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Question
Read the graph in Fig. below and answer the following questions:
- What was the percentage of urbanisation in 1961?
- In which decade was urbanisation the highest?
- In which decade was the growth of urbanisation lowest?
- What inference can you draw regarding India’s urbanisation after reading the graph?
- In which decade is the percentage of urbanization 27.8?
- What is the difference between the percentage of urbanisation from 1971 and 1981?
Solution
- The percentage of urbanisation in 1961 was 18%.
- The highest urbanization took place in the decade 1971–1981.
- The growth of urbanisation was lowest in the decade 1961–1971.
- After reading the graph, we can say that urbanisation in India is slowly but continuously rising.
- In 2001, the percentage of urbanisation was 27.8.
- The difference between the percentage of urbanisation from 1971 and 1981 is 5.1%.
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| Year | India |
| 1961 | 18.0 |
| 1971 | 18.2 |
| 1981 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 25.7 |
| 2001 | 27.8 |
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- In which decade was the growth of urbanization highest?
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| 1961 | 18.0 |
| 1971 | 18.2 |
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| 1991 | 25.7 |
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| 2011 | 31.2 |
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