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Table 6 (a) : State-wise Population as per census 2001 (in million)
State/Uts
2001
Total
Share of
Rural
Urban
Rural Urban
Northern Region
88.38 (11.9) 44.29 (15.5) 132.98 (12.9) 66.5 33.3
Haryana
14.97 (2.0)
6.11 (2.1)
21.14 (2.1) 70.8 28.9
Himachal Pradesh
5.48 (0.7)
0.60 (0.2)
6.08 (0.6) 90.2
9.8
Jammu and Kashmir
7.57 (1.0)
2.51 (0.9)
10.14 (1.0) 74.6 24.7
Punjab
16.04 (2.2)
8.25 (2.9)
24.36 (2.4) 65.9 33.9
Rajasthan
43.27 (5.8)
13.21 (4.6)
56.51 (5.5) 76.6 23.4
Chandigarh
0.09 (0.0)
0.81 (0.3)
0.90 (0.1) 10.2 89.9
Delhi
0.96 (0.1)
12.82 (4.5)
13.85 (1.3)
7.0 92.6
North-Eastern Region
32.13 (4.3)
5.81 (2.0)
38.33 (3.7) 83.8 15.2
Arunachal Pradesh
0.48 (0.1)
0.06 (0.0)
1.10 (0.1) 43.6
5.5
Assam
23.25 (3.1)
3.39 (1.2)
26.66 (2.6) 87.2 12.7
Manipur
1.82 (0.2)
0.57 (0.2)
2.17 (0.2) 83.8 26.3
Meghalaya
1.85 (0.2)
0.45 (0.2)
2.32 (0.2) 79.9 19.5
Mizoram
0.45 (0.1)
0.44 (0.2)
0.89 (0.1) 50.6 49.6
Nagaland
1.64 (0.2)
0.35 (0.1)
1.99 (0.2) 82.2 17.7
Tripura
2.65 (0.4)
0.54 (0.2)
3.20 (0.3) 82.8 17.0
Eastern Region
184.79 (24.9) 42.82 (15.0) 227.83 (22.1) 81.1 18.8
Bihar
74.20 (10.0)
8.68 (3.0)
83.00 (8.1) 89.4 10.5
Jharkhand
20.92 (2.8)
5.99 (2.1)
26.95 (2.6) 77.6 22.2
Orissa
31.21 (4.2)
5.50 (1.9)
36.80 (3.6) 84.8 14.9
Sikkim
0.48 (0.1)
0.06 (0.0)
0.54 (0.1) 88.9 11.1
West Bengal
57.74 (7.8)
22.49 (7.9)
80.18 (7.8) 72.0 28.0
Andaman & Nicobar
0.24 (0.0)
0.12 (0.0)
0.36 (0.0) 66.7 32.2
Central Region
198.75 (26.8) 56.96 (20.0) 255.87 (24.9) 77.7 22.3
Chhatisgarh
16.62 (2.2)
4.18 (1.5)
20.83 (2.0) 79.8 20.0
Madhya Pradesh
44.28 (6.0)
16.10 (5.6)
60.35 (5.9) 73.4 26.7
Uttar Pradesh
131.54 (17.7)
34.51 (12.1) 166.20 (16.2) 79.1 20.8
Uttranchal
6.31 (0.9)
2.17 (0.8)
8.49 (0.8) 74.3 25.6
Western Region
88.38 (11.9) 60.70 (21.3) 149.28 (14.5) 59.2 40.7
Goa
0.68 (0.1)
0.67 (0.2)
1.35 (0.1) 50.0 49.6
Gujarat
31.70 (4.3)
18.90 (6.6)
50.67 (4.9) 62.6 37.3
Maharashtra
55.73 (7.5)
41.02 (14.4)
96.88 (9.4) 57.5 42.3
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
0.17 (0.0)
0.05 (0.0)
0.22 (0.0) 77.3 22.7
Daman and Diu
0.10 (0.0)
0.06 (0.0)
0.16 (0.0) 63.9 36.1
Southern Region
148.84 (20.1) 74.60 (26.1) 224.34 (21.8) 66.3 33.3
Andhra Pradesh
55.22 (7.4)
20.50 (7.2)
76.21 (7.4) 72.5 26.9
Karnataka
34.81 (4.7)
17.92 (6.3)
52.85 (5.1) 65.9 33.9
Kerala
23.57 (3.2)
8.27 (2.9)
31.84 (3.1) 74.0 26.0
Tamil Nadu
34.87 (4.7)
27.24 (9.5)
62.41 (6.1) 55.9 43.7
Lakshadweep
0.03 (0.0)
0.03 (0.0)
0.06 (0.0) 56.7 45.0
Pondicherry
0.33 (0.0)
0.65 (0.2)
0.97 (0.1) 33.5 66.5
India
741.66 (100.0) 285.36 (100.0) 1028.61 (100.0) 72.1 27.7
Note:
Figures within brackets represents percentage to respective all-India total.
Source:
Census of India 2001
