1991 census of India
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The 1991 census of India was the 13th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.[1]
CountryIndia
Total population838,583,988 (22.38%)
Mostpopulousstate Uttar Pradesh (132,062,800)
Leastpopulousstate Sikkim (406,000)
| 1991 census of India | |
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1991
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| General information | |
| Country | India |
| Results | |
| Total population | 838,583,988 (22.38%) |
| Most populous | Uttar Pradesh (132,062,800) |
| Least populous | Sikkim (406,000) |
The population of India was counted as 838,583,988.[2] The number of enumerators was 1.6 million.[1]
Religious demographics
Language data
The 1991 census recognizes 1,576 classified "mother tongues". According to the 1991 census, 22 languages had more than a million native speakers, 50 had more than 100,000 and 114 had more than 10,000 native speakers. The remaining accounted for a total of 566,000 native speakers (out of a total of 838 million Indians in 1991).[4] The number of Sanskrit speakers in India in 1991 census was 49,736.[5]
Other statistics
- Census towns in 1991 census of India were 1,702.[6]
- Jammu and Kashmir was excluded from census-taking in 1991 due to Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir.[7] The number for J&K was derived by interpolation for the population of religious communities in the state.[8]
- Census was not conducted in Assam in the previous census in 1981 due to separatist movements that time. The census data for Assam was done based on interpolation.[9]