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Ethnic Groups (Peopl

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Language

FamiliesLanguage

Religion

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INDIA

State

District

ADM = Administration unit

District

World - At a glance

Source:

Demography

Population 6,768,181,146

Urban Population: 50.5%

Area Sq Km 510.072 million

Literacy: 82%

Male Literacy: 87%

Female Literacy: 77%

Christians 33.32%

Other ReligionsMuslims 21.01% Hindus 13.26% Buddhists 5.84%

Divisions

# of Continents 7 (5)

# of Regions 22

# of Countries 196

# of Primary Divisions 3,366

# of Secondary Divisions 39,162

# of Ethnic Groups 8,395+

# of Languages 6,909+

# of Religions 19+

Land area 70.9%

Water Area 29.1%

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Central Intelligence Agency 2011

Source:

At a glancePopulation Rural - Urban %Land - Water %Christian %Area Sq2 KmDensityNationalityCapital

1,173,108,018

9.55

5.873,287,590

Indian

30

344

90.4570

Divisions# of # of # of Cities & Towns# of Ethnic Groups# of Languages# of Districts# of Postal codes# of Post Offices

India

30

1058,210

4,635445

640

New Delhi

StatesDivisions

21,042151,273



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Location of the CountrySouthern Asia, bordering the

Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan


Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2011

Administrative DivisionAdministrative divisions are each granted a certain degree of

autonomy, and are required to manage themselves through their own local governments. Countries are divided up into these smaller units to make managing their land and the affairs of their people easier.

States 30

105

640

6,400

Divisions

Districts

Sub Districts

Administration level:For better planning and prayer purpose we will

focus the third administration level


Source: GADM database of Global Administrative Areas, 2010


Location of the State

Source: Census of India 2011


Location of the District


Cities & TownsState City Population Latitude Longitude

Maharashtra Mumbai 13,830,884 18.96°N 72.82°E

Delhi Delhi 12,565,901 28.67°N 77.21°E

Karnataka Bangaluru 5,438,065 12.97°N 77.56°E

West Bengal Kolkotta 5,138,208 22.57°N 88.36°E

Tamil Nadu Chennai 4,616,639 13.09°N 80.27°E

Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad 4,068,611 17.40°N 78.48°E

Gujarat Ahmadābād 3,959,432 23.03°N 72.58°E

Maharashtra Pune 3,446,330 18.53°N 73.84°E


Source: World Gazetteer 2011

Urbanization

Rural70%

Ur-ban30%

Source:

Urbanization is the movement of population from rural to urban areas and the resulting increasing proportion of a population that resides in urban rather than rural places.

The process of urbanization is rapid all over the world.

The facilities like education, healthcare system, employment avenues, civic facilities and social welfare are reasons attracting people to urban areas.



Ethnic groups (People groups)

• Ethnic group - People of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture.

• An ethnic group (or ethnicity) is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture (often including a shared religion) and/or an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy.

Note: People groups approach



Number of People groups = 4,635

Source:

751 635

3249

SC ST Others


People of India, Singh. K.S., Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1999

Indo-

Aryan72%

Dravid-ian

25%

Mongoloid And Other

3%


People Group Population Language Religion

Shaikh (Urdu) 47,610,427 Urdu - (urd) Islam

Mahratta (Marathi) 26,650,052 Marathi - (mar) Hinduism

Yadava (Hindi) 26,648,306 Hindi - (hin) Hinduism

Shaikh (Bengali) 20,795,821 Bengali - (ben) Islam

Kayastha 13,668,782 Bengali - (ben) Hinduism

Jat 13,388,020 Panjabi - (pan) Sikhism

Brahman (Awadhi) 13,085,249 Awadhi - (awa) Hinduism

Mahishya 12,700,598 Bengali - (ben) Hinduism


Source: ASI and Census of India 2001

Language groups

Number of Language spoken =

445

Number of Indigenous Language = 438

Number of Immigrant Language = 7

Source:


Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 2009

Hindi Bengali Telugu Marathi Tamil Urdu Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Oriya Punjabi Assamese Maithili other

