Censes of India

In which schedule has the census been included in the Indian Constitution?

Answer: Seventh

In which section of the Indian Constitution is the responsibility of conducting the census of the country given to the Union Government?

Answer: Section 246

When did the census start in India?

Answer: 1872

When was the regular census started in India?

Answer: 1881

During whose tenure was the regular census started in India?

Answer: Lord Ripon

The census of independent India to be held in 2021 AD-

Answer: Eighth Census

According to the National Population Policy 2000, the target is to achieve population stability by which year?

Answer: By the year 2045 AD

Population of which year is considered as dividing year?

Answer: 1921

According to the census conducted in 2011 AD, what is the percentage of male population in India?

Answer: 51.47 percent

According to the census conducted in 2011 AD, what is the percentage of total population of India to the total population of the world?

Answer: 17.5 percent

Whose population growth rate has been negative according to Census 2011?

Answer: Nagaland

According to Census 2011, which state has had the highest population growth rate?

Answer: Meghalaya

According to Census 2011, what has been the population growth rate of India?

Answer: 17.72 percent

According to Census 2011, which Union Territory has the highest population growth rate?

Answer: Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Whose population growth is the highest?

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

Which state has had the lowest population growth rate?

Answer: Kerala

The population growth rate of which states is close to or equal to the population growth rate of India?

Answer: Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Assam

According to Census 2011, which Union Territory has the lowest population growth rate?

Answer: Lakshadweep

What percentage of the total population of India lives in Uttar Pradesh?

Answer: 16 percent

According to Census-2011, which state has the lowest population density?

Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

According to Census-2011, which Union Territory has the highest population density?

Answer: Delhi

What is the unit of measurement of population density?

Answer: Person/km.

According to Census 2011, which state has the highest density?

Answer: Bihar

According to Census 2011, which has the highest population density?

Answer: Chandigarh

According to Census 2011, which country has the lowest population density?

Answer: Andaman and Nicobar

What are the main reasons for population increase in India?

Answer: Reduction in mortality

What was the population growth in India in the decade 2001-2011?

Answer: 17.6 percent

What is the year of great divide in the demographic history of India?

Answer: 1921

In which year was the decadal population growth rate negative?

Answer: 1921

India's population has recorded the highest average annual exponential growth?

Answer: In the decade 1971-1981

In which book the word census was used for the first time?

Answer: Economics

Which year is known as the year of the demographic divide or the great divider of population?

Answer: 1921

Which year is known as the smallest divisor of population year?

Answer: 1951

In which year's census was the sex ratio lowest?

Answer: 1991

Which states/UTs have the highest sex ratio as per 2011 census?

Answer: Tamil Nadu

According to the 2011 census, which state has the highest number of metropolitan cities?

Answer: Maharashtra

In which country did the decennial census start for the first time?

Answer: America

Cities whose population is 1 crore and more are called?

Answer: Mega City

According to the Census of India 2011, which state of India has the highest proportion of its population living in urban areas?

Answer: Goa

Female literacy of Madhya Pradesh according to 2011 census?

Answer: 59.8 percent

What is the population density of Madhya Pradesh according to 2011 census?

Answer: 236 per square kilometer