GROUP MEMBERS :- ARYAMAN APOORV ANUBHAV AKASH ANKUR ALOK ABHAY ABHISHEK

GEOGRAPHYFORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

India population size and distribution by numbers : India population on march 2001 stood at 1,028 million ,which account for 16.7 per cent of the world s population . These 1.02 billion people are unevenly distributed over our country vast area of 3.28 million square km, which account for 2.4 per cent of the worlds area. the 2001 census data reveals that Uttar Pradesh with the population size of 166 million people is the most populous state of India.

POPULATION

On the other end , the Himalayan state Sikkim has a population of just 0.2 million people.

Almost half of India population lives in just 5 states. These are – Uttar Pradesh , Maharashtra , west Bengal and Andhra Pradesh .

Indias population distribution by density population density p rovides a better picture of uneven distribution . Population density is calculated as the number of person per unit area . India is one of the most densely populated countries in the world .only bangladesh and japan have higher average population density then india. the population density of india in the year 2001 was 324 person per square kilometer .assam and most of the peninsular states have modarate population density.

Population is adynamic phenomenon. Population growth :- growth of population refers to the change in the number of inhabitants of a country/territoryduring a specific period of time say during the last 10 years .such a change can be expressed in 2 ways :- 1.) in term of absolute number 2.) in terms of percentage change per year.

Since 1981 growth rate is started declining gradually. during this period birth rate declined rapidly. Still 182 million people were still added to

the total of population in 1990s alone.

BIRTH RATE IS A NUMBER OF LIVE BITHS PER THOUSAND PERSON IN A YEAR .IT IS THE THE MAJOR COMPONENT OF GROWTH BECAUSE IN INDIA, BIRTH RATES HAVE ALWAYS

BEEN HIGHERTHAN THAT OF DEATH RATES.

DEATH RATE IS THE NUMBER OF DEATHS PER TOUSAND PERSON IN A YEAR.THE MAIN CAUSE OF THE RATE OF GROWTH THE INDIAN POPULATION HAS BEEN RAPID DECLINE IN DEATH RATES.

PROCESSES OF POPULATION CHANGE :

THE THIRD COMPONENT OF POPULATION GROWTH IS MIGRATION . MIGRATION IS THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE ACROSS REGIONS AND TERRITORIES.MIGRATION CAN BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL.

AGE COMPOSITION

THE AGE COMPOSITION OF APOPULATION REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENTAGE GROUPS IN THE COUNTRY

LITERACY RATES

Literacy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947.Although this was a greater than six fold improvement, the level is

well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and of all nations, India currently has the largest illiterate population. Despite government

programmers, India's literacy rate increased only "sluggishly," and a 1990 study estimated that it would take until 2060 for India to achieve universal

literacy at then-current rate of progress. 

Occupational structure

The distribution of the population according to different types of occupation is referred to as the occupational structure.

Primary activities includes agriculture , animal husbandry etc. secondary activities includes manufacturing industries building etc. tertiary activities include transport , commerce etc.

HEALTH

Health is an important component of population composition which affects the process of development . Sustained efforts of government programmers have registered significant improvement in the health condition of the Indian population . Death rates have declined from 25 per 1000 population in 1951 to 8.1 per1000 in 2001.

NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY

the npp 2000 provides a policy framework for imparting free and compulsory school education up to 14 years of age , reducing infant mortality rate to below 30 per 1000 live births , achieving universal immunisation of children against all vaccine preventable disease promoting delayed marriage for girls and making family welfare a people - centered programme.

Recognizing that the planning of families would improve individual health and welfare , the government of India initiated

the comprehensive family planning programme in 1952. it has sought to promote responsible and planned parenthood on a

voluntary basis .