Paper I · 8 Geography & Demography of Telangana · 8.5 Population and districts

8.5.1 Demography of Telangana (Census 2011): population, density, sex ratio, literacy, SC/ST shares and urbanisation

Census 2011 counted 3,50,03,674 people in the area that is now Telangana: a state with a sex ratio (988) above the national average, literacy (66.54%) below it, a high urban share (38.88%) because of Hyderabad, and SC and ST shares of about 15.45% and 9.08%.

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Key terms

  • Census 2011
  • population
  • density
  • sex ratio
  • child sex ratio
  • literacy
  • Scheduled Castes
  • Scheduled Tribes
  • urbanisation
  • decadal growth
  • workers
  • Bhadrachalam mandals
  • Census 2027
  • Samagra Kutumba Survey
  • caste survey

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