CHAPTER 6
Manpower: Demographic Profile
India is one of the most populous countries of the world, occupying second place after China and accounting for 16.7 percent of the world population, but having only 2.42 percent of the total world area (32,87,590 km²). Population constitutes the human resources of a country, which is vital for economic growth. To have a basic understanding of the population problem of a country, one should have complete knowledge of the basic features of the population of that country. The demographic features provide knowledge about the density of population, age composition, sex composition, literacy rate, life expectancy, rural–urban ratio, diversity, growth and quality of population, and so on. The study of demographic ...
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