The 1991 census recognizes 1,576 classified "mother tongues". According to the 1991 census, 22 'languages' had more than a million native speakers, 50 had more than 100,000 and 114 had more than 10,000 native speakers. The remaining accounted for a total of 566,000 native speakers (out of a total of 838 million Indians in 1991).[4] The number of Sanskrit speakers in India in 1991 census was 49,736.[5]
Census was not conducted in Assam in the previous census in 1981 due to separatist movements that time. The census data for Assam was done based on interpolation.[9]
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1991, census, india, 13th, series, censuses, held, india, every, decade, since, 1871, 1981, 1991, 1991, 2001, general, informationcountryindiaresultstotal, population838, most, populous, stateuttar, pradesh, least, populous, statesikkim, population, india, cou. The 1991 census of India was the 13th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871 1 1991 census of India 1981 1991 1991 2001 General informationCountryIndiaResultsTotal population838 583 988 22 38 Most populous wbr stateUttar Pradesh 132 062 800 Least populous wbr stateSikkim 406 000 The population of India was counted as 838 583 988 2 The number of enumerators was 1 6 million 1 Contents 1 Religious demographics 2 Language data 3 Other statistics 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksReligious demographics editHindus comprises 69 01 crore 81 53 and Muslims were 5 67 crore 12 61 in 1991 census 3 Population trends for major religious groups in India 1991 Religious group Population 1991 Hindu 81 53 Muslim 12 61 Christian 2 32 Sikh 1 94 Buddhist 0 77 Jain 0 40 Parsi 0 08 Animist others 0 44 Language data editThe 1991 census recognizes 1 576 classified mother tongues According to the 1991 census 22 languages had more than a million native speakers 50 had more than 100 000 and 114 had more than 10 000 native speakers The remaining accounted for a total of 566 000 native speakers out of a total of 838 million Indians in 1991 4 The number of Sanskrit speakers in India in 1991 census was 49 736 5 Other statistics editCensus towns in 1991 census of India were 1 702 6 Jammu and Kashmir was excluded from census taking in 1991 due to Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir 7 The number for J amp K was derived by interpolation for the population of religious communities in the state 8 Census was not conducted in Assam in the previous census in 1981 due to separatist movements that time The census data for Assam was done based on interpolation 9 See also editDemographics of India Census townReferences edit a b Vijayanunni M 26 29 August 1998 Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census PDF 18th Population Census Conference Honolulu Hawaii US Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America Asia and the Pacific Archived from the original PDF on 19 November 2008 Retrieved 17 December 2014 Dev Amiya 2010 Literary Multilingualism II Multilingualism in India In Lisa Block de Behar Paola Mildonian Jean Michel Djian Djlel Kadir Alfons Knauth Dolores Romero Lopez Marcio Orlando Seligmann Silva eds Comparative Literature Sharing Knowledges for Preserving Cultural Diversity PDF Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems Vol 2 pp 172 183 Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO EOLSS Publishers Paris France 1 Retrieved 17 December 2014 With current trends it will take 220 years for India s Hindu population to equal Muslims numbers in the world 16 December 2014 Mallikarjun B 7 November 2001 Languages of India according to 2001 Census Languages in India Retrieved 17 December 2014 Where are the Sanskrit speakers The Hindu 9 August 2014 Census findings point to decade of rural distress The Hindu 25 September 2011 Sugden Joanna Seervai Shanoor 9 January 2015 Where Are India s 2011 Census Figures on Religion Wall Street Journal Religion Census A faithful count Muslims growth rate much lower The Times of India 7 September 2004 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1991 census of India amp oldid 1220535318, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
