The percentage of persons below the Poverty Line in 2011-12 was estimated to be 21.9%.
As per Census 2011, the male literacy rate in India was 82.14%.
As per Census 2011, the state with the highest urban population is Goa (62.2%).
The literacy rate of Andhra Pradesh as per the Census of 2011 was 67.02%.
The percentage of urban population in India (based on 2011 census) is 31.16%.
As per Census 2011, the state with the highest number of rural population is Uttar Pradesh.
As per Census 2011, the state with the lowest male literacy rate is Bihar (71.20%).
According to Census of 2011, the percentage of total Sikh population in India is 1.7%.
India's population continued to be employed in agriculture until 1990, approximately 65%.
The first official Census in India was done in 1881.
In India, the population census is held once every 10 years.
The union territory with the highest sex ratio as per the 2011 Census is Puducherry.
The decennial census is conducted by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The first complete census of an Indian city was conducted in 1830 by Henry Walter in Dacca.
The second lowest literacy rate as per the Census report 2011 is in Arunachal Pradesh.
The number of deaths per 1,000 live births within the first 28 days of life is called the neonatal mortality rate.
As per Census 2011, the second least populous state is Mizoram.
The lowest population density as per Census 2011 is in Arunachal Pradesh.
People of 15 years age and above are included while calculating adult literacy rate.
The population density (2011 census) of India is 382 per square km.
The last Census of 2011 was conducted in 2 phases.
The state with the lowest female literacy rate (Census 2011) is Bihar.
The second most populated state (by Census 2011) is Maharashtra.