Demographics of Uttar Pradesh
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The demographics of Uttar Pradesh is a complex topic, which is undergoing dynamic change. Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state, and the largest subdivision in the world. It has a population of about 199,812,341{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|last=ORGI|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-02-14|archive-date=10 May 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510061218/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/|url-status=live}} as per the 2011 census. If it were a separate country, Uttar Pradesh would be the world's fifth most populous nation, next only to China, the rest of India, the United States of America and Indonesia. Uttar Pradesh has a population more than that of Pakistan.{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/704841|title=North India and south Pakistan|date=23 March 2012|access-date=4 January 2017|archive-date=4 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104164054/http://www.dawn.com/news/704841|url-status=live}} There is an average population density of 828 persons per km2 i.e. 2,146 per sq mi. The capital of Uttar Pradesh is Lucknow, and Prayagraj serves as the state’s judicial capital. Hindus and Muslims both consider the state as a holy place.
The peripheral regions of Uttar Pradesh, are home to a number of tribal communities such as Agaria, Baiga, Bhar, Bhoksa, Bind, Chero, Gond, Kol and Korwa. Five of these tribal communities have been recognised by the Government of India as disadvantaged scheduled tribes, viz. Tharus, Boksas, Bhotias, Jaunswaris and Rajis.People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A Hasan & J C Das, Manohar Publications The literacy rate of the state according to the 2011 Census is 70.69%. With the literacy rate for Males at 79.20%, while it is 59.30% for the Females. While this is still below the national average of 74.04% (82.14% for men, 65.16% for women) the rate of growth has been much higher in Uttar Pradesh as compared to the rest of India.
District
As of the 2011 census, Prayagraj is the most populous district of Uttar Pradesh while Mahoba being the least populated. Only 3 districts of Jaunpur, Azamgarh and Deoria have a sex ratio greater than 1000 while Gautam Buddha Nagar stands lowest in the tally with a very low ratio of 851. On the contrary, Gautam Buddha Nagar scores highest in literacy rate at 80.12% and Kanpur Nagar 2nd at 79.54%, while both being the poorest districts in terms of sex-ratio, depicting a negative-correlation among literacy and sex-ratio in this case. The districts of Srawasti, Bahraich and Balrampur have yet to cross the 50% literacy mark.
The following table enumerates population, sex-ratio and literacy rates for each district of Uttar Pradesh:
=Rank of districts=
{{Historical populations
| title= Population Growth
| 1951| 60274000
| 1961| 70144000
| 1971| 83849000
| 1981| 105137000
| 1991| 132062000
| 2001| 166198000
| 2011| 199581477
| 2018| 227920005
}}
Following rankings are as per Population Census 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.census2011.co.in/census/state/districtlist/uttar%20pradesh.html|title=List of districts of Uttar Pradesh|access-date=16 July 2017|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921155400/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/state/districtlist/uttar%20pradesh.html|url-status=live}}
;By area
- Lakhimpur Kheri - 8,780
- Sonbhadra - 6,999
- Hardoi - 5,986
- Bahraich - 5,745
- Sitapur - 5,743
;By population
== By population density ==
- Ghaziabad - 1995
- Varanasi - 1954
- Lucknow - 1456
- Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) - 1409
- Kanpur Nagar - 1369
== By literacy ==
- Gautam Budha Nagar(Noida) - 80.12%
- Kanpur Nagar - 79.65%
- Auraiya - 78.95%
- Etawah - 78.41%
- Ghaziabad - 78.07%
== By sex ratio ==
- Jaunpur - 1024
- Azamgarh - 1018
- Deoria - 1003
- Mau - 984
- Pratapgarh - 982
- Ambedkar Nagar - 978
- Faizabad - 972
- Sultanpur - 965
- Basti - 963
- Sant Kabir Nagar - 960
Religion
In Uttar Pradesh the religion-wise percentage of population is Hindus 79.7, Muslims 19.3, Sikhs 0.3, Christians 0.2, Jains 0.1, Buddhists 0.1 while 0.3 of people have other religion or didn't state one.[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLS C1 - Population by religious community, Uttar Pradesh.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927145844/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW09C-01%20MDDS.XLS |date=27 September 2015 }} Census India 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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|+ Religion in Uttar Pradesh (%) | ||
Hinduism | 80.61 | 79.73 |
Islam | 18.42 | 19.26 |
Sikhism | 0.41 | 0.32 |
Christianity | 0.13 | 0.18 |
Jainism | 0.12 | 0.11 |
Buddhism | 0.18 | 0.10 |
Other | >0.01 | >0.01 |
Not stated | n/a | 0.29 |
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ class="nowrap" | Religion-wise demographics of UP (2011 Census)
! rowspan="2" |Religion
! colspan="3" |
= Population =
! rowspan="2" |
= [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] =
! colspan="3" |
= [[Literacy in India|Literacy rate]] =
{{efn-lr|For Literacy rate, population aged 7 and above only is considered in India. }}
|-
!Male
!Female
!Total
!Male
!Female
!Total
|- 2011 Data
|Hindu
|83,555,724
|75,756,930
|159,312,654
|907
|79.73%
|58.61%
|69.68%
|-
|Muslim
|19,867,314
|18,616,653
|38,483,967
|937
|66.42%
|50.59%
|58.76%
|-
|Christian
|182,838
|173,610
|356,448
|950
|79.44%
|67.54%
|73.63%
|-
|Sikh
|341,451
|302,049
|643,500
|885
|84.91%
|73.15%
|79.35%
|-
|Buddhist
|107,424
|98,861
|206,285
|920
|79.19%
|57.07%
|68.59%
|-
|Jain
|110,994
|102,273
|213,267
|921
|95.81%
|92.16%
|94.05%
|-
|Other religions and persuasions
|7,070
|6,528
|13,598
|923
|80.18%
|61.30%
|71.11%
|-
|Religion not stated
|307,695
|274,927
|582,622
|894
|78.37%
|60.84%
|70.01%
|-class="sortbottom"
|Uttar Pradesh
|104,480,510
|95,331,831
|199,812,341
|912
|77.28%
|57.18%
|67.68%
|-class="sortbottom"
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|}
= District-wise religious population =
Population count for each district (with percentages{{efn-lr|Percentages are calculated out of total population for respective district, depicting the share of a religion's population in that district.}}) as per 2011 Census.
