According to the Census of India 2011, what is the percentage of India's population that lives in urban areas?
- A.25.7 per cent
- B.49.71 per cent
- C.41.72 per cent
- D.31.16 per cent
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, 31.16 per cent. The Census of 2011 found that 31.16 per cent of Indians lived in urban areas and the remaining 68.84 per cent in villages. This was the first census since independence in which the absolute increase in the urban population was larger than the increase in the rural population, which is why the figure is quoted so often. Haryana is above this line at 34.79 per cent urban, while Madhya Pradesh and Bihar are well below it.
Option A, 25.7 per cent, was roughly the urban share in the census of 1991, so it is an old figure rather than a wrong one. Option B, 49.71 per cent, is close to the share of females in India's population, and the number is planted to catch a candidate who confuses the two tables. Option C, 41.72 per cent, matches no census figure for urbanisation. Carry the pair 31.16 per cent urban and 68.84 per cent rural into the examination hall, along with the density of 382 and the sex ratio of 943.
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Practice Questions
View allAs per the 2011 census of India, which Indian state has the lowest sex ratio?
- A.Bihar
- B.Punjab
- C.Haryana
- D.Jharkhand
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The Census of 2011 recorded 879 females for every 1,000 males in Haryana, the lowest figure of any state in the country, against a national average of 943.
Read the full explanation →Which union territory has the highest sex ratio as per the 2011 Census?
- A.Lakshadweep
- B.Puducherry
- C.Daman and Diu
- D.Chandigarh
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Among the union territories Puducherry recorded 1,037 females for every 1,000 males in 2011, the only union territory with more women than men and the highest figure in that group.
Read the full explanation →What was the sex ratio of Haryana in the Census of 2011?
- A.861
- B.879
- C.893
- D.901
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Haryana recorded 879 females for every 1,000 males in 2011. The number follows directly from the population table: 1,18,56,728 females against 1,34,94,734 males in a total of 2,53,51,462 people.
Read the full explanation →What was the population density of Haryana according to the Census of 2011?
- A.382 persons per square kilometre
- B.477 persons per square kilometre
- C.573 persons per square kilometre
- D.652 persons per square kilometre
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Density is the population divided by the area, and for Haryana that is 2,53,51,462 people spread over 44,212 square kilometres, which works out to 573.
Read the full explanation →The literacy rate of Haryana in the Census of 2011 was:
- A.67.91 per cent
- B.72.40 per cent
- C.75.55 per cent
- D.80.14 per cent
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Haryana's literacy rate in 2011 was 75.55 per cent, a little above the national rate of 74.04 per cent. The figure hides a wide gap between the sexes, because male literacy was 84.06 per cent while female literacy was only 65.94 per cent, a difference of about eighteen percentage points.
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