Women in Agriculture

Lesson 2 : Demography Profile of Rural Women

Total Population

Introduction
The most recent statistical characteristics of a population are called demographics.
Demography means the study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics.

Total Population
Population of India : 121 crores ( 2011 census) 2nd in the world
Male – 62.4 crores
Female- 58.6crores

Rural population: 83,30,87,662 people live in rural India. 42,79,17,052 of them are males & 40,51,70,610 of are females.

Age structure
0-14 years: 30.8% male,
male: 188,208,196, female: 171,356,024
15-64 years: 64.3%,
male: 386,432,921, female: 364,215,759
65+ years: 4.9%,
male: 27,258,259, female: 30,031,289 (2007 est.)

Population Growth Rate in percentage: 17.64
Male – 17.19
Female- 18.12

Birth Rate
22.22 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)