Based on the 1991 Census data on average household size, states in the northern plains like Uttar Pradesh generally had larger households compared to states in the south like Kerala and Tamil Nadu, with West Bengal and Gujarat falling somewhere in between. The sequence Uttar Pradesh > West Bengal represents the highest average household sizes among the listed states, followed by Gujarat and then Kerala.
As per the 1991 Census, the average size of households in terms of number of persons per household in respect of the given states follows the sequence (highest first, lowest last).
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 1996 · Topic: India: Population (Population Size, Growth, and Distribution)
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Answer: B. Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala
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