Population growth and change

Question 1

What does population depend upon?

Answer 1

birth, death and migration.

Question 2

What is birth rate, death rate and migration?

Answer 2

1. Birth rate: The number of children born per thousand people in a year.
2. Death rate: The number of people died per thousand people in a year.
3. Migration can be internal or international.

Question 3

What is the rural urban composition of India?

Answer 3

1. 2/3 rds live in rural areas due to agriculture being the main occupation.
2. 90.2 crore live in rural areas whereas 47.2 crore live in urban areas as per 2011 census.
3. Growth rate has been decreased in rural areas but it has increased in urban areas.

Question 4

What is the adolescent group?

Answer 4

1. they are the significant parts of the population.
2. They comprise 1/5th of the population.
3. they range from 10-19 years.

Question 5

What is sex ratio?

Answer 5

1. Sex ration fo population is determined by the number of females for every 1000 males.
2. This helps in understanding the equality of men and women.
3. The sex ration of India has been lower. States like Kerala and Union territory of Puducherry has had a higher sex ratio than other states.

Question 6

What is the literacy rate fo India?

Answer 6

1. According to the 2011 census literacy is the ability of a person of 7 years and above to read and write in any language.
2. Literacy rate of india is almost 74.04% (2016).