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India Population and Housing Census 2011

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Census of India 2011
Provider 
Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (India)
Tabulations only
Geography 
India (IND)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
02/2011 - 03/2011
Data type
Census:
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The 2011 India Census included questions on number of children, mode of transportation to work, languages, caste, occupations, and employment. The total population at the time of the census was 1,210,569,573, including 587,447,730 females and 623,121,843 males.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Assets, Birth place, Cooking fuels, Disability, Domestic migration, Education, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Idiopathic intellectual disability, International migration, Internet, Languages, Lighting, Literacy, Live births, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mortality, Population, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Summary birth history, Telephones, Transportation, Vision loss, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Dec 6, 2024