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Population pyramid and sex ratio
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उत्तर
1. Demographers use population pyramids to describe age and genderwise distribution of population.
2. The Y-axis in the centre of this graph shows age groups while X-axis shows population or percentage of population in specific age groups.
3. The lengths of bars show the number of percentage of population.
4. The left side of graph represents the males while the right side represents the females.
5. The ratio between the number of women and men in the population is called the sex ratio. In India, it is calculated by using the formula:
Sex ratio = `"Total Female population"/"Total Male population"`× 1000
6. The gender distribution in a country is an important demographic characteristic and the sex ratio is an important information about the status of women in a country.
7. On an average, the world population reflects a sex ratio of 990 females per 1000 males.
8. In general, Asia has a low sex ratio.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A: Assertion: In the population pyramid, a broad base indicates a high number of children in a country.
R: Reasoning: Broad apex is an indicator of the high number of elderly in a country
Answer the following question in about 30 words.
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“In some countries of the world, the sex ratio is unfavourable to women.” Give one reason.
Which attribute does not distinguish people?
The aging population has aged more than ______.
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Which of the following pairs is not matched correctly?
Study the given graph carefully and answer the following question:
Intra-state Migration by place of Last Residence Indicating Migration Streams India, 2011
Inter-state Migration by Place of Last Residence Indicating Migration Streams India, 2011
Who dominates rural to rural migration in inter-state migration?
Study the given graph carefully and answer the following question:
Intra-state Migration by place of Last Residence Indicating Migration Streams India, 2011
Inter-state Migration by Place of Last Residence Indicating Migration Streams India, 2011
What is the main cause of female migration from rural to urban?
Observe the following graph and answer the question given below.
- Which region has the highest literacy rate?
- Which region has the lowest literacy rate?
- In which region does women fare better than men in literacy rate?
- Write a concluding paragraph about the graph.
- What does this graph tells us?
