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Demographic Profile of
IndiaIntroduction
Characteristics of Indian Population
Population growthAge
Sex
Religion
Language
Occupation
National Policy on Population
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Common concepts &
Indicators
Birth Rate: Total number of live births in a particular
area on per thousand population.
Death Rate : Number of deaths in a given area duringa given time per thousand population.
Growth rate of population: Difference between birth
rate & death rate.
Fertility rate : Number of live births per 1000 womanin the age group of 15- 49 years.
Infant mortality rate: death rates of babies less than 1
year.
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Characteristics of Indian
PopulationIndian population exhibit the following characteristics:
Age Structure : In Indian population there are
significant number of people in the age structure of 0-14 (37.8%) & in the age group of 15 to 59 there are
55.5% & 6.7% to 60+ age group. Effects of this age
structure in economy is adverse to development.
Sex Composition : The sex ratio in Indian population
is 927 females per 1000 males in 1991census. It is
continuously declining since 1951. It has serious
implication on marriage rate, death rate birth rate etc.
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Indian Population (Cont.)MaritalStatus : In India 50.4% are unmarried,
44.6% are married and rest are widowed, separated
etc. Mean age of marriage is 19.4 for females & 24.7for females. Depending on education, region or
occupation this age varies both for males & females.
Rural-Urban Settlement: Of the total population
28.3% is urban and 71.7% is rural (in1998). It shows
considerable increase in than 1951( 17.3%). Rural tourban migration are there 26.6%(approx).
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Indian population ( Cont.)Occupationalstructure : Only 44.86% people in
India in the age group of 15-59 are economically
active & the rest are dependent on them. In terms ofsex only 67.6% of males are working where as 32.4
% females are working.
LiteracyRate: Literacy level in India is quite high
52.21% were found literate of which 64.13% are
males and 39.29% are females. The highest literacy
rate was found in Kerala.
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ContinuationLanguage : Of the 15 major language Hindi is used
by majority (43%). Then came the turn ofBengali,
Telugu & Marathi (8%) each.
Religious Composition : Hindus & Muslims are
dominating religions of the country. Other religions do
exist.
Schedule Caste & schedule Tribe : According to
1991 census roughly 1 in every 4 persons in India
belongs to either SC or ST.
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Synopsis
Definition & types of demography.
Some common concepts.
Characteristics of Indian population on the basis ofage, sex, marital status, rural-urban settlement,
occupation, language ,religion, literacy & ST/SC
structure.
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World Population growth
Globally, the growth rate of the human population has
been steadily declining .
although the last 50 years have seen a rapidincrease in population due to medical advances and
massive increase in agricultural productivity made by
the Green Revolution.
Total world population 6.684 billion.
India is the second largest populated state of the
world.
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Population Growth of
IndiaThe post World War-II period witnessed
population explosion all over the world.
Indian population growth is subdivided into 3distinct phases-
a) From 1901- 1931 (17%) - sporadic
b) From 1931-1961 (57.4%) rapidc) From 1961-1999 ( 127.4%) - explosive
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A Table Presentation
Year Population ( in
Million)
1600 1001800 120
1901 238.4
1951 361.1
1991 846.3
2001 1029
2007 1134
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State wise distribution
India has 35 states & U.T with varying population
size.
They are classified into 2 broad categories I. Major states with population of more than 20 million
II. Smaller states and Union Territories with less than
20 million.
Total population of 17 major states counts for 982.32million i.e. 95 % .
6 U.T. shares 2.7 million only 0.26 %
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Regional shares of projected
population
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