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Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 29 the criteria for differentiating rural and urban population varies from country to country. in general terms rural areas are those where people are engaged in primary activities and urban areas are those when majority of the working population is engaged in non-primary activities. shows rural urban sex composition of selected countries. the rural and urban differences in sex ratio in canada and west european countries like finland are j...
Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 30 in countries like nepal pakistan and india the case is reverse. the excess of females in urban areas of u.s.a. canada and europe is the result of influx of females from rural areas to avail of the vast job opportunities. farming in these developed countries is also highly mechanised and remains largely a male occupation. by contrast the sex ratio in asian urban areas remains male dominated due to the predominance of male migration. it i...
Yojana magazine
Yojana magazine published this article page 31 proportion of literate population of a country in an indicator of its socio-economic development as it reveals the standard of living social status of females availability of educational facilities and policies of government. level of economic development is both a cause and consequence of literacy. in india – literacy rate denotes the percentage of population above 7 years of age who is able to read write and have the ability to do arithmetic ca...
Yojana magazine
Yojana magazine published this article page 32 fishing manufacturing construction commercial transport services communication and other unclassified services. agriculture forestry fishing and mining are classified as primary activities manufacturing as secondary transport communication and other services as tertiary and the jobs related to research and developing ideas as quaternary activities. the proportion of working population engaged in these four sectors is a good indicator of the levels of e...
Yojana magazine
Yojana magazine published this article page 33 both growth and development refer to changes over a period of time. the difference is that growth is quantitative and value neutral. it may have a positive or a negative sign. this means that the change may be either positive (showing an increase) or negative (indicating a decrease). development means a qualitative change which is always value positive. this means that development cannot take place unless there is an increment or addition to the existi...