Important Census Bits

		Census-2011	Census-2001
1	Population	1,21,01,93,422	1,02,70,15,247
2	Male	62,37,24,248	53,12,77,078
3	Female	58,64,69,174	49,57,38,169
4	Biggest State(Population wise)	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh
5	Smallest State(Population wise)	Sikkim	Sikkim
6	Biggest UT (Population wise)	New Delhi	New Delhi
7	Smallest UT (Population wise)	Lakshadweep	Lakshadweep
8	Overall Literacy	74.04%	64.83%
9	Male Literacy	82.14%	75.26%
10	Female Literacy	65.46%	53.67%
11	State with Highest Literacy	Kerala (93.91%)	Kerala (90.92%)
12	State with Lowest Literacy	Bihar (63.82%)	Bihar (47.53%)
13	UT with Highest Literacy	Lakshadweep (92.28%)	Lakshadweep (87.52%)
14	UT with Lowest Literacy	Dadra & Nagar Haveli (77.65%)	Dadra & Nagar Haveli (60.03%)
15	State with Highest FEMALE Literacy	Kerala (91.98%)	Kerala (87.7%)
16	State with Lowest FEMALE Literacy	Rajasthan (52.66%)	Bihar (33.1%)
17	State with Highest MALE Literacy	Kerala (96.02%)	Kerala (94.20%)
18	Highest MALE Literacy Rate when both States & UTs are taken	Lakshadweep (96.11%)
19	State with Lowest MALE Literacy	Bihar (73.39%)	Bihar (59.7%)
20	Sex Ratio	940 Females per 1000 Males	933 Females per 1000 Males
21	State with Highest Sex Ratio	Kerala 1084 Females  per 1000 Males	Kerala 1058 Females  per 1000 Males
22	State with Lowest Sex Ratio	Haryana 877 Females  per 1000 Males	Haryana 861 Females  per 1000 Males
23	UT with Highest Sex Ratio	Puducherry 1038 Females  per 1000 Males	Puducherry 1001 Females  per 1000 Males
24	UT with Lowest Sex Ratio	Daman & Diu 618 Females  per 1000 Males	Daman & Diu 709 Females  per 1000 Males
25	Overall Density	382 per Sq.km	324 per Sq.km
26	State with Highest Density	Bihar with 1102 per Sq.km	West Bengal 904 per Sq.km
27	State with Lowest Density	Arunachal Pradesh 17 per Sq.km	Arunachal Pradesh 13 per Sq.km
28	UT with Highest Density	New Delhi 11297 Sq.km	New Delhi 9340 Sq.km
29	UT with Lowest Density	Andaman Nicobar 46 Sq.km	Andaman Nicobar 43 Sq.km
30	Decadal Increase	17.64% (2001-2011)	21.54% (1991-2001)
31	Yearly Population Growth	1.64%	1.97%
32	World Percentage	17.5%	16.7%

A.P.History Bits

* The founder of Praja Socialist Party was Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu.

* The 1^st Chief Minister of Andhra State was Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu.

* The 1^st Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra State was Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy.

* The founder of Krishna Patrika was Konda Venkatappaiah.

* Krishna Patrika was started in February 1902.

* Mutnuri Krishna Rao worked as editor to Krishna Patrika.

* Konda Venkatappaiah acted as “Andhra Dictator” during Salt Satyagraha in 1930.

* The 1^st Chief Minister of Hyderabad State is Burgula Rama Krishna Rao.

* The founder of news paper “Golconda” was Suravaram Pratapa Reddy.

 *The author of the book “Andhrula Sangika Charitra “was Suravaram Pratapa Reddy

Appsc Material :Muslim Invasions on Kakatiyas

First Invasion: (1303):

In 1303, the general of Allauddin Khilji, Malik Fakruddin attacked the Kakatiya forces at Upparapalli( Karimnagar) and were defeated.

Second Invasion: (1309):

In 1309, Malik Kafur, the general of Allauddin Khilji began his attack against the Kakatiya forces. The Kakatiyas were finally defeated on 19^th March 1310 and Prataparudra agreed to pay annual tributes to the Sultan of Delhi.

Third Invasion: (1317-18):

After the death of Allauddin Khilji in 1316, Prataparudra did not pay annual tributes to the Sultan of Delhi. In 1318, Qutubuddin Mubarak Khilji came to the throne of Delhi and sent Khusrau Khan to demand the payment of annual tribute due to the Delhi Sultan.

