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Census of India 2011. Release of provisional population totals. Director of Census Operations, Maharashtra. Census of India 2011. Census in India is carried under Census Act 1948 The Census of India 2011 will be the 15th Census and the 7th after Independence.
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Census of India 2011 Release of provisional population totals Director of Census Operations, Maharashtra
Census of India 2011 • Census in India is carried under Census Act 1948 • The Census of India 2011 will be the 15th Census and the 7th after Independence. • Census 2011 will mark a milestone as the National Population Register (NPR) will also be prepared • 1st Phase: Houselisting & Housing census and collection of data on National Population Register (1st May to 15th June 2010) - Completed • 2nd Phase: Population Enumeration (9th to 28th February 2011)
Biggest source of data on • Demography • Economic Activity • Literacy & Education • Housing & Household Amenities • Urbanization • Fertility and Mortality • Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes • Language, Religion & Migration
Provisional population 2011 11, 23, 72, 972
Maharashtra at a glance • The State has recorded 11,23,72,972 population against 9,68,78,627 in 2001, i.e., an addition of 1,54,94,345 during the decade 2001-11. • This makes 15.99 percent growth rate during 2001-11. The same was 22.73 during 1991-01. • This shows a reduction in growth rate by 6.74 percentage points. • The total density is 365 persons per sq. Km. The same was 315 in 2001.
Sex composition of population • There are 5,83,61,397 males and 5,40,11,575 females in 2011. • The rate of growth is 15.8 percent for males and 16.2 percent females. • First time after 1981, a higher growth rate of females over males during 2001-11, brought some improvement in sex ratio . • So the sex ratio has increased from 922 to 925 during this period. • But the child sex ratio (age 0-6 years) is decreasing since 1991.
Districts at a glance • Thane is the biggest district with population 1,10,54,131 and constitutes about 9.84 percent of total population of the state. • Next to Thane, Pune and Mumbai (sub-urban) are the bigger districts with population 94,26,959 (8.4 percent) and 93,32,481 (8.3 percent) respectively. • In 2001, Mumbai (sub-urban) was on the top with 8.9 percent share in the total state’s population.
Districts at a glance contd. • Sindhudurg is the smallest district with population 8,48,868 which is barely 0.8 percent of State’s population. • Gadchiroli is the second smallest district in terms of population with a share of only one percent. • Hingoli, Washim and Bhandara with a share of population 1.1 percent each are the other smaller districts in terms of population.
Districts at a glance contd. • First time after 1921, two districts viz., Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg have registered negative growth rates -4.96 percent and -2.30 percent respectively. • Mumbai, though it had a negative growth during 1981-91, has once again recorded negative growth rate -5.75percent in 2011. • The other districts in the ascending order of their low rate of growth are Wardha (4.8 percent), Bhandara, (5.5 percent), Chandrapur, (6.0 percent), Satara, (6.9 percent), Mumbai (Sub-urban) (8.0 percent), and Sangli (9.2 percent), where the rate of growth in all these districts is less than 10 percent. • Highest population growth is in Thane where it is 35.94 percent. • Next to Thane, it is 30.3 percent in Pune, 27.3 percent in Aurangabad, and 25.5 percent in Nandurbar .
Sex ratio in districts • Lowest sex ratio i.e., 838 is in Mumbai. It is 857 in Mumbai (sub-urban) and 880 in Thane. • In all above three districts, the sex ratio has increased during 2001-11. • Pune, Bid, Aurngabad, Osmanabad, Jalgaon and Latur also have sex ratio less than sex ratio at State level. • All above six districts have shown a declining trend in sex ratio making the current sex ratio less than what they had in 2001. • Ratnagiri district has the highest sex ratio of 1123, followed by Sindhudurg (1037), Gondiya (996), Satara (986) and Bhandara (984). • Except in Bhandara, it has come down in all these districts as compared to their sex ratio in 2001.
Population density in districts • Mumbai (sub-urban) and Mumbai districts tops in density of population with about 20,925 and 20,038 population per sq. Km. respectively. • In Thane the density is 1,157 whereas Pune (603) and Kolhapur (504) are the other districts with a density more than 500. • Gadchiroli stands with the lowest density of 74 followed by Sindhudurg (163), Chandrapur (192) and Ratnagiri (196).
Literacy rate • There are 82.9 percent literates in the State in 2011. • Among males it is 89.82 percent and among females it is 75.48 percent. • Mumbai (suburban) district has highest literacy rate in Maharashtra.
Literacy rate contd. • Gadchiroli and Nandurbar are at bottom with literacy 70.55 percent and 63.04 percent respectively. • Mumbai (suburban) district has highest Male literacy rate in Maharashtra, followed by Nagpur, Sindhudurg and Gondiya districts. • Mumbai (suburban) district has highest female literacy rate in Maharashtra, followed by Mumbai, Nagpur, Amravati and Akola districts.
