Demographic Attributes — Chapter Summary
ICSE · Class 12 · Geography
Summary of Demographic Attributes for ICSE Class 12 Geography. Part of the ICSE Class 12 Geography syllabus. Demographic attributes are the main features.
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Overview
Demographic attributes are the main features used to study the composition of population. They include rural and urban residence, sex composition, age composition, literacy, and working population. These features show how people live, how they are distributed, and how they participate in economic li
Key Concepts
Population is classified by place
Population is classified by place of residence into rural population and urban population. Rural population lives in villages and depends mainly on pr
Urbanisation is the process of society's
Urbanisation is the process of society's transformation from a predominantly rural to a predominantly urban population. It includes both an increase i
Sex ratio means number of females
Sex ratio means number of females per 1,000 males in the population. A ratio above 1,000 shows more females than males, while a ratio below 1,000 show
Population is grouped into young
Population is grouped into young, adult, and old age categories. The adult group is called the working age group. A large young population increases d
Literacy means the ability to read
Literacy means the ability to read and write a simple message with understanding. From 1991 onward, children aged 0-6 are treated as illiterate by def
Learning Objectives
- Understand the meaning of demographic attributes and their major components
- Explain rural and urban population and the process of urbanisation
- Describe sex composition and sex ratio in India
- Analyse age composition and its significance for dependency and manpower
- Understand literacy rate, crude literacy rate, and effective literacy rate
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