Question

What is the composition of India’s population ?

Answer 1

Rural – Urban Composition

An important indicator of social and economic characteristics is the composition of population by their respective places of residence. For the first time since Independence, the absolute increase in population is more in urban areas that in rural areas. Rural – Urban distribution: 68.84% & 31.16%. Level of urbanization increased from 27.81% in 2001 Census to 31.16% in 2011 Census. The proportion of rural population declined from 72.19% to 68.84%  

Linguistic Composition

The speakers of major Indian languages belong to four language families, which have their sub-families and branches or groups.

Religious Composition

Religion is one of the most dominant forces affecting the cultural and political life of the most of Indians. Since religion virtually permeates into almost all the aspects of people’s family and community lives, it is important to study the religious composition in detail.  Population Growth rate of various religion has come down in the last decade (2001-2011). Hindu Population Growth rate slowed down to 16.76 % from previous decade figure of 19.92% while Muslim witness sharp fall in growth rate to 24.60% (2001-2011) from the previous figure of 29.52 % (1991-2001). Such sharp fall in population growth rate for Muslims didn't happened in the last 6 decades. Christian Population growth was at 15.5% while Sikh population growth rate stood at 8.4%. The most educated and wealthy community of Jains registered least growth rate in 2001-2011 with figure of just 5.4%.  The Growth rate of Hindus, Muslims and Christian is expected to fall more in upcoming 2021 census while other religions like Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism are expected to remain stable for next 2 decades considering already slowed down growth rate of these religions.

Answer 2

Hi there,

There are several compositions distribution by individual attributes like age, sex, marriage etc. Population is divided into two parts Urban and Rural. Here are some of the compositions of India's population.

1. Rural - Urban Composition: It is described as the place of residence and size of their settlement of the people. After Independence there is growth in population in the Urban areas. The ratio is 68.84% to 31.16% to rural to Urban.
2. Linguistic Composition: This composition is based on the language of people.
3. Religious Composition: This composition based on Religious Belief. In india religion affects cultural life of individual. The population of HIndu is 79.80%, Muslim 14.23%, Christian 2.30%, Sikh 1.72%.

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