Population	Total	Rural	Urban
Persons	1025251059	740255371	284995688
Males	530422415	380438194	149984221
Females	494828644	359817177	135011467
Decadal Population Growth 1991-2001	Absolute	Percentage
Persons	180627359	21.34
Males	91944020	20.93
Females	88683339	21.79
Sex Ratio	933
Literacy Rate
Persons	65.38
Males	75.85
Females	54.16
Workers and Non-workers
		Absolute	Percentage to total population
Total Workers (Main and Marginal)	Persons	402512190	39.3
	Males	275463736	59.9
	Females	127048454	25.7
Main Workers	Persons	313173394	30.6
	Males	240520672	45.3
	Females	72652722	14.7
Marginal workers	Persons	89338796	8.7
	Males	34943064	6.6
	Females	54395732	11.0
Non-workers	Persons	622738869	60.7
	Males	254958679	48.1
	Females	367780190	74.3
Category of workers (Main and Marginal)
Cultivators	Persons	127628287	31.7
	Males	86328447	31.4
	Females	41299840	32.5
Agricultural Labourers	Persons	107447725	26.7
	Males	57354281	20.8
	Females	50093444	39.4
Workers in Household Industry	Persons	16395870	4.1
	Males	8312191	3.0
	Females	8083679	6.4
Other Workers	Persons	151040308	37.5
	Males	123468817	44.8
	Females	27571491	21.7