UPPSC 2012 General Studies I Solved Paper

(b) 17.5% of the total population of the world resides in India as estimated in the year 2011. India Census reveals that the country has added 181 million new citizens in the last decade, making it home to 17% of the world's population.According to the provisional reports released on ${31}^{\mathit{s}\mathit{t}}$ March, 2011, the Indian population increased to 121 crores with a decadal growth of 17.64%.