For the first time ever, the number of people made literate in India is more than the number added to its population. Consequently, there has been a net decline of over 31 million in the total number of illiterates in the country.

That is one of many heartening figures that have emerged out of Census 2011.

The child sex ratio has dropped to a new low, 914 girls per 1,000 boys from 927 in 2001, and activists in the area say this is because states have been dragging their feet on the implementation of the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act.

Sabu George, who in 2000 filed the PIL that led to a ban on sex determination tests, said the regulation mechanism is weak and more cases need

Census 2011 counted five million children fewer than Census 2001. The drop in the 0-6 age group from 163.8 million to 158.8 million marks a negative growth of 3.08 per cent, Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner C Chandramouli said while releasing the report.

Census finds Northeast Delhi has highest population density

KOCHI: For every 100 men, there are 109 women in Kerala, one of the few places in the world where women outnumber men with such a wide margin.

According to Census 2011, whose provisional figures were released by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India in New Delhi on Thursday, Kerala has the highest sex ratio among all Indian States.

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Minister Krishna Tirath stresses the need for proper implementation of women and child development schemes
The lowest-ever child sex ratio of 914 overshadowed an increase in the overall sex ratio, which is now 940

Rise of 181 million in 10 years; decline in child sex ratio.
India's population has jumped to 1.21 billion, an increase of more than 181 million during 2001-11, according to provisional data of Census 2011 released on Thursday.

Though the population is almost equal to the combined population of the U.S., Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan (1,214.3 million), the silver lining is

Beijing couples who give birth to a second child will now be charged fines only if both the mother is younger than 28 years and the second child is born within four years after the first

Beijing, March 31: Beijing has become the second city in China after Shanghai to enjoy the benefits of a slightly relaxed family planning policy in what appears to be a gradual rollback of China

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