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

                                                                             

    
              AREA         NUMBER OF     NUMBER OF        DENSITY             STATE/UNION
            (IN SQ KM)     DISTRICTS     INHABITED        (POPULATION/        TERRITORY                   (REVENUE)     VILLAGES            Sq. KM.)
                           (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          65566         402         497       Bihar
                3702           2            383         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
              191791          20          27024         194         235       Karanataka
               38863          14           1268         655         749       Kerala
              443446          45          33065         118         149       Madhya Pradesh
              307713          31          40412         204         257       Maharashtra
               22327           8           2182          64          82       Manipur
               22429           7           5502          60          79       Meghalaya
               21081           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          23          17275         372         429       Tamil Nadu
               10486           4           6743         196         263       Tripura
              294411          65         112804         377         473       Uttar Pradesh
               88752          17          38454         615         767       West Bengal
                8249           2            547          23          34       A & N Islands
                 114           1             26        3961        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           1            263        1229        1642       Pondicherry
                                                                             

        
             3287263         503         556310         216         274       INDIA
                                                                             

        
        
                   * Includes area under illegal occupation of Pakistan and China
                   @ Revenue Blocks
                                                                             

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