1.10   GROWTH OF POPULATION-GUJARAT AND INDIA - 1901 TO 2001
Sr.	Year	Total	Decadal	Density	Sex Ratio	Literacy	Percen-
No.		Popul-	Growth	(Persons	(Females	Rate	tage of
		ation	Rate	per Sq.	per 1000		Urban
		(lakh)		km.)	males)		Popu-
							lation
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	GUJARAT
1	1901	91	-	46	954	7.93	22.33
2	1911	98	+7.79	50	946	9.12	19.25
3	1921	102	+3.79	52	944	10.85	20.15
4	1931	115	+12.92	59	945	11.98	20.50
5	1941	137	+19.25	70	941	N.A.	23.79
6	1951	163	+18.69	83	952	21.82	27.23
7	1961	206	+26.88	105	940	31.47	25.77
8	1971	267	+29.39	136	934	36.95	28.08
9	1981	341	+27.67	174	942	44.92	31.10
10	1991	413	+21.19	211	934	61.29	34.49
11	2001	507	+22.66	258	920	69.14	37.36
	INDIA
1	1901	2384	-	77	972	5.35	10.84
2	1911	2521	+5.75	82	964	5.92	10.29
3	1921	2513	-0.31	81	955	7.16	11.18
4	1931	2790	+11.00	90	950	9.50	11.99
5	1941	3187	+14.22	103	945	16.10	13.86
6	1951	3611	+13.31	117	946	18.33	17.29
7	1961	4392	+21.64	142	941	28.30	17.97
8	1971	5482	+24.80	177	930	34.45	19.91
9	1981	6833	+24.66	216	934	43.57	23.34
10	1991	8434	+23.86	267	927	52.21	25.73
11	2001(P)	10270	+21.34	324	933	65.38	27.78
Note :	(1) Literacy rate for 1901 to 1941 are crude literacy rate.
	(2) Literacy  rate  for 1901 to 1931 are for undivided India.
	(3) As a consequence of the revised figures of 1981 census, the decadal growth rate
	for India during 1971-81 has been estimated at 24.66 percent.
	(4) Density of population, Literacy percentage and Sex Ratio for India for 1981 are
	based on unrevised figures.
	(5) The figures of India for 1991 Census are excluding Jammu and  Kashmir.
(6) Literacy  rate  for 1991 and 2001 is based on population aged 7 years and above.
Source: (1) Director of Census Operation, Gujarat State.
	(2) Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.