<P> The population of India was counted as 361,088,090 ( 1 : 0.946 male : female ) Total population increased by 42,427,510 , 13.31 % more than the 318,660,580 people counted during the 1941 census . No census was done for Jammu and Kashmir in 1951 and its figures were interpolated from 1941 and 1961 state census . National Register of Citizens of India ( NRC ) was prepared soon after the census . In 1951 , at the time of the first population Census , just 18 % of Indians were literate while life expectancy was 32 years . Based on 1951 census of displaced persons , 7,226,000 Muslims went to Pakistan ( both West and East ) from India while 7,249,000 Hindus and Sikhs moved to India from Pakistan ( both West and East ) . </P>
<P> The population of India was counted as 361,088,090 ( 1 : 0.946 male : female ) Total population increased by 42,427,510 , 13.31 % more than the 318,660,580 people counted during the 1941 census . No census was done for Jammu and Kashmir in 1951 and its figures were interpolated from 1941 and 1961 state census . National Register of Citizens of India ( NRC ) was prepared soon after the census . In 1951 , at the time of the first population Census , just 18 % of Indians were literate while life expectancy was 32 years . Based on 1951 census of displaced persons , 7,226,000 Muslims went to Pakistan ( both West and East ) from India while 7,249,000 Hindus and Sikhs moved to India from Pakistan ( both West and East ) . </P>
life expectancy in india at the time of independence
life expectancy in india at the time of independence
32 years
32 years