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2001 census of India

14th census of India

Field	Value
name	14th census of India
country	India
date
population	1,028,737,436
percent_change	21.5%
region_type	state
most_populous	Uttar Pradesh (166,053,600)
least_populous	Sikkim (541,902)
previous_census	1991 census of India
previous_year	1991
next_census	2011 census of India
next_year	2011

The 2001 census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.

The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. The total population increased by 182,310,397, 21.5% more than the 846,427,039 people counted during the 1991 census.

Religious demographics

Hindus comprise 82.75 crore (80.45%) and Muslims were 13.8 crore (13.4%) in the 2001 census. Census 2001 showed 108 faiths under the head "Other Religions and Persuasion" (ORP) in India. 700,000 people did not state their religion.

Religious
group	Population
%	Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Sikh	Buddhist	Animist, others	Jain

Language demographics

Main article: Languages of India

Hindi is the most widely spoken language in northern 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. 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. India (780) has the world's second highest number of languages, after Papua New Guinea (839).

Language	First language speakers	Second language
speakers	Third language
speakers	Total speakers	last=ORGI	title=Census of India: Comparative speaker's strength of Scheduled Languages-1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001	url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement5.aspx	url-status=dead}}	title=Census of India : India at a glance / Population	url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/India_at_glance/popu1.aspx	url-status=dead	website=www.censusindia.gov.in}}	url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indiaspeak-English-is-our-2nd-language/articleshow/5680962.cms	title=Indiaspeak: English is our 2nd language	work=The Times of India	date=14 March 2010 }}	% of total pop.
Hindi	422,048,642		98,207,180	31,160,696	551,416,518
English	226,449		86,125,221	38,993,066	125,344,736
Bengali	83,369,769		6,637,222	1,108,088	91,115,079
Telugu	74,002,856		9,723,626	1,266,019	84,992,501
Marathi	71,936,894		9,546,414	2,701,498	84,184,806
Tamil	60,793,814		4,992,253	956,335	66,742,402
Urdu	51,536,111		6,535,489	1,007,912	59,079,512
Kannada	37,924,011		11,455,287	1,396,428	50,775,726
Gujarati	46,091,617		3,476,355	703,989	50,271,961
Odia	33,017,446		3,272,151	319,525	36,609,122
Malayalam	33,066,392		499,188	195,885	33,761,465
Sanskrit	14,135	{{percentage bar	0.01		1,234,931	3,742,223	4,991,289

Graphical summaries

India Muslim census 2001 pyramid.jpg|Overview of 2001 population, separated by gender and age bracket. Demographics of India.jpg|2001 overview based on religious affiliation and language.

References

Vijayanunni, M.. (26–29 August 1998). "Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census". Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific.
(2001). "Home/Census Data 2001/India at a glance". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India).
Abantika Ghosh, Vijaita Singh. (24 January 2015). "Census: Hindu share dips below 80%, Muslim share grows but slower". Indian Express.
D’Souza, Dilip. (16 December 2014). "With current trends, it will take 220 years for India's Muslim population to equal Hindu numbers".
(1 August 2016). "Fewer minor faiths in India now, finds Census; number of their adherents up".
(21 August 2018). "Indian rationalism, Charvaka to Narendra Dabholkar".
D, John Samuel Raja. (24 July 2014). "These four charts break down India's complex relationship with Hindi".
(21 June 2014). "Nearly 60% of Indians speak a language other than Hindi | India News – Times of India".
"Census of India: Comparative speaker's strength of Scheduled Languages-1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001".
(4 October 2018). "Hindi migrants speaking Marathi rise to 60 lakh | Mumbai News – Times of India".
Seetharaman, G.. (13 August 2017). "Seven decades after Independence, many small languages in India face extinction threat". The Economic Times.
ORGI. "Census of India: Comparative speaker's strength of Scheduled Languages-1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001".
S, Rukmini. (24 November 2014). "Sanskrit and English: there's no competition".
"Census of India : India at a glance / Population".
(14 March 2010). "Indiaspeak: English is our 2nd language". The Times of India.

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