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Contents

1. Panoramic View of India ................................................................................................................. 36

2. Important Knowledge : At a Glance .............................................................................................. 711

3. Indian Polity and Constitution ..................................................................................................... 1231

4. Defence Policy of India ............................................................................................................... 3235

5. General Science for Everyone ...................................................................................................... 3647

6. Higher Education in India ............................................................................................................ 4853

7. The General Geographical Study of India and World ................................................................. 5463

8. Indian History .............................................................................................................................. 6467

9. Indian Culture .............................................................................................................................. 6870

10. Panoramic View of World ........................................................................................................... 7183

11. Sports and Games ........................................................................................................................ 8487

12. Basic General Knowledge .......................................................................................................... 88111

Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................. 88

Books and Authors .................................................................................................................... 92

Latest Books and Authors .......................................................................................................... 94

Religious Books.......................................................................................................................... 96

Famous Authors in Different Languages .................................................................................. 96

Famous Indian Authors .............................................................................................................. 96

Famous Indian Writers in English .............................................................................................. 98

Famous Characters in Literature ................................................................................................ 98

Tiger Reserves of India .............................................................................................................. 99

Mosques of India ..................................................................................................................... 100

Firsts in Different Fields .......................................................................................................... 100

Lines, Frontiers etc. .................................................................................................................. 102

Mankind and Various Tribes .................................................................................................... 103

Affiliation of Personalities with Places .................................................................................... 103

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Chief Crops and the States Producing Them ........................................................................... 103

The Largest, Longest, Biggest, Highest, Smallest in the World .............................................. 104

The Largest, Smallest, Highest and Longest in India .............................................................. 104

Geographical Surnames ........................................................................................................... 105

Wonders of the World .............................................................................................................. 105

Deserts ...................................................................................................................................... 105

Important Towns on Rivers ...................................................................................................... 106

Principal Game Sanctuaries and National Parks in India. ........................................................ 106

Hill Stations (India) .................................................................................................................. 107

Principal Indian Ports .............................................................................................................. 107

Famous Sites (India) ................................................................................................................. 107

Famous Sites (Outside India) ................................................................................................... 108

Variety of Animals ................................................................................................................... 108

The Earth and its Motion .......................................................................................................... 108

Natural Regions of the World, The Boundaries of the Zones, Weather and Climate,

Tides and their Causes, Volcanoes, Earthquake, Star and Planet, Winds, Breeze etc. ............ 109

Physical Geography of India ................................................................................................... 109

Geographical Terms.................................................................................................................. 110

13. Development and Employment Programmes in India ............................................................. 112123

14. International Organisations ...................................................................................................... 124131

15. Space Research ........................................................................................................................ 132142

16. Awards, Honours and Prizes : National and International ........................................................ 143151

17. States and Union Territories...................................................................................................... 152172

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1 Panoramic View of IndiaOfficial Name India or Bharat

Capital Delhi

Nationality Indian

Population 1,21,08,54,977 (2011 Census)

Males 62,32,70,258

Females 58,75,84,719

Rural Population (2011 Census)Persons 83,37,48,852Males 42,77,81,058Females 40,59,67,794

Urban Population (2011 Census)Persons 37,71,06,125Males 19,54,89,200Females 18,16,16,925

Literacy Rate(2011 Census) 730% (Males809%)

(Females646%)

HIMACHALPRADESH

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

DIUDAMAN

MEGHALAYA

YANAM

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS

DADAR & NAGARHAVELI

GOA

LAKSHADWEEP MAHE PUDUCHERRY

KARAIKAL

BAY OF BENGAL

BANGLADESH

ARABIAN

SEA

PAKISTANCHINA(TIBET)

NEPAL

MYANMAR

INDIAStates and Union Territories

Gangtok

Panaji

(Puducherry)

(Puducherry)

(Puducherry)

Thiruvananthapuram

Port Blair

Agartala

SIKKIM

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JAMMU & KASHMIRSrinagar

Shimla

PUNJAB

HARYANA

RAJASTHAN

GUJARAT

UTTARAKHAND

DELHI

UTTARPRADESH

MADHYA PRADESH

BIHAR

ASSAM NAGALAND

MANIPUR

MIZORAMTRIPURAWESTBENGALJHARKHAND

CHHATTISGARHODISHA

MAHARASHTRA

ANDHRAPRADESH

TELANGANA

KARNATAKA

KERALA

TAMILNADU

BHUTAN

Chandigarh

Dehradun

PatnaLucknowJaipur

BhopalGandhi nagar

Mumbai(Bombay)