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|+ District-wise religious population ! rowspan="2" |District ! colspan="2" |Buddhist ! colspan="2" |Christian ! colspan="2" |Hindu ! colspan="2" |Jain ! colspan="2" |Muslim ! colspan="2" |Sikh ! colspan="2" |Other religions ! colspan="2" |Religion not stated ! rowspan="2" |District Population | |||||||||||||||||
Count||%||Count||%||Count||%||Count||%||Count||%||Count||%||Count||%||Count||% | |||||||||||||||||
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Agra | 4,049 | 0.09% | 10,076 | 0.23% | 3,922,718 | 88.77% | 21,508 | 0.49% | 411,313 | 9.31% | 12,057 | 0.27% | 384 | 0.01% | 36,692 | 0.83% | 4,418,797 |
Aligarh | 2,582 | 0.07% | 7,635 | 0.21% | 2,904,140 | 79.05% | 2,805 | 0.08% | 729,283 | 19.85% | 5,875 | 0.16% | 91 | 0.00% | 21,478 | 0.58% | 3,673,889 |
Allahabad | 4,391 | 0.07% | 13,782 | 0.23% | 5,102,041 | 85.69% | 2,247 | 0.04% | 796,756 | 13.38% | 4,377 | 0.07% | 305 | 0.01% | 30,492 | 0.51% | 5,954,391 |
Ambedkar Nagar | 1,817 | 0.08% | 2,536 | 0.11% | 1,985,654 | 82.81% | 235 | 0.01% | 401,678 | 16.75% | 869 | 0.04% | 33 | 0.00% | 5,066 | 0.21% | 2,397,888 |
Auraiya | 332 | 0.02% | 1,004 | 0.07% | 1,273,546 | 92.32% | 228 | 0.02% | 101,963 | 7.39% | 371 | 0.03% | 444 | 0.03% | 1,657 | 0.12% | 1,379,545 |
Azamgarh | 5,652 | 0.12% | 3,810 | 0.08% | 3,878,626 | 84.06% | 183 | 0.00% | 718,692 | 15.58% | 719 | 0.02% | 226 | 0.00% | 6,005 | 0.13% | 4,613,913 |
Baghpat | 161 | 0.01% | 1,840 | 0.14% | 917,474 | 70.41% | 16,139 | 1.24% | 364,583 | 27.98% | 483 | 0.04% | 25 | 0.00% | 2,343 | 0.18% | 1,303,048 |
Bahraich | 2,793 | 0.08% | 6,400 | 0.18% | 2,291,892 | 65.71% | 1,177 | 0.03% | 1,169,330 | 33.53% | 8,212 | 0.24% | 38 | 0.00% | 7,889 | 0.23% | 3,487,731 |
Ballia | 1,595 | 0.05% | 4,463 | 0.14% | 3,004,240 | 92.73% | 233 | 0.01% | 213,440 | 6.59% | 892 | 0.03% | 64 | 0.00% | 14,847 | 0.46% | 3,239,774 |
Balrampur | 1,866 | 0.09% | 3,228 | 0.15% | 1,333,242 | 62.05% | 198 | 0.01% | 805,975 | 37.51% | 900 | 0.04% | 87 | 0.00% | 3,169 | 0.15% | 2,148,665 |
Banda | 168 | 0.01% | 1,367 | 0.08% | 1,637,549 | 91.00% | 916 | 0.05% | 157,612 | 8.76% | 231 | 0.01% | 50 | 0.00% | 1,517 | 0.08% | 1,799,410 |
Bara Banki | 1,553 | 0.05% | 4,857 | 0.15% | 2,505,444 | 76.84% | 3,016 | 0.09% | 737,106 | 22.61% | 2,090 | 0.06% | 211 | 0.01% | 6,422 | 0.20% | 3,260,699 |
Bareilly | 4,371 | 0.10% | 14,822 | 0.33% | 2,830,768 | 63.64% | 931 | 0.02% | 1,536,534 | 34.54% | 28,187 | 0.63% | 339 | 0.01% | 32,407 | 0.73% | 4,448,359 |
Basti | 9,753 | 0.40% | 3,493 | 0.14% | 2,082,976 | 84.52% | 107 | 0.00% | 364,510 | 14.79% | 900 | 0.04% | 99 | 0.00% | 2,626 | 0.11% | 2,464,464 |
Bijnor | 1,736 | 0.05% | 6,184 | 0.17% | 2,032,081 | 55.18% | 2,134 | 0.06% | 1,585,210 | 43.04% | 50,624 | 1.37% | 41 | 0.00% | 4,703 | 0.13% | 3,682,713 |
Budaun | 1,959 | 0.05% | 6,320 | 0.17% | 2,867,707 | 77.89% | 678 | 0.02% | 790,515 | 21.47% | 1,135 | 0.03% | 87 | 0.00% | 13,495 | 0.37% | 3,681,896 |
Bulandshahr | 669 | 0.02% | 4,088 | 0.12% | 2,707,195 | 77.37% | 1,572 | 0.04% | 777,407 | 22.22% | 2,765 | 0.08% | 86 | 0.00% | 5,389 | 0.15% | 3,499,171 |
Chandauli | 340 | 0.02% | 2,153 | 0.11% | 1,727,869 | 88.48% | 100 | 0.01% | 215,081 | 11.01% | 1,389 | 0.07% | 1,175 | 0.06% | 4,649 | 0.24% | 1,952,756 |
Chitrakoot | 101 | 0.01% | 693 | 0.07% | 955,372 | 96.33% | 285 | 0.03% | 34,559 | 3.48% | 63 | 0.01% | 27 | 0.00% | 630 | 0.06% | 991,730 |
Deoria | 1,182 | 0.04% | 3,626 | 0.12% | 2,730,957 | 88.07% | 209 | 0.01% | 358,539 | 11.56% | 818 | 0.03% | 146 | 0.00% | 5,469 | 0.18% | 3,100,946 |
Etah | 2,887 | 0.16% | 2,464 | 0.14% | 1,611,126 | 90.79% | 5,671 | 0.32% | 146,346 | 8.25% | 708 | 0.04% | 18 | 0.00% | 5,260 | 0.30% | 1,774,480 |
Etawah | 1,733 | 0.11% | 1,362 | 0.09% | 1,457,892 | 92.17% | 3,917 | 0.25% | 113,961 | 7.20% | 1,045 | 0.07% | 94 | 0.01% | 1,806 | 0.11% | 1,581,810 |
