1.3  STATEWISE PERCENTAGE DECADAL VARIATION IN POPULATION -
1901-11 TO 1991-2001
Sr.	India/State/	1901-	1911-	1921-	1931-	1941-	1951-	1961-	1971-	1981-	1991-
No.	Union Territory	1911	1921	1931	1941	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001(P)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	INDIA	5.75	-0.31	11.00	14.22	13.31	21.64	24.80	24.66	23.86	21.34
	States
1	Jammu & Kashmir	7.16	5.75	10.14	10.36	10.42	9.44	29.65	29.69	30.34	29.04
2	Himachal Pradesh	-1.22	1.65	5.23	11.54	5.42	17.87	23.04	23.71	20.79	17.53
3	Punjab	-10.78	6.26	12.02	19.82	-4.58	21.56	21.70	23.89	20.81	19.76
4	Uttaranchal	8.20	-1.23	8.74	13.63	12.67	22.57	24.42	27.45	24.23	19.20
5	Haryana	-9.70	1.95	7.14	15.63	7.60	33.79	32.22	28.75	27.41	28.06
6	Rajasthan	6.70	-6.29	14.14	18.01	15.20	26.20	27.83	32.97	28.44	28.33
7	Uttar Pradesh	-1.36	-3.16	6.56	13.57	11.78	16.38	19.54	25.39	25.55	25.80
8	Bihar	1.52	-0.97	9.74	12.22	10.58	19.79	20.91	24.16	23.38	28.43
9	Sikkim	48.98	-7.05	34.37	10.67	13.34	17.76	29.38	50.77	28.47	32.98
10	Arunachal Prad.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	38.91	35.15	36.83	26.21
11	Nagaland	46.76	6.55	12.62	6.04	12.30	73.35	39.88	50.05	56.08	64.41
12	Manipur	21.71	10.92	16.04	14.92	12.80	35.04	37.53	32.46	29.29	30.02
13	Mizoram	10.64	7.90	26.42	22.81	28.42	35.61	24.93	48.55	39.70	29.18
14	Tripura	32.48	32.59	25.63	34.14	24.56	78.71	36.28	31.92	34.30	15.74
15	Meghalaya	15.71	7.21	13.83	15.59	8.97	27.03	31.50	32.04	32.86	29.94
16	Assam	16.99	20.48	19.91	20.40	19.93	34.98	34.95	23.36	24.24	18.85
17	West Bengal	6.25	-2.91	8.14	22.93	13.22	32.80	26.87	23.17	24.73	17.84
18	Jharkhand	11.19	0.31	16.86	12.13	9.35	19.69	22.58	23.79	24.03	23.19
19	Orissa	10.44	-1.94	11.94	10.22	6.38	19.82	25.05	20.17	20.06	15.94
20	Chhatisgarh	24.15	1.41	14.51	13.04	9.42	22.77	27.12	20.39	25.73	18.06
21	Madhya Pradesh	12.38	-2.40	10.21	12.06	8.38	24.73	29.28	27.16	27.24	24.34
22	Gujarat	7.79	3.79	12.92	19.25	18.69	26.88	29.39	27.67	21.19	22.48
23	Maharashtra	10.74	-2.91	14.91	11.99	19.27	23.60	27.45	24.54	25.73	22.57
24	Andhra Pradesh	12.49	-0.13	12.99	12.75	14.02	15.65	20.90	23.10	24.20	13.86
25	Karnataka	3.60	-1.09	9.38	11.09	19.36	21.57	24.22	26.75	21.12	17.25
26	Goa	2.36	-3.55	7.62	7.05	1.21	7.77	34.77	26.74	16.08	14.89
27	Kerala	11.75	9.16	21.85	16.04	22.82	24.76	26.29	19.24	14.32	9.42
28	Tamil Nadu	8.57	3.47	8.52	11.91	14.66	11.85	22.30	17.50	15.39	11.19
	Union Territory
1	Chandigarh	-16.07	-1.65	9.10	14.11	7.47	394.13	114.59	75.55	42.16	40.33
2	Delhi	1.98	18.03	30.26	44.27	90.00	52.44	52.93	53.00	51.45	46.31
3	Daman & Diu	1.45	-3.26	15.98	17.52	13.55	-24.56	70.85	26.07	28.62	55.59
4	D. & N. Haveli	19.52	6.99	23.23	5.70	2.70	39.56	27.96	39.78	33.57	59.20
5	Lakshadweep	4.85	-6.31	17.62	14.43	14.60	14.61	31.95	26.53	28.47	17.19
6	Pondicherry	4.39	-5.06	5.93	10.20	11.31	16.34	27.81	28.15	33.64	20.56
7	A. & N. Islands	7.34	2.37	8.78	14.61	-8.28	105.19	81.17	63.93	48.70	26.94
Note:	1. Please see notes 1 to  3 below the Statement 1.2
	2. In Arunachal Pradesh census was conducted for the first time in 1961. Hence growth
	rate of earlier decades is not available.
Source : Census of India - 2001, Series-1, Provisional Population Totals, Paper-1 of 2001,
Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India