for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in to provide an umbrella framework to all skilling activities being carried out within the country, and to align these to common standards and link skilling with demand centres. It appears from the above discussion that the growth rate of population is widely variant over space and time in the country and also highlights various social problems related to the growth of population. However, in order to have a better insight into the growth pattern of population it is also necessary to look into the social composition of population. PPPPPopula opula opula opula opulation Composition tion Composition tion Composition tion Composition tion Composition Population composition is a distinct field of study within population geography with a vast coverage of analysis of age and sex, place of residence, ethnic characteristics, tribes, language, religion, marital status, literacy and education, occupational characteristics, etc.
In this section, the composition of Indian population with respect to their rural-urban characteristics, language, religion and pattern of occupation will be discussed. Rural – Urban Composition Composition of population by their respective places of residence is an important indicator of social and economic characteristics. This becomes even more significant for a country where about . per cent of its total population lives in village ( ).