1971 census of India explained

The 1971 census of India was the 11th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1872.^[1]

The population of India was counted as 547,949,809 people.^[2]

Population by state

Population of Indian states and union territories in 1971 ^[3]

State/Union Territory	Population
	43,500,000
Assam	14,900,000
Bihar	56,300,000
Gujarat	26,600,000
Haryana	10,030,000
Himachal Pradesh	3,460,000
	4,610,000
Kerala	21,300,000
Madhya Pradesh	41,640,000
Maharashtra	50,400,000
Manipur	1,070,000
Mysore	29,290,000
Nagaland	516,449
Orissa	21,940,000
Punjab	13,510,000
Rajasthan	25,700,000
Tamil Nadu	41,190,000
Tripura	1,550,000
Uttar Pradesh	88,340,000
West Bengal	44,310,000
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	115,133
Arunachal Pradesh	465, 511
Chandigarh	257,251
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	74,170
Delhi	4,060,000
Goa, Daman and Diu	857,771
Lakshadweep	31,810
Pondicherry	471,707

Information

The schedule contained 35 questions.^[4]

Name of the person Relationship to head (of the household) Sex Age Marital Status For currently married women only: Age at marriage Any child born in the last one year Birth Place Place of birth Rural/Urban District State/Country

Last Residence Place of last residence Rural/Urban District State/Country Duration of Residence at the village or town of enumeration Religion S.C. or S.T. Literacy (L or O) Educational level Mother tongue Other languages

Main Activity Broad category Worker (C, AL, HHI, OW) Non-worker (H, S, T, R, D, B, I, O) Place of work (Name of Village/Town) Name of Establishment Nature of Industry, Trade, Profession or Service Description of Work Class of worker Secondary Work Broad Category (C, AL, HHI, OW) Place of work (Name of Village/Town) Name of Establishment Nature of Industry, Trade, Profession or Service Description of Work Class of Worker

See also

• Demographics of India

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vijayanunni, M.. 26–29 August 1998. Planning for the 2001 Census of India based on the 1991 Census. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081119080707/http://www.ancsdaap.org/cencon98/papers/india/india.pdf. 19 November 2008. 25 March 2021. 18th Population Census Conference. Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific. Honolulu, Hawaii, US.
2. Web site: Intercensal Growth of Population . 29 March 1972 . D. Natarajan . 4 May 2021 . live . 4 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210504050253/http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/362/1/24695_1971_GRO.pdf.
3. Web site: Census of India Final Population. 1972.
4. Web site: Census of India - Questions - 1971: Individual Slip . 22 July 2021.