Population Test - 9

Density of population is defined as the number of persons per sq.km. The population density of India in 2011 was 382 per sq.km. Bihar with 1,106 population persons per sq.km is most thickly populated state followed by West Bengal (1,028) and Kerala (860).

Due to persecution of Zoroastrians in other countries and the liberal atmosphere and patronization of India, today the largest population of Zoroastrians resides in India mostly in Maharashtra and then Gujarat. The Zoroastrian groups are regarded as either Parsi or Irani depending on the time of migration to India.

Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per thousand males. Sex ratio is an important social indicator to measure the extent of prevailing equality between the males and females in a society at a given point of time.

If we talk about the sex ratio in the union territories; Puducherry has the highest sex ratio of 1037 while Daman and Diu have the lowest sex ratio (618) among all the union territories of India.

With a population of 6,10,577, Sikkim is the least populated state in India. It became the state of India in the year 1975. Sikkim is a landlocked state in India, which is bordered by West Bengal, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet.

Details of population about the major cities (excluding Agglomeration). Mumbai (12,442,373), Delhi (11,034,555), Bangalore (8,443,675), Hyderabad (6,731,790), Ahmadabad (5,577,940), Chennai (4,646,732), Kolkata (4,496,694), Surat (4,467,797), Pune (3,124,458), and Jaipur (3,046,163).

According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 121 crores with a decadal growth of 17.64%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of census 2011 was 'Our Census, Our future'

With latest Population Census of India in 2011, the total number of people living in India has been estimated at 1,210,193,422 (1.21 billion). The figures provided by Population Census of India shows that the country represents 17.31% of the world population. In 2011, India's 50% population was below the age of 25. India tops chart in adding more people every year to its Population. Poverty, illiteracy and high fertility rate are some of the reasons for rapid growth in Population of India. The steps taken by Government of India to control Population have little success but there is a long way to go.