Question

According to the $2001$ Census, the density of population in India was ______ persons per sq. km.

• A. $124$
• B. $234$
• C. $432$
• D. $324$

Answer 1

The correct option is D $324$

According to the 2001 Census , the density of population in India was 324 persons per sq.km, which means that now 57 more people live in a square kilometer area in the country than the number that lived a decade ago. At the beginning of the twentieth century i.e in 1901 the density of India was as low as 77 and this steadily increased from one decade to another to reach 324 in 2001. The persons living in per sq.km. has increased by 21.3 per cent in 2001 as compared to 1991.