India is the second populous country in the world. It comes second to China .According to the census report of 2001 the population of India is 1,028,737,436 million. In this men are 532.223,090 million and women comprise 496,514,346 million. Density of population is 324/ sq km. West Bengal is the most densely populated state (903). Bihar and Kerala come in the next positions. According to the report Uttar Pradesh is the state with highest population. There are 166,197,921 people. Sikkim is the state where the lowest population is recorded (540,851).