The environment refers to the things that surround living organisms and their causes of change impact on them, good or bad. The components of the environment include water, air, soil, climate, plants and animals. Human population greatly depends upon these components of the environment and it is influenced by human activities on a daily basis. That brought up a number of environmental issues, including ozone layer depletion, air and water pollution, global warming, acid rain, urban sprawl, garbage disposal, and many others. According to data on global population, India's population expanded from 450.55 million to 1.43 billion people between 1960 and 2023. In 63 years, this represents a rise of 216.5 percent. India's population is growing by more than twice as much as it did for the entire world during the same time span. Due to India's rapid population increase, there is too much dependence on the country's natural resources, that includes water, food, land, minerals and air. This has a variety of adverse impacts on the environment, including the exhaustion of agricultural producing farms, the pollution of water and air, the extinction of some animals and plants utilized for food, urban congestion, poverty, and social issues. These environmental factors make it difficult for the human population to survive. The research paper focuses on the impact of population growth on environmental degradation, special reference to India. The research study is descriptive on the basis of the secondary data. The various government reports, articles, journals and books are referred to collect secondary data. The research paper will examine that there is an urgent need to control population and environmental degradation in India for better health and living of the country's population.