Aizawl, Apr 1 : Mizoram's population is now 10,91,014, registering an increase of 202441 in the last 10 years, according to the provisional 2011 Census report.
The state’s population, which included 5,52,339 males 5,38,675 females, accounted for 0.09 percent of India’s population, according to the report.
Mizoram has witnessed a decadal growth rate of 22.78 per cent in 2001-2011, compared to 28.82 per cent growth rate during 1991 to 2001. This is a 6.04 per cent decline in growth rate.
Mizoram has 975 females per 1000 males and the density of is 52 people per square kilometer.
As many as 847,592 persons in Mizoram, of which 438,949 are males and 408,643 are females, are literate which constitute 91.58 percent of the state’s population, pushing the state down to number three below Lakshadweep (92.28pc ) and Kerala (93.91pc ).
Serchhip district has compensated the loss for attaining 98.76 per cent literacy to be the highest among the districts in India.
Female literacy rate in Mizoram is 89.40 per cent, against male literacy rate of 93.72 per cent.
Of the state’s population, 165,536 are below the age of six years while 925,478 are seven years and above.
Though gender imbalance in population remains in Mizoram, it has seen improvement in the sex ratio. The sex ratio has grown from 935 in 2001 to 975 in 2011. Sex ratio for the age group 0-6 has also increased from 964 in 2001 to 971 in 2011 and that of seven years and above also grown from 930 in 2001 to 976 in 2011.
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