2001 census of India
Introduction The '''2001 census of India''' was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. Total population increased by 182,310,397, 21.5% more than the 846,427,039 people counted during the 1991 census.
Religious demographics Hindus comprise 82.75 crore (80.45%) and Muslims were 13.8 crore (13.4%) in 2001 census. Census 2001 showed 108 faiths under the head "Other Religions and Persuasion" (ORP) in India. 700,000 people did not state their religion.+ Population trends for major religious groups in India(2001) Religiousgroup Population % 2001 Hindu  80.45%    Muslim 13.4%   Christian 2.34%   Sikh 1.89%  Buddhist  0.74%  Animist, others 0.43%   Jain 0.46%
Language demographics Hindi is the most widely spoken language in northern parts of India. The Indian census takes the widest possible definition of "Hindi" as a broad variety of "Hindi languages". According to 2001 census, 53.6% of Indian population know Hindi, in which 41% of them have declared Hindi as their native language or mother tongue. English is known to 12.18% Indians in the 2001 census. The number of bilingual speakers in India is 25.50 crore, which is 24.8% of the population in 2001.India (780) has the world's second highest number of languages, after Papua New Guinea (839).+ First, second, and third languages by number of speakers in India (2001 census) Language First languagespeakers First languagespeakers as a percentageof total population Second languagespeakers Third languagespeakers Total speakers Total speakers as a percentage of total populationHindi422,048,64241.0398,207,18031,160,696551,416,51853.60English226,4490.0286,125,22138,993,066125,344,73612.18Bengali83,369,7698.106,637,2221,108,08891,115,0798.86Telugu74,002,8567.199,723,6261,266,01984,992,5018.26Marathi71,936,8946.999,546,4142,701,49884,184,8068.18Tamil60,793,814 5.914,992,253956,33566,742,4026.49Urdu51,536,1115.016,535,4891,007,91259,079,5125.74Kannada37,924,011 3.6911,455,2871,396,42850,775,7264.94Gujarati46,091,6174.483,476,355703,98950,271,9614.89Odia33,017,4463.213,272,151319,52536,609,1223.56Malayalam33,066,3923.21499,188195,88533,761,4653.28Sanskrit14,135<0.011,234,9313,742,2234,991,2890.49
Graphical summaries India Muslim census 2001 pyramid.jpg|Overview of 2001 population, separated by gender and age bracket.Demographics of India.jpg|2001 overview based on religious affiliation and language.
See also * 1991 census of India* 2011 census of India* Demographics of India
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