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Disabled Population in India as per census 2011 (2016 updated)

Disabled-Population-2016 bannerDisabled Population in India as per census 2011 (2016 updated) – In India out of the 121 Cr population, 2.68 Cr persons are disabled which is 2.21% of the total population. Among the disabled population 56% (1.5 Cr) are males and 44% (1.18 Cr ) are females. In the total population, the male and female population are 51% and 49% respectively.

Majority (69%) of the disabled population resided in rural areas (1.86 Cr disabled persons in rural areas and 0.81 Cr in urban areas). In the case of total population also, 69% are from rural areas while the remaining 31% resided in urban areas.

Disabled population – Census 2011

Number of DisabledTotal Population
268149941210854977

Educational level of disabled persons – Census 2011

Educational level
Population
Illiterate12196641
Literate14618353
Literate but below primary2840345
Primary but below middle3554858
Middle but below matric/secondary2448070
Matric/Secondary but below graduate3448650
Graduate and above1246857

Comparison of Literacy status of disabled persons by sex and by residence in India – Census, 2011

The educational level of disabled persons is better in urban areas compared to rural areas, both for males and females.


In urban areas, 67% of the total disabled persons are literate vis –a –vis 49% in rural areas. In urban areas 20% has matric/ secondary level education but below graduate and 10% are graduate and above, while in rural areas, the corresponding figures are 10% and 2% respectively.
In urban areas, among the disabled who are literates, 15% of them are graduates, while in rural areas only 5% of them are graduates.

Disabled population by age group in India- Census, 2011


The number of disabled persons is highest in the age group 10-19 years (46.2 lakhs). 17% of the disabled population is in the age group 10-19 years and 16% of them are in the age group 20-29 years. Elderly (60+ years) disabled constituted 21% of the total disabled at all India level.

Age-groupPersonsMalesFemals
Total268105571498620211824355
0-41291332690351600981
5-919555391081598873941
10-19461605026101742005876
20-29418983924189741770865
30-39363572221127911522931
40-49311565118516401264011
50-59249242914307621061667
60-69265767913943061263373
70-791769370884872884498
80-89723585337170386415
90+22557197409128162
Age Not Stated1377907615561635

Disabled Population by Marital Status – Census 2011

(marital status above 15+)

Male Total population – 11915379
FeMale Total population – 9327279

GenderMarriedunMarriedWidowed
Males82667483648631706626
Females728949220377872047553

Disabled Persons by Type of disability and Sex – Census 2011

In India, 20% of the disabled persons are having disability in movement, 19% are with disability in seeing, and another 19 % are with disability in hearing. 8% has multiple disabilities.

Among the male disabled, 22% are having disability in movement, 18% each has disability in seeing/ in hearing while 8% of them suffered from multiple disability. In the case of the female disabled, 20% each has disability in seeing / in hearing, 18% has disability in movement and 8% of them are having multiple disability.

Disabled TypeMalesFemalsTotal
In Seeing263902823944035033431
In Hearing267858423943305072914
In Speech11229878757051998692
In Movement337050120663255436826
Mental retardation8708986350661505964
Mental Illness415758307122722880
Multiple Disability11627129539862116698
Others272812521994644927589

Disabled non – workers by type of disability and by major non- economic activity in India – Census, 2011

Among the disabled non –workers with disability in seeing, 42.7% are dependents and 28% are students; among those with disability in hearing 38.7% are dependents and 32.5% are students.

In the case of disabled non –workers, with disability in speech, 33.5% are dependents while 37.2% are students, while among those with disability in movement 49.8% are dependents and 19.7% are students.

Download : Disabled Persons in a statistical profile 2016 (6MB, PDF)
Ref : Disabled Persons in a statistical profile 2016 (mospi.nic.in).

Census of India 2011 : Disabled population

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  1. sir mujhe uttar pradesh ke primary level ki education prapt disable bachchon ki sankhya or unki literacy rate chahiye

  2. I have applied for UDiD card in May2018 but still it shows in process, what to do.

  3. MUKESH KUMAR MEENA DAUSA(RAJASTHAN) LOKOMOTIV DISABILITY 60% H, AUR MAI JAIPUR VIDHUT VIBHAG MAI , TECHNICAL KARMACHARI HU, ASA ODDER BATAWO JISME VIKLAGO KA PADHNOTI (PROMOTION) REJARVETION HO , (OL DISABLED 60% ) PRESENT POSTING AEN HTM DAUSA (RAJASTHAN , PIN N.303303) LAINMAN KI POST PAR HU ,MO.N._7014188671, Mail ID-mukeshgothwal1980@gmail.com

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