india is densely populated
india has two natural zones of thorn forest one in the deccan plateau immediately east of the western ghats and the other in the western part of the indogangetic plain now turned into rich agricultural land by irrigation its features no longer visible
among speakers of the indian languages 74 speak indoaryan languages the easternmost branch of the indoeuropean languages 24 speak dravidian languages indigenous to south asia and spoken widely before the spread of indoaryan languages and 2 speak austroasiatic languages or the sinotibetan languages