1951 census of India - Wikipedia 1951 census of India 1951 Census of India population General information Country India Total population 361,088,090 Percent change 13.32 % The 1951 Census of India was the 9th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871. It is also the first census after independence and Partition of India. 1951 census was also the first census to be conducted under 1948 Census of India Act. The population of India was counted as 361,088,090 ( 1 : 0.946 male : female ) Total population increased by 42,427,510, 13.31 % more than the 318,660,580 people counted during the 1941 census. No census was done for Jammu and Kashmir in 1951 and its figures were interpolated from 1941 and 1961 state census. National Register of Citizens of India ( NRC ) was prepared soon after the census. In 1951, at the time of the first population Census, just 18 % of Indians were literate while life expectancy was 32 years. Based on 1951 census of displaced persons, 7,226,000 Muslims went to Pakistan ( both West and East ) from India while 7,249,000 Hindus and Sikhs moved to India from Pakistan ( both West and East ). Contents 1 Language demographics 2 Religious demographics 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Language demographics Separate figures for Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi were not issued, due to the fact the returns were intentionally recorded incorrect in states such as East Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, PEPSU, and Bilaspur. Table : Ordered by number of native speakers Rank Language 1951 Census of India Speakers Percentage Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi 149,944,311 42.01 % Telugu 32,999,916 9.24 % Marathi 27,049,522 7.57 % Tamil 26,546,764 7.43 % 5 Bengali 25,121,674 7.03 % 7 Gujarati 16,310,771 4.57 % 8 Kannada 14,471,764 4.05 % 9 Malayalam 13,380,109 3.69 % 10 Odia 13,153,909 3.21 % 6 Assamese 4,988,226 1.39 % Religious demographics Hindus comprises 306 million ( 84.1 % ) and Muslims were 34 million ( 9.8 % ) in 1951 census. 1951 Indian census showed that there were 8.3 million Christians. Hindus comprised about 66 per cent of the population of India before partition. Population trends for major religious groups in India ( 1951 ) Religious group Population % 1951 Hindu 84.1 % Muslim 9.8 % Christian 2.3 % Sikh 1.89 % Buddhist 0.74 % Animist, others 0.43 % Jain 0.46 % See also India portal 1871 India Census 1891 Census of India Demographics of India References Jump up ^ Dr. M. 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Jump up ^ `` Religious taxonomy of states '' ( PDF ). Jump up ^ `` Social justice '' ( PDF ). External links Official website hide Census of India Pre-Independence National Censuses Overview Post-Independence National Censuses 1951 1961 1991 2011 Other Censuses Indian economic census 2011 Socio Economic and Caste Census See Also : Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India This census - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1951_Census_of_India&oldid=836500610 '' Categories : Political history of India Censuses in India 1951 in India 1951 censuses Statistics stubs Hidden categories : Use Indian English from June 2016 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 15 April 2018, at 04 : 50 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: life expectancy in india at the time of independence
Answer: 32 years