Population : Distribution, Density, Growth And Composition - Free MCQ Practice

- Density of population, is expressed as number of persons per unit area.

- It helps in getting a better understanding of the spatial distribution of population in relation to land.

- The density of population in India (2011) was 382 people per square kilometer and ranks third among the most densely populated countries of Asia following Bangladesh (1203 people per square kilometer in 2013) and Japan (350 people per square kilometer in 2011). There has been a steady increase of more than 200 people per square kilometer over the last 50 years as the density of population increased from 117 people per square kilometer.

The National Capital Region area of Delhi possesses the highest of the population density 2011 among the states of India having a statistics of 11,297 per square kilometre.

According to the provisional data released by Census India, the proportion of rural population declined from 72.19% in 2001 to 68.84% in 2011.

At present, Nearly 70% of the country's population lives in rural areas where, for the first time since Independence, the overall growth rate of population has sharply declined, according to the latest Census.

India is the second most populous country after China in the world with its total population of 1,210 million (2011). India’s population is larger than the total population of North America, South America and Australia put together.

The proportion of migrants decrease with the increasing distance from source area.

- The records of population density 2011 of India state that the density 2011 has increased from a figure of 324 to that of 382 per square kilometer.

- Bihar is the most thickly populated state (1106 persons/sq km.) followed by west bengal-1028 and Kerala 860.

India's population growth rate was 1.2%, in 2013. The growth rate of population in India has been caused by annual birth rate, death rate and rate of migration.

- An uneven spatial distribution of population in India suggests a close relationship between population and physical, socioeconomic and historical factors.

- Fertility rate, mortality rate and migration are the demographic factors that affect the distribution of population.

B. Kolkata is the correct answer.

Population density means the number of persons per square kilometre within a given administrative area.

The 2011 census reports the density of the NCT of Delhi as about 11,297 persons per km². Densities calculated for city municipal limits, however, can be much higher for other cities; the municipal-area population density of Kolkata exceeds that of Delhi (NCT) and Mumbai.

Because comparisons here use city/municipal-area densities, Kolkata has the highest population density among the four options.

- Level of urbanization increased from 27.81% in 2001 Census to 31.16% in 2011 Census.

- According to the UN the year 2007 witnessed the turning point when more than 50% of the world population were living in cities, for the first time in human history.