The 1961 census of India was the tenth in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1872.
The population of India was counted as 438,936,918 people.
Population by state + Population of Indian states and union territories in 1961 State/Union TerritoryPopulationAndhra Pradesh 35.99 millionAssam11.87 millionBihar46.45 million Gujarat20.63 million Jammu and Kashmir3.56 million Kerala16.9 million Madhya Pradesh 32.37 million Madras33.68 million Maharashtra41.64 million Maharashtra39.55 million Mysore23.58 million Orissa17.54 million Punjab20.3 million Rajasthan21.15 million Uttar Pradesh73.74 million West Bengal34.92 million Andaman and Nicobar Islands63,548Delhi2.65 million Himachal Pradesh1.35 million Lakshadweep 24,108 Manipur780,037Tripura1.14 million Dadra and Nagar Haveli57,963Goa, Daman and Diu626,978North-East Frontier Agency336,558Nagaland369,200Pondicherry369,079Sikkim162,189
Language data The 1961 census recognized 1,652 mother tongues, counting all declarations made by any individual at the time when the census was conducted. However, the declaring individuals often mixed names of languages with those of dialects, sub-dialects and dialect clusters or even castes, professions, religions, localities, regions, countries and nationalities. The list therefore includes "languages" with barely a few individual speakers as well as 530 unclassified "mother tongues" and more than 100 idioms that are non-native to India, including linguistically unspecific demonyms such as "African", "Canadian" or "Belgian". Modifications were done by bringing in two additional components- place of birth i.e. village or town and duration of stay (if born elsewhere).
See also Demographics of India
References