457:, counting all declarations made by any individual at the time when the census was conducted. However, the declaring individuals often mixed names of languages with those of dialects, sub-dialects and dialect clusters or even castes, professions, religions, localities, regions, countries and nationalities. The list therefore includes "languages" with barely a few individual speakers as well as 530 unclassified "mother tongues" and more than 100 idioms that are non-native to India, including linguistically unspecific
461:
such as "African", "Canadian" or "Belgian". Modifications were done by bringing in two additional components- place of birth i.e. village or town and duration of stay (if born elsewhere).
750:
607:
502:
639:
624:
139:
727:
17:
783:
501:. Honolulu, Hawaii, US: Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific.
600:
535:
427:
327:
778:
407:
207:
732:
593:
572:
788:
773:
722:
387:
754:
470:
706:
701:
696:
691:
686:
681:
671:
644:
46:
41:
491:
8:
397:
547:
347:
616:
131:
227:
167:
767:
551:
307:
287:
97:
267:
237:
357:
317:
257:
247:
297:
417:
585:
458:
377:
367:
197:
492:"Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census"
437:
277:
217:
117:
337:
187:
177:
135:
65:
154:
Population of Indian states and union territories in 1961
145:
The population of India was counted as 438,936,918 people.
536:"Mother Tongues of India According to the 1961 Census"
751:Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
765:
632:
533:
489:
573:"Census of India 1961 Final Population Totals"
601:
529:
527:
525:
523:
608:
594:
520:
14:
766:
148:
589:
508:from the original on 19 November 2008
490:Vijayanunni, M. (26–29 August 1998).
728:2011 Socio Economic and Caste Census
615:
24:
25:
800:
534:Mallikarjun, B. (5 August 2002).
499:18th Population Census Conference
453:The 1961 census recognized 1,652
448:
565:
483:
13:
1:
476:
130:was the tenth in a series of
157:
7:
464:
328:Andaman and Nicobar Islands
10:
805:
784:Political history of India
408:North-East Frontier Agency
745:
715:
664:
657:
623:
104:
84:
76:
71:
61:
56:
36:
31:
723:Indian economic census
388:Dadra and Nagar Haveli
159:State/Union Territory
755:Demographics of India
733:Census of agriculture
578:. 1962. pp. 3–6.
471:Demographics of India
546:. M. S. Thirumalai.
128:1961 census of India
32:1961 census of India
18:1961 Census of India
155:
149:Population by state
138:every decade since
80:438,936,918 (21.62)
57:General information
540:Languages in India
398:Goa, Daman and Diu
153:
779:Censuses in India
761:
760:
741:
740:
665:National censuses
658:Post-Independence
653:
652:
633:National censuses
446:
445:
208:Jammu and Kashmir
124:
123:
16:(Redirected from
796:
662:
661:
630:
629:
625:Pre-independence
610:
603:
596:
587:
586:
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579:
577:
569:
563:
562:
560:
558:
531:
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507:
496:
487:
348:Himachal Pradesh
156:
152:
113:
112:
108:
93:
92:
88:
77:Total population
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28:
21:
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649:
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584:
583:
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570:
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521:
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505:
494:
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605:
598:
590:
582:
581:
564:
519:
481:
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455:mother tongues
450:
447:
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394:
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364:
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360:
354:
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344:
343:
340:
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323:
322:34.92 million
320:
314:
313:
312:73.74 million
310:
304:
303:
302:21.15 million
300:
294:
293:
290:
284:
283:
282:17.54 million
280:
274:
273:
272:23.58 million
270:
264:
263:
262:39.55 million
260:
254:
253:
252:41.64 million
250:
244:
243:
242:33.68 million
240:
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232:32.37 million
230:
228:Madhya Pradesh
224:
223:
220:
214:
213:
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203:
202:20.63 million
200:
194:
193:
192:46.45 million
190:
184:
183:
182:11.87 million
180:
174:
173:
172:35.99 million
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168:Andhra Pradesh
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774:1961 in India
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771:
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409:
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382:1.14 million
381:
379:
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375:
371:
369:
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352:1.35 million
351:
349:
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345:
342:2.65 million
341:
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321:
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308:Uttar Pradesh
306:
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296:
295:
292:20.3 million
291:
289:
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222:16.9 million
221:
219:
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212:3.56 million
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98:Uttar Pradesh
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94:region
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452:
144:
127:
125:
100:(70,144,160)
26:
557:11 December
428:Pondicherry
358:Lakshadweep
318:West Bengal
258:Maharashtra
248:Maharashtra
162:Population
768:Categories
477:References
748:See also:
552:1930-2940
298:Rajasthan
120:(162,863)
640:Overview
512:25 March
503:Archived
465:See also
459:demonyms
442:162,189
432:369,079
422:369,200
418:Nagaland
412:336,558
402:626,978
372:780,037
134:held in
132:censuses
109:populous
89:populous
392:57,963
378:Tripura
368:Manipur
362:24,108
332:63,548
198:Gujarat
72:Results
62:Country
550:
438:Sikkim
288:Punjab
278:Orissa
268:Mysore
238:Madras
218:Kerala
118:Sikkim
111:
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91:
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576:(PDF)
506:(PDF)
495:(PDF)
338:Delhi
188:Bihar
178:Assam
136:India
105:Least
66:India
707:2024
702:2011
697:2001
692:1991
687:1981
682:1971
677:1961
672:1951
645:1891
559:2014
548:ISSN
514:2021
140:1872
126:The
85:Most
47:1971
42:1951
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