Click to play videoNew Delhi: Counting over a billion people is no easy task. But the Census 2011 has done just that, giving India its newest headcount.
At 121 crore population, it's the combined population of USA, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan.
But the good news is that despite a growth rate of 17.64 per cent in the last decade, it is the sharpest decline in population growth rate since independence.
But demographers say, its too early to celebrate.
The country has registered a 9 per cent jump in literacy from 64 per cent in 2001 to 74 per cent today. And, of the total literates added during the decade, females have outnumbered the males. But despite this small encouragement, experts feels India still has a long way to go.
But the big shocker is the Child Sex Ratio - at just 914, its the lowest since independence.
The total number of children in this age group have gone down by 50 lakhs since 2001. The government is now worried.
It's now upto the policy makers to take a hard look at these figures and the reality they reveal.
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