Raipur

Hyderabad

Bhubaneshwar

Kolkata

Bengaluru Chennai(Madras)

Itanagar

Dispur Kohima

Imphal

Aizawl

Shillong

Ranchi

Sex Ratio 943 (Females per 1000 Males)Child Sex Ratio (06 years)

914 (Females per 1000 males)

Population density 382 (per sq. km)

Decadal Population Growth (200111)

177%

Rural 1218% (Provisional)Urban 3180% (Provisional)

Population in the age group 06 (2011)

Persons 16,44,78,150Males 8,57,32,470Females 7,87,45,680

NATIONAL FLAG

A horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (kesariya) atthe top, white in the middle and dark green at thebottom in equal proportion. The ratio of width of theFlag to its length is two to three. In the centre of the

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white band is a navy blue wheel which represents thechakra. Its design is that of the wheel which appears onthe abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Itsdiameter approximates to the width of the white bandand it has twenty four (24) spokes. The design of theNational Flag was adopted by the Constituent Assemblyof India on 22 July, 1947. Its use and display areregulated by the Indian Flag Code.

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka Jaya he

The anthem jana-gana-mana, composed originallyin Bengali language by Rabindra Nath Tagore wasadopted in its Hindi version by the ConstituentAssembly of India as the National Anthem of India on24 January, 1950. It was first sung on 27 December,1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian NationalCongress. The complete song consists of five stanzas.The first stanza contains the full version of the NationalAnthem. The playing time of the full version of theNational Anthem is about 52 seconds. The playing timeof a short version consisting of the first and last lines ofthe stanza of the National Anthem is about 20 seconds.

NATIONAL SONG

The song Vande-Matram composed by BankimChand Chaterji was adopted by the ConstituentAssembly of India as the National Song of India. It wasfirst sung at the 1896 Session of the Indian NationalCongress. It was translated into English language by SriArvindo.

STATE EMBLEMThe State Emblem is an adaptation from the

Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. In the original, thereare four lions standing back to back, mounted on anabacus with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief ofan elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lionseparated by intervening wheels over a bell-shapedlotus. Carved out of a single block of polished sand-stone the capital is crowned by the wheel of the law(Dharma-Chakra).

In the state Emblem, adopted by the government ofIndia, on 26 January, 1950, only three lions are visible,the fourth being hidden from view. The wheel appearsin relief in the centre of the abacus with a bull on theright and a horse on the left and the outlines of the otherwheels on extreme right and left; the bell-shaped lotushas been omitted. The Words Satyameva Jayate fromMundaka Upanishad, meaning Truth alone Triumphsare inscribed below the abacus in Devanagari script.

NATIONAL FLOWER

Lotus (Nelumbo Neucifera) is the National Flowerof India.

NATIONAL CALENDAR

The National Calendar based on the Saka Erawith Chaitra as its first month and a normal year of365 days was adopted from 22 March, 1957 along withthe Gregorian Calendar for the following officialpurposes

(A) Gazette of India.

(B) News broadcast by All India Radio.

(C) Calendars issued by the Government of India.

(D) Government Communications addressed to themembers of the public.

Dates of the National Calendar have a permanentcorrespondence with dates of the Gregorian calendar1 Chaitra falling on 22 March normally and on 21 Marchin the leap year.

NATIONAL ANIMAL

The magnificent tiger, panthera tigris (Linnaeous)is a striped animal. It has a thick yellow coat of fur withdark stripes. The combination of grace, strength, agilityand enormous power has earned the tiger its pride ofplace as the National Animal of India.

NATIONAL BIRD

The Indian Peacock, pavo cristatus (Linnaeus), theNational Bird of India, is a colourful swan-sized birdwith a fan shaped crest of feathers, a white patch underthe eye and a long slender neck. The male of the speciesis more colourful than the female, with a glistening bluebreast and neck spectacular bronze-green train ofaround 200 elongated feathers. The female is brownish,slightly smaller than the male, and lacks the train. Theeleborate courtship dance of the male, fanning out thetail and preening its feathers, is a gorgeous sight. Thepeacock enjoys protection from the people as it is nevermolested for religious and sentimental reasons. It isfully protected under the Indian Wildlife ProtectionAct1972.

