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Population - Distribution, Density, Growth and Composition
‘The agricultural sector has the largest share of Indian workers’. Explain.
The agricultural sector has the largest share of Indian workers. About 58.2% of total working population are cultivators and agricultural labourers, whereas only 4.2% workers are engaged in household industries and 37.6% are other workers including nonhousehold industries like trade and commerce, construction and other works.
The reasons:
(i) Government has failed to provide employment making people to fall back upon agriculture.
(ii)The other sectors have not fully developed in the country.
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Which one of the following states has the highest proportion of urban population in India according to 2001 census?
Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
Very hot and dry and very cold and wet regions of India have low density of population. In the light of the statement explain the role of climate on the distribution of population.
Which states have large rural population in India? Give one reason for such large rural population.
Why do some states of India have higher rates of work participation than others?
‘The agricultural sector has the largest share of Indian workers’. Explain.
Discuss the spatial pattern of density of population in India.
Give an account of the occupational structure of India’s population.
Name any four most populous states of the country.
Describe physical factors as factor for distribution of population.
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