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Index
What is it?
Where is it?
Regional Map
Statistics
Population Distribution Map
Physical Factors
Human Factors
Summary
This is because…
What is it?
Population distribution:
The spread of people across the Earth’s surface.
Population density:
The number of people living within a given area (usually a square kilometer).
Densely populated in North and East
Sparsely populated in South and West
A lot of people live near the boundary of India
There are less people inland
Relief
The inner part of India is nearly covered in mountains, and the place where there are plain lands are usually along the coast line and on the North of India. For example, like to grow crops, we need a plain land rather than a steep mountain side. Also, to build buildings, it is better to construct them on a clear land than to build it on a mountain, where it actually costs more money. So the relief of the country was one of the reasons why a lot of people were distributed near the North and the coastlines of India.
Precipitation
The amount of precipitation differs in different regions. In or near the coastline and boundary of India, the amount of rainfall is more than the quantity of rainfall in the inner part India. The amount of rainfall is very important in peoples’ lives. So for example, if someone plans to do farming, they need constant amount of rainfall, which will allow the crops to grow. This kind of place in India is the North and East side.
Temperature
The temperature is usually the same in India, very hot. So the temperature doesn’t really affect the population distribution. However, in the West and the South part of India has dark red spots in most of the places, which means that the place is extremely boiling. However, in the North and East part of India, there are only a few places with dark red color, and most are bright red, which means that the North and East is at least a bit less hotter than the South and West.
Resources
In the South and East side of India, there are an abundant amount of resources that India can use. So more and more companies will make factories near the places where there a resources, which makes a bad habitat for people. So people will intend to move to the North part of India, where there aren’t a lot of resources, which means that there won’t be a lot of factories near the place. So resources can be one of the reasons why people live more in the North part of India.
Railway Network
As we can see on the map of India’s Railway Network, there are more railways in the North than in the South. This can be one of the factors why people live more on the North side of India than the South. They can have a faster, and a better transportation so it is easier for them to get to a certain distance in a short amount of time than when they live in the South.
National Highways
The North part of India has a lot of national highways compared to the South part of India. This can be one of the reasons why the population is densely populated in the Northern area. The moving from place to place is very easy in North India, cause there are many roads, all mixed up and tangled up together. However in South India, there aren’t a lot of roads so it is hard for people to transport from a place to another.
Airports and Ports
India has most of their domestic airports in the North part of India. Although the amount of International airports are almost the same, we can know that still we can have a better transportation if we live in the North than if we live in the South. Almost all the ports are in the South part of India, but this is because India’s South is surrounded by the sea and North barely isn’t. So the South part of India has a better transportation in sea wise than the North.
Industrial Hubs
The Industrial hubs are widely spread around India. However, there seems to be more Industrial hubs in the North and the East than in the South and West. This can be one of the reasons why. Industrial hubs can provide people with jobs, so people are attracted to these places. People live near to their workplace, so if there are more industrial hubs, there are a more percentage where people will gather around to live in or near that place.
Summary
India’s population is unevenly spread
More densely populated in the North and East of India
Sparsely populated in the South and West of India
South and West
Have most of the mountainous parts in the land
Doesn’t rain as much as other parts of India
Hotter than the other parts of India
Many resources
There aren’t a lot of railways and roads
Have less airports, but still have more ports
Less amount of industrial hubs, less chance in opportunities
North and East
Have most of the plain parts in the land
Rains more than other parts of India
A bit cooler than the other parts of India
Many resources
There are a lot of railways and roads
Have more airports, but have less ports
A lot of industrial hubs, more chance in opportunities
Source
Pictures
-http://www.intute.ac.uk/worldguide/countrymaps/912.gif
http://www.mapsofworld.com/india/india-road-network-map.html
http://wikitravel.org/upload/shared//thumb/c/c8/India_railway_schematic_map.png/360px-India_railway_schematic_map.png
http://www.mapsofindia.com/images/India-Natural-Resources.jpg
http://www.stockmapagency.com/media/Country/Modern/ss_size1/T_India_Temp.jpg
http://www.stockmapagency.com/media/Country/Modern/ss_size1/T_India_Precip.jpg