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Density of population is defined as the number of persons per sq.km. The population density of India in 2011 was 382 per sq.km. Bihar with 1,106 population persons per sq.km is most thickly populated state followed by West Bengal (1,028) and Kerala (860).

Due to persecution of Zoroastrians in other countries and the liberal atmosphere and patronization of India, today the largest population of Zoroastrians resides in India mostly in Maharashtra and then Gujarat. The Zoroastrian groups are regarded as either Parsi or Irani depending on the time of migration to India.

Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per thousand males. Sex ratio is an important social indicator to measure the extent of prevailing equality between the males and females in a society at a given point of time.

If we talk about the sex ratio in the union territories; Puducherry has the highest sex ratio of 1037 while Daman and Diu have the lowest sex ratio (618) among all the union territories of India.

With a population of 6,10,577, Sikkim is the least populated state in India. It became the state of India in the year 1975. Sikkim is a landlocked state in India, which is bordered by West Bengal, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet.

Details of population about the major cities (excluding Agglomeration). Mumbai (12,442,373), Delhi (11,034,555), Bangalore (8,443,675), Hyderabad (6,731,790), Ahmadabad (5,577,940), Chennai (4,646,732), Kolkata (4,496,694), Surat (4,467,797), Pune (3,124,458), and Jaipur (3,046,163).

The year 1921 is taken as the demographic divide for the reason that before this year, the population was not stable, sometimes it increased and at other times it decreased. The growth rate of population was generally low before 1921. But after this year, there has been considerable and continuous increase in the population.

According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 121 crores with a decadal growth of 17.64%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of census 2011 was 'Our Census, Our future'

With latest Population Census of India in 2011, the total number of people living in India has been estimated at 1,210,193,422 (1.21 billion). The figures provided by Population Census of India shows that the country represents 17.31% of the world population. In 2011, India's 50% population was below the age of 25. India tops chart in adding more people every year to its Population. Poverty, illiteracy and high fertility rate are some of the reasons for rapid growth in Population of India. The steps taken by Government of India to control Population have little success but there is a long way to go.

The first census was conducted in India in 1872, but regular census started in 1881. A systematic and modern population census, in its present form was conducted non- synchronously between 1865 and 1872 in different parts of the country. This effort culminating in 1872 has been popularly labeled as the first population census of India However, the first synchronous census in India was held in 1881. Since then, censuses have been undertaken uninterruptedly once every ten year.

According to Ministry of  Statistics and  Programme Implementation 2011Three states have population more than 10 crore. Twenty states and one union territory (Delhi) have a population of over ten million.

National Population Policy of India was formulated in the year 2000 with the long term objective of achieving a stable population by 2045, at a level consistent with the requirements of sustainable economic growth, social development, and environmental protection.

With a growth rate of 9.42%, Maharashtra is second most populous state of India with 112,374,333 people. The rural population is about 61,545,441 i.e. (54.77%) and the urban population is 50,827,531 i.e. (45.23%).The sex ratio is 946.

Post 1949, it has been conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. All the censuses since 1951 were conducted under the 1948 Census of India Act. The last census was held in 2011, whilst the next will be held in 2021.

So total seven census were conducted.

Sex ratio defined as the number of females per thousand males. Sex ratio in an important social indicator to measure the extent of prevailing equality between the males and females in a society at a given point of time.

• The Constitution of India designates the official language of the Government of India as Hindi written in the Devanagari script, as well as English.
  
• There is no national language as declared by the Constitution of India.
  
• Hindi and English are used for official purposes such as parliamentary proceedings, judiciary, communications between the Central Government and  State Government.
  

• Bihar continues to be a state having the lowest literacy rate in comparison to the national average, while the female literacy rate also happens to be awfully low. Although Bihar's total literacy rate is only 47.53 percent in comparison to the national average of 65.38 percent, the female literacy rate is only 33.37 percent against the national average of 54.16 percent.
  
• The negative attitude of parents towards the girl child and her education is one of the major reasons for the low female literacy rate in India.