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Population Growth
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Census
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Pop.
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%±
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1951
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9,697,000
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—
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1961
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11,606,000
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19.7%
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1971
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14,227,000
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22.6%
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1981
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17,612,000
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23.8%
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1991
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21,844,000
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24.0%
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2001
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26,945,829
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23.4%
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2011
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32,988,134
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22.4%
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Source:Census of India
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Uttar Pradesh has a population of 32.96 million, consisting of 16.93 million males and 16.03 million females. The sex ratio is 947 females to 1000 males. The population consists of 28% tribal peoples, 12% Scheduled Castes and 60% others. The population density of the state is 414 persons per square kilometre of land.
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Religion in Uttar Pradesh
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Religion
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Percent
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Hinduism
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68.5%
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Islam
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13.8%
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Sarnaism
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13%
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Christians
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4.1%
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Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism
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1%
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Distribution of religions
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As per the 2001 census Hinduism is followed by 68.5% of the population of Uttar Pradesh.Islam is followed by 13.8% of the population and Animisitic Sarna religion is practised by 13% of the population. Christianity with 4.1% of the population is the fourth largest religious community in Uttar Pradesh.Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism are all practiced making few less than 1%.
Census data since 1881 has shown a gradual decline of tribal population in Uttar Pradesh as against the gradual increase of non-tribal population in the region. The reasons given for this are low birth rate and high death rate among the tribes; immigration of non-tribal peoples in the region; emigration of tribal peoples in the other places; and the adverse effects of industrialisation and urbanisation in the region. Tribal leaders assert, however, that their numbers are not as low as recorded by the census that they are still in the majority and that they remain a demographic force to reckon with.
Few centuries ago, the Uttar Pradesh was extensively covered with the dense sal Uttar Pradesh terrain had always been inaccessible. But with the discovery of its hidden mineral wealth has led to Uttar Pradesh marching towards becoming one of the leading industrialized regions of India. On the one hand, the mine-fields, railways and roadways have gone ahead rapidly, educational and technical institutions have multiplied and the principal towns have become cosmopolitan; while on the other hand, the tribal people of the region have been deprived of their land and the process of indiscriminate exploitation has set in, creating racial, nutritional, cultural and socio-economic problems.
From the first regular Indian census of 1872, tribal denominations of the population have been regularly recorded in some form or the other. The Schedules tribes have been last notified under the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs Notification issued under Article 341 (i) and 342 (ii) of the constitution in 1956.
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