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Top states in India
Census 2011 Review

The Indian Census 2011 can be referred to as the seventh census operation after Indian independence. The national census 2011 has been run on all the 28 states of the country and the seven Union Territories. There have been surveys on cities and districts as well. The data of Indian census 2011 covers all the major aspects of society like population, sex ratio and literacy percentage as well. Here is a gist on census 2011 data of India.

Best States in India
There are presently 28 states in India. The total population of the country is 1.21 billion presently. According to the State Census 2011, the most populated state in India is Uttar Pradesh with a population of 19.96 crores. The least populated state in the country is Sikkim with a population of 60, 7688. The census of Indian states 2011 reveals that Kerala is the highest literate state in the country with 93.91% of literacy rate. Bihar is the least literate state with a literacy rate of 63.82%. The Indian census 2011 state wise shows that Kerala represents the highest sex ratio with 1084 females per 1000 males while Haryana features the lowest sex ratio in India with just 877 women per 1000 males

Best Districts in India
According to the Indian census 2011 carried out in districts, the Thane district of Maharashtra displays the highest population with a population figure of 1.11 crore. Dibang valley district of Arunachal Pradesh displays the lowest population in the country with a population of 7,948. When it comes to literacy in Indian districts the Serchhip district in Mizoram shines the brightest with a literacy rate of 98.76%. Koraput district in Orissa shows the least literacy level with a literacy rate of 49.87%. As per the parameter of sex ratio, Mahe district in Puducherry comes up with the maximum sex ratio in the country with 1176 females per 1000 males. The Jhajjar district in Haryana shows the least level of sex ratio: 774 females per 1000 males.

Best Literacy (education) states in India
During the census 2011 on cities, some major facts have come out. As regards to population, Mumbai of Maharashtra comes up as the most populous city on the country with a population of 1.25 crores. Nagda city in Uttar Pradesh features the least population figure in the country: 100,036. The Indian city with the highest rate of literacy is Aizwal (Mizoram) with a literacy rate of 98.80%. On the contrary, Rampur city in Uttar Pradesh is the Indian city with the lowest literacy level- the literacy rate in Rampur is 60.74%. According to Indian Census 2011, Kozhikode (Kerala) has the highest sex ratio with 1093 females per 1000 males. But the Vapi city in Gujarat features the lowest sex ratio with 734 women per 1000 men.

Census 2011 review state wise report

Sr. No.	State	Population	Growth Rate	Area Sq.km	Density/Sq.km	Sex Ratio	Literacy
-	India	1,210,193,422	17.64	3287240	382	940	74.04
1	Uttar Pradesh	199,581,477	20.09	240928	828	908	69.72
2	Maharashtra	112,372,972	15.99	307713	365	946	82.91
3	Bihar	103,804,637	25.07	94163	1102	916	63.82
4	West Bengal	91,347,736	13.93	88752	1029	947	77.08
5	Andhra Pradesh	84,665,533	11.10	275045	308	992	67.66
6	Madhya Pradesh	72,597,565	20.30	308245	236	930	70.63
7	Tamil Nadu	72,138,958	15.60	130058	555	995	80.33
8	Rajasthan	68,621,012	21.44	342239	201	926	67.06
9	Karnataka	61,130,704	15.67	191791	319	968	75.60
10	Gujarat	60,383,628	19.17	196024	308	918	79.31
11	Orissa	41,947,358	13.97	155707	269	978	73.45
12	Kerala	33,387,677	4.86	38863	859	1084	93.91
13	Jharkhand	32,966,238	22.34	79714	414	947	67.63
14	Assam	31,169,272	16.93	78438	397	954	73.18
15	Punjab	27,704,236	13.73	50362	550	893	76.68
16	Chhattisgarh	25,540,196	22.59	135191	189	991	71.04
17	Haryana	25,353,081	19.90	44212	573	877	76.64
18	Delhi	16,753,235	20.96	1483	11297	866	86.34
19	Jammu and Kashmir	12,548,926	23.71	222236	56	883	68.74
20	Uttarakhand	10,116,752	19.17	53483	189	963	79.63
21	Himachal Pradesh	6,856,509	12.81	55673	123	974	83.78
22	Tripura	3,671,032	14.75	10486	350	961	87.75
23	Meghalaya	2,964,007	27.82	22429	132	986	75.48
24	Manipur	2,721,756	18.65	22327	122	987	79.85
25	Nagaland	1,980,602	-0.47	16579	119	931	80.11
26	Goa	1,457,723	8.17	3702	394	968	87.40
27	Arunachal Pradesh	1,382,611	25.92	83743	17	920	66.95
28	Puducherry	1,244,464	27.72	479	2598	1038	86.55
29	Mizoram	1,091,014	22.78	21081	52	975	91.58
30	Chandigarh	1,054,686	17.10	114	9252	818	86.43
31	Sikkim	607,688	12.36	7096	86	889	82.20
32	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	379,944	6.68	8249	46	878	86.27
33	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	342,853	55.50	491	698	775	77.65
34	Daman and Diu	242,911	53.54	112	2169	618	87.07
35	Lakshadweep	64,429	6.23	32	2013	946	92.28