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CENSUS OF INDIA

Legal & Union List Status:

  • Census is a Central subject listed in the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution
  • It is Conducted under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
  • Census conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGCCI).

History:

  • Henry Walter is known as Father of Indian Census.
  • 1830: Henry Walter conducted the first complete census of a city in Dacca (now Dhaka)
  • 1872: 1st non-synchronous census conducted under Lord Mayo
  • 1881: 1st Synchronous census conducted under Lord Rippon by W.C. Plowden (Census Commissioner of India).
  • 1921 — “The Year of Great Divide”: The only census decade (1911–1921) where India experienced a negative growth rate (-0.31%)
  • 1951 — “The Year of Small Divide”: The first census of Independent India, growth rate dropped temporarily following Partition before accelerating.
  • 1961–1981 — “Population Explosion Phase”, characterized by high birth rates and rapid declines in mortality.

Census:2011

  • R.A. Gopala Swamy was the first Registrar General and Census Commissioner of Independent India 
  • C. Chandramouli was the Census Commissioner and Registrar General of India for the 2011 census. 2011 census was the 15th national census.
    Slogan: “Our Census our Future”.
  • The mascot of the 2011 Indian Census was an animated female enumerator carrying a black census bag and a stack of files.

Other Important Information:

The top 5 populated states: Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh.

  • Nagaland was the only state which has recorded a negative population growth in 2011 census. The decadal growth was (-0.58%)
  • Meghalaya has registered the highest decadal growth rate.
  • Madhya Pradesh has the largest number of Scheduled Tribes.
  • Uttar Pradesh has the largest Scheduled Caste population.
  • Arunachal Pradesh has the highest child sex ratio among the Indian states.
  • Haryana has the lowest child sex ratio
  • Mahe District of Puducherry is the highest sex ratio (1176) & Daman district has lowest sex ratio (533)
  • The highest urban population in India is in the state of Maharashtra

Census of West Bengal 

  • 4th Most populated state of India
  •  It captures 2.7% of total area to India
  • Murshidabad district of West Bengal has the highest child sex ratio of 968
  • Population density of West Bengal is 1028
  • Literacy rate of West Bengal 76.26%

Census 2011