The 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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Explanation
The correct answer is B, about 19.98 crore. 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. Option A, 16.6 crore, was close to the figure of the census of 2001, when the state had about 16.62 crore people, so it is the planted answer for a candidate who confuses the two censuses. Option C, 11.2 crore, is near the 2011 population of Maharashtra, the second most populous state. Option D, 24.5 crore, is higher than any state recorded in 2011 and is simply too large. A safe way to hold these numbers is to remember 121 crore for India, about 20 crore for Uttar Pradesh and about 10 crore for Bihar in 2011.
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Practice Questions
View allAccording 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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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.
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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