Maharashtra accounted for approximately what percent of India’s total population in 2011?

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1. Take the 2011 populations. Maharashtra = 112,374,333. India = 1,210,854,977.

2. Use the percent formula: $	ext{percent} = \frac{	ext{Maharashtra}}{	ext{India}}	imes100$.

3. Compute: $\frac{112,374,333}{1,210,854,977}	imes100 \approx 9.28\%$.

4. Round to a whole percent. That is about **9%**, so option (c) is correct.

FINAL_ANSWER: c

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