O.P. Sharma

Former Deputy Director of Census Operations in India

Featured News & Insights

April 22, 2011

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India Releases Latest Census Results, Showing Population Catching Up to China

(2011) Together, China and India account for 37 percent of the world’s population. Both countries have conducted censuses over the past year, and when they report their census results, figures such as the widely accepted world population total are at risk of changing.

March 11, 2009

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Change Comes Slowly for Religious Diversity in India

(2009) Religious diversity has been a defining characteristic of India's population for centuries. The country has no official state religion, but religion plays a central role in Indian daily life through its temple ceremonies, festivals, pilgrimages, family religious traditions, and the like.

August 12, 2008

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Sex Ratio at Birth Begins to Improve in India

(2008) There has been increasing international news coverage of the excess of young boys in India resulting from the abortion of female fetuses.1

November 1, 2007

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Is Delhi India’s Largest City?

(November 2007) India is both a highly rural country, with the large majority of its population living in villages, and home to some of the world’s largest metropolitan areas.

June 1, 2001

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2001 Census Results Mixed for India's Women and Girls

(2001) At first glance, results from India's 2001 census seem encouraging. They show a decline in the population growth rate, an improvement in the ratio of men to women, and a remarkable increase in literacy, particularly for girls and women.

Featured Resources

April 11, 2011

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Table: Population of States and Union Territories (UTs) of India, 2001 and 2011 and Rates of Change in the Past Three Censuses

January 7, 2010

Past Presentation

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What Is Poverty, Really? The Case of India

(2010) Countries struggle with measuring their poverty populations, a figure that often determines the distribution of public assistance funds to those in need.

December 19, 2008

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How People in India 'Really' Live

(2008) Media reports on the "exploding" middle class in India would lead any reader to believe that Indian society is undergoing a top-to-bottom transformation into a society of Western-style consumers.

April 1, 2000

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India Proposes Retooled Population Policy

(2000) Fifty-three years after independence, India is still looking for a viable policy to control population growth. Although it was the first country to adopt a family planning program, in 1952, the country is still growing by 15.