Census of India 2011
Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India05-12-2013
Primary Census AbstractHouseless Population
Introduction INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
• Information regarding type of household was collected during thesecond phase of census i.e. Population Enumeration 2011. Similarinformation was collected during 2001 census also. The type ofhouseholds are Normal, Houseless and Institutional. Theindividuals living in these households are called Normalpopulation, Houseless population and Institutional population.
• On the basis of this information, “Primary Census Abstract -Houseless population: 2011” is generated.
• Houseless Population is not returned in Lakshadweep.
Definition Adopted INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Houseless Household
Households which do not live in buildings or Censushouses but live in the open or roadside, pavements, in hume-pipes,under fly-overs and staircases, or in the open in places of worship,mandaps, railway platforms, etc., are to be treated as Houselesshouseholds. Houseless Households are covered on the night of28th February, 2011.
INDIAData Highlights . . .
1. Households
2. Population and growth rate
3. Child population
4. Sex ratio and child sex ratio
5. Literates & Literacy Rate
6. Workers and work participation rate
7. Main and marginal workers
8. Marginal workers classified by period of work
9. Cultivators
10.Agricultural labourers
11.Household Industry (HHI) workers
12.Other workers
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Households INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Absolute Percentage
2001 2011 2001 2011
All Households
Total 193,579,954 249,454,252 100.0 100.0
Rural 137,773,323 168,565,486 100.0 100.0
Urban 55,806,631 80,888,766 100.0 100.0
Houseless Households
Total 447,552 449,761 0.23 0.18
Rural 259,742 192,865 0.19 0.11
Urban 187,810 256,896 0.34 0.32
Indicator Absolute Percentage Growth rate
(2001-11)2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 1,028,610,328 1,210,569,573 100.0 100.0 17.7
Rural 742,302,537 833,463,448 100.0 100.0 12.3
Urban 286,307,791 377,106,125 100.0 100.0 31.7
Houseless Population
Total 1,943,476 1,772,889 0.19 0.15 -8.8
Rural 1,164,877 834,541 0.16 0.10 -28.4
Urban 778,599 938,348 0.27 0.25 20.5
Population INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Percentage of Houseless to Total Population 2011 INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
State/Union Territory #
Percentage State/Union Territory #
Percentage
Top 5 Bottom 5
Chandigarh # 0.39 Mizoram 0.01
Daman & Diu # 0.30 A & N Islands # 0.02
Dadra & Nagar Haveli # 0.29 Meghalaya 0.04
Nct of Delhi # 0.28 Assam 0.04
Rajasthan 0.26 Kerala 0.04
Percentage Share of Houseless Population among States/UTs INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
States/UTs having percentage share below 1 percent have been clubbed under “Other States/UTs”
Assam
Uttarakhand
Kerala
Himachal Pradesh
Chandigarh
Tripura
Manipur
Goa
Arunachal Pradesh
Puducherry
Meghalaya
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Nagaland
Daman & Diu
Sikkim
Mizoram
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Uttar Pradesh, 18.56
Maharashtra, 11.9
Rajasthan, 10.24
Madhya Pradesh, 8.26Andhra Pradesh, 8.19
Gujarat, 8.14
West Bengal, 7.56
Karnataka, 4.33
Haryana, 2.93
Tamil Nadu, 2.87
Nct Of Delhi, 2.66
Punjab, 2.63
Bihar, 2.57
Odisha, 1.92
Chhattisgarh, 1.37Jharkhand, 1.32
Jammu & Kashmir, 1.07
Other States, 3.49“Other States/UTs”
Houseless Population (States/UTs)(Percentage to total population) INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Absolute Proportion to population
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Child Population
Total 163,819,614 164,478,150 15.9 13.6
Rural 126,392,327 121,285,762 17.0 14.6
Urban 37,427,287 43,192,388 13.1 11.5
Houseless child population
Total 345,956 270,585 17.8 15.3
