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The document discusses the phenomenon of population explosion in India, highlighting the disparity between declining death rates and stable birth rates. It provides statistical insights into population trends, gender ratios, age distribution, and factors influencing high birth rates and low death rates. Additionally, it outlines measures to control population growth, including education, family planning, and improvements in women's status.

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Population

The document discusses the phenomenon of population explosion in India, highlighting the disparity between declining death rates and stable birth rates. It provides statistical insights into population trends, gender ratios, age distribution, and factors influencing high birth rates and low death rates. Additionally, it outlines measures to control population growth, including education, family planning, and improvements in women's status.

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Population

- CA Mohit Taparia

Economics
12th Gujarat board

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Population explosion
India's death-rate has fallen rapidly and as against it, birth-rate has not
fallen to that extent, which has resulted in rise in net population which is
known as population explosion.
Population trends in India

Trends of population in India includes, size of population, population growth


rate, birth-rate, death-rate, rural-urban population, proportion of female to
male population etc. and their related statistical information alongwith their
interpretation and analysis.

First population census was conducted in 1871 owing to the initiative of


Jamshedji Tata
1. Size and growth rate of India’s population
Analyses or conclusions
2. Male and female population in India
3. Gender ratio in India
The number of females in the country per 1000 males is identified as Sex ratio or Gender
ratio or female-male ratio.
According to 2011 data for every thousand males, there were 1084 females in Kerala. The
lowest female population per 1000 males was 879 in Haryana.
4. Age wise population in India
Age-Wise Population of India

Age groups 2005 2010 2011 2014


(years)
0-14 32.78 30.89 30.5 29.21
15 - 64. 62.44 63.99 64.3 65.3
65 and above. 04.78 05.12 5.2 5.49

Source : Census of India, 2011 *estimated


5. Ruler and urban population in India
Birth Rate Death Rate
Causes of high Birth-rate

Social factors Economic factors Other factors

1. Universality of 1. Low level of 1. High fertility


marriage education rate
2. Early marriage and 2. Low-level income 2. Lack of family
widow remarriage 3. High infant planning
3. Preference for male mortality rate information
child
4. Joint family system
Causes of low death rate:
1. Improvement in standard of living
2. Control over epidermic‘s
3. Control on Drought
4. Protection against natural calamities and transportation facilities

Measures to control population:

1. Mass education and awareness


2. Effectiveness of family planning programme
3. Increasing the age of marriage and raising the status of women
4. Incentives and disincentives
5. Expansion in medical services and its growing effectiveness

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