Describe the development of population of geography in india?
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The origin of population geography as a separate topical study in human geography in India can be traced back to as early as the close of 1950s. Geographers associated with Punjab University, Chandigarh, played a pioneering role in the development of the sub-discipline in the country. Over a short span of little over four decades, population geography has grown into a major area of research and teaching in the overall scheme of systematic geography all over the country.
Though some studies on population distribution and density by geographers did appear earlier, G.S. Gosal’s doctoral work in 1956, under the supervision of G.T. Trewartha, was the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of India’s population in geographical perspective. Gosal’s work provided an initial framework for population studies in geography in the country and was followed by a number of similar studies by his colleagues using data on lower level, i.e., villages and towns (Gosal, 1984:206). Punjab University has the distinction of being the first university to incorporate a component on population geography in teaching at post-graduate level in the early 1960s.
Though some studies on population distribution and density by geographers did appear earlier, G.S. Gosal’s doctoral work in 1956, under the supervision of G.T. Trewartha, was the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of India’s population in geographical perspective. Gosal’s work provided an initial framework for population studies in geography in the country and was followed by a number of similar studies by his colleagues using data on lower level, i.e., villages and towns (Gosal, 1984:206). Punjab University has the distinction of being the first university to incorporate a component on population geography in teaching at post-graduate level in the early 1960s.
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