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Areas of Sparse Density India
AFGHANISTAN Population Density
These areas do not present conditions conducive
to settlement, especially climate, so they are not
favoured for human habitation. The geographical
factors do not allow to develop resources to meet PAKISTAN 1
human needs; these areas include very cold 1 CHINA
NEPAL Tibet
places (Antarctica and tundra regions) or very hot 2 BHUTAN
places like deserts (Sahara and Kalahari in Africa; 2 3
Arabian Desert, Gobi Desert and Thar in Asia; the BANGLA
DESH
3 3
Great Australian Desert; Patagonia and Atacama in 2
South America; the Mexican Desert and MYANMAR
California-Colorado in North America). Similarly, 3
rugged mountainous regions too present very
A R A B I A N S E A B AY O F B E N G A L
difficult living conditions, as higher reaches of the 3
Himalayas, Andes etc. 3 NUMBER OF PERSONS
PER Sq km (2001)
Also, the thickly above 1000
500-1000
forested regions of the LAKS 250-500
(
3 (IND
Amazon basin, the IA) HADWE 2 100-250 IA) ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
IND
below 100
Zaire or Congo basin EP (National Average 325)
are also low populated SRI
LANKA
because the forest I N D I A N O C E A N
resources cannot be Scientists in Antarctica Population density of India
optimally exploited.
Activity
Just Think! On an outline map of India, show the distribution
of population.
What problems are faced by the people who live in
deserts or the hilly areas? POPULATION GROWTH IN THE WORLD

Population can increase or decrease in a region or
POPULATION DENSITY IN INDIA
country due to many factors, such as migration,
In India, average population density is 328 break out of an epidemic, occurrence of a natural
persons per square kilometre as per the Census of calamity, such as an earthquake. However, the
India, 2011. As the population is continuously major factor for population growth is difference in
increasing, this density continues to increase year the birth rate and death rate.
to year.
At present, the population in the world is more
In India, there are some regions which are more than six billion. It is estimated that the world
densely populated regions as compared to others population in 8000 BC was about 8 million,
because of favourable geographical and socio- which reached to the mark of 750 million (75
economic factors. Population density varies from crore) in the next 10,000 years. This growth was
region to region. The most sparsely populated marginal as both birth rate and death rate were
states in India are Arunachal Pradesh and nominal. The difference between birth rate and
Mizoram with a density of 13 and 43 persons per death rate is called natural growth rate .
square kilometres respectively. On the other hand, Changes in the size of the population depend
Delhi and Chandigarh are the most densely
mainly on the birth rate and death rate. The
populated places with a density of 9300 and 7900 number of live births per thousand people in a
persons per square kilometres respectively.
year is called birth rate while the number of
Human Resources
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