| Total population | ||||
| S.No | State / UT | Persons | Males | Females |
| 1 | India* | 1,028,737,436 | 532,223,090 | 496,514,346 |
| 2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 356,152 | 192,972 | 163,180 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 76,210,007 | 38,527,413 | 37,682,594 |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1,097,968 | 579,941 | 518,027 |
| 5 | Assam | 26,655,528 | 13,777,037 | 12,878,491 |
| 6 | Bihar | 82,998,509 | 43,243,795 | 39,754,714 |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 900,635 | 506,938 | 393,697 |
| 8 | Chhattisgarh | 20,833,803 | 10,474,218 | 10,359,585 |
| 9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 220,490 | 121,666 | 98,824 |
| 10 | Daman & Diu | 158,204 | 92,512 | 65,692 |
| 11 | Delhi | 13,850,507 | 7,607,234 | 6,243,273 |
| 12 | Goa | 1,347,668 | 687,248 | 660,420 |
| 13 | Gujarat | 50,671,017 | 26,385,577 | 24,285,440 |
| 14 | Haryana | 21,144,564 | 11,363,953 | 9,780,611 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh | 6,077,900 | 3,087,940 | 2,989,960 |
| 16 | 10,143,700 | 5,360,926 | 4,782,774 | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | ||||
| 17 | Jharkhand | 26,945,829 | 13,885,037 | 13,060,792 |
| 18 | Karnataka | 52,850,562 | 26,898,918 | 25,951,644 |
| 19 | Kerala | 31,841,374 | 15,468,614 | 16,372,760 |
| 20 | Lakshadweep | 60,650 | 31,131 | 29,519 |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | 60,348,023 | 31,443,652 | 28,904,371 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 96,878,627 | 50,400,596 | 46,478,031 |
| 23 | Manipur* | 2,293,896 | 1,161,952 | 1,131,944 |
| 24 | Meghalaya | 2,318,822 | 1,176,087 | 1,142,735 |
| 25 | Mizoram | 888,573 | 459,109 | 429,464 |
| 26 | Nagaland | 1,990,036 | 1,047,141 | 942,895 |
| 27 | Orissa | 36,804,660 | 18,660,570 | 18,144,090 |
| 28 | Pondicherry | 974,345 | 486,961 | 487,384 |
| 29 | Punjab | 24,358,999 | 12,985,045 | 11,373,954 |
| 30 | Rajasthan | 56,507,188 | 29,420,011 | 27,087,177 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 540,851 | 288,484 | 252,367 |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu | 62,405,679 | 31,400,909 | 31,004,770 |
| 33 | Tripura | 3,199,203 | 1,642,225 | 1,556,978 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 166,197,921 | 87,565,369 | 78,632,552 |
| 35 | Uttaranchal | 8,489,349 | 4,325,924 | 4,163,425 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 80,176,197 | 41,465,985 | 38,710,212 |
| Source: Census of India 2001 | ||||
| Note: * The total population and rural population include estimated population of 127,108 for Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur. India’s population without the estimated population of these areas is 1,028,610,328 (532,156,772 males and 496,453,556 females) | ||||
| Note : - Includes estimated population of Paomata, Mao Maram and Purul Sub-division of Senapati district of Manipur. | ||||