Top 10 states of India having highest population

Jul 11, 2017, 18:22 IST

The Census is consists of statistical information on different characteristics of the people of distinct region.The Government of India decided in May 1949 to initiate steps for developing systematic collection of statistics on the size of population, its growth, etc., and established an organisation in the Ministry of Home Affairs under Registrar General and ex-Officio Census Commissioner, India. Let us have a look at the top 10 states of India having highest population. The data is based on the Census 2011. Uttar Pradesh tops the list with 199,812,341 population.

The Census is consists of statistical information on different characteristics of the people of distinct region.The Government of India decided in May 1949 to initiate steps for developing systematic collection of statistics on the size of population, its growth, etc., and established an organisation in the Ministry of Home Affairs under Registrar General and ex-Officio Census Commissioner, India. Let us have a look at the top 10 states of India having highest population. The data is based on the Census 2011. Uttar Pradesh tops the list with 199,812,341 population.

States of India population

Top 10 states of India having highest population

1. Uttar Pradesh

Population: 199,812,341

2. Maharashtra

Population: 112,374,333

3. Bihar

Population: 104,099,452

4. West Bengal    

Population: 91,276,115

Population Density of India: Census 2011

5. Andhra Pradesh

Population: 84,580,777

6. Madhya Pradesh

Population: 72,626,809

7.Tamil Nadu

Population: 72,147,030

8. Rajasthan    

Population: 68,548,437

Population Density of India: Census 2011

9. Karnataka

Population: 61,095,297

10. Gujarat

Population: 60,439,692

In the above Top 10 states of India having highest population gives data of population in number from top to botton as per census 2011.

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