Year 7 - Geography
The population of India
India: a global superpower?
Study Hub
Study Guides
This pupil-friendly study guide includes a unit summary, clear notes, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
Unit Summary
This unit teaches pupils about the human and physical geography of India, how this leads to diverse lives within the country, and how it affects its power and status around the world. Pupils will learn about different places in India and how migration patterns influence their society.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe population growth in India and explain why population distribution is uneven across the country.
Key Notes
- The population of India is over 1.4 billion and has overtaken China as the largest population in the world.
- India has a high average population density of 479 people per square kilometre.
- The population of India is unevenly distributed because of different physical and human factors.
Vocabulary To Learn
- population: the total number of people living in a particular area
- migration: moving from one place to another with the intention of staying there
- population density: the number of people living in a defined area, e.g. 300 people per km2
- population distribution: how people are spread out across a geographic area
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Population density is the same everywhere in India.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
The population of India is over 1.4 billion and has overtaken China as the largest population in the world. India has a high average population density of 479 people per square kilometre.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'population'
the total number of people living in a particular area.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Population density is the same everywhere in India. Correction: Population density varies across India; urban areas are densely populated, but rural areas, such as much of the Himalayas, are sparsely populated.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Challenges in Mumbai Study Guide
- Climate change in India Study Guide
- Coastal India: the Sundarbans Study Guide
- Evaluating India's status as a global superpower Study Guide
- GIS: Visualising the human and physical geography of India Study Guide
- Monsoon season in India Study Guide
- Mumbai: A global city Study Guide
- Opportunities in Mumbai Study Guide
- Rural to urban migration in India Study Guide
- The biomes of India Study Guide
- The climate of India Study Guide
Browse all guides in the Year 7 Geography guide library.