A sex ratio of 988 and a literacy rate of 66.54 per cent: Telangana's Census profile on the State's own portal
Background
Telangana, whose Chief Minister this week counted 30 lakh pump sets while reviewing drought preparedness, records a population of 350.04 lakh in the 2011 Census on the State portal.
The sex ratio is 988 females per 1,000 males and the density of population is 312 per sq km.
The decadal growth rate for 2001 to 2011 is 13.58.
The literacy rate is 66.54 per cent, with 75.04 per cent for males and 57.99 per cent for females.
Rural population is 213.95 lakh, or 61.12 per cent of the total, and urban population is 136.09 lakh, or 38.88 per cent.
Scheduled Caste population is 54.09 lakh and Scheduled Tribe population is 31.78 lakh.
In plain words
Decadal growth rate Decadal population growth rate — The percentage change in population between two successive censuses ten years apart.