Population

Literacy Rates : Geography

The literacy rate of a country is the percentage of people there who can read and write. In India, our literacy is rising from generation to generation, especially when compared to past century. According to the Census 2011, a person aged 7 years and above, who can read and write with understanding in any language, […]

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Sex Ratio : Geography

The term, “Sex Ratio” refers to the sex distribution of a population which is typically used as an indicator to measure the extent of equality between males and females in a society at a given time. It measures the number of males for every 1000 females within a population. It is one of the important

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Age Composition : Geography

The age distribution is a major source of variation among human populations. In general, populations with a high proportion of young dependents have a high death rate and a low birth rate, while populations with a high proportion of older persons have a low death rate but a high birth rate. The population of a

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Population Growth and Processes of Population Change

The population of the world is unequal in geographic, numerical and space distribution. It consists of individuals belonging to different ethnic groups, speaking different languages and professing different religions. The rapid increase in the population has led the governments to take steps for its control and to formulate effective population policies. Population Growth The growth

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Population : Geography

The population is a crucial element in social studies. Human beings are producers and consumers of the earth’s resources. People have invented technology and made natural resources useful to them. Nature is a source of products and services to be used for consumption by human beings. The human population has been growing at a very

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Natural Vegetation and Wildlife

Wildlife : Geography

Wildlife plays an important role in balancing the environment. Wildlife provides stability to different processes of nature. Wildlife and nature have been largely associated with humans for emotional and social reasons. The term “wildlife” refers to groups of animals that are hard to control through intensive farming or similar processes. In this sense, a group

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