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Census Figures Reveal a Vastly Rural India
Despite much urbanization, the majority of the country's growing population is living in rural areas and with few resources.
New figures are out from the 2011 Census of India, which offers a more detailed picture of exactly how population growth is playing out in the world's second most populous country.
As of March 1, 2011, India's population is 1.21 billion, up from 1.02 billion in 2001 – an increase of about 181 million people. As the census notes [PDF], that's like adding nearly a Brazil's worth of people to the country in just 10 years. [An interesting side note: Brazil's population of 190 million is certainly a close comparison to India's growth, but a more appropriate, if less politically correct, comparison to draw would have been with the 184 million people of Pakistan.]