CENSUSm2011
StatesmStatistics
Highest Lowest
Rajasthan m>mMPm>mMaharashtram>mUPm>mGujarat
Area
mA&Nm>mDelhim>mPuducherry
Population UPm>mMaharashtram>mBihar m>mWB
Population mDensity Bihar m>mWestmBengalm>mKeralam>mUP
Forested mArea MPm>mArunachalmPradesh m>mChhattisgarh
%mForestmArea Lakshadweep m>mMizoram m>mA&N
HDI Keralam>mChandigarh m>mGoa Bihar m<mUPm<mJharkhand
LifemExpectancy Keralam>mDelhim>mKashmir Assam m<mUPm<mMP
Literacy Keralam>mLakshadweep m>mMizoram Bihar m<mAndhramPradesh m<mArunachalmPradesh
FemalemLiteracy Keralam>mMizoram m>mLakshadweep
Poverty Chhatisgarh m>mD&Nm>mJharkhand m>mManipur Andaman m<mLakshadweep m<mGoam<mKeralam<mHP
Keralam>mPondicherry m>mTN
DDm<mDNm<mChandigarh m<mDelhim<mANm<mHaryanam<mKa
Sex mRatio
shmir
Only mPondicherry mand mKeralamabovem1000
<mSikkim
Unemployment Tripuram>mSikkim m>mKerala HPm<mKarnatakam<mChhatisgarh
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HPmand mNagaland mhavemhigh mwork mparticipation mduemto mhi
gh mnumber mof mcultivators
RuralmPopulation UPm>mBihar m>mWB
HPm>mBihar m>mAssam
%mRuralmPopulation
A&Nmis mthemonly mUTmwith m>50%mruralmpopulation
Urban mPopulation Maharashtram>mUPm>mTamilmNadu
%mUrban mPopulation Goam>mMizoram m>mTamilmNadu
Fertility Bihar m>mMeghalayam>mUP/Nagaland Sikkim m<mA&Nm<mPunjab/Kerala/Chandigarh
SectoralmGDP Tertiary m>mSecondary m>mPrimary
Road mDensity Keralam>mWestmBengalm>mTripura
Mumbaim>mDelhim>mKolkatam>mChennaim>mBangalorem
City mPopulation
>mHyderabad
CrudemBrith mRatemper m1000 mhas mdecreased mevery mdecademsincem1901-11
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LargestmLNGmexporter m- mQatar
Largestmproducer mof mSulphur m- mMaharashtra
Coffeemportmof mthemworld m-
mSantos mLebensraum m- mRatzel
Human mGeography m=mPhysicalmEnvironmentmXmSocio-
culturalmenvironmentmTechnology mindicates mlevelmof mculturalmdevelopment
Understandingmof mnaturalmphenomenamhelps min mdevelopingmtechnology
m EnvironmentalmDeterminism m-
mHumans madapted mto mnature, mprimitivemhuman msociety, mlowmtechnologicalmdevelopmentm(Naturlised mHuman) m m Possibilism m-
mNature mprovides mopportunities mand mhuman mbeings mmakemusemof mthesemand mslowly mnaturemgets mhumanised
m Neo mdeterminism m- mGriffith mTaylor m- mMiddlempath mbetween menvironmentalmdeterminism mandmNeo mDeterminism m- mUtilisationmof mnaturemjudiciously
Exploration man Guided mby mimperialmand mtrademinterests mDescri
Early mColonialmPeriod
d mDescription ption mofmareas mto mbetter mexploitmresources
Later mColonialmPeriod RegionalmAnalysis Understandingmparts mand mregions mfor mbetter munderstandingmof mthemwhole
1930s ArealmDifferentiation Focus mon muniqueness mof mamregion mand mhow/why mitmdiffered mfrom mothers
Quantitativemphasem-
1950s-1960s Spatialmorganisation mComputers mand mstatisticalmtoolsmLaws mof mphysics mt
o manalysemhuman mphenomenamIdentify mmappablemp
atterns mfor mhuman mactivities
Againstmthemdehumanised mnaturemof mthemQuantitativemapproach
HumanisticmSchoolm- msocialmwellmbeingmlikemhousing, mhealth mand meducation
1970s Socio-Political RadicalmSchoolm-
mMarxism mto mexplain mpoverty, mdeprivation mand msocialminequality mandmrelated mcontempor
ary mproblems mto mcapitalism
BehaviouralmSchoolm-
memphasis mon mexperiences, mperceptionmof mspacemby msocialmcategories mbaedmon methnicity
,mracemand mreligion
1990s Postmmodernism Againstmgrand mgeneralisations mand mapplicability mof muniversalmtheoriesmEm
phasis mon munderstandingmlocalmcontexts
DEMOGRAPHY
90%mof mpopulation mlives min m10%mof mworld marea
10 mmostmpopulous mcountries m- m60%mof mpopulation m(6 maremlocated min mAsia)
Chinam>mIndiam>mUSAm>mIndonesiam>mBrazilm>mPakistan m>mBangladesh m>mNigeriam>mRussiam>mJapan
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Density Population m/mArea
NEmUSA,mNWmEurope, mSEmAsia,mSmAsiam- m200 mper msq.mkm
Polar mregions,mhotmand mcold mdeserts,mhigh mrainfallmzonesmnear mthemequat
or mWhatminfluences mpopulation mdensity?
Water mavailability m- mmakes mriver mvalleys mmostmpopulated
Terrain m- mPlains maremfavourablemfor magriculturemand mbuildingminfrastructuremlikemroads mand mfactories
Climatem-
mDensely mpopulated mareasmhavemmoderatemclimatesmwith mlowmannual/diurnalmtemperature mranges mand mmoderatemrainfall,
mRegions mwith mharsh mclimatemaremsparsely mpopulated
Soils m- mFertilemsoils m—>mAgriculturem—>mhigh mpopulation m(river mvalleys maremdensely mpopulated mfor msoils mand mwater)
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