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Year-wise Decennial Population By Census

Dataset Overview

The data shown is year-wise decennial population for states and union territories in India from year 1901 to 2011. Note: 1) Arunachal Pradesh was censused for the first time in 1961. 2) The 1981 Census could not be held owing to disturbed conditions prevailing in Assam. Hence the population figures for 1981 of Assam has been worked out by 'Interpolation'. 3) Uttaranchal , Jharkhand, Chhattis...

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Sectors

Demographics

Update Frequency

Decennial

Granularity

Yearly, State

Time Saved

3 hours

Number of rows

432

Number of Columns

6

Sources

Statistical Year Book India 2018

Archive Link

Link 1

Time Period

1901, 1911, 1921, 1931, 1941, 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011

Units

value in Absolute Number

Related Datasets

Gender-wise Projected Population based on 2001 census

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2016, 2021, 2026

Distribution of Population by Age Group (Census 2011)

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2011

All India, Gender, age-group-wise population distribution across different census years.

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2001 to 2031

Data Preview

yearstateparametervalueunitnote
1901All IndiaPopulation238396327value in Absolute Number
1901Andhra PradeshPopulation19065921value in Absolute Number
1901Arunachal PradeshPopulationvalue in Absolute Number
1901AssamPopulation3289680value in Absolute Number
1901BiharPopulation27311865value in Absolute Number
1901ChhattisgarhPopulationvalue in Absolute Number
1901GoaPopulation475513value in Absolute Number
1901GujaratPopulation9094748value in Absolute Number
1901HaryanaPopulation4623064value in Absolute Number
1901Himachal PradeshPopulation1920294value in Absolute Number

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
year120Number432
state360Text432
parameter10Text432
value402401Text405
unit10Text432
note00Unsupported0

Related Datasets

Gender-wise Projected Population based on 2001 census

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2016, 2021, 2026

Distribution of Population by Age Group (Census 2011)

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2011

All India, Gender, age-group-wise population distribution across different census years.

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2001 to 2031

Tags

Census
Population

Citation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Year-wise Decennial Population By Census [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/21091