India: population

administrative units population
1971-04-01 c 1981-03-01 c 1991-03-01 c 2001-03-01 c
source: Census of India.
note: 1 - was then part of Uttar Pradesh.
note: 2 - was then included in Assam.
note: 3 - was then part of Bihar.
note: 4 - was then part of Madhya Pradesh.
note: 5 - included in Goa.
note: 6 - was then part of Assam.
note: in 1971 and 1981 Karnataka was still called Mysore, Tamil Nadu was called Madras, and Arunachal Pradesh was called NEFA.
c = census, e = estimate, a = administrative, p = projection.
Jammu & Kashmir 4,617,000 5,987,000 7,804,000 10,143,700
Himachal Pradesh 3,460,000 4,281,000 5,171,000 6,077,900
Punjab 13,551,000 16,789,000 20,282,000 24,358,999
Chandigarh 257,000 458,000 642,000 900,635
Uttaranchal note 1 note 1 note 1 8,489,349
Haryana 10,036,000 12,922,000 14,464,000 21,144,564
Delhi 4,066,000 6,220,000 9,421,000 13,850,507
Rajasthan 25,766,000 34,262,000 44,006,000 56,507,188
Uttar Pradesh 88,342,000 110,863,000 139,112,000 166,197,921
Bihar 56,353,000 69,915,000 86,375,000 82,998,509
Sikkim 210,000 316,000 407,000 540,851
Arunachal Pradesh 468,000 632,000 865,000 1,097,968
Nagaland 516,000 775,000 1,210,000 1,990,036
Manipur 1,073,000 1,421,000 1,837,000 2,166,788
Mizoram note 2 note 2 690,000 888,573
Tripura 1,556,000 2,053,000 2,757,000 3,199,203
Meghalaya note 6 1,336,000 1,775,000 2,318,822
Assam 15,969,000 18,535,000 22,414,000 26,655,528
West Bengal 44,312,000 54,581,000 68,078,000 80,176,197
Jharkhand note 3 note 3 note 3 26,945,829
Orissa 21945000 26,370,000 31,660,000 36,804,660
Chhatisgarh note 4 note 4 note 4 20,833,803
Madhya Pradesh 41,654,000 52,179,000 66,181,000 60,348,023
Gujarat 26,697,000 34,086,000 41,310,000 50,671,017
Daman & Diu note 5 note 5 note 5 158,204
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 74,000 104,000 139,000 220,490
Maharashtra 50,412,000 62,783,000 78,937,000 96,878,627
Andhra Pradesh 43,503,000 53,551,000 66,508,000 76,210,007
Karnataka 29,299,000 37,136,000 44,977,000 52,850,562
Goa 858,000 1,087,000 1,271,000 1,347,668
Lakshadweep 32,000 40,000 52,000 60,650
Kerala 21,347,000 25,454,000 29,099,000 31,841,374
Tamil Nadu 41,199,000 48,408,000 55,859,000 62,405,679
Pondicherry 472,000 604,000 808,000 974,345
Andaman & Nicobar Is. 115,000 189,000 281,000 356,152
total 548,160,000 683,329,000 846,388,000 1,028,610,328