1981 census of India

1981 census of India
1981 census of India
General information
Country	India
Results
Total population	685,184,692 (25.04%)
Most populous region	Uttar Pradesh (105,113,300)
Least populous region	Sikkim (316,840)

The 1981 census of India was the 12th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1872.^[1] The population of India was counted as 685,184,692 people.^[2]

Population by state

Population of Indian states and union territories in 1981
State/Union Territory	Population
Andhra Pradesh	53,549,673
Assam^[a]	19,896,843
Bihar	69,914,734
Gujarat	34,085,799
Haryana	12,922,618
Himachal Pradesh	4,280,818
Jammu and Kashmir	5,987,389
Karnataka	37,135,714
Kerala	25,453,680
Madhya Pradesh	52,178,844
Maharashtra	62,784,171
Manipur	1,420,953
Meghalaya	1,335,819
Nagaland	774,930
Orissa	26,370,271
Punjab	16,788,915
Rajasthan	34,261,862
Sikkim	316,385
Tamil Nadu	48,408,077
Tripura	2,053,058
Uttar Pradesh	110,862,013
West Bengal	54,580,647
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (UT)	188,741
Arunachal Pradesh (UT)	631,839
Chandigarh (UT)	451,610
Dadra and Nagar Haveli (UT)	103,676
Delhi (NCT)	6,220,406
Goa, Daman and Diu (UT)	1,086,730
Lakshadweep (UT)	40,249
Mizoram (UT)	493,757
Pondicherry (UT)	604,471

^ projected figure for 1981

Religious demographics

Major religious groups in India in 1981^[3]

Hinduism (82.4%)

Islam (11.35%)

Christianity (2.43%)

Sikhism (1.97%)

Buddhism (0.71%)

Others (0.42%)

Not stated (0.01%)

References

^ Vijayanunni, M. (26–29 August 1998). "Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census" (PDF). 18th Population Census Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii, US: Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ V. S. Verma (18 April 1988). "Census of India 1981 - A Hand Book of Population Statistics" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^ V. S. Verma (4 July 1984). "Household Population by Religion of Head of Household, Series-1, Paper 3 of 1984, India". Retrieved 1 December 2021.

External links

Official website

[3] rojected figure for 1981

[1] Vijayanunni, M. (26–29 August 1998). "Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census" (PDF). 18th Population Census Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii, US: Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[census1981-2] V. S. Verma (18 April 1988). "Census of India 1981 - A Hand Book of Population Statistics" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

[4] V. S. Verma (4 July 1984). "Household Population by Religion of Head of Household, Series-1, Paper 3 of 1984, India". Retrieved 1 December 2021.

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1981 census of India

Contents

Population by state

Religious demographics

See also

References

External links