According to Census 2011, Uttarakhand has population of 1.01 Crores, an increase from figure of 84.89 Lakh in 2001 census. Total population of Uttarakhand as per 2011 census is 10,086,292 of which male and female are 5,137,773 and 4,948,519 respectively. In 2001, total population was 8,489,349 in which males were 4,325,924 while females were 4,163,425. The total population growth in this decade was 18.81 percent while in previous decade it was 19.20 percent. The population of Uttarakhand forms 0.83 percent of India in 2011. In 2001, the figure was 0.83 percent.
Male | 5,137,773 | 50.93% |
Female | 4,948,519 | 49.06% |
Male | 3,863,708 | 87.4% | |
Female | 3,017,245 | 70.01% |
Male | 18.77% | |||||
Female | 18.86% |
Male | 7,17,199 | 52.89% |
Female | 638,615 | 47.10% |
Sex Ratio | 890/1000 |
Rural | 7,036,954 | 69.77% | |
Urban | 3,049,338 | 30.23% | |
Total | 10,086,292 | 100% |
Hindu | 83.68 Lakhs | 82.96% | |
Muslim | 14.06 Lakhs | 13.94% | |
Sikh | 2.36 Lakhs | 2.34% |
Haridwar | 1,890,422 | |||
Dehradun | > | 1,696,694 | ||
Udham Singh Nagar | 1,648,902 | |||
Nainital | 954,605 | |||
Pauri Garhwal | 687,271 |
Dehradun | 84.25% | ||||
Nainital | 83.88% | ||||
Chamoli | 82.65% | ||||
Pithoragarh | 82.25% | ||||
Pauri Garhwal | 82.02% |
Almora | 1139 | |||||
Rudraprayag | 1114 | |||||
Garhwal | 1103 | |||||
Bageshwar | 1090 | |||||
Tehri Garhwal | 1077 |
As per details from Census 2011, Uttarakhand has population of 1.01 Crores, an increase from figure of 84.89 Lakh in 2001 census. Total population of Uttarakhand as per 2011 census is 10,086,292 of which male and female are 5,137,773 and 4,948,519 respectively. In 2001, total population was 8,489,349 in which males were 4,325,924 while females were 4,163,425. The total population growth in this decade was 18.81 percent while in previous decade it was 19.20 percent. The population of Uttarakhand forms 0.83 percent of India in 2011. In 2001, the figure was 0.83 percent.
Literacy rate in Uttarakhand has seen upward trend and is 78.82 percent as per 2011 population census. Of that, male literacy stands at 87.40 percent while female literacy is at 70.01 percent. In 2001, literacy rate in Uttarakhand stood at 71.62 percent of which male and female were 83.28 percent and 59.63 percent literate respectively. In actual numbers, total literates in Uttarakhand stands at 6,880,953 of which males were 3,863,708 and females were 3,017,245.
In 2011, population decadal growth for uttarakhand was 18.81 %. Population decadal growth of uttarakhand increased in male 18.77 % and female 18.86 %.
According to the Census of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, the decade of 2001 to 2011 is the 1st decade post Indian Independence, which added least number of people to the country's population. The percentage of decadal growth in the nation, for the first time, showed a decrease by 3.90 % since, the present Census of India 2011 has registered the rate to be 17.64 % from the rate of 21.54 % in the earlier Census conducted in the year 2001
Sex Ratio in Uttarakhand is 963 i.e. for each 1000 male, which is below national average of 940 as per census 2011. In 2001, the sex ratio of female was 962 per 1000 males in Uttarakhand.
Child Sex Ratio in uttarakhand is 890 i.e. for each 1000 male,In the census 2001 the child sex ratio of India was 927 which declined to 919 in the census 2011. As per the census 2011, Arunachal Pradesh has the highest child sex ratio among the Indian states i.e. 972 while Haryana has the lowest child sex ratio i.e.834 per thousand males.
Hinduism is majority religion in state of Uttarakhand with 82.97 % followers. Islam is second most popular religion in state of Uttarakhand with approximately 13.95 % following it. In Uttarakhand state, Christinity is followed by 0.37 %, Jainism by 0.09 %, Sikhism by 2.34 % and Buddhism by 2.34 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.12 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Of the total population of Uttarakhand state, around 69.77 percent live in the villages of rural areas. In actual numbers, males and females were 3,519,042 and 3,517,912 respectively. Total population of rural areas of Uttarakhand state was 7,036,954. The population growth rate recorded for this decade (2001-2011) was 69.77%. In rural regions of Uttarakhand state, female sex ratio per 1000 males was 1000 while same for the child (0-6 age) was 899 girls per 1000 boys. In Uttarakhand, 990,776 children (0-6) live in rural areas. Child population forms 14.08 percent of total rural population. In rural areas of Uttarakhand, literacy rate for males and female stood at 86.62 % and 66.16 %. Average literacy rate in Uttarakhand for rural areas was 76.31 percent. Total literates in rural areas were 4,614,050.
Out of total population of Uttarakhand, 30.23% people live in urban regions. The total figure of population living in urban areas is 3,049,338 of which 1,618,731 are males and while remaining 1,430,607 are females. The urban population in the last 10 years has increased by 30.23 percent. Sex Ratio in urban regions of Uttarakhand was 884 females per 1000 males. For child (0-6) sex ratio the figure for urban region stood at 868 girls per 1000 boys. Total children (0-6 age) living in urban areas of Uttarakhand were 365,038. Of total population in urban region, 11.97 % were children (0-6). Average Literacy rate in Uttarakhand for Urban regions was 84.45 percent in which males were 89.05% literate while female literacy stood at 68.96%. Total literates in urban region of Uttarakhand were 2,266,903.