List: Everything you wanted to know about population in India | Curated by Yogesh Upadhyaya

Oct 4, 2022
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Everything you wanted to know about population in IndiaIndia is a large and complex country. I have written a series of blogs on different  aspects such as size, growth, urbanisation, male female ratio,  etc.
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How did Haryana stop killing its unborn daughters?How did Haryana reduce Sex Selective Abortion? It may have lessons for rest of India and the world.
Apr 10, 2021
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Apr 10, 2021
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Is India overcrowded?For the longest time, I have been mildly embarrassed by India’s large population. If India couldn’t ‘control’ its population, do Indians…
Nov 27, 2020
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Nov 27, 2020
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Does India still lives in villages?Indi may be more urban than we realise and that has consequences…
Oct 8, 2020
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Oct 8, 2020
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Is everyone really equal in a democracy?Population size and growth makes it very difficult to consistently apply the principle ‘All humans are equal’. This is true within…
Jul 10, 2020
Jul 10, 2020
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Matters of Life and Death in IndiaHow long would an Indian born today expect to live? How many Indians die every year? What are the leading causes of death in the country…
Jun 28, 2020
Jun 28, 2020
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Is Haryana becoming Kerala?The government claims that the Sex Ratio at Birth is improving in India. Should we be celebrating?
Feb 29, 2020
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Feb 29, 2020
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Missing women in IndiaThere are fewer females in India as compared to the rest of the world. A brief discussion of the causes.
Jan 19, 2020
Jan 19, 2020
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Migration and political demography in AssamMigration and demographic change are crucial to understanding the politics in Assam.
Nov 29, 2019
Nov 29, 2019
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Islam and population growth in IndiaIs the insecurity that the share of Muslim population in India is destined to increase, valid? I look at the data.
Oct 16, 2019
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Oct 16, 2019
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Economic Migration in India — The who, the why and the other good stuffHow many people in India migrate in search of work? Who are they? Where do they come from and where do they go? In my last blog in this…
Oct 3, 2019
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Oct 3, 2019
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Chhath — the new national holiday?The difference in fertility rates between the richer and poorer states means that migration is all set to continue for decades.
Sep 13, 2019
Sep 13, 2019
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Are ‘Acche Din’ of population growth already here?With Fertility rates in India reaching replacement rates, is the growth going to stop soon? No…to understand read on.
Aug 30, 2019
Aug 30, 2019
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Are ‘Acche Din’ of population growth already here?With Fertility rates in India reaching replacement rates, is the growth going to stop soon? No…to understand read on.
Aug 30, 2019
Aug 30, 2019
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Everything you wanted to know about population in India (but were too lazy to Google)Is India overpopulated? Is the sex ratio in the country dangerously low? Is India a young country? Population related questions are often…
Aug 26, 2019
Aug 26, 2019