Census of India 2011 : Disabled population

Disabled Population in India as per census 2011 (2016 updated) – Disabled Persons in a statistical profile 2016

Information on disability of individuals was collected during the Population Enumeration phase  of Census 2011 through ‘Household Schedule’ . Similar information was collected during 2001 census also. Information for individuals residing in ‘Normal’, ‘Institutional’ and ‘Houseless’ households were collected.

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Disabled Population by Sex and Residence India : 2001-11

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Disabled Population by Sex and Residence India, 2011
Residence	Persons	Males	Females
Total	2,68,10,557	1,49,86,202	1,18,24,355
Rural	1,86,31,921	1,04,08,168	82,23,753
Urban	81,78,636	45,78,034	36,00,602

 

Decadal Change in Disabled Population by Sex and Residence, India, 2001-11
Residence	Absolute Increase			Percentage Decadal Growth
	Persons	Males	Females	Persons (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Total	49,03,788	23,80,567	25,23,221	22.40	18.90	27.10
Rural	22,43,539	9,97,983	12,45,556	13.70	10.60	17.80
Urban	26,60,249	13,82,584	12,77,665	48.20	43.30	55.00

 

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Disabled Population by Sex and Residence India : 2011

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Percentage of Disabled to total population India, 2011
Residence	Persons	Males	Females
Total	2.21	2.41	2.01
Rural	2.24	2.43	2.03
Urban	2.17	2.34	1.98

 

Percentage of Disabled to total population India, 2001
Residence	Persons	Males	Females
Total	2.13	2.37	1.87
Rural	2.21	2.47	1.93
Urban	1.93	2.12	1.71

 

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Disabled Population by Residence  India : 2001-2011

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• Percentage of disabled persons in India has increased both in rural and urban areas during the last decade.
• Proportion of disabled population is higher in rural areas
• Decadal increase in proportion is significant in urban areas

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Disabled Population by Sex India : 2001-2011

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• Slight increase in disability among both the sexes over the decade
• Proportion of disabled population is higher among males
• Decadal Increase in proportion is higher among females

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Proportion of Disabled Population India and States/UTs : 2011

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Disability by Social Groups India : 2011

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Proportion of Disabled Population by Social Groups India, 2011
Social Group	Persons (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Total	2.21	2.41	2.01
Scheduled Castes	2.45	2.68	2.20
Scheduled Tribes	2.05	2.18	1.92
Other than SC/ST	2.18	2.37	1.98

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Disabled Population by Type of Disability India : 2011

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Disabled Population by Type of Disability India : 2011
Type of Disability	Persons	Males	Females
Total	2,68,10,557	1,49,86,202	1,18,24,355
In Seeing	50,32,463	26,38,516	23,93,947
In Hearing	50,71,007	26,77,544	23,93,463
In Speech	19,98,535	11,22,896	8,75,639
In Movement	54,36,604	33,70,374	20,66,230
Mental Retardation	15,05,624	8,70,708	6,34,916
Mental Illness	7,22,826	4,15,732	3,07,094
Any Other	49,27,011	27,27,828	21,99,183
Multiple Disability	21,16,487	11,62,604	9,53,883

 

Proportion of Disabled Population by Type of Disability India : 2011
Type of Disability	Persons (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
Total	100	100	100
In Seeing	19	18	20
In Hearing	19	18	20
In Speech	8	8	7
In Movement	20	23	18
Mental Retardation	6	6	5
Mental Illness	3	3	3
Any Other	18	18	19
Multiple Disability	8	8	8

 

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Disability by Type and Sex India : 2011

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• Disability in seeing and hearing is more among females
• Disability in movement is more among males

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Disabled Population by Type and Residence (%) India : 2011

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• Disability in hearing and speech is more in urban areas
• Disability in movement and multiple disability is more in rural areas.

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Disabled Population by Type and Social Group (%) India : 2011

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Percentage Share of Disabled Population by Type of Disability Among Social Groups India : 2011
Type of Disability	Total	SCs	STs	OTH
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
In Seeing	18.80	19.10	20.00	18.60
In Hearing	18.90	17.40	19.30	19.20
In Speech	7.50	5.20	5.30	8.30
In Movement	20.30	20.50	22.50	20.00
Mental Retardation	5.60	5.10	4.90	5.80
Mental Illness	2.70	2.40	2.60	2.80
Any Other	18.40	22.90	16.50	17.40
Multiple Disability	7.90	7.30	8.90	7.90

 

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Disabled Population by Age and Sex India : 2011

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Proportion of Disabled Population in the Respective Age Groups India : 2011
Age Group	Persons (%)	Males (%)	Females (%)
All Ages	2.21	2.41	2.01
0-4	1.14	1.18	1.11
5-9	1.54	1.63	1.44
10-19	1.82	1.96	1.67
20-29	1.97	2.22	1.70
30-39	2.09	2.41	1.77
40-49	2.31	2.66	1.94
50-59	2.83	3.16	2.47
60-69	4.15	4.41	3.89
70-79	6.22	6.26	6.19
80-89	8.41	8.33	8.48
90+	8.40	7.88	8.85
Age Not Stated	3.07	3.21	2.91

 

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Proportion of Disabled Population in the respective age groups by sex India : 2011

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( Percentage of disabled population to total population of the age group  India : 2011 )

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Disabled Population by Age and Social Groups India : 2011

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Proportion of Disabled Population in the Respective Age Groups – (SCs, STs and Others) India : 2011
Age Group	Total	SCs	STs	OTH
All Ages	2.21	2.45	2.05	2.18
0-4	1.14	1.25	0.95	1.15
5-9	1.54	1.67	1.37	1.53
10-19	1.82	1.98	1.64	1.81
20-29	1.97	2.21	1.73	1.94
30-39	2.09	2.38	1.83	2.06
40-49	2.31	2.64	2.14	2.26
50-59	2.83	3.30	2.95	2.72
60-69	4.15	4.89	5.13	3.90
70-79	6.22	7.45	8.45	5.81
80-89	8.41	9.79	11.55	7.97
90+	8.40	9.06	10.30	8.14
Age Not Stated	3.07	3.25	2.78	3.06

 

Source: C-Series, Tables C-20, C-20SC and C-20ST, Census of India 2011