PHYSICAL BACKGROUND

Countries having a common border with India areAfghanistan and Pakistan to the north-west, China,Bhutan and Nepal to the north, Myanmar to the east andBangladesh to the east of West-Bengal. Sri Lanka isseparated from India by a narrow channel of sea formedby the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar.

CLIMATE

The climate of India may be broadly described astropical monsoon type. There are four seasons

(A) Winter (JanuaryFebruary)

(B) Hot weather summer (MarchMay)

(C) Rainy South-Western monsoon (JuneSeptem-ber)

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(D) Post monsoon, also known as north-eastmonsoon in the southern peninsula (OctoberDecember)

RIVERS

Rivers in India may be classified as

(A) Himalayan rivers, (B) Peninsular rivers,(C) Coastal rivers, (D) Rivers of the island drainagebasin

MOST POPULOUS STATES (2011)

FirstUttar Pradesh19,98,12,341

SecondMaharashtra11,23,74,333

ThirdBihar10,40,99,452

Union Territory with Lowest PopulationLakshadweep (64,429)

District with Highest PopulationThane,Maharashtra (1,10,54,131)

District with Lowest PopulationDibang ValleyArunachal

LEAST POPULOUS STATESikkim6,10,577 (2011 Census)

Official LanguageHindiMost Literate States/UTs

A. Kerala9400% (2011 Census)

B. Lakshadweep9185% (2011 Census)

C. Mizoram9133% (2011 Census)

D. Tripura8722% (2011 Census)

E. Goa887% (2011 Census)

Top Two Districts ranked per Literacy Rate 2011A. Serchhip (Mizoram)9876%

B. Aizawl (Mizoram)9850%

Indias Percentage decadal growth177% (200111)

PHYSICAL FEATURES

The mainland comprises four regions, namely thegreat mountain zone, plains of the Ganga and the Indus,the desert region and the Southern peninsula.

First Prime MinisterPt. Jawahar Lal Nehru(194764)

Present Prime MinisterNarendra DamodardasModi

First Vice-PresidentDr. S. Radhakrishnan(195257) (195762)

Present Vice-PresidentMd. Hamid Ansari

First PresidentDr. Rajendra Prasad (195262)

Present PresidentMr. Pranab Mukherjee

CurrencyRupees

High Courts24

Foreign Trade During April-November 2016(Exports)US $ 17492278 million

Foreign Trade (Imports during April-November2016) $ 24110160 million.

The First Five Year Plan195156The Tenth Five Year Plan200207The Eleventh Five Year Plan200712The Twelfth Five Year Plan201217Largest Commercial BankState Bank of India

MAIN CROPS

Rice, Wheat, Cotton, Tea, Rubber, Groundnut.

AIRPORTS26 International airports, 114 domestic airports, 26

civil enclaves.

TOTAL ROAD NETWORK

India has one of the largest road networks in theworld, aggregating to about 33 lakh km at present. Ofall types of Highways and roads, the National Highwaysand the State Highways account respectively 96,26072and 1,31,899 km length.

ALL INDIA RADIOS NETWORKAll India Radio presently (February 2017) has 219

full-fledged Radio stations with studios and 610broadcast transmitters 143 are medium wave 48 SW(Short Wave) and 419 FM transmitters which provideradio coverage to 92 per cent of the population andreaches 9918 per cent area of the country. All IndiaRadio covers 23 languages and 146 dialects in homeservices. In external services, it covers 27 languages,17 national and foreign languages.

Expansion of FM ServicesIn view of thesuperior quality of FM broadcasts it is gaining popu-larity in the country. AIR has also therefore undertakento expand its FM network to achieve about 50 per centpopulation coverage after the completion of ongoingTenth Plan. The FM service uses a large bandwidth toprovide a programme service of high-fidelity.

FIRST TELEVISION CENTRE

Indias Ist Television centre came into being on 15September, 1959 as a pilot project.

In 1976, Doordarshan which was all India Radiostelevision arm until then become a separate depart-ment.

