People of India

India is an ancient country, and covers from Kashmir in the North to Kanyakumari in the South, and from Kohima in the East to Kutch in the West.

Population

Majority population of India comprises Hindus (82%)

It is the second most populous country (2007 estimated population: 1.2 billion) in the world, topped by only China.

States and union territories of India by population

The total geographical area of India is 3,287,240 square kilometres (1,269,210 sq mi). Population density is rounded to the nearest integer.

As per census data 2011, the total population of India is: 1,210,193,422.

Rank [1]	State or union territory [2]	Population(2011 Census)[3]	% of Population[4]	Population (2001 Census)[5]	% of Population (2001)[6]	% Growth (2001-2011)[7]	Decadal Growth (2001-2011)[8]	Rural Pop.[9]	Urban Pop.[10]	Area km²[11]	Density (per km²)[12]	Area mi²[13]	Density (per mi²)[14]	Sex ratio [15]
01	Uttar Pradesh	199,581,477	16.49%	166,197,921	16.16%	20.1%	33,383,556	155,111,022	44,470,455	240,928	828	93,022.8	2146	908
02	Maharashtra	112,372,972	9.28%	96,878,627	9.42%	16.0%	15,494,345	61,545,441	50,827,531	307,713	365	118,808.7	815	946
03	Bihar	103,804,637	8.58%	82,998,509	8.07%	25.1%	20,806,128	92,075,028	11,729,609	94,163	1102	36,356.5	2,855	916
04	West Bengal	91,347,736	7.55%	80,176,197	7.79%	13.9%	11,171,539	62,213,676	29,134,060	88,752	1029	34,267.3	2,666	947
05	Andhra Pradesh	84,665,533	7.00%	76,210,007	7.41%	11.1%	8,455,526	56,311,788	28,353,745	275,045	308	106,195.5	797	992
06	Madhya Pradesh	72,597,565	6.00%	60,348,023	5.87%	20.3%	12,249,542	52,537,899	20,059,666	308,245	236	119,014.1	610	930
07	Tamil Nadu	72,138,958	5.96%	62,405,679	6.07%	15.6%	9,733,279	37,189,229	34,949,729	130,058	555	50,215.7	1,437	995
08	Rajasthan	68,621,012	5.67%	56,507,188	5.49%	21.4%	12,113,824	51,540,236	17,080,776	342,239	201	132,139.2	519	926
09	Karnataka	61,130,704	5.05%	52,850,562	5.14%	15.7%	8,280,142	37,552,529	23,578,175	191,791	319	74,050.9	826	968
10	Gujarat	60,383,628	4.99%	50,671,017	4.93%	19.2%	9,712,611	34,670,817	25,712,811	196,024	308	75,685.3	798	918
11	Orissa	41,947,358	3.47%	36,804,660	3.58%	14.0%	5,142,698	34,951,234	6,996,124	155,707	269	60,118.8	698	978
12	Kerala	33,387,677	2.76%	31,841,374	3.10%	4.9%	1,546,303	17,445,506	15,932,171	38,863	859	15,005.1	2,225	1,084
13	Jharkhand	32,966,238	2.72%	26,945,829	2.62%	22.3%	6,020,409	25,036,946	7,929,292	79,714	414	30,777.7	1071	947
14	Assam	31,169,272	2.58%	26,655,528	2.59%	16.9%	4,513,744	26,780,526	4,388,756	78,438	397	30,285.1	1029	954
15	Punjab	27,704,236	2.30%	24,358,999	2.37%	13.7%	3,345,237	17,316,800	10,387,436	50,362	550	19,444.9	1,4253	893
16	Haryana	25,353,081	2.09%	21,144,564	2.06%	19.9%	4,208,517	16,531,493	8,821,588	44,212	573	17,070.3	1,485	877
17	Chhattisgarh	25,540,196	2.11%	20,833,803	2.03%	22.6%	4,706,393	19,603,658	5,936,538	135,191	189	52,197.5	489	991
18	Jammu and Kashmir	12,548,926	1.04%	10,143,700	0.99%	23.7%	2,405,226	9,134,820	3,414,106	222,236	56	85,805.8	146	883
19	Uttarakhand	10,116,752	0.84%	8,489,349	0.83%	19.2%	1,627,403	7,025,583	3,091,169	53,483	189	20,649.9	490	963
20	Himachal Pradesh	6,856,509	0.57%	6,077,900	0.59%	12.8%	778,609	6,167,805	688,704	55,673	123	21,495.5	319	974
21	Tripura	3,671,032	0.30%	3,199,203	0.31%	14.7%	471,829	2,710,051	960,981	10,486	350	4,048.7	907	961
22	Meghalaya	2,964,007	0.24%	2,318,822	0.23%	27.8%	645,185	2,368,971	595,036	22,429	132	8,659.9	342	986
23	Manipur	2,721,756	0.22%	2,293,896	0.22%	18.7%	427,860	1,899,624	822,132	22,327	122	8,620.5	316	987
24	Nagaland	1,980,602	0.16%	1,990,036	0.19%	-0.5%	-9,434	1,406,861	573,741	16,579	119	6,401.2	309	931
25	Goa	1,457,723	0.12%	1,347,668	0.13%	8.2%	110,055	551,414	906,309	3,702	394	1,429.4	1020	968
26	Arunachal Pradesh	1,382,611	0.11%	1,097,968	0.11%	25.9%	284,643	1,069,165	313,446	83,743	17	32,333.4	43	920
27	Mizoram	1,091,014	0.09%	888,573	0.09%	22.8%	202,441	529,037	561,997	21,081	52	8,139.4	134	975
28	Sikkim	607,688	0.05%	540,851	0.05%	12.4%	66,837	455,962	151,726	7,096	86	2,739.8	222	889
UT1	Delhi	16,753,235	1.38%	13,850,507	1.35%	21%	2,902,728	419,319	16,333,916	11,297	9,340	572.6	29,258	866
UT2	Puducherry	1,244,464	0.10%	974,345	0.09%	27.7%	270,119	394,341	850,123	479	2,598	184.9	6,730	1,038
UT3	Chandigarh	1,054,686	0.09%	900,635	0.09%	17.1%	154,051	29,004	1,025,682	114	9,252	44.0	23,970	818
UT4	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	379,944	0.03%	356,152	0.03%	6.7%	23,792	244,411	135,533	8,249	46	3,185.0	119	878
UT5	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	342,853	0.03%	220,490	0.02%	55.5%	122,363	183,024	159,829	491	698	189.6	1,808	775
UT6	Daman and Diu	242,911	0.02%	158,204	0.02%	53.5%	84,707	60,331	182,580	112	2,169	43.2	5,623	618
UT7	Lakshadweep	64,429	0.01%	60,650	0.01%	6.2%	3,779	14,121	50,308	32	2,013	12.4	5,196	946
Total	India	1,210,193,422	100%	1,028,737,436	100%	17.64%	181,455,986	833,087,662	377,105,760	3,287,240	368	1,269,210.5	954	940

Religions

Followers of all other major religions of the world also live in India - Hindus (82%), Muslims (15%), Zoroastrians (0.01%), Sikhs (1.93%), Jains (0.40%),Christians (2.3%), Buddhists (0.77%) and Jews. It is also the birthplace of major religions like Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.

Telugu people

See also Telugu language.

• Telugu wikipedia for Telugu people - Telugu version
• Telugupedia wiki for Telugu people - English version