1961 Census of India

The 1961 Census of India was the 10th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.

1961 Census of India


General information
CountryIndia
Results
Total population438,936,918 (21.62)
Most populous regionUttar Pradesh
Least populous regionSikkim

The population of India was counted as 438,936,918 people.[1]

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.[1] 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.[1] 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".[1] 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

References

  1. Mallikarjun, B. (5 August 2002). "Mother Tongues of India According to the 1961 Census". Languages in India. M. S. Thirumalai. ISSN 1930-2940. Retrieved 11 December 2014.


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