Distribution & Composition of Population

The data released by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner has been used in the given tables. The tables are arranged in descending order and do not differentiate between States and Union Territories.

RANK	STATE/UT	PERSONS
	INDIA	1,21,01,93,422
1	Uttar Pradesh	19,95,81,477
2	Maharashtra	11,23,72,972
3	Bihar	10,38,04,637
4	West Bengal	9,13,47,736
5	Andhra Pradesh	8,46,65,533
6	Madhya Pradesh	7,25,97,565
7	Tamil Nadu	7,21,38,958
8	Rajasthan	6,86,21,012
9	Karnataka	6,11,30,704
10	Gujarat	6,03,83,628
11	Orissa	4,19,47,358
12	Kerala	3,33,87,677
13	Jharkhand	3,29,66,238
14	Assam	3,11,69,272
15	Punjab	2,77,04,236
16	Chhattisgarh	2,55,40,196
17	Haryana	2,53,53,081
18	NCT of Delhi	1,67,53,235
19	Jammu & Kashmir	1,25,48,926
20	Uttarakhand	1,01,16,752
21	Himachal Pradesh	68,56,509
22	Tripura	36,71,032
23	Meghalaya	29,64,007
24	Manipur	27,21,756
25	Nagaland	19,80,602
26	Goa	14,57,723
27	Arunachal Pradesh	13,82,611
28	Puducherry	12,44,464
29	Mizoram	10,91,014
30	Chandigarh	10,54,686
31	Sikkim	6,07,688
32	Andaman & Nicobar Island	3,79,944
33	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	3,42,853
34	Daman & Diu	2,42,911
35	Lakshadweep	64,429

SEX RATIO

RANK	STATE/UT	SEX RATIO(Females per 1000 Males)
	INDIA	940
1	Kerala	1,084
2	Puducherry	1,038
3	Tamil Nadu	995
4	Andhra Pradesh	992
5	Chhattisgarh	991

POPULATION DENSITY

RANK	STATE/UT	POPULATION DENSITY (Number of People Per Sq. Km)
	INDIA	940
1	NCT of Delhi	11,297
2	Chandigarh	9,252
3	Puducherry	2,598
4	Daman & Diu	2,169
5	Lakshdweep	2,013

DECADAL GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION

RANK	STATE/UT	DECADAL GROWTH RATE (%)
	INDIA	17.64
1	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	55.50
2	Daman & Diu	53.54
3	Meghalaya	27.82
4	Puducherry	27.72
5	Arunachal Pradesh	25.92

Literacy (Overall)

RANK	STATE/UT	OVERALL LITERACY (%)
	INDIA	74.04
1	Kerala	93.91
2	Lakshdweep	92.28
3	Mizoram	91.58
4	Tripura	87.75
5	Goa	87.4