Population of India

POPULATION OF INDIA
Man is the creator of all the wealth, said Karl Marx, and without man, all other resources remain ideal. Thus, man is the central focus points of all development efforts. Man produces wealth and wealth is produced for the use of mankind. Hence, population of a country is a crucial factor in the development of its economy. The literal meaning of population is “the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region”. Among the countries, India ranks second in population and seventh in land area. It has 15% of the population and 2.3% of the area of the world. India’s national income which is barely two percent of the total global income clearly shows the tremendous strain of population.
According to the 2011 census, the total population of India was around 1210 million (121.0 crore) as against 1028 million (102.8 crore) persons in 2001. From this, it is clear that India’s population is increasing at a vast rate. Is population a boon or a curse? India’s population explosion is a curse and is damaging to the development of the country and its society. Population of India is a big problem of Indian economic growth. India, on verge of becoming a developed country, I still, a developing one. The reason behind is-“Overpopulation”.
The main factors affecting the population change are the birth rate, death rate and migration. The population growth potential in India is high on two counts: first the base population is large and second, a reduction of death rate without a corresponding decline in the birth rate is highly improbable. Mortality has become primarily a function of the application of medical science and can be spectacularly reduced by measures of sanitary reform, better transportation and distribution facilities. Reducing the birth rate is a much more complex matter involving radical social adjustment which has hitherto been resistant to change. Unfortunately, the death rate is declining, and there are reasonable chances that it...