4 Geography · 4.3.1 Population and settlements

4.3.1.2 Distribution and density of population

India holds about 17.5 per cent of the world's people on about 2.4 per cent of its land, and its density of 382 persons per sq km (Census 2011) varies from over 1,100 in Bihar to 17 in Arunachal Pradesh.

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Key terms

  • density
  • arithmetic density
  • physiological density
  • agricultural density
  • Bihar
  • Arunachal Pradesh
  • Delhi
  • population distribution

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