Dr. Susmita Paul
Volume-XII, Issue-III, April 2024
Volume-XII, Issue-III, April 2024 | ||
Published Online: 30.04.2024 | Page No: 228-237 | |||
Population Growth in India (1951-2011): A Study Dr. Susmita Paul, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Jagannath Singh College, Udharbond, Cachar, Assam, India. | |
Rapid growth of population has become a major concern for the developing countries like India. Pressure of heavy population contains balanced and inclusive growth along with sustainable development. India experienced heavy population growth in the twentieth century. This particular study tries to examine the population growth in India along with the decadal growth rate for the period 1951-2011. This study also tries to examine the variation in the trends in growth of rural and urban population in India and also the changes in the density of population in India for the same period. The study uses secondary data available in Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2022-23. The study uses tools like tables, graphs, etc. for analysing the data. The study finds that the decadal growth rate of population in India had increased from 21.51% during 1951-1961 to 24.80% during 1961-1971, but gradually declined to 17.70% during 2001-2011. In absolute terms India’s population increased from 361088 thousand in 1951 to 1210855 thousand in 2011, i.e., more than 3 fold increase. The increase in urban population is found to be more than double the increase in rural population during the study period. The study found that there was a tremendous increase in the density of population in India in 2001 and even more in 2011. | |
Keywords: Population growth, decadal growth, rural population, urban population, density of population. |