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प्रश्न
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Rural-urban structure of population
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उत्तर
- The division of population into rural and urban is based on the residence of the population.
- This division is necessary because rural and urban lifestyles differ from each other in terms of their livelihood and social conditions.
- The age-sex-occupational structure, density of population and level of development vary between rural and urban areas.
- The criteria for differentiating rural and urban population varies from country to country.
- In general terms, rural areas are those where people are mainly engaged in primary activities and urban areas are those where majority of the working population is engaged in non-primary activities.
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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
Give geographical reason
Less population is engaged in agriculture in developed countries
Answer the following question in about 30 words.
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Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
