| 14th census of India | ||||
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| General information | ||||
| Country | India | |||
| Results | ||||
| Total population | 1,028,737,436 (21.5%) | |||
| Most populous | Uttar Pradesh (166,053,600) | |||
| Least populous | Sikkim (541,902) | |||
The2001 census of India was the 14th in a series ofcensuses held inIndia every decade since1871.[1]
The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females.[2] The total population increased by 182,310,397, 21.5% more than the 846,427,039 people counted during the1991 census.[2]
Hindus comprise 82.75crore (80.45%) and Muslims were 13.8 crore (13.4%) in the 2001 census.[3][4] Census 2001 showed 108 faiths under the head "Other Religions and Persuasion" (ORP) in India.[5] 700,000 people did not state their religion.[6]
| Religious group | Population % |
|---|---|
| Hindu | 80.45% |
| Muslim | 13.4% |
| Christian | 2.34% |
| Sikh | 1.89% |
| Buddhist | 0.74% |
| Animist, others | 0.43% |
| Jain | 0.46% |
Hindi is the most widely spoken language innorthern 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.[7][8][9]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.[10] India (780) has the world's second highest number of languages, afterPapua New Guinea (839).[11]
| Language | First language speakers | Second language speakers[12] | Third language speakers[12] | Total speakers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number[13][12] | % of total pop.[14] | number[15][12] | % of total pop.[14] | |||
| Hindi | 422,048,642 | 41.03% | 98,207,180 | 31,160,696 | 551,416,518 | 53.60% |
| English | 226,449 | 0.02% | 86,125,221 | 38,993,066 | 125,344,736 | 12.18% |
| Bengali | 83,369,769 | 8.10% | 6,637,222 | 1,108,088 | 91,115,079 | 8.86% |
| Telugu | 74,002,856 | 7.19% | 9,723,626 | 1,266,019 | 84,992,501 | 8.26% |
| Marathi | 71,936,894 | 6.99% | 9,546,414 | 2,701,498 | 84,184,806 | 8.18% |
| Tamil | 60,793,814 | 5.91% | 4,992,253 | 956,335 | 66,742,402 | 6.49% |
| Urdu | 51,536,111 | 5.01% | 6,535,489 | 1,007,912 | 59,079,512 | 5.74% |
| Kannada | 37,924,011 | 3.69% | 11,455,287 | 1,396,428 | 50,775,726 | 4.94% |
| Gujarati | 46,091,617 | 4.48% | 3,476,355 | 703,989 | 50,271,961 | 4.89% |
| Odia | 33,017,446 | 3.21% | 3,272,151 | 319,525 | 36,609,122 | 3.56% |
| Malayalam | 33,066,392 | 3.21% | 499,188 | 195,885 | 33,761,465 | 3.28% |
| Sanskrit | 14,135 | <0.01% | 1,234,931 | 3,742,223 | 4,991,289 | 0.49% |
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