‘Density of Population’ is denned as the number of persons per square kilometer. It is an important index of population which shows concentration of population in a particular area. As per the provisional population totals of Census 2011, the population density of India has gone up to 382 persons per square kilometer from 325 persons per square kilometer in 20011. On an average, 57 more people inhabit every square kilometer in the country as compared to a decade ago.
|
Rank |
State |
Population Density per Sq Km |
|
1 |
Bihar |
1102 |
|
2 |
West Bengal |
1029 |
|
3 |
Kerala |
859 |
|
4 |
Uttar Pradesh |
828 |
|
5 |
Haryana |
573 |
|
6 |
Tripura |
555 |
|
7 |
Punjab |
550 |
|
8 |
Tamil Nadu |
480 |
|
9 |
Jharkhand |
414 |
|
10 |
Assam |
397 |
|
11 |
Goa |
394 |
|
12 |
Maharashtra |
365 |
|
13 |
Karnataka |
319 |
|
14 |
Andhra Pradesh |
308 |
|
15 |
Gujarat |
308 |
|
16 |
Orissa |
269 |
|
17 |
Madhya Pradesh |
236 |
|
18 |
Rajasthan |
201 |
|
19 |
Chhattisgarh |
189 |
|
20 |
Uttarakhand |
189 |
|
21 |
Meghalaya |
132 |
|
22 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
124 |
|
23 |
Himachal Pradesh |
123 |
|
24 |
Manipur |
122 |
|
25 |
Nagaland |
119 |
|
26 |
Sikkim |
86 |
|
27 |
Mizoram |
52 |
|
28 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
17 |
