The lowest child sex ratio in 50 years revealed by the 2011 census reflects India’s failure to stop selective abortion of female foetuses despite laws against sex selection and campaigns to promote goodwill towards girls, sections of doctors said. The 2011 census released today by the registrar general of India has shown that the ratio of girls to boys up to six years of age has dropped to 914 girls for...
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India is now home to 17.5% of humanity, as the population touched 1.21 billion, up 17.4% from 2001, according to the provisional figures of the 2011 census. The rate of growth of population showed a sharp downward trend, and fell 3.9 percentage points from 2001. The country posted its worst child sex ratio since independence, as the ugly preference for the male child in many parts of the country zoomed alongside...
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Andhra Pradesh has retained its place as the fifth most populous State in the country with a head count of 8.46 crore, recording an 11.10 per cent growth rate over 2001 census. The increase in population was 84.55 lakh. The provisional 2011 census figures released here by Y.V. Anuradha, Director of census Operations, on Thursday, showed a male population of 4.25 crore and 4.21 crore that of female. The State registered 11.10...
More »India's population rises to 1.2 billion, says census report
India's population rose to 1.21 billion people over the last 10 years — an increase by 181 million, according to the new census released today, but significantly the growth is slower for the first time in nine decades. The population, which accounts for world's 17.5 per cent population, comprises 623.7 million males and 586.5 million females, said a provisional 2011 census report. China is the most populous nation acounting for 19.4...
More »India census: population goes up to 1.21bn
India has added 181 million new people to its population over the last decade, according to the results of the 2011 census. India's population is now 1.21bn, which is bigger than the combined populations of the US, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh. India launched the latest census exercise last year. Some 2.5 million officials visited households in about 7,000 towns and 600,000 villages. The population was classified according to gender, religion, education and occupation. The...
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