POPULATION DENSITY

- One of the important indices of population concentration is the density of population.
- It is defined as the number of persons per sq.km.
- The population density of India in 2011 was 382 per sq km-decadal growth 17.54%.
- The density of population increased in all States and Union Territories between 1991 and 2011.
- Among major states, Bihar is the most thickly populated state with (a population density of ) 1,106 persons per sq.km. followed by West Bengal 1,028 and Kerala 860.