Impact of Overpopulation on Land Use Pattern: A Contextual Analysis of Sustainable Natural Resources

Overpopulation and industrialization are laying pressure on land and water resources at a critical level. India is one of the most vulnerable developing countries having the second-largest human agglomeration of the world after China and suffering from the problem of overuse of land and water resources utilization that decrease crop production. According to the CIA World Fact Book -Land use (2016) total agricultural land of India is only 60.5% of total land area; out of which arable land is 52.8 percent and only 4.2 percent land is under permanent crops. As per the Report of Statistics Time (2018) India having 26th rank in the world with 455 persons per sq. km area. The average population density in India is 382 persons per sq. km (Census of India, 2011), while the physiological or nutritional density of India registers 613 persons per sq. km (2011). Analysis of the population and nutritional density indicates that in a small period of time 78 persons were increased that shows how much pressure will be increased on the natural  resources in context to satisfy the demand of food as well as creating social, environmental, ecological and health problems