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Some places in India are densely populated while others are sparsely populated. Substantiate.

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Some places in India are densely populated while others are sparsely populated. It is clear from the following statistics:
(a) Spatial variations of population densities in the country which ranges from low as 13 persons per sq. km in Arunachal Pradesh to 9,340 persons in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
(b) Among the northern Indian states, West Bengal, Bihar &U.P. have high population densities, while Kerala and Tamil Nadu have higher population densities among the peninsular Indian states.
(c) States like Assam, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand and Odisha have moderate densities.
(d) The hill states of the Himalayan region and North-eastern states of India have relatively low densities (except Assam).
(e) The Union Territories (excluded Andaman & Nicobar) have very high densities of population.
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