Census 2011 recorded India’s total population as 1,210,854,977 and its…
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Census 2011 recorded India’s total population as 1,210,854,977 and its Scheduled Castes population as 201,378,372. Approximately what percentage of the total population belonged to Scheduled Castes?
Answer: A. 16.63% — ConceptA population share is calculated by dividing the population of a group by the total population and multiplying by 100. Census percentages therefore…
- A.
16.63%
- B.
44%
- C.
8.63%
- D.
14.23%
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Correct answer: A
Concept
A population share is calculated by dividing the population of a group by the total population and multiplying by 100. Census percentages therefore express a group’s size as a proportion of the total enumerated population.
Application
Census 2011 recorded a Scheduled Castes population of 201,378,372 and a total population of 1,210,854,977.
Applying the formula gives (201,378,372 divided by 1,210,854,977) multiplied by 100, which is approximately 16.63%.
Contrast
44% is nearly half of the population and is much larger than the computed share.
8.63% and 14.23% are both below the computed share.
Cross-check
One-sixth is about 16.67%, so a value of 16.63% is consistent with the scale of the computed proportion.
Therefore, Scheduled Castes constituted 16.63% of India’s population in Census 2011.