What percent of the population resides in rural areas, according to the Census of India 2011?

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The correct answer is 68.8%.Key Points:

More than two-thirds of India's population, or 833 million people, reside in rural areas.
Rural-urban distribution is 68.8% and 31.2% respectively.
Urban areas contributed more (91.0 million) than rural areas to the overall rise of 181.4 million people between 2001 and 2011.
Between 2001 and 2011, the urban population grew by 31.8% more than the rural population did.
Since 1991, India's rural population growth has been continuously falling.
In both urban and rural areas over the past ten years, female population growth has outpaced male population growth.

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Rural population growth from 2001 to 2011 was 12.18%.
Since 1981–1991 India's rural population growth has been progressively falling.
Among States, Meghalaya (27%) and Bihar (23%) experienced the highest population growth.
Between 2001 and 2011, a rural population loss was noted in four states.
These are Sikkim (5%), Goa (19%), Nagaland (15%), and Kerala (by 26%).