1991 Census of India

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1991 Census of India
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General information
CountryIndia
Results
Total population838,583,988

The 1991 Census of India was the 13th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1872.[1]

The population of India was counted as 838,583,988.[2] The number of enumerators was 1.6 million.[1]

Religious demographics[]

Hindus comprises 69.01 crore(81.53%) and Muslims were 12.67 crore(12.61%) in 1991 census.[3]

Population trends for major religious groups in India (1991)
Religious group Population  % 1991
Hindu 81.53%
Muslim 12.61%
Christian 2.32%
Sikh 1.94%
Buddhist 0.77%
Jain 0.40%
Parsi 0.08%
Animist, others 0.44%

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]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b 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, USA: Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ^ Dev, Amiya (2010). "Literary Multilingualism II : Multilingualism in India". In Lisa Block de Behar; Paola Mildonian; Jean-Michel Djian; Djlel Kadir; Alfons Knauth; Dolores Romero Lopez; Marcio Orlando Seligmann-Silva (eds.). Comparative Literature : Sharing Knowledges for Preserving Cultural Diversity (PDF). Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. 2. pp. 172–183. Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Paris, France, [1]. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ^ "With current trends, it will take 220 years for India's Muslim population to equal Hindu numbers".
  4. ^ Mallikarjun, B. (7 November 2001). "Languages of India according to 2001 Census". Languages in India. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Where are the Sanskrit speakers?".
  6. ^ "Census findings point to decade of rural distress".
  7. ^ "Where Are India's 2011 Census Figures on Religion?".
  8. ^ "Religion Census: A faithful count".
  9. ^ "Muslims' growth rate much lower".

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