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Literacy

Literacy is a very important quality of the population. Labour becomes skilled labour when they become literate or have some skills. Educated people indulge in many intelligent choices and undertake research and development activities. According to Census, a person who can read and write with understanding in any language is treated as literate. India has a literacy rate of 74.04%. In India, the state Kerala has the highest literacy rate with 93.91% as of 2018.


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Sex ratio

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Age structure

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Survey 5 families in your neighbourhood on the basis of the following points and make a presentation.

a. Sex


b. Age group


c. Education


d. Occupation

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• Which city has greater number of newly born children?


• Which city records greater number of deaths?


• Looking at the figures of in-migration and out-migration which city has received more migrants?


• Calculate the population of both the cities in 2017.


• After considering all the points, which city has recorded more growth of population in one year?


• The total numbers of births are given. What would be this figure per thousand population? What is the term for this?


• What would be the number of deaths per thousand populations? What is the term used for this?