Question
Explain the meaning of 'Population Explosion' with reference to India.

Answer

Normally in any country population growth rate goes on increasing and population reaches higher level is known as population explosion.
  • From $1931$ to $2011$ there has been constant increase in the population of India.
  • E.g. In $1951$ the population of India was $36.1$ crore which after $6$ decades in $2011$ has grown to $121.8$ crore.
  • In India average population growth has remained around $2.5$ crore.
  • Special after $1970$ due to high population and high growth rate of population the rapid growth of population in India is explosive.

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