| Statement 9 : Magnitude of Aged Population In India - Age 60+ years | |||||||||||
| Male | Female | Persons | Rural | Share % | Urban | Share % | |||||
| India | 37768327 | (7.1) | 38853994 | (7.8) | 76622321 | (7.4) | 57444714 | 75.0 | 19177607 | 25.0 | |
| Northern Region | 4762882 | (6.8) | 4810622 | (7.7) | 9573504 | (7.2) | 6868684 | 71.7 | 2524005 | 26.4 | |
| Haryana | 795383 | (7.0) | 788706 | (8.1) | 1584089 | (7.5) | 1191815 | 75.2 | 211459 | 13.3 | |
| Himachal Pradesh | 270846 | (8.8) | 276718 | (9.3) | 547564 | (9.0) | 510321 | 93.2 | 37243 | 6.8 | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 365827 | (6.8) | 309497 | (6.5) | 675324 | (6.7) | 515262 | 76.3 | 160062 | 23.7 | |
| Punjab | 1111691 | (8.6) | 1080002 | (9.5) | 2191693 | (9.0) | 1580959 | 72.1 | 610734 | 27.9 | |
| Rajasthan | 1828925 | (6.2) | 1981347 | (7.3) | 3810272 | (6.7) | 3024562 | 79.4 | 785710 | 20.6 | |
| Chandigarh | 23744 | (4.7) | 21168 | (5.4) | 44912 | (5.0) | 2977 | 6.6 | 41935 | 93.4 | |
| Delhi | 366466 | (4.8) | 353184 | (5.7) | 719650 | (5.2) | 42788 | 5.9 | 676862 | 94.1 | |
| North-Eastern Region | 1142443 | (5.8) | 1090930 | (5.9) | 2233373 | (5.8) | 1892463 | 84.7 | 340910 | 15.3 | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 26417 | (4.6) | 23499 | (4.5) | 49916 | (4.5) | 45973 | 92.1 | 3943 | 7.9 | |
| Assam | 800585 | (5.8) | 759781 | (5.9) | 1560366 | (5.9) | 1361247 | 87.2 | 199119 | 12.8 | |
| Manipur | 73233 | (6.7) | 72237 | (6.7) | 145470 | (6.7) | 102047 | 70.1 | 43423 | 29.9 | |
| Meghalaya | 54016 | (4.6) | 51710 | (4.5) | 105726 | (4.6) | 85718 | 81.1 | 20008 | 18.9 | |
| Mizoram | 24800 | (5.4) | 24223 | (5.6) | 49023 | (5.5) | 25683 | 52.4 | 23340 | 47.6 | |
| Nagaland | 50736 | (4.8) | 39587 | (4.2) | 90323 | (4.5) | 81294 | 90.0 | 9029 | 10.0 | |
| Tripura | 112656 | (6.9) | 119893 | (7.7) | 232549 | (7.3) | 190501 | 81.9 | 42048 | 18.1 | |
| Eastern Region | 8022685 | (6.8) | 7842856 | (7.1) | 15865541 | (7.0) | 12773542 | 80.5 | 3091999 | 19.5 | |
| Bihar | 2922005 | (6.8) | 2579269 | (6.5) | 5501274 | (6.6) | 4965924 | 90.3 | 535350 | 9.7 | |
| Jharkhand | 787234 | (5.7) | 791428 | (6.1) | 1578662 | (5.9) | 1274990 | 80.8 | 303672 | 19.2 | |
| Orissa | 1502730 | (8.1) | 1536370 | (8.5) | 3039100 | (8.3) | 2684486 | 88.3 | 354614 | 11.7 | |
| Sikkim | 16391 | (5.7) | 12649 | (5.0) | 29040 | (5.4) | 26699 | 91.9 | 2341 | 8.1 | |
| West Bangal | 2784491 | (6.7) | 2915608 | (7.5) | 5700099 | (7.1) | 3808275 | 66.8 | 1891824 | 33.2 | |
| A & N Islands | 9834 | (5.1) | 7532 | (4.6) | 17366 | (4.9) | 13168 | 75.8 | 4198 | 24.2 | |
| Central Region | 9283087 | (6.9) | 8806044 | (7.2) | 18089131 | (7.1) | 14683445 | 81.2 | 3405686 | 18.8 | |
| Chattisgarh | 689685 | (6.6) | 814698 | (7.9) | 1504383 | (7.2) | 1270678 | 84.5 | 233705 | 15.5 | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2091793 | (6.7) | 2189131 | (7.6) | 4280924 | (7.1) | 3265185 | 76.3 | 1015739 | 23.7 | |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6174894 | (7.1) | 5474574 | (7.0) | 11649468 | (7.0) | 9624525 | 82.6 | 2024943 | 17.4 | |
| Uttarkhand | 326715 | (7.6) | 327641 | (7.9) | 654356 | (7.7) | 523057 | 79.9 | 131299 | 20.1 | |
| Western Region | 5617555 | (7.2) | 6465297 | (9.0) | 12082852 | (8.1) | 8100613 | 67.0 | 3982239 | 33.0 | |
| Goa | 49676 | (7.2) | 62597 | (9.5) | 112273 | (8.3) | 61473 | 54.8 | 50800 | 45.2 | |
| Gujarat | 1628474 | (6.2) | 1870589 | (7.7) | 3499063 | (6.9) | 2318951 | 66.3 | 1180112 | 33.7 | |
| Maharashtra | 3932201 | (7.8) | 4522459 | (9.7) | 8454660 | (8.7) | 5709130 | 67.5 | 2745530 | 32.5 | |
| Dadra Nagar & Haveli | 3882 | (3.2) | 4932 | (5.0) | 8814 | (4.0) | 7289 | 82.7 | 1525 | 17.3 | |
| Daman & Diu | 3322 | (3.6) | 4720 | (7.2) | 8042 | (5.1) | 3770 | 46.9 | 4272 | 53.1 | |
| Southern Region | 8939675 | (7.9) | 9838245 | (8.8) | 18777920 | (8.4) | 13125967 | 69.9 | 5651953 | 30.1 | |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2757588 | (7.2) | 3030490 | (8.0) | 5788078 | (7.6) | 4505734 | 77.8 | 1282344 | 22.2 | |
| Karnataka | 1923730 | (7.2) | 2138292 | (8.2) | 4062022 | (7.7) | 2889594 | 71.1 | 1172428 | 28.9 | |
| Kerala | 1484212 | (9.6) | 1851463 | (11.3) | 3335675 | (10.5) | 2479112 | 74.3 | 856563 | 25.7 | |
| Tamil Nadu | 2735800 | (8.7) | 2771600 | (8.9) | 5507400 | (8.8) | 3222748 | 58.5 | 2284652 | 41.5 | |
| Lakshadweep | 1884 | (6.1) | 1845 | (6.3) | 3729 | (6.1) | 1903 | 51.0 | 1826 | 49.0 | |
| Pondicherry | 36461 | (7.5) | 44555 | (9.1) | 81016 | (8.3) | 26876 | 33.2 | 54140 | 66.8 | |
| Note: Figures in brackets are percentage to respective male/female/persons total | |||||||||||
| Share in per cent in case of rural and urban population calculated by using total all India/state population | |||||||||||
| Source: Report and Tables on Age, Census of India 2001 | |||||||||||