Faizabad | 737 | 0.03% | 3,225 | 0.13% | 2,094,271 | 84.75% | 358 | 0.01% | 365,806 | 14.80% | 1,912 | 0.08% | 185 | 0.01% | 4,502 | 0.18% | 2,470,996 |
Farrukhabad | 3,161 | 0.17% | 3,137 | 0.17% | 1,596,278 | 84.67% | 487 | 0.03% | 276,846 | 14.69% | 3,160 | 0.17% | 100 | 0.01% | 2,035 | 0.11% | 1,885,204 |
Fatehpur | 172 | 0.01% | 2,201 | 0.08% | 2,274,674 | 86.40% | 199 | 0.01% | 350,700 | 13.32% | 402 | 0.02% | 47 | 0.00% | 4,338 | 0.16% | 2,632,733 |
Firozabad | 3,395 | 0.14% | 3,370 | 0.13% | 2,140,745 | 85.69% | 19,077 | 0.76% | 314,812 | 12.60% | 1,804 | 0.07% | 61 | 0.00% | 14,892 | 0.60% | 2,498,156 |
Gautam Buddha Nagar | 895 | 0.05% | 7,366 | 0.45% | 1,394,025 | 84.58% | 4,518 | 0.27% | 215,500 | 13.08% | 9,261 | 0.56% | 91 | 0.01% | 16,459 | 1.00% | 1,648,115 |
Ghaziabad | 3,487 | 0.07% | 19,026 | 0.41% | 3,414,427 | 72.93% | 16,412 | 0.35% | 1,186,776 | 25.35% | 23,001 | 0.49% | 265 | 0.01% | 18,251 | 0.39% | 4,681,645 |
Ghazipur | 3,145 | 0.09% | 4,181 | 0.12% | 3,233,790 | 89.32% | 213 | 0.01% | 368,153 | 10.17% | 810 | 0.02% | 184 | 0.01% | 9,792 | 0.27% | 3,620,268 |
Gonda | 649 | 0.02% | 4,735 | 0.14% | 2,739,076 | 79.77% | 338 | 0.01% | 678,615 | 19.76% | 1,893 | 0.06% | 57 | 0.00% | 8,556 | 0.25% | 3,433,919 |
Gorakhpur | 2,848 | 0.06% | 9,662 | 0.22% | 4,009,037 | 90.28% | 460 | 0.01% | 403,847 | 9.09% | 2,123 | 0.05% | 207 | 0.00% | 12,711 | 0.29% | 4,440,895 |
Hamirpur | 74 | 0.01% | 814 | 0.07% | 1,010,014 | 91.46% | 41 | 0.00% | 91,269 | 8.26% | 196 | 0.02% | 273 | 0.02% | 1,604 | 0.15% | 1,104,285 |
Hardoi | 6,671 | 0.16% | 5,822 | 0.14% | 3,508,131 | 85.71% | 446 | 0.01% | 556,219 | 13.59% | 5,688 | 0.14% | 98 | 0.00% | 9,770 | 0.24% | 4,092,845 |
Jalaun | 2,875 | 0.17% | 1,148 | 0.07% | 1,509,708 | 89.33% | 256 | 0.02% | 171,581 | 10.15% | 463 | 0.03% | 145 | 0.01% | 3,798 | 0.22% | 1,689,974 |
Jaunpur | 7,898 | 0.18% | 4,947 | 0.11% | 3,981,502 | 88.59% | 349 | 0.01% | 483,750 | 10.76% | 1,286 | 0.03% | 114 | 0.00% | 14,358 | 0.32% | 4,494,204 |
Jhansi | 1,203 | 0.06% | 7,050 | 0.35% | 1,823,930 | 91.26% | 7,328 | 0.37% | 147,842 | 7.40% | 4,951 | 0.25% | 311 | 0.02% | 5,988 | 0.30% | 1,998,603 |
Jyotiba Phule Nagar | 189 | 0.01% | 5,952 | 0.32% | 1,075,440 | 58.44% | 517 | 0.03% | 750,368 | 40.78% | 5,295 | 0.29% | 21 | 0.00% | 2,439 | 0.13% | 1,840,221 |
Kannauj | 2,033 | 0.12% | 1,263 | 0.08% | 1,375,788 | 83.05% | 606 | 0.04% | 273,967 | 16.54% | 504 | 0.03% | 65 | 0.00% | 2,390 | 0.14% | 1,656,616 |
Kanpur Dehat | 819 | 0.05% | 1,300 | 0.07% | 1,612,968 | 89.80% | 155 | 0.01% | 176,327 | 9.82% | 478 | 0.03% | 103 | 0.01% | 4,034 | 0.22% | 1,796,184 |
Kanpur Nagar | 2,733 | 0.06% | 15,751 | 0.34% | 3,792,174 | 82.78% | 5,710 | 0.12% | 720,660 | 15.73% | 29,676 | 0.65% | 589 | 0.01% | 13,975 | 0.31% | 4,581,268 |
Kanshiram Nagar | 3,907 | 0.27% | 1,969 | 0.14% | 1,211,427 | 84.32% | 313 | 0.02% | 213,822 | 14.88% | 2,280 | 0.16% | 72 | 0.01% | 2,929 | 0.20% | 1,436,719 |
Kaushambi | 687 | 0.04% | 2,225 | 0.14% | 1,372,381 | 85.80% | 545 | 0.03% | 220,423 | 13.78% | 522 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.00% | 2,810 | 0.18% | 1,599,596 |
Kheri | 18,454 | 0.46% | 7,502 | 0.19% | 3,078,262 | 76.55% | 487 | 0.01% | 807,600 | 20.08% | 94,388 | 2.35% | 226 | 0.01% | 14,324 | 0.36% | 4,021,243 |
Kushinagar | 4,619 | 0.13% | 5,006 | 0.14% | 2,928,462 | 82.16% | 383 | 0.01% | 620,244 | 17.40% | 767 | 0.02% | 133 | 0.00% | 4,930 | 0.14% | 3,564,544 |
Lalitpur | 69 | 0.01% | 1,351 | 0.11% | 1,163,804 | 95.27% | 20,390 | 1.67% | 33,724 | 2.76% | 1,034 | 0.08% | 41 | 0.00% | 1,179 | 0.10% | 1,221,592 |
Lucknow | 3,877 | 0.08% | 20,493 | 0.45% | 3,537,787 | 77.08% | 4,975 | 0.11% | 985,070 | 21.46% | 23,883 | 0.52% | 504 | 0.01% | 13,249 | 0.29% | 4,589,838 |
Mahamaya Nagar | 424 | 0.03% | 1,350 | 0.09% | 1,397,225 | 89.30% | 1,289 | 0.08% | 159,448 | 10.19% | 524 | 0.03% | 63 | 0.00% | 4,385 | 0.28% | 1,564,708 |
