| (Thousands) | | State/Union Territory | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 23 | 49 | 89 | 139 | 206 | 240 | 237 | | Andhra Pradesh | 25695 | 29709 | 35100 | 41063 | 48621 | 55401 | 56362 | | Arunachal Pradesh | - | 337 | 450 | 590 | 754 | 870 | 1066 | | Assam | 7684 | 10056 | 13336 | 16259 | 19927 | 23216 | 26807 | | Bihar | 27219 | 32261 | 38770 | 47158 | 57819 | 74317 | 92341 | | Chandigarh | 24 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 66 | 92 | 29 | | Chhattisgarh | 7093 | 8392 | 10430 | 11952 | 14550 | 16648 | 19608 | | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 42 | 58 | 74 | 97 | 127 | 170 | 183 | | Daman & Diu | 30 | 23 | 39 | 50 | 54 | 101 | 60 | | Delhi | 307 | 299 | 419 | 452 | 949 | 945 | 419 | | Goa | 477 | 503 | 592 | 685 | 690 | 677 | 552 | | Gujarat | 11835 | 15317 | 19201 | 23484 | 27064 | 31741 | 34695 | | Haryana | 4705 | 6283 | 8263 | 10095 | 12409 | 15029 | 16509 | | Himachal Pradesh | 2232 | 2634 | 3219 | 3955 | 4722 | 5482 | 6176 | | Jammu & Kashmir | 2797 | 2968 | 3758 | 4727 | 6043 | 7627 | 9108 | | Jharkhand | 8937 | 10273 | 11950 | 14038 | 17203 | 20952 | 25055 | | Karnataka | 14948 | 18320 | 22177 | 26406 | 31069 | 34889 | 37469 | | Kerala | 11723 | 14350 | 17881 | 20682 | 21418 | 23574 | 17471 | | Lakshadweep | 21 | 24 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 34 | 14 | | Madhya Pradesh | 15846 | 19353 | 24440 | 29640 | 36292 | 44381 | 52557 | | Maharashtra | 22802 | 28391 | 34701 | 40789 | 48396 | 55778 | 61556 | | Manipur | 575 | 712 | 931 | 1045 | 1332 | 1718 | 2022 | | Meghalaya | 547 | 652 | 865 | 1094 | 1445 | 1865 | 2371 | | Mizoram | 189 | 252 | 295 | 372 | 372 | 448 | 525 | | Nagaland | 209 | 350 | 465 | 655 | 1001 | 1647 | 1408 | | Odisha | 14052 | 16439 | 20099 | 23260 | 27425 | 31287 | 34971 | | Puducherry | 317 | 280 | 273 | 288 | 291 | 326 | 395 | | Punjab | 7171 | 8568 | 10335 | 12141 | 14289 | 16096 | 17344 | | Rajasthan | 13015 | 16874 | 21222 | 27051 | 33939 | 43293 | 51500 | | Sikkim | 135 | 155 | 190 | 265 | 369 | 481 | 457 | | Tamil Nadu | 22786 | 24696 | 28734 | 32456 | 36781 | 34922 | 37230 | | Tripura | 596 | 1039 | 1394 | 1827 | 2335 | 2653 | 2712 | | Uttar Pradesh | 52049 | 61160 | 72195 | 86387 | 106090 | 131658 | 155317 | | Uttarakhand | 2545 | 3115 | 3758 | 4577 | 5417 | 6310 | 7037 | | West Bengal | 20018 | 26385 | 33345 | 40134 | 49370 | 57749 | 62183 | | ALL INDIA | 298644 | 360298 | 439046 | 523867 | 628856 | 742618 | 833749 | -: Not Available.
Notes: 1. The population figures exclude population of areas under unlawful occupation of Pakistan and China, where Census could not be taken.
2. In Arunachal Pradesh, the census was conducted for the first time in 1961.
3. Population data of Assam include Union Territory of Mizoram, which was carved out of Assam after the 1971.
4. The 1981 Census could not be held in Assam. Total population for 1981 has been worked out by interpolation.
5. The 1991 Census could not be held in Jammu & Kashmir. Total population for 1991 has been worked out by interpolation.
6. India and Manipur figures include estimated population for those of the three sub-divisions viz., Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul of Senapati district of Manipur as census result of 2001 in these three sub-divisions were cancelled due to technical and administrative reasons.
Source: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. | |