Rural 237,718 157,873 20.4 18.9
Urban 108,238 112,712 13.9 12.0
Child Population(0-6 years) INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Proportion of Child Population(0-6 years)Houseless Population
INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Sex Ratio Child Sex Ratio
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 933 943 927 919
Rural 946 949 934 923
Urban 900 929 907 905
Houseless Populations
Total 710 694 947 932
Rural 837 878 953 941
Urban 550 558 934 920
Sex Ratio & Child Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 males) INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Sex Ratio INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
State/Union Territory #
Sex Ratio State/Union Territory #
Sex Ratio
Top 5 Bottom 5
Puducherry # 1,046 Chandigarh # 79
Manipur 1,023 A & N Islands # 188
Meghalaya 995 Nct Of Delhi # 244
Assam 929 West Bengal 460
Andhra Pradesh 919 Goa 489
Child Sex Ratio INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
State/Union Territory #
Child Sex Ratio
State/Union Territory #
ChildSex Ratio
Top 5 Bottom 5
Meghalaya 1257 Dadra & Nagar Haveli # 782
Daman & Diu # 1080 Tripura 817
Puducherry # 1071 Himachal Pradesh 820
Kerala 1018 Goa 880
Manipur 1013 Chandigarh # 889
Indicator Literates Effective Literacy Rate
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 560,687,797 763,498,517 64.8 73.0
Rural 361,736,601 482,653,540 58.7 67.8
Urban 198,951,196 280,844,977 79.9 84.1
Houseless Population
Total 439,026 588,303 27.5 39.2
Rural 231,158 251,356 24.9 37.1
Urban 207,868 336,947 31.0 40.8
Literates & Literacy Rate (Persons) INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Literacy Rate (Persons) INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
State/Union Territory #
Literacy rate State/Union Territory #
Literacy rate
Top 5 Bottom 5
Mizoram 94.0 Dadra & Nagar Haveli # 19.8
Tripura 79.6 Rajasthan 20.0
Manipur 79.3 Haryana 22.1
Sikkim 78.2 Punjab 27.2
Andaman & Nicobar Islands #
65.2 Jammu & Kashmir 29.0
Effective Literacy Rate (Persons)Houseless Population
INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Literates Effective Literacy Rate
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 336,533,716 434,683,779 75.3 80.9
Rural 223,493,084 281,281,531 70.7 77.2
Urban 113,040,632 153,402,248 86.3 88.8
Houseless Population
Total 329,728 404,424 34.4 44.6
Rural 171,073 161,968 33.4 44.6
Urban 158,655 242,456 35.5 44.6
Literates & Literacy Rate (Males) INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Literates Effective Literacy Rate
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 224,154,081 328,814,738 53.7 64.6
Rural 138,243,517 201,372,009 46.1 57.9
Urban 85,910,564 127,442,729 72.9 79.1
Houseless Population
Total 109,298 183,879 17.1 30.9
Rural 60,085 89,388 14.5 28.5
Urban 49,213 94,491 22.0 33.5
Literates & Literacy Rate (Females) INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Effective Literacy Rate (Females)Houseless Population
INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Workers Work Participation Rate
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 402,234,724 481,743,311 39.1 39.8
Rural 309,835,681 348,597,535 41.7 41.8
Urban 92,399,043 133,145,776 32.3 35.3
Houseless Population
Total 1,080,470 919,506 55.6 51.9
Rural 665,922 424,398 57.2 50.9
Urban 414,548 495,108 53.2 52.8
Workers and Work Participation Rate (Persons) INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Work Participation Rate (WPR) (Persons) INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
State/Union Territory #
WPR State/Union Territory #
WPR
Top 5 Bottom 5
Chandigarh # 89.9 Bihar 36.9
Daman & Diu # 77.6 Assam 40.4
Nct Of Delhi # 73.4 Tripura 40.8
Goa 66.8 Jammu & Kashmir 41.3
Dadra & Nagar Haveli #
65.0 Manipur 41.7
Work Participation Rate (WPR) (Persons)Houseless Population
INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Workers Work Participation Rate
