| Population: 1,095,351,995 (July 2006 est.); 1,028,737,436 (2001 Census)
Rural Population: 742,617,747(72.2%)(Male: 381,668,992, Female: 360,948,755) (2001 Census)
Urban: Age structure:
0-14 years: 30.8%(male 173,478,760/female 163,852,827)
15-64 years: 64.3% (male 363,876,219/female 340,181,764)
65 years and over: 4.9% (male 27,258,020/female 26,704,405) (2006 est.)
The average age of Indians is 26 years.
Population growth rate: 1.38% (2006 est.)
Birth rate: 22.01 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate: 8.18 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
literacy rate: 64.8%
Percent of the population under the poverty line: 10%
Unemployment Rate: 9.2%
Net migration rate: -0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.02 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 54.63 deaths/1,000 live births female: 55.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) male: 54.05 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 64.71 years
male: 63.9 years
female: 65.57 years (2006 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.73 children born/woman (2006 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Indian(s)
adjective: Indian
Religions:
Hindu 80.46%, Muslim 13.43%, Christian 2.34%, Sikh 1.87%, Buddhists 0.77%, Jains 0.41 %, Others or not stated 0.72% (2001 Census)
Scheduled Castes and Tribes:
Scheduled Castes: 16.2% (2001 Census) Scheduled Tribes: 8.2% (2001 Census)
Languages:
See Languages of India, List of Indian languages by total speakers There are 216 languages/dialects with more than 10,000 native speakers in India. The largest of these by far is Hindi with some 337 million (the second largest being Bengali with some 70 million). 22 languages are recognized as "official languages".
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Population
The second largest populous country, India is home to around 16 per cent of world's population. The country, however, accounts for 2.42 per cent of the total world area. The 10 heavily populated districts of the country are Calcutta, Chennai, Greater Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Chandigarh, Mahe, Howrah, Kanpur City and Bangalore. All of them have density of above 2,000 persons per square kilometre and 5.01 per cent of the country's population lives in these districts. |
| Population |
Persons - 1,027,015,247
Males - 531,277,078
Females - 495,738,169 (2001 Census) |
| Languages |
India has two National languages (Central administrative). They are English (associate official) and Hindi (in the Devanagiri script). The Indian Constitution also officially recognizes 22 regional languages. |
| Ethnic groups: |
Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) |
| Major Religions |
Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism |
| Religions: |
Hindu 81.8%, Muslim 12.1%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, Others ther groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi1.9% (2001) |
| Literacy |
Total
Females
Males |
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64.8 %
53.7 %
75.3 % (2001 Census) |
Sex ratio
Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per thousand males. In India, it has generally been adverse to women. The ratio has also declined over the years except in 1981 when it slightly improved to 934 from 927 females per thousand men. In 1991, there has been a fall by seven points to 927 per thousand males. But the state of Kerala represent a different spectrum. The state has a higher number of females than males, 1,036 females against thousand males. |
| Sex Ratio |
The sex ratio (i.e., number of females per thousand males) of population was 933 |
| Population growth rate: |
1.4% (2005 est.) |
| Age structure: |
0-14 years - 31.2%(Male 173,634,432/Female 163,932,475)
15-64 years - 63.9% (Male 356,932,082/Female 333,283,590)
65 years and over - 4.9% (Male 26,542,025/Female 25,939,784) (2005 est.) |
| Median age: |
Total - 24.4 years
Males - 24.4 years
Females - 24.4 years (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
22.32 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Death rate: |
8.28 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
-0.07 migrant (s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: |
Total - 56.29 deaths/1,000 live births. Female - 55.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) Male - 56.86 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth: |
Total population - 64.35 years
Males - 63.57 years
Females - 65.16 years (2005 est.) |
| Total Labor Force |
406,000,000 |
| Urban Population |
28% |
| Access to Improved Water Source |
88% |
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