| (Per square km) | | State/Union Territory | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | | Andaman & 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 & Nagar Haveli | 85 | 118 | 151 | 211 | 282 | 449 | 700 | | Daman & 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 & 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 & Kashmir, the entire area and population of those portions of Jammu & 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. | |