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| Received
12-May-2014 |
Accepted
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Published
12-May-2014 |
Abstract
With a mammoth rural population
of 833 million, India bids a large
rural market. The countrys rural
market scenario is changing because
of increasing literacy,
awareness of improved living
standards, and modernization in
the attitude, outlook and lifestyles
of the rural folk, both males
and females. Rural demographics
serve valuable information to
the stakeholders of rural areas
and provide useful supplementary
input for policy dialogue. This
article covers four demographic
areas viz., population size, population
growth rate, sex ratio and
literacy rate. The objective of
this paper is to examine the
trends, decadal differences and
present scenario of selected demographics
with emphasis on rural-
urban distribution of population
in the country.
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