India: population
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| administrative units |
population |
| 1971-04-01 c |
1981-03-01 c |
1991-03-01 c |
2001-03-01 c |
source: Census of India.
note: 1 - was then part of Uttar Pradesh.
note: 2 - was then included in Assam.
note: 3 - was then part of Bihar.
note: 4 - was then part of Madhya Pradesh.
note: 5 - included in Goa.
note: 6 - was then part of Assam.
note: in 1971 and 1981 Karnataka was still called Mysore, Tamil Nadu was called Madras, and Arunachal Pradesh was called NEFA.
|
| c = census, e = estimate, a = administrative, p = projection. |
| Jammu & Kashmir |
4,617,000 |
5,987,000 |
7,804,000 |
10,069,917 |
| Himachal Pradesh |
3,460,000 |
4,281,000 |
5,171,000 |
6,077,248 |
| Punjab |
13,551,000 |
16,789,000 |
20,282,000 |
24,289,296 |
| Chandigarh |
257,000 |
458,000 |
642,000 |
900,914 |
| Uttaranchal |
note 1 |
note 1 |
note 1 |
8,479,562 |
| Haryana |
10,036,000 |
12,922,000 |
14,464,000 |
21,082,989 |
| Delhi |
4,066,000 |
6,220,000 |
9,421,000 |
13,782,976 |
| Rajasthan |
25,766,000 |
34,262,000 |
44,006,000 |
56,473,122 |
| Uttar Pradesh |
88,342,000 |
110,863,000 |
139,112,000 |
166,052,859 |
| Bihar |
56,353,000 |
69,915,000 |
86,375,000 |
82,878,796 |
| Sikkim |
210,000 |
316,000 |
407,000 |
540,493 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |
468,000 |
632,000 |
865,000 |
1,091,117 |
| Nagaland |
516,000 |
775,000 |
1,210,000 |
1,988,636 |
| Manipur |
1,073,000 |
1,421,000 |
1,837,000 |
2,388,634 |
| Mizoram |
note 2 |
note 2 |
690,000 |
891,058 |
| Tripura |
1,556,000 |
2,053,000 |
2,757,000 |
3,191,168 |
| Meghalaya |
note 6 |
1,336,000 |
1,775,000 |
2,306,069 |
| Assam |
15,969,000 |
18,535,000 |
22,414,000 |
26,638,407 |
| West Bengal |
44,312,000 |
54,581,000 |
68,078,000 |
80,221,171 |
| Jharkhand |
note 3 |
note 3 |
note 3 |
26,909,428 |
| Orissa |
21945000 |
26,370,000 |
31,660,000 |
36,706,920 |
| Chhatisgarh |
note 4 |
note 4 |
note 4 |
20,795,956 |
| Madhya Pradesh |
41,654,000 |
52,179,000 |
66,181,000 |
60,385,118 |
| Gujarat |
26,697,000 |
34,086,000 |
41,310,000 |
50,596,992 |
| Daman & Diu |
note 5 |
note 5 |
note 5 |
158,059 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
74,000 |
104,000 |
139,000 |
220,451 |
| Maharashtra |
50,412,000 |
62,783,000 |
78,937,000 |
96,752,247 |
| Andhra Pradesh |
43,503,000 |
53,551,000 |
66,508,000 |
75,727,541 |
| Karnataka |
29,299,000 |
37,136,000 |
44,977,000 |
52,733,958 |
| Goa |
858,000 |
1,087,000 |
1,271,000 |
1,343,998 |
| Lakshadweep |
32,000 |
40,000 |
52,000 |
60,595 |
| Kerala |
21,347,000 |
25,454,000 |
29,099,000 |
31,838,619 |
| Tamil Nadu |
41,199,000 |
48,408,000 |
55,859,000 |
62,110,839 |
| Pondicherry |
472,000 |
604,000 |
808,000 |
973,829 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Is. |
115,000 |
189,000 |
281,000 |
356,265 |
| total |
548,160,000 |
683,329,000 |
846,388,000 |
1,027,015,247 |