Introduction
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The people are important to
develop the economy and the society.
The people
make and use resources and are themselves resources with varying quality.
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Coal is but a
piece of rock until people were able to invent technology to obtain it and make it a ‘resource’.
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‘Resources’, ‘calamities’, and ‘disasters’
are all meaningful only in relation to human beings.
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Their
numbers, distribution, growth, and characteristics or qualities
provide the basic background for understanding and appreciating all aspects of the environment.
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Human beings are
producers and consumers of the earth’s resources.
Therefore, it is important to know how many people are there in a country, where they live, how and why their numbers are increasing, and what are their characteristics.
- The census of India provides us with information regarding the population of our country.
Census
- A census is an official enumeration of population done periodically.
- In India, the first census was held in the year 1872 .
- The first complete census was taken in the year 1881.
- Since then, censuses have been held regularly every tenth year .
- The Indian Census is the most comprehensive source of demographic, social and economic data.