Mahoba | 94 | 0.01% | 965 | 0.11% | 815,142 | 93.06% | 234 | 0.03% | 57,454 | 6.56% | 389 | 0.04% | 157 | 0.02% | 1,523 | 0.17% | 875,958 |
Mahrajganj | 16,030 | 0.60% | 3,527 | 0.13% | 2,196,884 | 81.83% | 243 | 0.01% | 458,650 | 17.08% | 1,381 | 0.05% | 338 | 0.01% | 7,650 | 0.28% | 2,684,703 |
Mainpuri | 8,814 | 0.47% | 1,729 | 0.09% | 1,746,649 | 93.48% | 4,161 | 0.22% | 100,723 | 5.39% | 475 | 0.03% | 38 | 0.00% | 5,940 | 0.32% | 1,868,529 |
Mathura | 883 | 0.03% | 3,179 | 0.12% | 2,310,776 | 90.72% | 2,056 | 0.08% | 216,933 | 8.52% | 2,872 | 0.11% | 126 | 0.00% | 10,359 | 0.41% | 2,547,184 |
Mau | 564 | 0.03% | 2,109 | 0.10% | 1,769,937 | 80.23% | 155 | 0.01% | 428,555 | 19.43% | 340 | 0.02% | 129 | 0.01% | 4,179 | 0.19% | 2,205,968 |
Meerut | 1,855 | 0.05% | 10,582 | 0.31% | 2,183,255 | 63.40% | 18,544 | 0.54% | 1,185,643 | 34.43% | 24,912 | 0.72% | 236 | 0.01% | 18,662 | 0.54% | 3,443,689 |
Mirzapur | 341 | 0.01% | 2,373 | 0.10% | 2,292,534 | 91.81% | 701 | 0.03% | 195,765 | 7.84% | 1,133 | 0.05% | 27 | 0.00% | 4,096 | 0.16% | 2,496,970 |
Moradabad | 1,260 | 0.03% | 13,157 | 0.28% | 2,488,265 | 52.14% | 2,426 | 0.05% | 2,248,392 | 47.12% | 7,555 | 0.16% | 382 | 0.01% | 10,569 | 0.22% | 4,772,006 |
Muzaffarnagar | 1,516 | 0.04% | 6,495 | 0.16% | 2,382,914 | 57.51% | 16,345 | 0.39% | 1,711,453 | 41.30% | 18,601 | 0.45% | 60 | 0.00% | 6,128 | 0.15% | 4,143,512 |
Pilibhit | 360 | 0.02% | 3,510 | 0.17% | 1,449,007 | 71.34% | 138 | 0.01% | 489,686 | 24.11% | 84,787 | 4.17% | 45 | 0.00% | 3,474 | 0.17% | 2,031,007 |
Pratapgarh | 7,795 | 0.24% | 3,920 | 0.12% | 2,731,351 | 85.11% | 746 | 0.02% | 452,394 | 14.10% | 1,451 | 0.05% | 43 | 0.00% | 11,441 | 0.36% | 3,209,141 |
Rae Bareli | 722 | 0.02% | 3,634 | 0.11% | 2,975,998 | 87.39% | 397 | 0.01% | 413,243 | 12.13% | 2,424 | 0.07% | 602 | 0.02% | 8,539 | 0.25% | 3,405,559 |
Rampur | 384 | 0.02% | 9,201 | 0.39% | 1,073,890 | 45.97% | 1,307 | 0.06% | 1,181,337 | 50.57% | 65,316 | 2.80% | 63 | 0.00% | 4,321 | 0.18% | 2,335,819 |
Saharanpur | 1,937 | 0.06% | 6,523 | 0.19% | 1,966,892 | 56.74% | 10,208 | 0.29% | 1,454,052 | 41.95% | 18,627 | 0.54% | 135 | 0.00% | 8,008 | 0.23% | 3,466,382 |
Sant Kabir Nagar | 4,393 | 0.26% | 1,766 | 0.10% | 1,300,586 | 75.83% | 95 | 0.01% | 404,410 | 23.58% | 447 | 0.03% | 35 | 0.00% | 3,451 | 0.20% | 1,715,183 |
Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) | 1,562 | 0.10% | 1,365 | 0.09% | 1,368,291 | 86.70% | 161 | 0.01% | 203,887 | 12.92% | 199 | 0.01% | 7 | 0.00% | 2,741 | 0.17% | 1,578,213 |
Shahjahanpur | 2,312 | 0.08% | 4,630 | 0.15% | 2,412,595 | 80.24% | 301 | 0.01% | 527,581 | 17.55% | 51,090 | 1.70% | 84 | 0.00% | 7,945 | 0.26% | 3,006,538 |
Shrawasti | 323 | 0.03% | 1,427 | 0.13% | 768,643 | 68.79% | 68 | 0.01% | 343,981 | 30.79% | 407 | 0.04% | 56 | 0.01% | 2,456 | 0.22% | 1,117,361 |
Siddharthnagar | 11,964 | 0.47% | 3,042 | 0.12% | 1,789,704 | 69.93% | 179 | 0.01% | 748,073 | 29.23% | 681 | 0.03% | 356 | 0.01% | 5,298 | 0.21% | 2,559,297 |
Sitapur | 2,663 | 0.06% | 6,579 | 0.15% | 3,555,450 | 79.29% | 1,410 | 0.03% | 893,725 | 19.93% | 11,611 | 0.26% | 79 | 0.00% | 12,475 | 0.28% | 4,483,992 |
Sonbhadra | 1,747 | 0.09% | 3,963 | 0.21% | 1,738,769 | 93.35% | 487 | 0.03% | 103,567 | 5.56% | 1,649 | 0.09% | 1,907 | 0.10% | 10,470 | 0.56% | 1,862,559 |
Sultanpur | 9,989 | 0.26% | 4,453 | 0.12% | 3,119,590 | 82.16% | 426 | 0.01% | 650,261 | 17.13% | 1,629 | 0.04% | 336 | 0.01% | 10,433 | 0.27% | 3,797,117 |
Unnao | 920 | 0.03% | 3,574 | 0.11% | 2,732,016 | 87.89% | 240 | 0.01% | 363,453 | 11.69% | 1,204 | 0.04% | 31 | 0.00% | 6,929 | 0.22% | 3,108,367 |
Varanasi | 1,146 | 0.03% | 7,696 | 0.21% | 3,107,681 | 84.52% | 1,898 | 0.05% | 546,987 | 14.88% | 3,309 | 0.09% | 298 | 0.01% | 7,826 | 0.21% | 3,676,841 |
