Question for homework.
Write an analysis of population density in one state of India. Account for patterns and areas of high/low density. Discuss urban/rural population, people per household and BR/DR/FR/IMR etc.
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In this case study I will be looking at one state , that is Punjab, and compare the differences of the population density between two districts, one rural and one urban, within that state, I will do this by looking at the birth rate, death rate fertility rate and infant mortality rate etc. And examining the fact and analysing them which led to the differences.
In Jalandhar, the rural district, we see that the population is 1,962,700. In Amritsar, the urban district, the population is 3,096,077. The population is much larger in Amritsar, and we can say that Amritsar is a more urbanised area in Punjab. This is because the government have spent much money to develop the area as it’s a major city of tourism due to the location of the golden temple. This has also attracted both tourist and many people from rural areas. So the increase in population adds to the increase of population density in that area. In Jalandhar we see that as it’s a rural district the population stays low therefore this plays one major role in leading to the low population density. Another point that I feel is correlated is that the people per household is proportionate to the number of population. This is because as the area of the district is limited when there is an increase in the population the average space per person will decrease, this will lead to a rise in the people per household and therefore cause a higher population density. Now looking at Amritsar we can see that the number of people per households is 6, this is a high number is responsible by the high number of population, this number would have been higher if the area was low, but as it was high the number of people per household turned out quite less. In Jalandhar we see that the number of people per household is 5, there not much different between Jalandhar and Amritsar this is because the area of Jalandhar is much smaller to that of Amritsar and this lead to an increase in the number of people per household. Therefore this proves our theory that as the population increases so does the people per household. So these factor effect the population density in a propionate way. I.E. if the population and number of people per household increases so does the population density.
