1991 census of India

none 1991 census of India India 1991 838,583,988 22.38% state Uttar Pradesh (132,062,800) Sikkim (406,000) 1981 1981 census of India 2001 2001 census of India The 1991 census of India was the 13th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.http://www.ancsdaap.org/cencon98/papers/india/india.pdf Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census Vijayanunni, M. 26–29 August 1998 18th Population Census Conference Honolulu, Hawaii, US Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific 19 November 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081119080707/http://www.ancsdaap.org/cencon98/papers/india/india.pdf 17 December 2014 The population of India was counted as 838,583,988.Dev, Amiya http://www.eolss.net/Sample-Chapters/C04/E6-87-07-05.pdf Comparative Literature : Sharing Knowledges for Preserving Cultural Diversity 2010 Lisa Block de Behar Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems 2 172–183 Literary Multilingualism II : Multilingualism in India Paola Mildonian Jean-Michel Djian Djlel Kadir Alfons Knauth Dolores Romero Lopez Marcio Orlando Seligmann-Silva Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Paris, France, . Retrieved 17 December 2014. The number of enumerators was 1.6 million. Religious demographics Hindus comprises 69.01 crore(81.53%) and Muslims were 10.67 crore(12.61%) in 1991 census.http://scroll.in/article/694975/with-current-trends-it-will-take-220-years-for-indias-muslim-population-to-equal-hindu-numbers With current trends, it will take 220 years for India's Hindu population to equal Muslims numbers in the world 16 December 2014 + Population trends for major religious groups in India (1991) Religious group Population % Hindu 81.53 Muslim 12.61 Christian 2.32 Sikh 1.94 Buddhist 0.77 Jain 0.40 Parsi 0.08 Animist, others 0.44 Language data The 1991 census recognizes 1,576 classified "mother tongues". According to the 1991 census, 22 languages had more than a million native speakers, 50 had more than 100,000 and 114 had more than 10,000 native speakers. The remaining accounted for a total of 566,000 native speakers (out of a total of 838 million Indians in 1991).Mallikarjun, B. Languages of India according to 2001 Census http://www.languageinindia.com/nov2001/1991Languages.html Languages in India 7 November 2001 17 December 2014 The number of Sanskrit speakers in India in 1991 census was 49,736.https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Where-are-the-Sanskrit-speakers/article60089403.ece Where are the Sanskrit speakers? The Hindu 9 August 2014 Other statistics Census towns in 1991 census of India were 1,702.https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/sainath/census-findings-point-to-decade-of-rural-distress/article2484996.ece Census findings point to decade of rural distress The Hindu 25 September 2011 Jammu and Kashmir was excluded from census-taking in 1991 due to Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir.https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2015/01/09/where-are-indias-census-figures-on-religion/ Where Are India's 2011 Census Figures on Religion? Wall Street Journal 9 January 2015 Sugden Joanna Seervai Shanoor The number for J&K was derived by interpolation for the population of religious communities in the state.http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/11/16/stories/2004111600080700.htm Religion Census: A faithful count Census was not conducted in Assam in the previous census in 1981 due to separatist movements that time. The census data for Assam was done based on interpolation.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Muslims-growth-rate-much-lower/articleshow/842896.cms Muslims' growth rate much lower The Times of India 7 September 2004 See also Demographics of India Census town References External links https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/ Census Of India, 1991 Category:Censuses in India India Category:Political history of India