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  ✍️ CRR Cash Reserve Ratio is the minimum fraction of total deposits of a bank’s customers that banks have to hold as reserves with the central bank. ✍️ SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio is the ratio of liquid assets to the net demand and time liabilities. ✍️ LAF Liquid Adjustment Facility is a tool to allow banks to borrow money through repurchase agreements. It consists of repo and reverse repo operations. ✍️ MSF Marginal Standing Facility allows scheduled banks to borrow funds overnight from RBI against approved government securities. ✍️ MSS Market Stabilization Scheme is a monetary policy intervention by RBI to withdraw excess liquidity by selling government securities in the economy. ✍️ OMO Open Market Operations refers to the buying and selling of government securities in the open market so as to expand or contract the amount of money in the banking system. ✍️ REPO Repo...

complete detail of census 2011



Census is nothing but a process of collecting, compiling, analyzing, evaluating, publishing and disseminating statistical data regarding the population. It covers demographic, social and economic data and are provided as of a particular date. Census is useful for formulation of development policies and plans and demarcating constituencies for elections. The Census of India has been conducted 15 times, As of 2011. It has been conducted every 10 years, beginning in 1871.



In Exam point of view, Questions related to Census is very common in all kinds of competitive exams. In every exam, we can expect a minimum of one or two questions from Census. Here is the simple and perfectly categorized 2011 Census of India.

Census 2011 were released in New Delhi on 31st March 2011 by Union Home Secretary GK Pillai and RGI C Chandramouli.

Census 2011 was the 15th census of india & 7th census after Independece

The motto of census 2011 was “Our Census, Our future”.

Total estimated cost of the Census was INR2200 crore (US$350 million).

First census in 1872.

Present Registrar General & Census Commissioner – C.Chandra Mouli

Total Population – 1,210,569,573 (1.21 Billion)

India in 2nd rank in population with 17.64%. decadal growth & China is 1st rank with decadal growth 19% (over 1.35 billion)

World Population is 7 Billions

Increase in population during 2001 – 2011 is 181 Million

Population – 1210.19 million [Males – 623.7 million (51.54%) Females – 586.46 million (48.46%)]

            Top Populous of the Country
Uttar Pradesh19,98,12,341

Maharashtra11,23,74,333

Bihar10,40,99,452

West Bengal9,12,76,115

Andhra Pradesh8,45,80,777           
   
           Least Populous of the Country

Lakshadweep64,473

Daman and Diu2,43,247

Dadra and Nagar Haveli3,43,709

Andaman and Nicobar Islands3,80,581

Sikkim6,10,577

Population Highlight

Highest Populous UTDelhi

Least Populous UTLakshadweep

Highest Populous stateUttar Pradesh

Least populous stateSikkim

Highest urban Population in india (state& UT)Maharashtra – 4,11,00,980

Lowest urban Population in india (state& UT)Lakshadweep – 26,967

Highest Rular Population in india (state& UT)Uttar Pradesh – 13,16,58,339

Lowest Rular Population in india (state& UT)Lakshadweep – 33,683

Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males)

Sex ratio in India943
Highest sex ratio in state Kerala (1084)

Lowest sex ratio in stateHaryana (879)

Highest sex ratio in UTPondicherry (1037)

Lowest sex ratio in UTDaman and Diu (618)

Child (0-6 years) sex ratio914

Highest child (0-6) sex ratio in stateMizoram (971)

Lowest child (0-6) sex ratio in stateHaryana (830)

Literacy Rate in India


Total Person Literacy Rate74% 

Males82.14%  Females65.46%

Highest Literacy Rate in StateKerala (94%)

Lowest Literacy Rate in StateBihar (61.8%)

Hightest Literacy Rate in UTLakshadweep (91%)

Lowest Literacy Rate in UTDadra and Nagar Haveli (76.24%)


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