Andhra Pradesh

67.66

32

Jharkhand

67.63

33

Rajasthan

67.06

34

Arunachal Pradesh

66.95

35

Bihar

63.82

India: Density of Population (1901–2011)

Census Year

Density (Per.sq.km)

Absolute Increase

%age Inaease

1

2

3

4

1901

77

1911

82

5

6.5

1921

81

-1

-U

1931

90

9

11.1

1941

103

13

14.4

1951

117

14

13.6

1961

142

25

21.4

1971

1771

35

24.6

1981

2162

39

22

1991

2672

51

23.6

2001

3252

58

21.7

2011

3822

57

17.5

UTs of India: Density Ranking (2001–2011)

Rank in 2011

Union Territories
#

Density (per sq.km)

Rank in 2001

2011

2001

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

INDIA

382

325

1

NCTof Delhi #

11297

9340

1

2

Chandigarh #

9252

7900

2

3

Puducherry #

2598

2034

3

4

Daman & Diu #

2169

1413

4

5

Lakshadweep #

2013

1895

5

6

Dadra & Nagar Haveli #

698

449

6

7

Andaman & Nicobar Islands #

46

43

7

Density Ranking of States: Comparative Study (2011–2011)

Rank in 2011

States/Union Territory
#

Density (per sq.km)

Rank in 2001

2011

2001

1

2

3

4

5

INDIA

382

325

1

NCT of Delhi #

11,297

9.340

1

2

Chandigarh #

9,252

7.900

2

3

Puducherry #

2.598

2.034

3

4

Daman & Diu #

2.169

1.413

5

5

Lakshadweep #

2.013

1.895

4

6

Bihar

1.102

881

7

7

West Bengal

1.029

903

6

8

Kerala

859

819

8

9

Uttar Pradesh

828

690

9

10

Dadra & Nagar Haveii #

698

449

13

11

Haryana

573

478

12

12

Tamil Nadu

555

480

11

13

Punjab

550

484

10

14

Jharkhand

414

338

16

15

Assam

397

340

15

16

Goa

394

364

14

18

Tripura

350

305

18

17

Maharashtra

365

315

17

19

Karnataka

319

276

20

20

Andhra Pradesh

308

277

19

21

Gujarat

308

258

21

22

Orissa

269

236

22

23

Madhya Pradesh

236

196

23

24

Rajasthan

201

165

24

25

Uttarakhand

189

159

25

26

Chhattisgarh

189

154

26

27

Meghalaya

132

103

29

28

Jammu & Kashmir

124

100

31

29

Himachal Pradesh

123

109

28

30

Manipur

122

103

30

31

Nagaland

119

120

27

32

Sikkim

86

76

32

33

Mizoram

52

42

34

34

Andaman & Nicobar Islands #

46

43

33

35

Arunachal Pradesh

17

13

35