1991 census of India

1991 census of India
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General information
CountryIndia
Results
Total population838,583,988 (22.38%)
Most populous ​stateUttar Pradesh (132,062,800)
Least populous ​stateSikkim (406,000)

The 1991 census of India was the 13th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.[1]

The population of India was counted as 838,583,988.[2] The number of enumerators was 1.6 million.[1]

  1. ^ a b Vijayanunni, M. (26–29 August 1998). "Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census" (PDF). 18th Population Census Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii, US: Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ^ Dev, Amiya (2010). "Literary Multilingualism II : Multilingualism in India". In Lisa Block de Behar; Paola Mildonian; Jean-Michel Djian; Djlel Kadir; Alfons Knauth; Dolores Romero Lopez; Marcio Orlando Seligmann-Silva (eds.). Comparative Literature : Sharing Knowledges for Preserving Cultural Diversity (PDF). Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. Vol. 2. pp. 172–183. Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Paris, France, [1]. Retrieved 17 December 2014.