What is population density?
The number of individuals per unit area or volume. It can be calculated as
P.D. = N/S (where N = Number of people in a region)
S = Number of unit areas in a region
According to 1991 census, population density of India was 267 person/square km. while it was 324 person/sq.km. in 2001.
When did demography acquire its modern form?
During which time-period census began in India?
From which year decennial censuses are being conducted in a regular manner in India?
For what purposes the importance of demographic data is much greater?
What does Emile Durkheim state in a report after survey of different countries in the world?
Why is distinction made between formal and social demography?
What problems have in India because of over-population?
Who was Thomas Robert Malthus and why is he famous?
What does Malthus write in an essay on the principle of population, 1798 CE?
What are the chief characteristics of Malthusian theory of population growth?
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