LITERACY RATE AND DENSITY OF POPULATION IN Maharashtra

1. Density of population

2. • Density of Population’ is denned as the number
of persons per square kilometer. It is an
important index of population which shows
concentration of population in a particular area.
As per the provisional population totals of Census
2011, the population density of India has gone up
to 382 persons per square kilometer from 325
persons per square kilometer in 2001. On an
average, 57 more people inhabit every square
kilometer in the country as compared to a
decade ago

6. Density of population in Maharashtra
1960-61
1970-71
1980-81
1990-91
2000-01
2010-11
129
164
204
257
315
365

7. Literacy rate in Maharashtra
Literacy rate
1960-61
1970-71
1980-81
1990-91
2000-01
2010-11
35.1
45.8
57.1
64.9
76.9
82.9