India: A land of Diversity & Heritage

India is a wonderful nation with multiple cultures, great traditions, and nature. There is something special in every place in India - its own history, art, and traditions: from Himalayan snow to southern beaches. Yet, the heart of India is in villages, where cultural traditions are transferred from generation to generation and humanity stays close to one another.

The lifestyle of a person in the villages begins by waking up in the morning followed by doing his/her household chores. They then go ahead with the main earning interests of their basic living i.e. farming. Post that, spending time with family which imparts the feeling of togetherness is the core of any village lifestyle.

Economy and Agriculture

Diverse sectors operate in the Indian economy; farming still remains at the heart of rural society. Farmers cultivate different crops: rice, wheat, pulses, and spices among them, such that they make a strong contribution to local consumption and worldwide exports. The combination of technological advancement, organic culture, and national projects like PM-Kisan have affected Indian agriculture as it sets out to welcome modern times by holding on to time-honored practices.

Census Data of India

As per the data provided by Census of India 2011, total population of India was 1,246,048,955. Male and Female population of India was 640,974,336 and 605,074,619 respectively which further can be divided as 390,714,790 urban population and 855,334,165 rural population. Total no of literates in India counted are 763,638,812 including 434,763,622 males and 328,875,190 females.

Sex ratio of India's population works out to 944 females for every 1000 males, calculated from the state figures listed below. The child sex ratio published by the Census for 2011, covering children aged 0 to 6, was 914 girls per 1000 boys. That one is quoted from the Census release rather than derived here, because age wise counts are not stored on this site. Religions recorded include Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism.

Following are the list of States/UTs in India. Select any of these to know detailed information about them.

How to find a village

The data is arranged the same way the census itself is organised. Pick a state below and you get its districts. Open a district and you get the tehsils inside it, which some states call a taluka, mandal or block. Open a tehsil and you reach the full list of its villages.

A village page carries its total population with the male and female split, sex ratio and child sex ratio, literacy figures, the area of the village and its pincode. If you already know the village name, the search box at the top of the page is quicker than working down the list.

Why the list has 36 entries

These are the states and union territories as they stood when the 2011 census was taken, so the list will not match a present day map. Three things have changed since. Jammu and Kashmir was reorganised in 2019 into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, so Ladakh has no separate 2011 record. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu were merged into a single union territory in 2020, but the census counted them separately. Telangana, formed in 2014, does appear here because its figures were derived from the districts that went on to form it.

We have kept the 2011 boundaries rather than redrawing them, because changing the groupings would mean changing the published population counts, and those counts are the reason this data is useful in the first place.