ANALYSIS OF HUMAN POPULATION DISTRIBUTION IN URBAN, RURAL AREA BY USING POPULATION CENSUS.

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THEORY:

Population is total no. of people living in a particular area at particular time.

Population distribution means the pattern where people live. World population distribution is uneven. Places which are sparsely populated contain few populations and places which are densely populated contain many people.

The arrangement of people living in a given area, also has the population of an area is arranged according to variables such as age,sex,race etc.is called distribution of population. 

The number of municipalities is increasing nowadays. People are migrating from rural to urban areas or municipality areas nowadays. 

The population of urban areas is increasing rapidly in comparison to rural areas. It shows that the people are migrating towards urban areas.

Data:

Census data Urban centre Urban population number Urban population % Rural population number Rural population % Total
1961 16 33622 3.6 9076774 96.7 941299
1971 16 461938 4.0 11094054 96.0 11555983
1981 23 956727 6.4 14066118 93.6 15029839
1999 23 1701181 9.2 16795378 90.8 18491097
2001 58 3227897 13.9 19923514 86.7 18491097
2011 58 4523820 19.1 1970684 82.2 26494504

Sources, CBS, 1995, Chapter III

RESULT AND DISCUSSION:

From the data and graph we know that the population of rural areas is more in comparison to urban areas of Nepal. THis is because Nepal is a developing country.

But nowadays , people are migrating from rural to urban areas. In urban areas we find well developed facilities like transportation, hospitals etc.

CONCLUSION:

Hence, the human population density in urban rural areas was analyzed by using census.

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