{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "gender",
  "product": "gender",
  "source": "Office of the Registrar General of India; Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), National Commission on Population, MoHFW, as reprinted in MoSPI's Women and Men in India 2025 (table 1.1)",
  "agency": "Office of the Registrar General of India; Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), National Commission on Population, MoHFW",
  "compendiumTable": "1.1",
  "indicatorCode": 1,
  "base": "as published",
  "frequency": "irregular",
  "unit": "million_persons",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "2036",
  "releaseDate": "2026-04-29",
  "revisionPolicy": "Each indicator is final as its underlying source publishes; the compendium is a curated cross-source portrait, never a single survey.",
  "coverage": "Trend in Population",
  "periodLabels": {
   "1951-01-01": "1951",
   "1961-01-01": "1961",
   "1971-01-01": "1971",
   "1981-01-01": "1981",
   "1991-01-01": "1991",
   "2001-01-01": "2001",
   "2011-01-01": "2011",
   "2016-01-01": "2016",
   "2021-01-01": "2021",
   "2026-01-01": "2026",
   "2031-01-01": "2031",
   "2036-01-01": "2036"
  },
  "cut": "Rural or urban and sex",
  "note": "MoSPI's compendium reprints this table from Office of the Registrar General of India; Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), National Commission on Population, MoHFW; the figures are that agency's. Values printed as \"-\" (no observation) or \"NR\" (not reported) are not baked; meta.omitted counts them.",
  "omitted": {}
 },
 "dates": [
  "1951-01-01",
  "1961-01-01",
  "1971-01-01",
  "1981-01-01",
  "1991-01-01",
  "2001-01-01",
  "2011-01-01",
  "2016-01-01",
  "2021-01-01",
  "2026-01-01",
  "2031-01-01",
  "2036-01-01"
 ],
 "series": {
  "rural__male__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t1_rural__male__all_india",
   "label": "Rural, Male, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "data": [
    151.99,
    183.5,
    225.32,
    269.5,
    325.42,
    381.67,
    427.78,
    444.64,
    457.41,
    465.98,
    470.26,
    471.07
   ],
   "group": "Rural",
   "geo": "All India",
   "estimated": [
    "2016-01-01",
    "2021-01-01",
    "2026-01-01",
    "2031-01-01",
    "2036-01-01"
   ],
   "estimatedNote": "Projection: the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), not a census or survey count."
  },
  "rural__female__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t1_rural__female__all_india",
   "label": "Rural, Female, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "data": [
    146.69,
    176.79,
    213.73,
    256.15,
    305.26,
    360.95,
    405.97,
    422.8,
    436.25,
    446.47,
    453.28,
    456.66
   ],
   "group": "Rural",
   "geo": "All India",
   "estimated": [
    "2016-01-01",
    "2021-01-01",
    "2026-01-01",
    "2031-01-01",
    "2036-01-01"
   ],
   "estimatedNote": "Projection: the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), not a census or survey count."
  },
  "rural__person__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t1_rural__person__all_india",
   "label": "Rural, Person, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "data": [
    298.64,
    360.3,
    439.05,
    525.65,
    630.65,
    742.63,
    833.75,
    867.44,
    893.66,
    912.45,
    923.54,
    927.73
   ],
   "group": "Rural",
   "geo": "All India",
   "estimated": [
    "2016-01-01",
    "2021-01-01",
    "2026-01-01",
    "2031-01-01",
    "2036-01-01"
   ],
   "estimatedNote": "Projection: the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), not a census or survey count."
  },
  "urban__male__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t1_urban__male__all_india",
   "label": "Urban, Male, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "data": [
    33.58,
    42.79,
    58.73,
    83.88,
    113.94,
    150.55,
    195.49,
    219.54,
    243.21,
    266.09,
    287.89,
    308.63
   ],
   "group": "Urban",
   "geo": "All India",
   "estimated": [
    "2016-01-01",
    "2021-01-01",
    "2026-01-01",
    "2031-01-01",
    "2036-01-01"
   ],
   "estimatedNote": "Projection: the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), not a census or survey count."
  },
  "urban__female__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t1_urban__female__all_india",
   "label": "Urban, Female, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "data": [
    28.87,
    36.15,
    50.38,
    73.8,
    101.83,
    135.57,
    181.62,
    204.09,
    226.13,
    247.36,
    267.35,
    285.93
   ],
   "group": "Urban",
   "geo": "All India",
   "estimated": [
    "2016-01-01",
    "2021-01-01",
    "2026-01-01",
    "2031-01-01",
    "2036-01-01"
   ],
   "estimatedNote": "Projection: the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), not a census or survey count."
  },
  "urban__person__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t1_urban__person__all_india",
   "label": "Urban, Person, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "data": [
    62.44,
    78.94,
    109.11,
    157.68,
    215.77,
    286.12,
    377.11,
    423.63,
    469.34,
    513.45,
    555.24,
    594.56
   ],
   "group": "Urban",
   "geo": "All India",
   "estimated": [
    "2016-01-01",
    "2021-01-01",
    "2026-01-01",
    "2031-01-01",
    "2036-01-01"
   ],
   "estimatedNote": "Projection: the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), not a census or survey count."
  },
  "total__male__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t1_total__male__all_india",
   "label": "Total, Male, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "data": [
    185.53,
    226.29,
    284.05,
    353.37,
    439.36,
    532.22,
    623.27,
    664.18,
    700.62,
    732.07,
    758.15,
    779.7
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "All India",
   "estimated": [
    "2016-01-01",
    "2021-01-01",
    "2026-01-01",
    "2031-01-01",
    "2036-01-01"
   ],
   "estimatedNote": "Projection: the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), not a census or survey count."
  },
  "total__female__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t1_total__female__all_india",
   "label": "Total, Female, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "data": [
    175.56,
    212.94,
    264.11,
    329.95,
    407.06,
    496.51,
    587.58,
    626.89,
    662.38,
    693.83,
    720.63,
    742.59
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "All India",
   "estimated": [
    "2016-01-01",
    "2021-01-01",
    "2026-01-01",
    "2031-01-01",
    "2036-01-01"
   ],
   "estimatedNote": "Projection: the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), not a census or survey count."
  },
  "total__person__all_india": {
   "name": "gender_t1_total__person__all_india",
   "label": "Total, Person, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "data": [
    361.09,
    439.23,
    548.16,
    683.33,
    846.42,
    1028.74,
    1210.85,
    1291.07,
    1363,
    1425.9,
    1478.78,
    1522.29
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "All India",
   "estimated": [
    "2016-01-01",
    "2021-01-01",
    "2026-01-01",
    "2031-01-01",
    "2036-01-01"
   ],
   "estimatedNote": "Projection: the Technical Group on Population Projections (July 2020), not a census or survey count."
  }
 }
}