As per the 2011 Census of India, which district of Madhya Pradesh has the least population density?

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Correct — A, Dindori. Dindori, a hilly, heavily forested tribal district in Madhya Pradesh's Mahakoshal region (carved out of the erstwhile Mandla district in 1998), recorded the lowest population density among MP's districts in the 2011 Census — its large forest cover and hill terrain leave little land under dense settlement or intensive cultivation.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Alirajpur is also a sparsely populated, forested tribal district (carved from Jhabua), but its 2011 density was higher than Dindori's.  (c) Niwari, carved out of Tikamgarh district in 2018, did not exist as a separate district at the time of the 2011 Census, so it cannot be the answer to a Census-2011 question.  (d) Mandla, the parent district Dindori was carved out of, is also forested and tribal, but its 2011 density was higher than Dindori's.

Concept: Population density in Madhya Pradesh varies sharply between the fertile, urbanised Malwa-Nimar belt (Indore, Bhopal — dense) and the forested, hilly, tribal-dominated Mahakoshal and Vindhyan districts (Dindori, Mandla, Alirajpur — sparse). Density tracks terrain, forest cover and urbanisation, not district area alone.

State PCS 2022 Q15 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2022 Q15 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer