The pace at which India’s population is growing is slowing, but not as rapidly as expected; India will become the largest country in the world sooner than earlier forecast. Literacy rates have increased sharply between 2001 and 2011; some of the low performing rates have shown strong improvements, the others have not.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/demography-and-development-preliminary-interpretations-2011-census
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/k-navaneetham
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/dharmalingam
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population-trends
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/education
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/women
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-2011