Question

Who is the present Registrar General and Census Commissioner in India?

• A. Amitabh Kant
• B. Rajiv Kumar
• C. Mritunjay Kumar Narayan
• D. Rajesh Bhushan

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Mritunjay Kumar Narayan

India Human Aspects

• The study of population is called demography.

• John Graunt is the Father of Demographic Studies.

• First census was held in 1872, but it was not a synchronised census. First synchronised census was held in 1881. Since then, census is conducted every ten years. The last census was conducted in 2011, which was the 15th census in this continuous series recorded from 1872 and the seventh census since independence

• Census 2011 was the 15th National census of the country.

• Dr C. Chandramouli was the sole in- charge of the Census 2011.

• Mritunjay Kumar Narayan is the current Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India

• The number of people dwelling at a place during a particular period of time is called population. A country is known by its people.

• Population is largely concentrated in the northern plains.

• Throughout the peninsular plateau the population is moderate. This is because of the lack of conditions favouring agriculture as well as inaccessibility. But mining, minera based industries etc., make some regions of the peninsular plateau populous. The development in transport and communication has also accelerated this.

• The total land area of India is 3.28 million square kilometres. That is about 2.5% of the total land area of the world. But India accommodates 17.5% of the total population of the world. From this it can be estimated that 328 people occupy each square kilometre area of land. This is the density of population of India.

• The average population of every square kilometre is called as density of population. Density of population can be calculated by dividing the total population by the total land area.

• India stands third in population density after Bangladesh and Japan. There is wide regional variation in the density of population within India.

• As per the census 2011, Arunachal Pradesh with just 17 persons per square kilometre is the least densely populated and Delhi with 11297 persons per square kilometre is the most densely populated.

• Among states Bihar (1102) is the most densely populated