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Ultimate resource
People are a nation’s greatest
resource. nature’s bounty
becomes significant only
when their demands and
abilities that turn them into
resource.
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Distribution of population
The way in which people are spread across the earth
surface is know as the pattern of population
distribution.
More than 90% of the world’s population lives in about
10%of land surface.
The distribution of population in the world is
extremely uneven.

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Density of population
 Population density is the number of people living in a
unit area of the earth’s surface.
 It is normally expressed as per square km.
 The average density population in the whole world is
45 persons per square km.

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Factors affecting distribution of
population.
Geographical factors-
Topography-people prefer to live on plains rather than
mountains and plateaus because these areas are
suitable for farming, manufacturing and some more
human consumptions
Climate-people usually avoid extreme climates that
are very hot or very cold

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Soil-fertile soil provides suitable land or agriculture.

Water-people prefer to live in areas where fresh water

is easily available.

minerals-areas with mineral deposits are densely

populated.

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Social, cultural and economical factors-
social-areas of better housing, education and health
facilities are densely populated.
eg.- pune
cultural-Places with religion or cultural significance
attract people.
Eg.- varanasi
economic-industrial areas provide employment
opportunities and people are attracted to those places.

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Factors affecting population change.
Birth rate
Death rate
Migration
emigration

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Population pyramid
It show that-
 The total population group
divided into various age
groups.
 The percentage of the total
population, subdivided into
males and females, in each of
those groups.

Population pyramid

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Glossary
natural growth rate-the difference between the birth
rate and the death rate o a country.
Emigrants-people who leave a country.
Immigrants-people who arrive in a country.
Life expectancy-it is the number of years that an
average person can expect to live.

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Do you know?
The government of India has a ministry of human
resource development. The ministry was created in
1985 with an aim to improve people’s skills. This just
shows how important people are as a resource for the
country.
Average density of population in India is 324 persons
per sq. km.

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1.
a. how population in a
Which specific area changes over
does the time.
b. the no. of people who die
term in relation to the no. of
population people born in a specified
area.
distributio c. the way in which people
n refer to? are spread across a given area.

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2.
a. births, deaths and
Which are
marriage.
the main
b. births, deaths and
factors migration.
that cause c. births, deaths and
population life expectancy.
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3.
a. 1 billion
In 1999,the
b. 3 billion
world
c. 6 billion
population
reached

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4.
a. a graphical presentation of
What is a the age, gender composition
population of a population.
b. when the population
pyramid? density of an area is so high
that people live in tall
buildings.
c. pattern of population
distribution in large urban
areas.
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