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| STATE{{efn-lr|Percentages in 'STATE' are calculated out of total population of UP, depicting the share of each religion's population}} | 206,285 | 0.10% | 356,448 | 0.18% | 159,312,654 | 79.73% | 213,267 | 0.11% | 38,483,967 | 19.26% | 643,500 | 0.32% | 13,598 | 0.01% | 582,622 | 0.29% | 199,812,341 |
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|+ class="nowrap" | Religion-wise percentage of UP (2011 Census){{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/Religion_pca/RL-0900.xlsx|title=Religion PCA - State wise|access-date=14 June 2017|archive-date=16 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116154009/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/Religion_pca/RL-0900.xlsx|url-status=live}} ! Religion | Rural | Urban | Total |
Buddhist | 0.09% | 0.02% | 0.10% |
Christian | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.18% |
Hindu | 65.03% | 14.70% | 79.73% |
Jain | 0.02% | 0.09% | 0.11% |
Muslim | 12.09% | 7.17% | 19.26% |
Other religions and persuasions | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
Religion not stated | 0.19% | 0.10% | 0.29% |
Sikh | 0.22% | 0.11% | 0.32% |
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| Total | 77.73% | 22.27% | 100.00% |
Literacy among women is quite low, going as low as 50.59% in Muslim community. On the contrary, the Jain community with quite high literacy rates, for both males and females as well. Also noteworthy is that Sikh and Hindu communities have very poor sex-ratios.
Caste
For accurate caste population data in India, the Government of India has not publicly released Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 caste population data for every single non-SC/ST castes, General castes, OBC/EBCs in India, hence no official figures are available for the same.{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/centre-not-releasing-caste-census-data-because-it-doesnt-want-to-face-mandal-ii/article7404307.ece |title='Centre not releasing caste census data because it doesn't want to face Mandal II' |newspaper=Thehindubusinessline.com |date=9 July 2015 |access-date=6 July 2016 |archive-date=3 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803003942/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/centre-not-releasing-caste-census-data-because-it-doesnt-want-to-face-mandal-ii/article7404307.ece |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-centre-releases-census-data-on-religion-hides-caste-figures-2118491 |title=Centre releases census data on religion, hides caste figures |newspaper=Dnaindia.com |date=26 August 2015 |access-date=6 July 2016 |archive-date=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922133029/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-centre-releases-census-data-on-religion-hides-caste-figures-2118491 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://scroll.in/article/746204/before-releasing-caste-numbers-the-government-needs-to-account-for-discrepancies-in-data |title=Before releasing caste numbers, the government needs to account for discrepancies in data |newspaper=Scroll.in |date=7 August 2015 |access-date=6 July 2016 |archive-date=7 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507115901/http://scroll.in/article/746204/before-releasing-caste-numbers-the-government-needs-to-account-for-discrepancies-in-data |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/castebased-census-data-should-be-made-public-demand-bihar-cm-nitish-kumar/article8769021.ece|title=Caste-based Census data should be made public, demand Bihar CM Nitish Kumar|newspaper=The Hindu|date=24 June 2016|access-date=6 July 2016|archive-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624121024/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/castebased-census-data-should-be-made-public-demand-bihar-cm-nitish-kumar/article8769021.ece|url-status=live}}
