Describe main facts of the 2001 Census regarding India’s population size and distribution by numbers.

(l) Uttar Pradesh with a population size of 166 million people is the most populous state of India.
(ii) Uttar Pradesh accounts for about 16 per cent of the country’s population.
(iii) Himalayan state Sikkim has a population of just about 0.5 million.
(iv) Lakshadweep has only 60 thousand people.
(v) Almost half of India’s population lives in 5 states i.e., Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.
(vi) Rajasthan the biggest state in terms of area has only 5.5a per cent of the total population.