This volume, the first in a new series on Population Profile of India, presents 177 key tables, on important facets of India’s population based on data, selectively chosen from the Census of India, 1991, National Family Health Survey (1992-93), Sample Registration System (1980-94) and other official sources of demographic data. In addition, select data from UNFPA’s latest Report (1996) on the State of Wrold Population are presented for making international comparisons. The Tables presented here are carefully chosen from a vast array of demographic data which lie scattered in numerous publications. This volume should be indispensable for all users of demographic data as a Handbook on population statistics. A number of volumes which are subject-specific will be published in this series to make the latest demographic data available to the reader.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ashish Bose
Professor Ashish Bose was Head of the Population Research Centre, Institute of Economic Growth and subsequently, Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow attached to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). His major areas of specialization include census methodology, urbanization, migration and population policy. He has served as United Nations Consultant/Resource Person, from time to time, all over the world. He was a member of the National Commission on Urbanisation and also the Expert Group on Population Policy headed by Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, which submitted its report to the Prime Minister in 1994. He was a member of Registrar General’s Technical Group on Population Projections (1996). Currently, he is Honorary Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, member of Independent Commission on Health in India. His recent books include: India’s Billion Plus People: 2001 Census Highlights, Methodology and Media Coverage, Demographic Diversity of India: Supplement 1998, Population Profile of Religion in India (1997), India’s Basic Demographic Statistics (1996), Demographic Zones in India (1995), India’s Urban Population (1994), India and the Asian Perspective (1993), Demographic Diversity of India (1991), Population of India: 1991 Census Results and Methodology (1991), From Population to People (1988, in 2 Volumes).
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