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Population - Distribution, Density, Growth and Composition
Define the term ‘growth of population’. Describe the third (III) phase of growth of population in India.
Growth of population is the change in the number of people living in a particular area between two points of time.
Third (III) phase of growth of population :
(i) The decades are 1951-1981 .
(ii) This is the period of population explosion in India .
(iii) It was caused by a rapid fall in the mortality rate but a high fertility rate of population in the country.
(iv) It is in this period, after the Independence, that developmental activities were introduced through a centralised planning process and economy started showing up ensuring the improvement of living condition of people at large.
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India’s population as per 2001 census is:
Which one of the following states has the highest density of population in India?
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.
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