At that time Prataparudra was engaged in a war with the Kampili ruler, KumaraRaja, therefore paid the arrears of tribute.

Fourth Invasion:

In 1320, the Tughlaks were replaced the Khiljis at Delhi. Mean while, Prataparudra  again stopped paying tributes to the Sultan of Delhi. In 1321, the Delhi Sultan, Ghisuddin Tughlak sent his son Ulugh Khan (Zuna Khan) to attack against Kakatiya forces. But the Delhi forces suffered heavy losses and left to Devagiri.

Fifth Invasion:

Zuna Khan again attacked on Warangal in 1323 and defeated the Kakatiya forces. Prataparudra and his family were taken as prisoners and sent to Delhi. On the way to Delhi, Prataparudra committed suicide on the banks of Narmada River.

Current Affairs Bits - Sports

* Gagan Narang won Bronze in the men's 10 meter air rifle event at London Olympics on 30 July 2012.

* Brett Lee announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket on 12 July 2012.

* South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher on 10 July 2012 announced his retirement from International Cricket due to eye injury.

* Serena Williams beat Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in Wimbledon women’s singles Title in London on 7 July 2012.

* Swiss (Switzerland) Tennis maestro Roger Federer beat British player Andy Murray to win the Wimbledon Open Championship men Singles Final 2012 in London on 8 July 2012.

* Spain beat Italy 4-0 in the final to win UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Euro Cup Football Championship 2012 at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, on 1 July 2012.

* Mahendra Singh Dhoni was appointed as a brand ambassador of Nepal Cricket Association, Nepal on 17 June 2012.

* Saina Nehwal clinched her third Indonesia Open Super Series title after beating China's Xuerui Li in title clash in Jakarta on 17 June 2012.

* Maria Yuryevna Sharapova won French Open 2012 on 9 June 2012 by defeating Saria Erani of Italy.

* Rafael Nadal on 11 June 2012 defeated Serbian Novak Djokovic to clinch French Open Singles Title 2012.

* Saina Nehwal defeated Thailand's Ratchanok Inathon in the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold title in Bangkok on 10 June 2012.

* Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won their 2^nd Grand Slam title together and 1^st t French Open trophy after beating Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and Klaudia Jans Ignacik of Poland in the mixed doubles final, in Paris on 7 June 2012.

* New Zealand beat Argentina 1-0 to win Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament at Ipoh, Malaysia on 3 June 2012.

* Rafael Nadal defeated world no. 1 Novak Djokovic to claim his sixth Italian Open Title on 21 May 2012.

* Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova defeated Li Na of China to retain the Italian Open title on 20 May 2012.

* Malaysia defeated Pakistan to win the Junior Hockey World Cup 2012.

* India's top-seeded snooker player Aditya Mehta defeated Pankaj Advani to win 28th Asian snooker title concluded in Doha, on 29 April 2012.

* Indian women boxers M.C. Mary Kom and Sarita clinched two gold medals in the Asian women's boxing championship at Mongolian capital Ulaanbator on 25 March 2012.

* Pakistan defeated host Bangladesh to lift Asia Cup Cricket Trophy on 22 March 2012.

* Saina Nehwal retained the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold trophy by securing a victory over China's Shixian Wang at Basel, Switzerland on 18 March 2012.

* Indian national women Kabaddi team clinched maiden Women World Cup Kabaddi championship title on 4 March 2012.

* Indian Tennis pair of Mahesh Bhupati and Rohan Bopanna won the doubles title of Dubai Open on 3 March 2012.

* Roger Federar defeated Andy Murray in the Men’s singles final of Dubai Open on 4 March 2012.

* Rajasthan won its second consecutive Ranji Trophy title by defeating Tamil Nadu on 23 January 2012.

* Australian Open-2012 Men’s Final Winner: Novak Djokovic.

* Australian Open-2012 Women’s Final Winner: Victoria Azarenka.

* Australian Open Men’s Doubles-2012 Winners: Leander Paes (India) and Radek Štěpánek (Czech Republic).

* Argentina’s Lionel Messi was awarded the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or on 9 January 2012 in Zurich. He won the award for the third consecutive year for the world's outstanding footballer.

* India striker Sunil Chhetri was on 20 December 2011 voted Player of the Year by the All India Football Federation.

* India won its 6th SAFF Championship title against the newcomer, Afghanistan on 11 December 2011.