Why 50% of Indians Live North of This Line

[Mista]

 

[K_Bin_W]

Could it be something to do with river/water?

 

[Maula Jatt]

Just like most of Pakistan lives east of the Indus, most Russians live west of the ural mountains in Europe, most Americans Live east of the Mississippi river, most Chinese live on the Eastern side, most of the Australian populace is located on the southern Coast

For old world like China, Pakistan, Russia it's because of agriculture, habitable land etc
For US and Australia - it's coast and first mover thing as most people in the beginning settled on the Eastern and southern side respectively

This is actually a very common phenomenon across the world

If anything Indian pop is more balanced compared to most countries

 

[Drizzt]

Yes, thats the northern area where perennial Glacial rivers, Ganga, Yamuna, and its tributaries etc flow. also catchment area where lot of monsoons fall.
Punjab, UP, Bihar, West Bengal. If you add Bangladesh, its more than 50%
This area is also called Cow belt, its under Developed.

 

[Bilal9]

Yes, thats the northern area where perennial Glacial rivers, Ganga, Yamuna, and its tributaries etc flow. also catchment area where lot of monsoons fall.
Punjab, UP, Bihar, West Bengal. If you add Bangladesh, its more than 50%
This area is also called Cow belt, its under Developed.

It's also called for the most part "sick" or BIMARU. BIhar, MAdhya pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. Let's not drag Bangladesh in there with BIMARU states economy-wise. Bangladesh has even more riverine land than these cow belt places, therefore more dense population wise because amount of arable land is much higher.

Bangladesh GDP per capita Nominal is higher than these states. And on average better than India.