41.00%

8.10% 7.20% 7.00% 5.90% 5.00% 4.50% 3.70% 3.20% 3.20% 2.80% 1.30% 1.20%5.90%

Distribution of the major Language FamiliesFamily Languages

Sino-Tibetan 157

Indo-Aryan 150

Dravidian 83

Austro-Asiatic 32

Andamanese 13

Tai-Kadai 6

Creole 4

Unclassified 3

Indo-Aryan77%

Dravidian21%

Austro-Asiatic1%

Sino-Tibetan1%

Others1%


Source: Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 2009

Percentage of people speak

Language groups

Language ETH Population Bible NT Portion GRA ‘Jesus’ Film

Hindi HIN 180,000,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Bengali BEN 70,600,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Telugu TEL 69,600,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Marathi MAR 68,000,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Tamil TAM 61,500,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Urdu URD 48,100,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Gujarati GUJ 45,500,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Awadhi AWA 37,700,000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes


Source: Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 2009

Religion

Source:

Largest religions PercentageChristianity 29% - 32% Islam 19% - 23% Buddhism 7% - 23% Hinduism 14%


The Association of Religion Data Archives - 2011 and Census data

Religion

• Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values.

• Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the origin of life or the universe.

• They tend to derive morality, ethics, religious laws or a preferred lifestyle from their ideas about the cosmos and human nature.

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Hindus

Muslims

Christians

Sikh

Others

unspecified

80.50

13.40

2.30

1.90

1.80

0.10

Religion in India

Hindus; 72.82

Muslims; 12.41

Christians; 5.87

Sikhs; 2.19

Buddhists; 0.68

Jains; 0.52

Chinese ; 0.01


Source: The Association of Religion Data Archives - 2011

Hindus

Muslims

Christians

Sikhs

Buddhists

Jains

764,207,361

130,272,844

61,646,000

22,980,751

7,151,056

5,421,964

72.82

Religion Population %

12.41

5.87

2.19

0.68

0.52

Postal Codes

• A postal code (known in various countries as a Pin codes, post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. Once postal codes were introduced, other applications became possible.

• The Universal Postal Union (UPU) currently has 192 members. World Post day is each year on October 9, (UPU) in 1874 in Bern, Switzerland.

Number of Postal Codes = 21,042

Source:

Records = 151,273

Postal Format = 999999 Denomination = PIN code


Geo Postal Code 2011

Postal Codes

State City PIN Lat Lng

Andhra Pradesh Wallaee Street 500001 16.7024 78.1036

Assam Fancy Bazar 781001 26.2546 91.5444

Himachal Pradesh Namhol 174032 31.3083 76.4542

Jharkhand Dumka Ho. 814101 23.6333 85.5167

Madhya Pradesh Badagaon (Gugar) 450052 22.186 76.5803

Maharashtra Adam Stores 400001 19.0167 72.85

Orissa Ashti (Parabhani) 751507 16.9833 75.2

Rajasthan Alwar Jey Paltan 301001 27.45 76.5333


Source: Geo Postal Code 2011

Age groups

0-14 Years

15-64 Years

65 Years +

30.5

64.3

5.2

Source:

0-14 years

15-64 years

65 years and over

352,482,981

743,927,829

60,486,956

30.5%

Age groups Population %

64.3%

5.2%

187,197,389

384,131,994

28,816,115

Male

165,285,592

359,795,835

31,670,841

Female

• In order to communicate effectively we need to develop tools and materials for various age groups.

• Age group is defined as - A group of people having approximately the same age.



Sources used:

• Census of India 2011 & 2001• National Informatics Center (NIC) District websites.

• Sing, K.S., People of India, ASI, Kolkata 1999• Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th edition. 2009

• Postal Department for Pin Codes

Data source

• Census of India 2011 & 2001• Dive-GIS Software, Data and Shape files.

• Maps of India – New Delhi• Presentation Point

• CE Info data with Census of India

Map source:

• MSOffice 2007 – Excel, Access, Power Point• Arc View 9.3 software from ESRI

• Data Point from Presentation PointSoftware used:

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