CHAPTER - 2
2011
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PROVISIONAL POPULATION TABLES & STATEMENTS
A BRIEF ANALYSIS
BRIEF ANALYSIS OF RESULT
Lakshadweep is the smallest Union Territory in the Indian Union both in terms of area and
population. The provisional population of UT of Lakshadweep as on 00.00 hours of 1st March, 2011
is 64429 consisting 33106 Males and 31323 Females. With this population Lakshadweep contributes
0.01 % to the total Indian population of 1,21,01,93,422. As like in the past, Lakshadweep adorns the
bottom most position in population ranking among the States and Union Territories in India
Decadal Growth Rate
The Population of UT of Lakshadweep is 64429 as on 00.000 hours of 1st March, 2011.
Which shows that the population has increased by 3779 persons during last 10 years. The Growth
Rate of Population from 2001 – 2011 is 6.23% which is 11.07 % lower than the Growth rate of 1991
-2001 (.ie 17.3%). Among the 10 Community Development blocks in the UT of Lakshadweep, the
decadal population growth rate during 2001-2011 varies between 10.78% in Kavaratti as the highest
and 1.03 % in Kadmat as lowest. Distribution of Population, Decadal growth rate, Population Density
and Sex Ratio Community Development Block wise are given in Table – 1.
Population Density
Population density is the number of persons living in one square kilometre of area. The
Density of population reveals the scatterness of population in a well defined geographical area. The
population density of Lakshadweep during 2011 census is 2013 persons per Sq. Km against 1895 per
Sq.km in 2001 census. It reveals that, in the tiny coral paradise, the population pressure on one square
kilometre of area has increased by 118 persons during last 10 years. Since the area of Lakshadweep
has remained the same with 32 Sq.kms the density of population pertaining to Lakshadweep is directly
proportional to the increase in population in each census. Among 10 Community Development Blocks
in Lakshadweep Amini retained at highest density of population and kalpeni in the lowest. Population
density for Lakshadweep and Community Development Blocks for 2001 and 2011 has been shown in
Table 1 and ranking of Community Development Blocks by population density for 2001 and 2011 has
been given in Statement-3.
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Statement – 1
Ranking of Community Development Blocks by population size, 2011 and 2001
Percent to
Rank in
2011
CD Blocks
Population
in 2011
total
population
of the State
Percent to
Population
in 2001
2011
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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2
Kavaratti
Andrott
Minicoy
Amini
Agatti
Kadmat
Kalpeni
Kiltan
Chetlat
Bitra
3
11210
11191
10444
7656
7560
5389
4418
3945
2345
271
4
17.40
17.37
16.21
11.88
11.73
8.37
6.86
6.12
3.64
0.42
total
population
of the State
Rank in
2001
2001
5
10119
10727
9495
7353
7074
5334
4321
3669
2558
267
6
16.68
17.69
15.66
12.12
11.66
8.80
7.12
6.05
4.22
3.78
7
2
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Statement – 2
Ranking of Community Development Blocks by Sex - Ratio, 2011 and 2001
Rank in
2011
CD Blocks
Sex - ration (Number of
Females per 1000 Males)
2011
2001
Rank in
2001
1
2
3
4
5
3
Amini
1005
968
5
10
Bitra
760
679
10
4
Chetlat
999
953
6
5
Kiltan
961
990
3
2
Kadmat
1014
982
4
9
Kavaratti
815
811
9
7
Agatti
944
918
7
1
Andrott
1033
1002
2
8
Kalpeni
891
897
8
6
Minicoy
947
1057
1
Statement – 3
Ranking of Community Development Blocks by Population Density, 2011 and 2001
Population Density
Rank in
2011
CD Blocks
1
2
3
Amini
1
2956
2839
1
Bitra
2
2710
2670
2
Chetlat
7
2255
2203
6
Kiltan
4
2420
2251
4
Kadmat
9
1727
1710
9
Kavaratti
3
2656
2398
3
Agatti
8
1969
1842
8
Andrott
6
2312
2216
5
Kalpeni
10
1584
1549
10
Minicoy
5
2379
2163
7
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2011
2001
4
Rank in
2001
5
Statement 4
Literacy Rate 1951 – 2011
LAKSHADWEEP
Year
Persons
Males
Females
1951
15.23
25.59
5.3
1961
27.15
41.95
12.76
1971
51.76
67.33
36.03
1981
68.42
81.24
55.32
1991
81.78
90.18
72.89
2001
86.7
92.5
80.5
2011
92.3
96.1
88.3
Note: Literacy rates for 1951, 1961 and 1971 related to population aged five years and above. The
rates for the year 1981 to 2011 related to the population aged seven years and above.
Statement – 5
Ranking of Community Development Blocks by Literacy Rate and Sex: 2011
Rank
Persons
Males
Females
CD Blocks
Literarcy Rate
CD Blocks
Literarcy Rate
CD Blocks
Literarcy Rate
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
Bitra
97.00
Bitra
98.52
Bitra
94.90
2
Kadmat
95.50
Kalpeni
98.16
Kadmat
93.30
3
Kalpeni
95.32
Kadmat
97.73
Kalpeni
92.09
4
Minicoy
93.95
Minicoy
96.33
Minicoy
90.64
5
Agatti
92.83
Amini
96.20
Agatti
89.68
6
Chetlat
92.22
Andrott
95.97
Chetlat
89.12
7
Kavaratti
91.91
Agatt
95.85
Kavarati
87.19
8
Andrott
91.13
Kavaratti
95.73
Andrott
86.54
9
Kiltan
89.62
Chetlat
95.25
Kiltan
86.05
10
Amini
89.33
Kiltan
93.11
Amini
82.54
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