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Disabled 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 ur‐
ban areas.

Disabled population – Census 2011

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No of Disabled: 2.17%

Total Population: 97.83%

Total Population 1,210,854,977

No of Disabled 26,814,994

NUMBER OF DISABLED TOTAL POPULATION

26814994 1210854977

Educational level of disabled persons – Census 2011

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level
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Illiterate
Literate but below primary
Primary but below middle
Middle but below matric/secondary
Matric/Secondary but below graduate
Graduate and above

Educational level of disabled pers

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL POPULATION

Illiterate 12196641

Literate 14618353

Literate but below primary 2840345

Primary but below middle 3554858

Middle but below matric/secondary 2448070

Matric/Secondary but below graduate 3448650

Graduate and above 1246857

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.
 Comparison of Literacy
status of disabled persons
by sex

80
Population (%)

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60
Illiterate(Urban) of Female:39
40

20
Male Female

Illiterate(Urban)

Illiterate(Rural)

Literate(Rural)

Literate(Urban)

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

 Disabled population
by age group in
India-Census 2011

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5-9

10-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70-79

80-89

90+

Age Not Stated

0 2,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000

Population

Persons

Male

Female

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-GROUP PERSONS MALES FEMALS

Total 26810557 14986202 11824355

0-4 1291332 690351 600981

5-9 1955539 1081598 873941

10-19 4616050 2610174 2005876

20-29 4189839 2418974 1770865

30-39 3635722 2112791 1522931

40-49 3115651 1851640 1264011

 50-59 2492429 1430762 1061667

60-69 2657679 1394306 1263373

70-79 1769370 884872 884498

80-89 723585 337170 386415

90+ 225571 97409 128162

Age Not Stated 137790 76155 61635

Disabled Population by Marital Status – Census 2011

(marital status above 15+)

Disabled Population
by Marital Status -
Census 2011

15,000,000
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Population

10,000,000

5,000,000

0
Males Females

Widowed

Not Married

Married

Total Disabled Population

Male Total population – 11915379

FeMale Total population – 9327279

GENDER MARRIED UNMARRIED WIDOWED

Males 8266748 3648631 706626

Females 7289492 2037787 2047553

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 Persons by
Type of disability
and Sex - Census
2011

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In Seeing

In Hearing

In Speech

In Movement

Mental retardation

Mental Illness

Multiple Disability

Others

0 5,000,000 10,000,000

Population

Female

Male

Total Disabled

DISABLED TYPE MALES FEMALS TOTAL

In Seeing 2639028 2394403 5033431

In Hearing 2678584 2394330 5072914

In Speech 1122987 875705 1998692

In Movement 3370501 2066325 5436826

Mental retardation 870898 635066 1505964

 DISABLED TYPE MALES FEMALS TOTAL

Mental Illness 415758 307122 722880

Multiple Disability 1162712 953986 2116698

Others 2728125 2199464 4927589

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.

Major Non-Economic
Activity (%)

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60

50
Population (%)

40

30

20

10

0
In Seeing In Speech
Mental retardation
Multiple Disability

Student

Household Duties

Dependent

Pensioner

Rentier

Beggar, Vagrants, et

Others
 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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