Sources

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Source	Publisher	Date
Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract	Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (ORGI)	2013-04-30
Census of India 2011, Basic population figures by village and town	ORGI	2013-04-30
Census of India 2011, Table A-1: Number of villages, towns, households, population and area	ORGI	2013
Census of India 2011, Table A-2: Decadal variation in population since 1901	ORGI	2013
Census of India 2011, Table A-4: Towns and urban agglomerations by size class, with variation since 1901	ORGI	2013
Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract for urban agglomerations	ORGI	2013
Population Projections for India and States 2011-2036, Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections	National Commission on Population, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare	2020-07
Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2023	ORGI	2025-09
Local Government Directory: states, districts, sub-districts and villages	Ministry of Panchayati Raj	2026-10-03
Site estimate, method M1 (damped share-trend constrained to the RGI state projection)	This site	2026-10-04
2011 figures rebuilt on current district boundaries from Census 2011 village and town records	This site	2026-10-04
World Bank, Population total (from UN World Population Prospects 2024)	World Bank	2026-07-13
State boundaries (official outline of India)	Compiled from Survey of India-aligned public data	2026

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