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 275,014,476 331,865,930 51.7 53.3
Rural 198,799,870 226,763,068 52.1 53.0
Urban 76,214,606 105,102,862 50.6 53.8
Houseless Population
Total 715,211 641,880 62.9 61.3
Rural 393,211 255,741 62.0 57.6
Urban 322,000 386,139 64.1 64.1
Workers and Work Participation Rate (Males) INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Workers Work Participation Rate
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 127,220,248 149,877,381 25.6 25.5
Rural 111,035,811 121,834,467 30.8 30.0
Urban 16,184,437 28,042,914 11.9 15.4
Houseless Population
Total 365,259 277,626 45.3 38.2
Rural 272,711 168,657 51.4 43.2
Urban 92,548 108,969 33.5 32.4
Workers and Work Participation Rate (Females) INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Work Participation Rate (WPR) (Females)Houseless Population
INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Main Workers Percentage to total workers
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 313,004,983 362,446,420 77.8 75.2
Rural 229,110,641 245,749,270 73.9 70.5
Urban 83,894,342 116,697,150 90.8 87.6
Houseless Population
Total 833,318 654,820 77.1 71.2
Rural 490,157 276,227 73.6 65.1
Urban 343,161 378,593 82.8 76.5
Main Workers INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Marginal Workers Percentage to total workers
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 89,229,741 119,296,891 22.2 24.8
Rural 80,725,040 102,848,265 26.1 29.5
Urban 8,504,701 16,448,626 9.2 12.4
Houseless Population
Total 247,152 264,686 22.9 28.8
Rural 175,765 148,171 26.4 34.9
Urban 71,387 116,515 17.2 23.5
Marginal Workers INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Marginal Workers Percentage to Marginal Workers
Less than 3 months
3 to 6 months
Less than 3 months
3 to 6 months
Total Population
Total 22,252,784 97,044,107 18.7 81.3
Rural 19,816,595 83,031,670 19.3 80.7
Urban 2,436,189 14,012,437 14.8 85.2
Houseless Population
Total 59,673 205,013 22.5 77.5
Rural 28,919 119,252 19.5 80.5
Urban 30,754 85,761 26.4 73.6
Marginal Workers by period of work 2011 INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
New in
2011
Indicator Cultivators Percentage to total workers
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 127,312,851 118,692,640 31.7 24.6
Rural 124,534,135 114,968,498 40.2 33.0
Urban 2,778,716 3,724,142 3.0 2.8
Houseless Population
Total 28,561 35,648 2.6 3.9
Rural 26,290 31,096 3.9 7.3
Urban 2,271 4,552 0.5 0.9
Cultivators INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Agriculatural Labourers Percentage to total workers
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 106,775,330 144,329,833 26.5 30.0
Rural 102,460,732 136,994,451 33.1 39.3
Urban 4,314,598 7,335,382 4.7 5.5
Houseless Population
Total 265,083 162,921 24.5 17.7
Rural 250,794 142,965 37.7 33.7
Urban 14,289 19,956 3.4 4.0
Agricultural Labourers INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Household Industry Workers Percentage to total workers
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 16,956,942 18,336,307 4.2 3.8
Rural 12,146,951 11,947,619 3.9 3.4
Urban 4,809,991 6,388,688 5.2 4.8
Houseless Population
Total 53,252 51,866 4.9 5.6
Rural 36,792 31,510 5.5 7.4
Urban 16,460 20,356 4.0 4.1
Household Industry Workers INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
Indicator Other Workers Percentage to total workers
2001 2011 2001 2011
Total Population
Total 151,189,601 200,384,531 37.6 41.6
Rural 70,693,863 84,686,967 22.8 24.3
Urban 80,495,738 115,697,564 87.1 86.9
Houseless Population
Total 733,574 669,071 67.9 72.8
Rural 352,046 218,827 52.9 51.6
Urban 381,528 450,244 92.0 90.9
Other Workers INDIA
Source: Primary Census Abstract for Total population and Houseless Population, 2011Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
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