As per estimations based on 2011 census, Dalits constitute 21.1% of Uttar Pradesh population.{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Job-better-than-aid-say-UP-dalits/articleshow/11623741.cms |title=Job better than aid, say UP dalits |newspaper=The Times of India |author=Shailvee Sharda |access-date=6 July 2016 |archive-date=2 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102003722/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Job-better-than-aid-say-UP-dalits/articleshow/11623741.cms |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national-up-polls-why-is-bjp-hesitating-in-announcing-its-cm-candidate-334855 |title=UP polls: Why is BJP hesitating in announcing its CM candidate? |newspaper=Indiatvnews.com |date=16 June 2016 |access-date=6 July 2016 |archive-date=17 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617154405/http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national-up-polls-why-is-bjp-hesitating-in-announcing-its-cm-candidate-334855 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Half-of-Indias-dalit-population-lives-in-4-states/articleshow/19827757.cms|title=Half of India's dalit population lives in 4 states|work=The Times of India|date=2 May 2013|access-date=5 February 2016|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111212254/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Half-of-Indias-dalit-population-lives-in-4-states/articleshow/19827757.cms|url-status=live}} Mallah community is divided in 27 sub-castes. Other Backward Classes (OBCs) constitute over 50% of Uttar Pradesh’s population.{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/uttar-pradesh-s-obc-population-estimated-at-over-50-101696332268523-amp.html|title=UP has the highest OBC population|website=Hindustan Times|date=23 October 2023|access-date=14 January 2024|archive-date=15 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115130610/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/uttar-pradesh-s-obc-population-estimated-at-over-50-101696332268523-amp.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/why-smaller-castes-could-hold-the-key-to-power-in-2017-uttar-pradesh-assembly-polls-4447802/|title=Why smaller castes could hold the key to power in 2017 UP Assembly polls|date=29 December 2016|access-date=28 December 2016|archive-date=28 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228124753/http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/why-smaller-castes-could-hold-the-key-to-power-in-2017-uttar-pradesh-assembly-polls-4447802/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/survey-puts-obc-population-at-40-pc/story-CuajzBUPRt4LZCtiw6aSbI.html|title=Survey puts OBC population at 40 pc|date=3 September 2007|access-date=5 February 2016|archive-date=5 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205132411/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/survey-puts-obc-population-at-40-pc/story-CuajzBUPRt4LZCtiw6aSbI.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-05-07/news/28386153_1_population-backward-classes-census|title=OBC population in UP stands at 7 crore|access-date=5 February 2016|archive-date=19 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219101934/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-05-07/news/28386153_1_population-backward-classes-census|url-status=dead}} Yadavs form the single largest group amongst the OBCs, constituting around 40 percent, and forming almost 15-19 percent of the state's population.