Question

Study the given data and answer the following questions:

S. No.	Name of the State/Union Territory	Total Population
		2001	2011
1.	N.C.T. of Delhi	1,38,50,507	1,67,53,235
2.	Uttar Pradesh	16,61,97,921	19,95,81,477
3.	Bihar	8,29,98,509	10,38,04,637
4.	West Bengal	8,01,76,197	9,13,47,736

1. Identify the state with the highest growth rate of population.
2. Calculate the absolute growth of population for the state mentioned by you in the question above.

Answer 1

(i) Bihar

Growth rate = `(P_2-P_1)/P_2xx100`

P₁ = Population of the base year

P₂ = Population of the current year

P₂ = 10,38,04,637

P₁ = 8,29,98,509

P₁ – P₂ = 2,08,06,128

Growth rate = `(2,08,06,128)/(10,38,04,637)xx100`

Growth rate = 2%

(ii) Absolute growth = (10,38,04,637 – 8,29,98,509)

Absolute growth = 2,08,06,128