First Film (Non-talkie Film)

A. Punda liz [1912, Made by R. G. Torney, N.G.Chitre)]

B. Raja Harischandra (1913, Made by DundirajGovind Phalke)

First Talkie FilmAlam ara (Ardeshir Irani)

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Population by Religious Communities India, 19612011

Religiouscommunities 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011

All religiouscommunities 439,234,771 547,949,809 665,287,849 838,583,988 1,028,610,328 1,21,08,54,977Hindus 366,526,866 453,292,086 549,779,481 687,646,721 827,578,868 96,62,57,353Muslims 46,940,799 61,417,934 75,512,439 101,596,057 138,188,240 17,22,45,158Christians 10,728,086 14,223,382 16,165,447 19,640,284 24,080,016 2,78,19,588Sikhs 7,845,915 10,378,797 13,078,146 16,259,744 19,215,730 2,08,33,116Buddhists 3,256,036 3,812,325 4,719,796 6,387,500 7,955,207 84,42,972Jains 2,027,281 2,604,646 3,206,038 3,352,706 4,225,053 44,51,753Others 1,498,895 2,184,556 2,766,285 3,269,355 6,639,626 79,37,734Religion not stated 113,040 36,083 60,217 415,569 727,588 28,67,303

OLDEST EXISTING NEWSPAPERMumbai Samachar from Mumbai (Gujarati daily,

Published since 1822)

TOTAL NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS

The total number of registered publications as onMarch 31, 2016 was 1,10,851 with newspaper categoryaccount for 16,136 and periodicals category 94,715. TheState with the largest number of registered newspapersis Uttar Pradesh (16,984).

Highest number of Newspapers Publishedin different Languages in 31 March, 2011

A. Hindi (44,557)B. English (14,083)

Highest Civilian AwardBharat RatnaHighest award for gallantryParamVir ChakraFirst InstituteFort William College, Kolkata

NATIONAL FLAG FIRST HOISTED

At Green Park, Kolkata on 7 August, 1906 bySurendra Nath Benarji

OLDEST INDIAN POLITICAL PARTYIndian National Congress (Founded by A.O. Hume

in 1885 in Tejpal Sanskrit College, Mumbai)

Scheduled castes largest concentration States

A. Uttar Pradesh

B. Union Territory, Puducherry

Scheduled castes smallest concentration stateMizoram

Most Densely Populated N.C.T. (2011 census)Delhi(11,320 per sq. km)

Least Densely Populated State (2011 census)Arunachal Pradesh (17 per sq. km)Most Densely Populated State (2011 census) Bihar(1,106 per sq. km)Least Literate State (2011 census)Bihar 618%(Males 7120%, Females 5150%)Least Densely Populated UT (2011 census)Andaman & Nicobar Islands (46)

LOCATION

Lying entirely in the northern hemisphere, themainland extends between latitudes 84' and 376'north, longitudes 687' and 9725' east and measuresabout 3,214 km from north to south between theextreme latitudes and about 2933 km from east to westbetween the extreme longitudes. It has a land frontier ofabout 15200 km. The total length of the coastline of themainland, Lakshdweep, Islands and Andaman andNicobar islands is 75166 km.

2 Important Knowledge : At a GlanceIMPORTANT DAYS

August Kranti Day9 August.National Youth Day12 January.Army Day21 January.Desh Prem Diwas23 January.International Customs Day26 January.Republic Day26 January.Martyrs Day30 January.Valentines Day14 February.Arunachal Day20 February.Central Excise Day24 February.International Women's Day8 March.World Consumer's Day15 March.World Disabled Day15 March.International Day for the Elimination of RacialDiscrimination21 March.World Day for Water22 March.World Metrological Day23 March.Bangaladesh Day26 March.National Maritime Day5 April.Samta Diwas5 April.World Health Day7 April.Railway Week1016 April.World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day12 April.Jallianwala Day13 April.World Heritage Day18 April.Kargil Victory Day26 July.Earth Day22 April.World Book Day23 April.Manav Ekta Diwas24 April.International Labour Day1 May.World Press Freedom Day3 May.World Red Cross Day8 May.National Technology Day11 May.National Solidarity Day13 May.International Day of Families15 May.World Telecommunication Day17 May.Anti-Terrorism Day21 May.Commonwealth Day24 May.Mount-Everest Day29 MayNo-Tobacco Day31 May.International Day of Innocent Children4 June.World Environment Day5 June.

