Which of the following states had the highest percentage of rural population in its total population in 2011?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Himachal Pradesh
The state-wise table for 2011 gives each state’s urban share; the rest of its people live in villages:
Himachal Pradesh — urban 10.04 per cent, so about 90 per cent rural, the highest of the four.
Bihar — urban 11.30 per cent, so about 88.7 per cent rural.
Assam — urban 14.08 per cent, so about 85.9 per cent rural.
Orissa — urban 16.68 per cent, so about 83.3 per cent rural.
NCERT (2025-26): “Rural – Urban Composition … Composition of population by their respective places of residence is an important indicator of social and economic characteristics. This becomes even more significant for a country where about 68.8 per cent of its total population lives in village (2011).” “…However, the distribution of rural population is not uniform throughout the country. You might have noted that the states like Himachal Pradesh and Bihar have very high percentage of rural population. The states of Goa and Mizoram have only little over half of their total population residing in villages. The Union Territories, on the other hand, have smaller proportion of rural population, except Dadra and Nagar Haveli (53.38 per cent).…”
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