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19941215-kurmis-rally-against-yadav-domination-in-uttar-pradesh-809986-1994-12-15|title=Kurmis rally against Yadav domination in Uttar Pradesh|work=India Today|access-date=25 May 2021|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525132032/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19941215-kurmis-rally-against-yadav-domination-in-uttar-pradesh-809986-1994-12-15|url-status=live}} There are 200-odd OBCs in U.P. In Uttar Pradesh, Muslims are divided into 68 castes and sub-castes, 35 of them are OBCs. Forward castes constitute around 18-20% of Uttar Pradesh population,{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/918409/why-the-most-backward-castes-are-crucial-for-bjps-sandwich-alliance-to-succeed-in-uttar-pradesh|title=Why the most backward castes are crucial for BJP's sandwich alliance to succeed in Uttar Pradesh|date=7 April 2019|access-date=10 April 2019|archive-date=10 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410154357/https://scroll.in/article/918409/why-the-most-backward-castes-are-crucial-for-bjps-sandwich-alliance-to-succeed-in-uttar-pradesh|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/uttar-pradesh-polls-bsp-sp-and-bjp-leaving-no-stone-unturned-to-come-up-trumps/articleshow/52811761.cms |title=Uttar Pradesh polls: BSP, SP and BJP leaving no stone to come up trumps |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=19 June 2016 |last1=Katiyar |first1=Prerna |access-date=19 June 2016 |archive-date=18 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618214841/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/uttar-pradesh-polls-bsp-sp-and-bjp-leaving-no-stone-unturned-to-come-up-trumps/articleshow/52811761.cms |url-status=live }} in which Brahmins are about 9%{{cite news|title=BJP joins race for Brahmin votes with 'prabuddha varg sammelans' in UP|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/bjp-joins-race-for-brahmin-votes-with-prabuddha-varg-sammelans-in-up/articleshow/85889172.cms?from=mdr|quote=Brahmins constitute 13 per cent of the population and are considered as major opinion makers in Uttar Pradesh.|publisher=Economic Times|date=6 September 2021|access-date=8 February 2022|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208155533/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/bjp-joins-race-for-brahmin-votes-with-prabuddha-varg-sammelans-in-up/articleshow/85889172.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/bjp-striving-to-please-rajputs-and-brahmins/article27028379.ece|title=BJP striving to please Rajputs and Brahmins|last=Hebbar|first=Nistula|date=2019-05-03|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-06-03|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918185303/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/bjp-striving-to-please-rajputs-and-brahmins/article27028379.ece|url-status=live}} and Rajputs are 8%.
Ethnic groups
Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India with a population of over 199.5 million people on 1 March 2011. It is more populated than the world's 242 countries. If independent it would be the 6th largest country in the world as per Population.
At the 2011 census of India, 79.7% of Uttar Pradesh population is Hindu. Muslims make up 19.3% of the population, most of whom are Rohillas, a clan of ethnic Pathans. The remaining population consists of Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians and Jains.
The population of Uttar Pradesh is divided into numerous castes and sub-castes. Historically, Hindu society is divided into four sub-divisions or varnas, the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras. Muslims are also divided as the Shias and Sunnis. In actual practice, Hindu society in generally used to be divided into numerous lineage groups called jatis. Each jati is then sub-divided into clans, called gotras.
The peripheral regions of Uttar Pradesh, are home to a number of tribal communities such as Agaria, Baiga, Bhar, Bhoksa, Chero, Gond, Kol and Korwa. Five of these tribal communities have been recognised by the Government of India as disadvantaged scheduled tribes, viz. Tharus, Boksas, Bhotias, Jaunswaris and Rajis.
