RSSPopulation: In 2010, population of India stands at around 1,150,000,000 (1.15 billion) in which male in the age group of 0-14 years occupies 187,197,389 while the female figures at 165,285,592. Both male and female who are in the age group of 15-64 years share 384,131,994 and 359,795,835 respectively while the male and female in the age group of 65 years and above stands at 28,816,115 and 31,670,841 respectively.
Age structure
0-14 years: 30.5% (male 187,197,389/female 165,285,592)
15-64 years: 64.3% (male 384,131,994/female 359,795,835)
65 years and over: 5.2% (male 28,816,115/female 31,670,841) (2010 est.)
Population Growth Rate: The annual growth rate of population stands 1.376% on an average as in 2010.
Birth Rate: The Crude Birth rate as in 2010 is 21.34 births/1,000 population.
Death Rate: The Crude Death rate as in 2010 stands at 7.53 deaths/1,000 population.
Life Expectancy Rate: total population 66.46 years (male: 65.46 years; female: 67.57 years) as in 2010.
Sex Ratio: 932 as in 2009
Nationality: Indian
Ethnic Groups: All the five major racial types - Australoid, Mongoloid, Europoid, Caucasian, and Negroid find representation among the people of India.
Religions: With more than 80.5% population of Hindus in India, Hinduism has the largest number of followers in India while the rest 10% is formed by other religions such as Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism, etc.
Languages: There are 22 National Languages which have been recognized by the Constitution of India, of which Hindi is the Official Union Language. These apart, there are 844 different dialects that are spoken in different parts of the Country.
Literacy: The literacy of the Country stands at 79.9% as in 2010 out of which 76.9% for men and 54.5% for women.
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