World Population Day11 July.Goa Liberation Day18 June.UN Charter Signing Day25 June.International Day Against Drug Abuse & IllicitTrafficking26 June.Anti-Emergency Day26 June.World Diabetes Day27 June.Poor's Day28 June.Pulse Polio Vaccination Day26 June.National Statistics Day29 June.Doctors Day1 July.World Population Day11 July.Breast Feeding Week17 August.World Breast Feeding Day1 August.Hiroshima Day6 August.Quit India Day9 August.Nagasaki Day9 August.Independence Day15 August.Sadbhavana Diwas20 August.National Sports Day29 August.Teachers Day5 September.International Literacy Day8 September.World Ozone Day16 September.World Tourism Day27 September.World Animal Day2 October.World Vegetarian Day2 October.International Day for the Elders4 October.World Habitat Day5 October.International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction7October.Air Force Day8 October.Post Office Day9 October.World Post Day9 October.World Standard Day14 October.World Food Day16 October.Police Commemoration Day21 October.United Nations Day24 October.World Thrift Day30 October.National Integration Day31 October.National Rededications Day31 October.Children's Day14 November.Sappers Day18 November.Citizens Day19 November.Africa Industrialisation Day20 November.

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World Aids Day1 December.World Press Freedom Day3 May.International Day for Disabled Persons3 December.Navy Day4 December.International Volunteer Day for Economic andSocial Development5 December.Flag Day7 December.Human Rights Day (UN)10 December.Kishan Day23 December.

NATIONAL CALENDAR

The national calendar based on the Saka Era withChaitra as its first month and a normal year of 365 dayswas adopted from 22 March, 1957 along with theGregorian calendar for the follow-ing purposes

(A) Gazette of India

(B) News broadcast by All India Radio

(C) Calendars issued by Government of India

(D) Government communications addressed to themembers of the public.

Dates of the National calendar have a permanentcorrespondence with dates of the Gregorian calendar :Chaitra pratipada (1) falling on 22 March normally andon 21 March in leap year.

MONTHS OF CALENDAR

1. Chaitra, 2. Vaishakh, 3. Jeshtha

4. Ashad 5. Shravan 6. Bhadrapad

7. Ashivan 8. Kartik 9. Margshirsha

10. Pausha 11. Magha 12. Phalgun

MONTHS OF GREGORIAN CALENDAR

1. January31 Days 7. July31 Days

2. February28 or 29 Days 8. August31 Days

3. March31 Days 9. September30 Days

4. April30 Days 10. October31 Days

5. May31 Days 11. November30 Days

6. June30 Days 12. December31 Days

IMPORTANT YEARS

International Year for Women 1975

International Year for Child 1979

International Year for Education 1980International Year for Disabled 1981Production Year 1982World Communication Year 1983International Year for Youth 1985International Year for World Peace 1986

International Year for Homeless 1987

International Year for Literacy 1990

India Tourism Year 1991International Year for Space 1992

International Year of the Indigenous People 1993

International Year of the Family 1994

Nepal visit Year (By Nepal Govt.) 1998

International Year for Elders 1999

International Year of the Culture of Peace 2000

International Year of volunteers 2001

International Year of Dialogue among

Civilizations 2001

International Year for Women Empowerment

(India) 2001

International Year of Mountains 2002

International Year of Fresh Water 2003

International Year of Rice 2004

International Year of Sports and Physical

Education 2005

Year of friendship with neighbouring

countries (India) 2006

International Year of Emerging Markets 2006

(International Finance Corporation)

India-Japan Friendship Year 2007

International Year of the Potato (UN, FAO) 2008

International Year of Planet Earth (UN) 2008

International Year of Sanitation

(UN, GEN ASSEMBLY) 2008

International Year of Languages (UN) 2008

International Year of Natural Fibres (UN, FAO) 2009

International Year of Astronomy 2009

International Year of Reconciliation 2009

International Year of Biodiversity 2010

International Year for the Reapproachmentof Cultures 2010

International Year of Youth : Dialogue and

Mutual Understanding 2010

International Year of Forests 2011

International Year of Chemistry 2011

International Year of Youth 2011

International Year for People of African Descent 2011

International Year of Co-operatives 2012

International Year of Sustainable Energy for All 2012

International Year of Water Cooperation 2013International Year of Small Island DevelopingStates 2014International Year of Family Farming 2014International Year of Light 2015International Year of Soil 2015International Year of Pulses 2016

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IMPORTANT WEEKSIndia Tourism Week 20 25 January

Fire Brigade Week 14 20 April

World Breast Feeding Week 17 August

National Animal Week 28 October

World Space Week 410 October

National Book Week 1420 November

National Pharmacy Week 1824 November

National Integration Week 1925 November

National Engineers Week 1824 February

NATIONAL TITHIES

Pratipada (01), Dwitiya (02), Tritiya (03), Chaturthi(04), Panchami (05), Shashthi (06), Saptami (07),Asthami (08), Naumi (09), Dashami (10), Eakadashi(11), Dwadashi (12), Trayodashi (13), Chaturdashi(14), Poornima and Amavasya (15).

