Growth of Indian Population

Decadal Growth of Indian
Population between 1981-2001

(Per cent)

 

Sl. No,	India / States / Union Territories	1981-1991	1991-2001
	INDIA	23.86	21.34
1	Jammu and Kashmir	30.34	29.04
2	Himachal Pradesh	20.79	17.53
3	Punjab	20.81	19.76
4	Chandigarh	42.16	40.33
5	Uttaranchal	24.23	19.20
6	Haryana	27.41	28.06
7	Delhi	51.45	46.31
8	Rajasthan	28.44	28.33
9	Uttar Pradesh	25.55	25.80
10	Bihar	23.38	28.43
11	Sikkim	28.47	32.98
12	Arunachal Pradesh	36.83	26.21
13	Nagaland	56.08	64.41
14	Manipur	29.29	30.02
15	Mizoram	39.70	29.18
16	Tripura	34.30	15.74
17	Meghalaya	32.86	29.94
18	Assam	24.24	18.85
19	West Bengal	24.73	17.84
20	Jharkhand	24.03	23.19
21	Orissa	20.06	15.94
22	Chhatisgarh	25.73	18.06
23	Madhya Pradesh	27.24	24.34
24	Gujarat	21.19	22.48
25	Daman & Diu	28.62	55.59
26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	33.57	59.20
27	Maharashtra	25.73	22.57
28	Andhra Pradesh	24.20	13.86
29	Karnataka	21.12	17.25
30	Goa	16.08	14.89
31	Lakshadweep	28.47	17.19
32	Kerala	14.32	9.42
33	Tamil Nadu	15.39	11.19
34	Pondicherry	33.64	20.56
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands*	48.70	26.94

For working out the percentage decadal growth of population of
Jammu and Kashmir, the population figures for 1991 have been owkred out
by interpolation as 1991 census could not be held there owing to disturbed
conditions.

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