Census 2011
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Around 41% of India’s population is below the age of 20
Half the population is between the ages of 20 and 59, and 9% is above the age of 60.
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Three charts show how child sex ratio in India has dipped further – but there is a silver lining
Sex ratio across the total population has been steadily climbing in the last two decades.
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Three charts that show how Indian women are marrying later and leading more households
The mean age of marriage has increased to 19.3 years for women over the last 10 years.
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