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Population Data
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Population
and its growth, India :
1901-2001
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Census Year
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Population
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Decadal Growth
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Change in Decadal growth
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Average annual exponential growth rate (percent)
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Progressive growth rate over 1901 (percent)
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Absolute
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Percent
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Absolute
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Percent
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1901
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238,396,327
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1911
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252,093,390
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13,697,063
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5.75
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0.56
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5.75
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1921
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251,321,213
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-772,177
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-0.31
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-14,469,240
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-6.05
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-0.03
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5.42
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1931
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278,977,238
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27,656,025
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11
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28,428,202
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11.31
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1.04
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17.02
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1941
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318,660,580
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39,683,342
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14.22
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12,027,317
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3.22
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1.33
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33.67
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1951
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361,088,090
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42,427,510
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13.31
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2,744,168
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-0.91
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1.25
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51.47
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1961
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439,234,771
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78,146,681
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21.64
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35,719,171
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8.33
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1.96
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84.25
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1971
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548,159,652
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108,924,881
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24.8
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30,778,200
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3.16
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2.20
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129.94
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1981
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683,329,097
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135,169,445
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24.66
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26,244,564
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-0.14
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2.22
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186.64
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1991
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846,387,888
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160,058,791
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23.86
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27,889,346
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-0.8
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2.14
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253.78
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2001
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1,027,015,247
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183,627,359
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21.34
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17,568,568
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-2.52
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1.93
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330.80
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Source: Census of India ‘Provisional population Totals (Paper 1 of
2001)’
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