Population: Distribution, Density, Growth and Composition increase. This indicates a shift of dependence of workers from farm-based occupations to non-farm based ones, indicating a sectoral shift in the economy of the country. The spatial variation of work participation rate in different sectors in the country (Appendix–v and vA) is very wide. For instance, the states like Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland have very large shares of cultivators.
On the other hand states like Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh have higher proportion of agricultural labourers. The highly urbanised areas like Delhi, Chandigarh and Puducherry have a very large proportion of workers being engaged in other services. This indicates not only availability of limited farming land, but also large scale urbanisation and industrialisation requiring more workers in non-farm sectors. EXERCISES EXERCISES EXERCISES EXERCISES EXERCISES .
Choose the right answers of the followings from the given options. (i) India’s population as per census is : (a) million (c) million (b) million (d) million (ii) Which one of the following states has the highest density of population in India? (a) West Bengal (c) Uttar Pradesh (b) Kerala (d) Bihar (iii) Which one of the following states has the highest proportion of urban population in India according to Census? (a) Tamil Nadu (c) Kerala (b) Maharashtra (d) Goa (iv) Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
(a) Sino – Tibetan (c) Austric (b) Indo – Aryan (d) Dravidian Prepare composite bar graphs, one for India and the other for your respective states showing the proportion of male and female workers in agriculture, household industries and other sectors, and compare. The number of female workers is relatively high in primary sector, though in recent years there has been some improvement in work participation of women in secondary and tertiary sectors. It is important to note that the proportion of workers in agricultural sector in India has shown a decline over the last few decades ( . % in to .
% in ). Consequently, the participation rate in secondary and tertiary sector has registered an Reprint -