Languages
Most people in Uttar Pradesh speak Hindi (including Urdu, which is often considered the same language), followed by Bhojpuri.{{Cite book |last=Experts |first=Disha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4D44EAAAQBAJ&dq=bhojpuri+second+language+uttar+pradesh&pg=PA117 |title=Amazing Uttar Pradesh - General Knowledge for UPPSC, UPSSSC & other Competitive Exams |date=2020-07-01 |publisher=Disha Publications |isbn=978-93-90486-72-4 |language=en |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=27 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427232733/https://books.google.com/books?id=4D44EAAAQBAJ&dq=bhojpuri+second+language+uttar+pradesh&pg=PA117 |url-status=live }}
The dialect map of Uttar Pradesh is complex, but, in general, in three of the five sub regions of UP, viz, the Doab, Rohilkhand, and Bundelkhand, both Western and Eastern Hindi, as well as a mixture of the two are spoken. For instance, in the upper and parts of lower Doab (until Etawah), various forms of western Hindi are spoken, including Khari boli and Brij Bhasha. In the rest of lower Doab, various mixes of western and Eastern Hindi (Brij Bhasha/ Bundelkhandi and Awadhi) are spoken). Likewise, in Western Bundelkhand, Bundeli (a language closely related with Brij Bhasha) is spoken, while in Eastern Bundelkhand the dialect is still called 'Bundeli' but is part of Eastern Hindi (actually a mixture of Western and Eastern Hindi). In Western Rohilkhand, Khari boli is spoken. in Central Rohilkhand a mix of Awadhi and Khari boli is spoken, while in Eastern Rohilkhand, Awadhi is the dialect.
As mentioned earlier, often these dialects merge into each other, for example in Shahjahanpur, in Rohilkhand, Khari boli merges into Awadhi.People of India: Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 21 to 23 Manohar Publications
In eastern Uttar Pradesh, the Bhojpuri language is spoken.{{Cite web |title=Bhojpuri |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bho |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=Ethnologue |language=en |archive-date=29 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129004021/https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bho |url-status=live }} It is the second most widely spoken language of Uttar Pradesh after Hindi. It belongs to the Magadhan group of Indo-Aryan languages.{{Cite book |last=Koskoff |first=Ellen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=73MO0eiQD_EC&dq=Eastern+Uttar+Pradesh+Bhojpuri&pg=PA1023 |title=The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia |date=2008 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-99404-0 |language=en}} This region is known as Bhojpur or Purvanchal.{{Cite book |last1=Hasan |first1=Amir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6QVuAAAAMAAJ&q=bhojpuri+speaking+region+called+purvanchal |title=People of India: Uttar Pradesh |last2=Das |first2=J. C. |last3=Rizvi |first3=Baqr Raza |date=2005 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7304-114-3 |language=en}} The Bhojpuri variant of Kaithi is the indigenous script of Bhojpuri language.{{Cite book |last=Grierson |first=George Abraham |url=http://archive.org/details/handbooktokayath00grie |title=A handbook to the Kayathi character. |date=1881 |publisher=Calcutta, Thacker, Spink, and co. |others=The Library of Congress}}
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! colspan=4| Uttar Pradesh: mother-tongue of population, according to the 2011 Census.{{cite report |title = C-16 Population By Mother Tongue – Uttar Pradesh |url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX |publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date = 15 July 2020 |archive-date = 30 April 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210430080142/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-0900.XLSX |url-status = live }} | ||
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! Mother tongue code ! Mother tongue ! People ! Percentage | ||
style="vertical-align:top;" | 001002 | Assamese
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,288 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 002007 | Bengali
| style="text-align:right;" | 240,966 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.12% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 005018 | Gujarati
| style="text-align:right;" | 11,938 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 006030 | Awadhi
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,801,743 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.90% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 006102 | Bhojpuri
| style="text-align:right;" | 21,844,783 | style="text-align:right;" | 10.93% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 006123 | Brajbhasha
| style="text-align:right;" | 713,572 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.36% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 006125 | Bundeli/Bundel khandi
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,303,940 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.65% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 006142 | Chhattisgarhi
| style="text-align:right;" | 12,308 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 006195 | Garhwali
| style="text-align:right;" | 22,914 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 006235 | Haryanvi
| style="text-align:right;" | 16,166 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 006240 | Hindi
| style="text-align:right;" | 160,159,977 | style="text-align:right;" | 80.16% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 006311 | Khari Boli (Kauravi)
| style="text-align:right;" | 16,355 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 006340 | Kumauni
| style="text-align:right;" | 11,059 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 006489 | Rajasthani
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,382 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 010008 | Maithili
| style="text-align:right;" | 16,989 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 011016 | Malayalam
| style="text-align:right;" | 24,338 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 013071 | Marathi
| style="text-align:right;" | 24,115 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 014011 | Nepali
| style="text-align:right;" | 18,734 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 015043 | Odia
| style="text-align:right;" | 24,071 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 016038 | Punjabi
| style="text-align:right;" | 508,599 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.25% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 019014 | Sindhi
| style="text-align:right;" | 28,937 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 020027 | Tamil
| style="text-align:right;" | 14,426 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 021046 | Telugu
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,918 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 022015 | Urdu
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,793,391 | style="text-align:right;" | 5.40% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 022016 | Bhansari
| style="text-align:right;" | 20,993 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | 040001 | English
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,085 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01% |
style="vertical-align:top;" | N.A. | Others
| style="text-align:right;" | 131,354 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.07% |
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| colspan=2 | Total | style="text-align:right;" | 199,812,341 | style="text-align:right;" | 100.00% |
See also
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