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SAI International School
Grade-IX, Sub: Geography

Ch6- Population
Sub Topic1- Introduction, India’s Population Size and Distribution

Sub-topics Lesson Notes

Introduction, Introduction
India’s
Population • People make and use resources. They are also considered as resources having
Size and different quality.
Distribution
by number- • Population (total number of persons inhabiting a particular place like city, state,
(page no- country etc.) is the central element in social studies. It is the point of reference from
53,54) which all other elements are observed.

• The terms like ‘Resources’, ‘calamities’ and ‘disasters’ are all meaningful only in
relation to human beings.

• Their numbers, distribution, growth and characteristics or qualities provide the
basic background for understanding and appreciating all aspects of the
environment.

• Human beings are producers as well as consumers of the resources so
information about population of a country such as their size, distribution are
important.

• A census is an official enumeration of population done periodically. In India the
first census was held in the year 1872.

• The census of India provides us with information regarding the population of our
country. The data provided by the census cover below three major questions about
the population:
→ Population size and distribution
→ Population growth and processes of population change
→ Characteristics or qualities of the population

Size and distribution

• As per March 2011, India’s population stood at 1210.6 million, which account
for 17.5 percent of the world’s population.

• According to the data, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state of India with a
population size of 199 million, which account for 16 percent of total India's
population.