CENSUS2011 (FINAL)

CensusThe population of the country as perfigures of census 2011 is 1,21,08,54,977 of which62,32,70,258 are males and 58,75,84,719 are females.

Decadal growth of population is shown infollowing table

Population 19012011

Year PopulationDecadal growth rate

(percentage)

1 2 3

1901 23,83,96,327

1911 25,20,93,390 + 575

1921 25,13,21,213 031

1931 27,89,77,238 + 1100

1941 31,86,60,580 + 1422

1951 36,10,88,090 + 1331

1961 43,92,34,771 + 2151

1971 54,81,59,652 + 2480

1981 68,33,29,097 + 2466

1991 84,63,02,688 + 2385

2001 1,028,737,436 + 2134

2011 1,21,08,54,977 + 1770

The percentage decadal growth during 2001-11has registered the sharpest decline since independence.

Meghalaya registered the highest decadal growthrate of 2782 per cent while Nagaland the lowest 006per cent.

Population DensityPopulation density is derivedas the number of persons per square kilometre. Thepopulation density has gone up from 325 in 2001 to 382

persons in 2011. In 1901 it was 77 persons per sq.kilometre.

Sex RatioSex ratio is defined as the number offemales per thousand males. In India, sex ratio is 943females per thousand males. There has been aimprovement by 10 points to 943 per thousands males.Kerala has a higher number of females than males, 1084females against thousand males. In the Indian context,this sex ratio and above can be considered as favourableto females.

LiteracyThe literacy rate in the country(including Jammu & Kashmir) is 730 per cent (809%Males, 646% Females) Kerala retained its position bybeing on top with a 9391 per cent (9602% Males and9198% Females) literacy rate in the country. Biharstood at the bottom with a literacy rate of 6382%(7339% Males and 5333% Females).

Sex Ratio : 19012011Census year Sex Ratio

1901 972

1911 964

1921 955

1931 950

1941 945

1951 946

1961 941

1971 930

1981 934

1991 927

2001 933

2011 943

Literacy Rate : 19512011

Year Persons Males Females

1951 1833 2716 886

1961 2831 4040 1534

1971 3445 4595 2197

1981 4356(4142)

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2975(2846)

1991 5221 6413 3929

2001 648 752 537

2011 730 809 646

NoteLiteracy rates for 1951, 1961 and 1971 relate topopulation aged five years and above. The literacy rates for thepopulation aged five years and above in 1981 have beenshown in brackets.

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Ranking of States and Union Territories by density : 2001 and 2011Rank in

States/ Union Territory#Density (per sq.km) Rank in

2011 2011 2001 2011

1 2 3 4 5

India 382 325

1. NCT of Delhi# 11,320 9,340 1

2. Chandigarh# 9,258 7,900 2

3. Puducherry# 2,547 2,034 3

4. Daman & Diu# 2,191 1,413 5

5. Lakshadweep# 2,149 1,895 4

6. Bihar 1,106 881 7

7. West Bengal 1,028 903 6

8. Kerala 860 819 8

9. Uttar Pradesh 829 690 9

10. Dadra & Nagar Haveli# 700 449 13

11. Haryana 573 478 12

12. Tamil Nadu 555 480 11

13. Punjab 551 484 10

14. Jharkhand 414 338 16

15. Assam 398 340 15

16. Goa 394 364 14

17. Maharashtra 365 315 17

18. Tripura 350 305 18

19. Karnataka 319 276 20

20. Andhra Pradesh 308 277 19

21. Gujarat 308 258 21

22. Telangana 307 22

23 Odisha 270 236 22

24. Madhya Pradesh 236 196 23

25. Rajasthan 200 165 24

26. Uttarakhand 189 159 25

27. Chhattisgarh 189 154 26

28. Meghalaya 132 103 29

29. Jammu & Kashmir 124 100 31

30. Himachal Pradesh 123 109 28

31. Manipur 115 103 30

32. Nagaland 119 120 27

33. Sikkim 86 76 32

34. Mizoram 52 42 34

35. Andman & Nicobar Islands# 46 43 33

36. Arunachal Pradesh 17 13 35

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