1991 Census of India
The 1991 Census of India was the 13th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.[1]
The population of India was counted as 838,583,988.[2] The number of enumerators was 1.6 million.[1]
Religious demographics
Hindus comprises 69.01 crore(81.53%) and Muslims were 10.67 crore(12.61%) in 1991 census.[3]
- Population trends for major religious groups in India (1991)
| Religious group | Population % 1991 |
|---|---|
| Hindu | 81.53% |
| Muslim | 12.61% |
| Christian | 2.32% |
| Sikh | 1.94% |
| Buddhist | 0.77% |
| Jain | 0.40% |
| Parsi | 0.08% |
| Animist, others | 0.44% |
Language data
The 1991 census recognizes 1,576 classified "mother tongues". According to the 1991 census, 22 'languages' had more than a million native speakers, 50 had more than 100,000 and 114 had more than 10,000 native speakers. The remaining accounted for a total of 566,000 native speakers (out of a total of 838 million Indians in 1991).[4] The number of Sanskrit speakers in India in 1991 census was 49,736.[5]
Other statistics
- Census towns in 1991 census of India were 1,702.[6]
- Jammu and Kashmir was excluded from Census-taking in 1991 due to Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir.[7] The number for J&K was derived by interpolation for the population of religious communities in the state.[8]
- Census was not conducted in Assam in the previous census in 1981 due to separatist movements that time. The census data for Assam was done based on interpolation.[9]
See also
References
- 1 2 Vijayanunni, M. (26–29 August 1998). "Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census" (PDF). 18th Population Census Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ Dev, Amiya (2010). "Literary Multilingualism II : Multilingualism in India". In Lisa Block de Behar, Paola Mildonian, Jean-Michel Djian, Djlel Kadir, Alfons Knauth, Dolores Romero Lopez & Marcio Orlando Seligmann-Silva. Comparative Literature : Sharing Knowledges for Preserving Cultural Diversity (PDF). Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). 2. pp. 172–183. Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Paris, France, . Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ "With current trends, it will take 220 years for India's Muslim population to equal Hindu numbers".
- ↑ Mallikarjun, B. (7 November 2001). "Languages of India according to 2001 Census". Languages in India. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ "Where are the Sanskrit speakers?".
- ↑ "Census findings point to decade of rural distress".
- ↑ "Where Are India's 2011 Census Figures on Religion?".
- ↑ "Religion Census: A faithful count".
- ↑ "Muslims' growth rate much lower".
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