# India – States, Districts, Cities & Villages (Census 2011) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/ Country · South Asia # India India's 2011 Census counted **1,210,854,977 people** in 249,501,663 households, across **28 states and 8 union territories**, 640 districts, 5,988 sub-districts, 7,956 towns and 640,949 villages. Literacy was 73.0%. - 1,210,854,977people (2011) - 36states & UTs - 640districts (2011) - 7,956towns ## States and union territories of India State / UT People Districts Towns Literacy [Uttar Pradesh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/) 199,812,341 71 915 67.7% [Maharashtra](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/) 112,374,333 35 535 82.3% [Bihar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/) 104,099,452 38 199 61.8% [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/) 91,276,115 19 910 76.3% [Madhya Pradesh](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/) 72,626,809 50 477 69.3% [Tamil Nadu](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/) 72,147,030 32 1097 80.1% [Rajasthan](https://wherepedia.org/india/rajasthan/) 68,548,437 33 297 66.1% [Karnataka](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/) 61,095,297 30 347 75.4% [Gujarat](https://wherepedia.org/india/gujarat/) 60,439,692 26 348 78.0% [Andhra Pradesh](https://wherepedia.org/india/andhra-pradesh/) 49,386,799 13 195 67.4% [Odisha](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/) 41,974,218 30 223 72.9% [Telangana](https://wherepedia.org/india/telangana/) 35,193,978 10 160 66.5% [Kerala](https://wherepedia.org/india/kerala/) 33,406,061 14 520 94.0% [Jharkhand](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/) 32,988,134 24 228 66.4% [Assam](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/) 31,205,576 27 214 72.2% [Punjab](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/) 27,743,338 20 217 75.8% [Chhattisgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/) 25,545,198 18 182 70.3% [Haryana](https://wherepedia.org/india/haryana/) 25,351,462 21 154 75.6% [Delhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/delhi/) 16,787,941 9 124 86.2% [Jammu and Kashmir](https://wherepedia.org/india/jammu-and-kashmir/) 12,267,013 20 120 67.0% [Uttarakhand](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/) 10,086,292 13 116 78.8% [Himachal Pradesh](https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/) 6,864,602 12 59 82.8% [Tripura](https://wherepedia.org/india/tripura/) 3,673,917 4 42 87.2% [Meghalaya](https://wherepedia.org/india/meghalaya/) 2,966,889 7 22 74.4% [Manipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/manipur/) 2,855,794 9 55 76.9% [Nagaland](https://wherepedia.org/india/nagaland/) 1,978,502 11 26 79.6% [Goa](https://wherepedia.org/india/goa/) 1,458,545 2 70 88.7% [Arunachal Pradesh](https://wherepedia.org/india/arunachal-pradesh/) 1,383,727 16 27 65.4% [Puducherry](https://wherepedia.org/india/puducherry/) 1,247,953 4 10 85.8% [Mizoram](https://wherepedia.org/india/mizoram/) 1,097,206 8 23 91.3% [Chandigarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/chandigarh/) 1,055,450 1 6 86.0% [Sikkim](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/) 610,577 4 9 81.4% [Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu](https://wherepedia.org/india/dadra-and-nagar-haveli-and-daman-and-diu/) 586,956 3 14 80.9% [Andaman and Nicobar Islands](https://wherepedia.org/india/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/) 380,581 3 5 86.6% [Ladakh](https://wherepedia.org/india/ladakh/) 274,289 2 4 74.3% [Lakshadweep](https://wherepedia.org/india/lakshadweep/) 64,473 1 6 91.8% Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). Boundaries and names as at the 2011 Census; districts created since then are not shown separately. States are listed under their current names and boundaries. ## Largest cities of India (2011) - Greater Mumbai · Area not under any Sub-district, 9,356,962 - BBMP · Area not under any Sub-district, 8,495,492 - Ahmadabad · Ahmadabad City, 5,633,927 - Chennai · Area not under any Sub-district, 4,646,732 - Surat · Surat City, 4,501,610 - Kolkata · Area not under any Sub-district, 4,496,694 - GHMC · Bahadurpura, 3,718,651 - GHMC · Balanagar, 3,136,529 - Pune · Pune City, 3,124,458 - Greater Mumbai · Area not under any Sub-district, 3,085,411 - Jaipur · Jaipur, 3,046,163 - Lucknow · Lucknow, 2,817,105 - Kanpur · Kanpur, 2,768,057 - Nagpur · Nagpur, 2,405,665 - DMC · Saraswati Vihar, 2,088,846 - Indore · Indore, 1,994,397 - DMC · Patel Nagar, 1,879,263 - Thane · Thane, 1,841,488 - DMC · Hauz Khas, 1,836,759 - Bhopal · Huzur, 1,798,218 - Vadodara · Vadodara, 1,752,371 - GVMC · Visakhapatnam, 1,728,128 - Pimpri Chinchwad · Haveli, 1,727,692 - Patna · Patna Rural, 1,684,297 - Ghaziabad · Ghaziabad, 1,648,643 - Ludhiana · Ludhiana, 1,618,879 - Agra · Agra, 1,585,704 - DMC · Najafgarh, 1,578,568 - Nashik · Nashik, 1,486,053 - Faridabad · Faridabad, 1,414,050 Census towns as enumerated; a city counted in parts appears once per part. ## Quick answers - What was India's population in the 2011 Census?1,210,854,977 - How many districts did India have in 2011?640 - What was India's literacy rate in 2011?73.0% - How many towns are there in India?7,956 census towns (2011)