POPULATION GROUP

RURAL

SEMI-URBAN

URBAN

METROPOLITAN

ALL CENTRES

REGION/STATE/
UNION TERRITORY

1996

1997

1996

1997

1996

1997

1996

1997

1996

1997

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

NORTHERN REGION

4664

4654

451

451

37

37

3

3

5155

5145

Haryana

645

644

92

91

12

12

-

-

749

747

Himachal Pradesh

604

605

14

14

-

-

-

-

618

619

Jammu & Kashmir

491

490

22

22

2

2

-

-

515

514

Punjab

1033

1030

96

99

9

9

1

1

1139

1139

Rajasthan

1826

1821

212

211

13

13

1

1

2052

2046

Chandigarh

10

9

3

2

1

1

-

-

14

12

Delhi

55

55

12

12

-

-

1

1

68

68

NORTH-EASTERN

REGION

1237

1230

118

118

8

9

-

-

1363

1357

Arunachal Pradesh

60

60

1

1

-

-

-

-

61

61

Assam

793

789

73

73

4

5

-

-

870

867

Manipur

49

49

11

11

1

1

-

-

61

61

Meghalaya

124

124

7

7

1

1

-

-

132

132

Mizoram

60

60

5

5

1

1

-

-

66

66

Nagaland

37

35

8

8

-

-

-

-

45

43

Tripura

114

113

13

13

1

1

-

-

128

127

EASTERN REGION

7072

7064

775

774

67

67

1

1

7915

7906

Bihar

3319

3318

401

401

16

16

-

-

3736

3735

Orissa

1551

1544

93

93

6

6

-

-

1650

1643

Sikkim

32

32

1

1

-

-

-

-

33

33

West Bengal

2155

2155

278

277

45

45

1

1

2479

2478

Andaman & Nicobar

Islands

15

15

2

2

-

-

-

-

17

17

CENTRAL REGION

7576

7527

801

802

60

60

4

4

8441

8393

Madhya Pradesh

2472

2447

287

286

21

21

2

2

2782

2756

Uttar Pradesh

5104

5080

514

516

39

39

2

2

5659

5637

WESTERN REGION

3843

3834

665

666

43

43

7

7

4558

4550

Goa

141

142

9

9

-

-

-

-

150

151

Gujarat

1480

1473

256

256

14

14

3

3

1753

1746

Maharashtra

2215

2213

398

398

29

29

4

4

2646

2644

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

6

5

-

1

-

-

-

-

6

6

Daman & Diu

1

1

2

2

-

-

-

-

3

3

SOUTHERN REGION

6597

6561

2221

2218

81

81

3

3

8902

8863

Andhra Pradesh

2350

2332

467

467

34

34

1

1

2852

2834

Karnataka

2143

2122

281

279

14

14

1

1

2439

2416

Kerala

308

309

1033

1033

7

7

-

-

1348

1349

Tamil Nadu

1765

1767

435

434

25

25

1

1

2226

2227

Lakshadweep

9

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

9

9

Pondicherry

22

22

5

5

1

1

-

-

28

28

ALL-INDIA

30989

30870

5031

5029

296

297

18

18

36334

36214

See Notes on Tables.