According to the Census of 2011, Uttar Pradesh is:
- A.The second most populous state of India
- B.The most populous state of India
- C.The third most populous state of India
- D.The fourth most populous state of India
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the most populous state of India. The Census of 2011 counted about 19.98 crore persons in Uttar Pradesh, roughly 16.5 per cent of the population of the country, which is the largest share of any state and more than the population of most countries of the world. Option A is wrong because the second place belongs to Maharashtra, with about 11.24 crore. Option C is wrong because the third place belongs to Bihar, with about 10.41 crore, and Bihar is the state that grew fastest among the large states in that decade. Option D is wrong because West Bengal holds the fourth place. The order Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal is asked again and again and is worth learning as a chain, along with Sikkim as the least populous state and Lakshadweep as the least populous union territory.
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Practice Questions
View allThe population of Uttar Pradesh as recorded in the Census of 2011 was about:
- A.16.6 crore
- B.19.98 crore
- C.11.2 crore
- D.24.5 crore
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The exact count was 19,98,12,341 persons, which is usually rounded to twenty crore in discussion, and candidates should recognise both the rounded and the exact form.
Read the full explanation →The density of population of Uttar Pradesh according to the Census of 2011 was:
- A.382 persons per square kilometre
- B.829 persons per square kilometre
- C.1,106 persons per square kilometre
- D.573 persons per square kilometre
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Uttar Pradesh had 829 persons on every square kilometre in 2011, more than twice the national density, because the alluvial plain of the Ganga and the Yamuna supports a very dense rural population.
Read the full explanation →What was the sex ratio of Uttar Pradesh in the Census of 2011?
- A.943
- B.912
- C.918
- D.898
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Uttar Pradesh had 912 females for every 1,000 males in 2011, below the national figure, and its child sex ratio for the age group of nought to six years was 902.
Read the full explanation →The literacy rate of Uttar Pradesh as per the Census of 2011 was:
- A.61.80 per cent
- B.67.68 per cent
- C.74.04 per cent
- D.71.04 per cent
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The literacy rate of Uttar Pradesh in 2011 was 67.68 per cent, with male literacy at 77.28 per cent and female literacy at 57.18 per cent, so the gap between men and women was about twenty percentage points.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Uttar Pradesh had the highest literacy rate in the Census of 2011?
- A.Lucknow
- B.Gautam Buddha Nagar
- C.Kanpur Nagar
- D.Varanasi
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Gautam Buddha Nagar, the district of Noida and Greater Noida, had the highest literacy rate in the state in 2011, which follows from its industrial and service economy and the educated workers it attracts.
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