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    Top 10 states of India having highest population

    Jul 11, 2017, 18:22 IST

    The Census is consists of statistical information on different characteristics of the people of distinct region.The Government of India decided in May 1949 to initiate steps for developing systematic collection of statistics on the size of population, its growth, etc., and established an organisation in the Ministry of Home Affairs under Registrar General and ex-Officio Census Commissioner, India. Let us have a look at the top 10 states of India having highest population. The data is based on the Census 2011. Uttar Pradesh tops the list with 199,812,341 population.

    The Census is consists of statistical information on different characteristics of the people of distinct region.The Government of India decided in May 1949 to initiate steps for developing systematic collection of statistics on the size of population, its growth, etc., and established an organisation in the Ministry of Home Affairs under Registrar General and ex-Officio Census Commissioner, India. Let us have a look at the top 10 states of India having highest population. The data is based on the Census 2011. Uttar Pradesh tops the list with 199,812,341 population.

    States of India population

    Top 10 states of India having highest population

    1. Uttar Pradesh

    Population: 199,812,341

    2. Maharashtra

    Population: 112,374,333

    3. Bihar

    Population: 104,099,452

    4. West Bengal    

    Population: 91,276,115

    Population Density of India: Census 2011

    5. Andhra Pradesh

    Population: 84,580,777

    6. Madhya Pradesh

    Population: 72,626,809

    7.Tamil Nadu

    Population: 72,147,030

    8. Rajasthan    

    Population: 68,548,437

    Population Density of India: Census 2011

    9. Karnataka

    Population: 61,095,297

    10. Gujarat

    Population: 60,439,692

    In the above Top 10 states of India having highest population gives data of population in number from top to botton as per census 2011.

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