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