AREA, NUMBER OF DISTRICTS, NUMBER
 OF INHABITED VILLAGES AND DENSITY
 OF POPULATION
 

                                                                                  

                                                                                                 STATE/UNION                          
                                   AREA         NUMBER OF       NUMBER OF    DENSITY             TERRITORY                                  
                                 (IN SQ KM)     DISTRICTS       INHABITED   (POPULATION/           
                                                (REVENUE) @     VILLAGES     Sq.  KM.)
                                                                            1981          1991
                                                                                  

                           
                                      2               3        4             5           6           1
                                                                                  

                                   275045            23       26613        195           242   Andhra Pradesh
                                    83743            12        3649          8            10   Arunachal Pradesh
                                    78438            23       24685        230           286   Assam
                                   173877            50       77694        402           497   Bihar
                                     3702             2         360        272           316   Goa
                                   196024            19       18569        174           211   Gujarat
                                    44212            16        6759        292           372   Haryana
                                    55673            12       16997         77            93   Himachal Pradesh
                                   222236            14        6503         59            76   Jammu & Kashmir
                                   191792            20       27024        194           235   Karanataka
                                    38863            14        1452        655           749   Kerala
                                   443446            45       33065        118           149   Madhya Pradesh
                                   307713            31       40412        204           257   Maharashtra
                                    22327             8        2182         64            82   Manipur
                                    22429             7        5461         60            79   Meghalaya
                                    21082             3         699         23            33   Mizoram
                                    16579             7        1112         47            73   Nagaland
                                   155707            30       51057        169           203   Orissa
                                    50362            14       12407        333           403   Punjab
                                   342239            31       34968        100           129   Rajasthan
                                     7096             4         440         45            57   Sikkim
                                   130058            22       17275        372           429   Tamil Nadu
                                    10486             4        6743        196           263   Tripura
                                   294411            66      112804        377           473   Uttar Pradesh
                                    88752            18       38454        615           767   West Bengal
                                     8249             2         547         23            34   A & M Islands
                                      114             1          26       1961          5632   Chandigarh
                                      491             1          71        211           282   D & N Haveli
                                      112             2          26        705           907   Daman & Diu
                                     1483             1         231       4194          6352   Delhi
                                       32             1          10       1258          1616   Lakshadweep
                                      492             4         263       1229          1642   Pondicherry
                                                                                  

                                  3287263           507      568558        216           267   INDIA
                                                                                  

 
                                                                                  
          *  Includes area under, illegal occupation of Pakistan and China
         @ Source: Directory of Blocks (As on 31.1.1995) M/o Rural Dev & Emp.
        
                                                                                  

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