Migration Internal Migration It incldes any movement within the political boundaries of a nation which results in a change of usual place of residence. It may consist of the crossing of a village or town boundary as a minimum condition for qualifying the movement as internal migration Thus. the concept of interTJa1111igrationinvolves implicitly an imposition of boundary lines which must be cross...

CENSUS 2001 INTRODUCTION The first census of the third millennium and twenty first century the Census of India, 200 1 was the 14th continuous and uninterrupted Indian census since 1872. The Census Act, 1948, forms the basis for the conduct of population censuses in independent India. The Census of India, 200 1 was conducted in two distinct but interrelated phases. The first phase, the Houselist...

Conventional Energy Resources Coal Coal is the major energy_ resource in India. 67% of the energy requirement of the country is met from coal. It is mainly used in industries such as iron and steel. Coal, also known as 'Black Gold', is classified into many varieties based on its quality and the amount of carbon content in it. Find out from the following table (6.10) the types of coal, their cha...

Ports in India India has a long coastline spanning 7600 kilometres forming one of the biggest Peninsulas in the world. It is serviced by 12 major ports and 185 notified minor and intermediate ports. Major ports handled over 80% of all cargo traffic in 2007. However, the words “major”, “intermediate” and “minor”, do not have a strict association with the traffic volumes served by thes...

Air Transport in India India's booming economy has created a large middle-class population in India. Air India, India's flag carrier, presently operates a fleet 135 aircraft and plays a major role in connecting India with the rest of the world. Several other foreign airlines connect Indian cities with other major cities across the globe. Air Deccan, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, IndiGo Airli...