Demographic Attributes — Flashcards

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Demographic attributes are the basic characteristics of population such as rural-urban residence, sex composition, age composition, literacy, and working population. They help explain how people are d…

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Rural population lives in villages and is mainly linked with agriculture and allied activities. Urban population lives in towns and cities and is more connected with industry, trade, transport, and se…

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68.84% of India’s population lived in villages and 31.16% lived in urban areas in 2011. This shows that India remained largely rural, even though the urban population was very large in absolute number…

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India can be called a country of villages because 68.84% of the population lived in rural areas in 2011. Rural life still formed the larger share of the population, and many people depended on primary…

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Urbanisation is the process of society’s transformation from a predominantly rural to a predominantly urban population. It involves growth in the number of people living in urban settlements and growt…

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The share of urban population rose slowly from 10.85% in 1901 to 13.86% in 1941. It then increased to 17.29% in 1951 and reached 31.16% in 2011. This shows a long-term rise in urbanisation.

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Goa is the most urbanised state overall, with 62.17% of its population living in urban areas. This is the highest urban share among states.

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Tamil Nadu is the most urbanised among the larger states, with 48.45% urban population. It is followed by Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Punjab.