Census 2011

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.

Scroll Staff
· Jan 13, 2016 · 09:33 pm
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.

Mayank Jain
· Jan 04, 2016 · 03:30 pm
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.

Mayank Jain
· May 05, 2015 · 02:30 pm

Charts and maps: why are divorces and separations more common in North East India?

What accounts for the dramatic increase in percentage of widows in India? Newly released census 2011 marriage data offers some surprises.

Sahil Bhalla
· Mar 09, 2015 · 04:30 pm