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have about 16 per cent of the total population and only about 2.4 per
cent of the world’s land area. The pressure of the population is very
high on land.
The population in our country is not evenly distributed. Some areas are
very thickly populated and some are sparsely populated. The average
density of population (2011 provisional) in our country is about 382
persons per square kilometre. It is very high in comparison to the world’s
average density, which is only 45 persons per square kilometre.
The thickly populated States are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, West
Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. About half of the total population of India
lives in these States. The sparsely populated regions are the desert in
Rajasthan, the hilly areas in the northern and north-eastern States and
parts of the Deccan Plateau.
The population of India is growing at a rapid rate (17.64% in 2001–2011).
The growth of population means the difference between birth and death
Density of population Growth of population
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