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India's Town Count Rises 54 Percent in One Decade

India added 2,772 towns between 2001 and 2011, taking the national count from 5,161 to 7,933. That is a 54 percent rise in one decade, leaving the country with about 1.5 times as many towns as it had at the start of the period and pushing the total close to 8,000.

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PublisherOffice of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India
Ministry of Home Affairs · Government of India · Est. 1947
SourceCensus of India, 2011
Last updated Dec'2011
About this data

The Census of India, 2011 is the decennial population enumeration conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. It is the most recent completed census and serves as the primary demographic reference for India. It covers every household across all States and Union Territories.

Key characteristics of the source:

  • Population and demographics: total population, sex ratio, age distribution, literacy rates, and worker classification
  • Geographic units: area, population density, number of villages (inhabited and uninhabited), towns, and households
  • Language: native speaker counts for all scheduled languages under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution
  • Religion and social groups: population by religion, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe counts
  • State and district level: data available at national, State, district, and sub-district levels
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Data Processing

  • Values extracted from published Census primary tables
  • State names normalised to TheMapsDaily region IDs
  • Geographic units (villages, towns) and demographic indicators taken as published without adjustment
How to cite this data
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Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (2011). Census of India, 2011 — processed by The Maps Daily

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Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (2011). Census of India, 2011. New Delhi: Government of India. https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/en/data/census-tables — processed by The Maps Daily

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