Cencus 2011

1. India's total population as on March 1st 2011 is 1,210,726,932 or 1.21 billion
2. 833.5 million persons live in rural areas while 377.1 million persons live in urban areas.
3. Urban population has gone up from 17.3% in 1951 to 31.2% in 2011.
4. highes proportion of Urban population is in National Territory Delhi(97.5%).
5. Growth of India according to cencus 2011 from 2001-11 --- 17.7%