What is India 's share of world's area and population ?
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The total land area of India is about 3.28 million Sq. Km. So, India accounts for about 2.4% of the total land area on Earth. Seems pretty crazy to imagine how more than 17% of the world population lives in just 2.4% of the area!
total geo-graphical area of the country is 3,287,240 sq.km. This includes 120,849 sq. km. of area under the illegal occupation of Pakistan and China. The largest state in India in terms of geographical area is Rajasthan with an area of 342,239 sq.km.
The total population of India at the 00.00 hours of 1st March 2001 stood at 1,028,737,436 comprising 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females.
At the International level, India accounts fro only 2.4 percent of the world surface are and yet it supports and sustains 16.9 percent of the world population. In 150 China with 22 percent of population led the world followed by India with 14.2 percent. It is estimated that by 2050, India will overtake China to become the most populous country on the earth with about 17.2 percent population living here.
Uttar Pradesh with a population of more than 166 million holds distinction of being the most populous state in the country followed by Maharastra (97 million) and Bihar (83 million). The other large states, in terms of population size are West Bengal (80 million),Andhra Pradesh (76 million), Tamil Nadu (62 million), Madhya Pradesh (60 million), Rajsthan (57 million) and Gujrat (51 million). These states together account for 76 percent of the total population of the country.
Among the union territories, Delhi (13.8 million) ranks first in terms of population whereas Lakshdweep with a population of 60,650 occupies the lowest rank. The population of the country.
India lives in its villages. Due to diverse geographical terrain the size of the villages in small, in plain areas the villages tend to be bigger. Out of a total of 5.94 lakh inhabited villages in the country, the largest number of villages (1.45 lakh)are in the population size group of 500-999 persons, followed by the groups 100-1999 (1.30 lakh) and 200-499 (1.28 lakh). There are 3,961 villages, which have a population of 10,000 persons.