2001 Population Census data - Household information

~ Number of households in India

~ Household size (as defined by the number of members in a house)

~ Male & Female headed households (who's running the house in India)

~ Normal households (families under self-financed/arranged shelter)

~ Houseless households (families without shelter)

~ Institutional households (dependents)

~ Households with aged persons

~ by religion

The household is the basic unit of analysis in many microeconomic and government models. The term refers to all individuals who live in the same dwelling.

For a detailed explanation of this term, click here.

2001 Population Census data - Social & Cultural tables

~ Population by religious communities

~ Age & marital status

~ Ever married & currently married population

~ Age at marriage

~ Literates & educational level (Primary, matric, 12th, non-technical diploma, graduate, etc.)

~ Attendance in educational institutions

~ Disabled population

2001 Population Census data - general population tables

The 2001 Indian population census data is available here. Links to general population-wise break-up are provided below:

~ Number of villages (Break-up of habited & un-habited villages provided here)

~ urban agglomerations & towns

~ Area (in sq. km)

~ Houses (occupied / non-occupied houses in India)

~ Total Population (No. of pple, male / female break-up)

~ Rural Population (- ditto - )

~ Urban Population ( - ditto - ) [can also be used to compute the urbanization of total population]

~ Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes population

~ Primary Census Abstract (total population, male/female break-up, population within the age bracket of 0-6 yrs)

~ Slum population

~ Houseless population

~ Institutional population