Dialogue  January-March, 2005, Volume 6 No. 3

Census of India 2001

                            Results at a Glance

                                              India

Number of households                                                         193,579,954

Population:

         Persons                                                                       1,028,610,328

         Males                                                                             532,156,772

         Females                                                                          496,453,556

         Sex ratio                                                                                       933

Population (in the age group 0 to 6 years):

         Persons                                                                          163,819,614

         Males                                                                               84,999,203

         Females                                                                            78,820,411

         Sex ratio (0 to 6)                                                                          927

Population of Scheduled Castes (SC)                  166,635,700 (16.2%)

Population of Scheduled Tribes (ST)                      84,326,240 (8.2%)

Number of literates:

         Persons                                                                          560,687,797

         Males                                                                             336,533,716

         Females                                                                          224,154,081

Literacy rate:

         Persons                                                                                   64.8%

         Males                                                                                      75.3%

         Females                                                                                   53.7%

Total workers:

         Persons                                                                          402,234,724

         Males                                                                             275,014,476

         Females                                                                          127,220,248

Total non-workers:                                                                626,375,604

Work participation rate:                                                                 39.1%

Type of workers:

         Main workers                                                 313,004,983 (77.8%)

         Marginal workers                                             89,229,741 (22.2%)

Category of workers:

         Cultivators                                                      127,312,851 (31.7%)

         Agricultural labourers                                   106,775,330 (26.5%)

         Household industry workers                           16,956,942 (4.2%)

         Other workers                                                 151,189,601 (37.6%)

* Excludes Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur