Census 2011: Population Growth in India
The decadal growth rate is a vital part of Census operations. This gives an overview of the percentage of total population growth in a particular decade. Hence, it is termed as "Decadal Growth Rate". As per census 2011, Nagaland is the only Indian state which has negative growth rate of -0.58% in census 2011. Growth rate of Indian population was 17.69% between 2001 to 2011. Dadra and Nagar Haveli is growing at the rate of 55.88% annually while second fastest growth is recoded in Daman & Diu at 53.76% in census 2011.
| S.N. |
India/State/Union Territory |
Total Population (Census 2011) |
Population Growth (2001-2011) in % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Jammu & Kashmir |
1,25,41,320 |
23.64 |
| 2. |
Himachal Pradesh |
68,64,602 |
12.94 |
| 3. |
Punjab |
2,77,43,338 |
13.89 |
| 4. |
10,55,450 |
17.19 |
|
| 5. |
Uttrakhand |
1,00,86,292 |
18.81 |
| 6. |
Haryana |
2,53,51,462 |
19.90 |
| 7. |
1,67,87,941 |
21.21 |
|
| 8. |
Rajasthan |
6,85,48,437 |
21.31 |
| 9. |
Uttar Pradesh |
19,98,12,441 |
20.23 |
| 10. |
Bihar |
10,40,99,452 |
25.42 |
| 11. |
Sikkim |
6,10,577 |
12.42 |
| 12. |
Arunachal Pradesh |
13,83,727 |
26.03 |
| 13. |
Nagaland |
19,78,502 |
-0.58 |
| 14. |
Manipur |
27,27,749 |
18.91 |
| 15. |
Mizoram |
10,97,206 |
23.48 |
| 16. |
Tripura |
36,73,917 |
14.54 |
| 17. |
Meghalaya |
29,66,889 |
27.95 |
| 18. |
Assam |
3,12,05576 |
17.07 |
| 19. |
9,12,76,115 |
13.84 |
|
| 20. |
Jharkhand |
3,29,88,134 |
22.42 |
| 21. |
4,19,74,213 |
14.05 |
|
| 22. |
Chhattisgarh |
2,55,45,198 |
22.61 |
| 23. |
Madhya Pradesh |
7,26,26,809 |
20.35 |
| 24. |
6,04,39,692 |
19.28 |
|
| 25. |
Daman & Diu |
2,43,247 |
53.76 |
| 26. |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
3,43,709 |
55.88 |
| 27. |
11,23,74,333 |
15.99 |
|
| 28. |
Andhra Pradesh |
8,45,80,777 |
10.98 |
| 29. |
Karnataka |
6,10,95,297 |
15.60 |
| 30. |
Goa |
14,58,545 |
8.23 |
| 31. |
64,473 |
6.30 |
|
| 32. |
Kerala |
3,34,06,061 |
4.91 |
| 33. |
7,21,47,030 |
15.61 |
|
| 34. |
Puducherry |
12,47,953 |
28.08 |
| 35. |
3,80,581 |
6.86 |
|
|
|
India |
1,21,07,26,932 |
17.69 |
Source: census 2011, India 2016
Now increasing population is no longer considered as the setback for the Indian economy because now India is called the youngest country in the whole world. So India can import its talent to the whole world and earn huge foreign currency.
