India’s population density is high. - Vidyadip

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India’s population density is high.

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India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of about 121 crores (Census 2011).
India occupies only 2.41% of the land area of the world, but supports 17.5% of the world’s population.
Thus India has less percent of world’s land and supports high percent of world’s population.
Hence, India’s average population density is high i.e. 382 persons per sq. km.

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