| (Per square km) | | States/Union Territories | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 4 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 34 | 43 | 46 | | Andhra Pradesh | 113 | 131 | 158 | 195 | 242 | 277 | 308 | | Arunachal Pradesh | - | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | | Assam | 102 | 138 | 186 | 230$ | 286 | 340 | 398 | | Bihar | 309 | 370 | 370 | 555 | 685 | 881 | 1106 | | Chandigarh | 213 | 1052 | 2257 | 3961 | 5632 | 7900 | 9258 | | Chhattisgarh | 55 | 68 | 86 | 104 | 130 | 154 | 189 | | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 85 | 118 | 151 | 211 | 282 | 449 | 700 | | Daman and Diu | 434 | 327 | 559 | 705 | 907 | 1425 | 2191 | | NCT of Delhi | 1176 | 1793 | 2742 | 4194 | 6352 | 9340 | 11320 | | Goa | 148 | 159 | 215 | 272 | 316 | 364 | 394 | | Gujarat | 83 | 105 | 136 | 174 | 211 | 258 | 308 | | Haryana | 128 | 172 | 227 | 292 | 372 | 478 | 573 | | Himachal Pradesh | 43 | 51 | 62 | 77 | 93 | 109 | 123 | | Jammu and Kashmir | 32 | 35 | 46 | 59 | 77 | 100 | 124 | | Jharkhand | 122 | 146 | 179 | 221 | 274 | 338 | 414 | | Karnataka | 101 | 123 | 153 | 194 | 235 | 276 | 319 | | Kerala | 349 | 435 | 549 | 655 | 749 | 820 | 860 | | Lakshadweep | 657 | 753 | 994 | 1258 | 1616 | 2022 | 2149 | | Madhya Pradesh | 61 | 75 | 98 | 124 | 158 | 196 | 236 | | Maharashtra | 104 | 128 | 164 | 204 | 257 | 315 | 365 | | Manipur | 26 | 35 | 48 | 64 | 82 | 97* | 115 | | Meghalaya | 27 | 34 | 45 | 60 | 79 | 103 | 132 | | Mizoram | 9 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 33 | 42 | 52 | | Nagaland | 13 | 22 | 31 | 47 | 73 | 120 | 119 | | Odisha | 94 | 113 | 141 | 169 | 203 | 236 | 270 | | Puducherry | 645 | 750 | 959 | 1229 | 1683 | 1989 | 2547 | | Punjab | 182 | 221 | 269 | 333 | 403 | 484 | 551 | | Rajasthan | 47 | 59 | 75 | 100 | 129 | 165 | 200 | | Sikkim | 19 | 23 | 30 | 45 | 57 | 76 | 86 | | Tamil Nadu | 232 | 259 | 317 | 372 | 429 | 480 | 555 | | Tripura | 61 | 109 | 148 | 196 | 263 | 305 | 350 | | Uttar Pradesh | 250 | 291 | 348 | 436 | 548 | 690 | 829 | | Uttarakhand | 55 | 67 | 84 | 107 | 133 | 159 | 189 | | West Bengal | 296 | 394 | 499 | 615 | 767 | 903 | 1028 | | ALL INDIA | 117 | 142 | 177 | 216 | 267** | 325** | 382 | - : Not Available.
$ : The 1981 Census could not be held in Assam. Total Population for 1981 has been worked out by Interpolation.
* : Includes estimated population of Paomata, Mao Maram and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati District of Manipur for 2001.
** : For working out the density of India and Jammu and Kashmir the entire area and population of those portions of Jammu and Kashmir which are under illegal occupation of Pakistan and China have not been taken into account; except for 2011 census.
Source: Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. | |