Profile
Settings
Refer your friends
Sign out
Let’s first understand what a census is. A census can be defined as an official survey that estimates the country’s population and the state. It can also be explained as the official count or collection of population data of a particular area, a country, or a state. A census is done every ten years. Census also generates important information about the population of the country or state, how many people stay in an area, their occupation, age, living, marital status, etc. Here we will go about the Rajasthan census of 2011.
Census
A census is a calculative procedure used to find the population of a country. It also collects a lot of private data about the people, age of a person, occupation, marital status, living, etc. The synonym for the census is poll, listing, numeration, statement, numbering-roll, etc. Census does take place every ten years. In the year 2021, it was the 16th census of India.
Census are of different types, population census, agriculture census, industrial census, and others. The most common is the population census.
The population census is again of two types.
- De Facto Census: It means the census of when the person is currently rather than from where the person resides.
- De Jure Census: It means the census from where a person resides rather than where the person currently is.
It is a complete enumeration of the population and unit of everything.
Rajasthan census of 2011
According to the Rajasthan census of 011, the state’s population was around 6.86 crores which means an increase in the population from 5.65 crores in the year 2001. That is an increase of 1.21 crore. The summed population of the state was 68,548,437, with the number of females and males counted at 32,997,440 and 35,550,997, respectively. The difference in the population of females to males is 2,553,557.
Ten years back in 2001, the total population of the state of Rajasthan was 56,507,188. The number of females and males was 27,087,177 and 29,420,011 respectively.
The difference in the population of males and females is 2,332,834.
Comparing the 2001 and the Rajasthan census of 2011, the female count has increased by 220,723. The growth of the population in the 2011 decade was around 21.31 percent, while in the 2001 decade was 28.33 percent.
The total population of India in the census of 2011 is 1210.2 million. And according to the Rajasthan census of 2011 and the Districts of Rajasthan, the population of Rajasthan forms around 5.66 percent of the country’s total population in the year 2011. If we compare the figure for 2001 with that of 2011, the difference will be 0.27%.
Districts of Rajasthan
There are a lot of districts in Rajasthan. Jaipur is one of the most prominent and well-known districts of Rajasthan. Jaipur is the most populated district of Rajasthan, according to the Rajasthan census of 2011. The population was about 6,626,17, with an ac sex ratio of 910.
After Jaipur, the second highly populated district of Rajasthan is Jodhpur, with a population of about 3,687,165 with a ratio of about 980. Next to that, Jodhpur comes Alwar, with a population of about 3,674,179.
Caste wise Population in Rajasthan Census 2011
As we all know that Rajasthan is one of the states in India which has a vast/varied history. There is a caste-wise population census; it helps us know the percentage of which caste is residing/staying/living in which state. It is like a record book for the government to keep track of. Caste wise population in Rajasthan census 2011, according to the records, the highest populated caste is Jats, which is 14% of the population of Rajasthan, and Rajputs are also 14% of the population of the state. Next to that comes Gujjar, about 9%.
Conclusion
India is the second most populated country, with also increasing daily. Reports suggest that India will break the record of China in some time and will be the most populated country in the world. The population density of Rajasthan is about 200 people per square kilometer, according to the Rajasthan census of 2011. This was all about the census of Rajasthan in the decade 2011.
