Population and Settlement Geography Questions and Answers

Q: What is the percentage of tribal population in the total population of Madhya Pradesh as per Census 2011 ?

Tribal people made up 21.1% of Madhya Pradesh's population in Census 2011.Census 2011 counted about 1.53 crore Scheduled Tribe people in a total state population of about 7.26 crore, which works out to roughly 21.1 per cent. Madhya Pradesh has the largest tribal population of any Indian state in absolute numbers, with major groups such as the Bhil, Gond, Kol, Korku and Sahariya.Dividing 1.53 crore by 7.26 crore gives 0.211, so 20.1% is a point too low, while 21.7% and 23.7% overstate the share. The figure to remember is that roughly one person in five in the state belongs to a Scheduled Tribe.

Q: According to the 2011 census of Madhya Pradesh, consider the following statements and mention the correct statements :Statements :(a) In terms of urban area the lowest female literacy rate is in Sheopur and the highest in Seoni.(b) Mandla district has the largest proportion of rural population.(c) The female literacy rate in Madhya Pradesh has increased by 8.9% in the last decade.

The keyed answer is Statements (a) and (c) are correct.Statement (b) is the one that can be checked: Census 2011 district tables put Dindori at the bottom of Madhya Pradesh in urban share (about 4.6 per cent), which makes Dindori, not Mandla, the district with the largest proportion of rural population. So (b) is wrong, and options A, C and D, which all contain it, are out.Statement (c) fits the decade figures: female literacy rose from about 50.3 per cent in 2001 to about 59.2 per cent in 2011 in one commonly used table, a gain of 8.9 points (some sources give 60 per cent for 2011 and a 9.7 point gain, so the figure depends on the table). What could not be confirmed is statement (a), the district extremes of urban female literacy, so it is accepted on the official key.

Q: What is the percentage of urban population in Madhya Pradesh, according to the Census of 2011?

The urban population of Madhya Pradesh in Census 2011 was 27.6%.Of Madhya Pradesh's total population of about 7.26 crore in 2011, about 2 crore lived in urban areas, which is 27.63%. This is below the national urbanisation level of 31.2% for the same census.The 31.2% option is the all-India figure, a common trap. The figures of 12.7% and 23.4% are far too low for the state in 2011.

Q: According to the Census of 2011, what is the rank of Madhya Pradesh in the country in terms of population?

Madhya Pradesh ranked sixth in population in the 2011 Census.With about 7.26 crore people, Madhya Pradesh came after Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and the then undivided Andhra Pradesh (8.46 crore). By area it is the second-largest State.'Fifth' is the trap, because Madhya Pradesh moves up to fifth if Andhra Pradesh is split into Telangana and the residual State; but in the 2011 Census as conducted it was sixth. Fourth and seventh do not fit either way.

Q: According to the Census of 2011, the proportion of Scheduled Castes in Madhya Pradesh is ______ percent of the total population of the State.

Scheduled Castes are 15.60 percent of Madhya Pradesh's population.The 2011 Census counted about 1.13 crore Scheduled Caste persons in a total population of about 7.26 crore, which is 15.6 per cent. Scheduled Tribes form a larger share, about 21.1 per cent.15.06, 15.16 and 15.26 are close figures that test exact recall; none is the Census proportion. The Scheduled Caste share of Madhya Pradesh is close to the national figure of about 16.6 per cent, while its tribal share is more than twice the national 8.6 per cent.

Q: According to the 2011 Census, which tribes have the largest population (59.9 lakh) among the tribes of Madhya Pradesh?

The largest tribal population is that of the Bhil and Bhilala.The 2011 Census counted about 59.9 lakh Bhils, including Bhilalas and related groups, in Madhya Pradesh, over a third of the State's Scheduled Tribe population, concentrated in the western districts of Jhabua, Alirajpur, Dhar, Barwani and Khargone. The Gonds are the second largest group.The Kol and Korku, Baiga and Bharia, and Binjhwar and Kanwar are much smaller tribes.

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What is the percentage of tribal population in the total population of Madhya Pradesh as per Census 2011 ?

A.20.1%
B.21.1%
C.21.7%
D.23.7%

Exam Year(s)

MPPSC Forest Service - 2023,

Answer: B

Tribal people made up 21.1% of Madhya Pradesh's population in Census 2011.

Census 2011 counted about 1.53 crore Scheduled Tribe people in a total state population of about 7.26 crore, which works out to roughly 21.1 per cent. Madhya Pradesh has the largest tribal population of any Indian state in absolute numbers, with major groups such as the Bhil, Gond, Kol, Korku and Sahariya.

Dividing 1.53 crore by 7.26 crore gives 0.211, so 20.1% is a point too low, while 21.7% and 23.7% overstate the share. The figure to remember is that roughly one person in five in the state belongs to a Scheduled Tribe.

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22.

According to the 2011 census of Madhya Pradesh, consider the following statements and mention the correct statements :

Statements :
(a) In terms of urban area the lowest female literacy rate is in Sheopur and the highest in Seoni.
(b) Mandla district has the largest proportion of rural population.
(c) The female literacy rate in Madhya Pradesh has increased by 8.9% in the last decade.

A.Statements (a) and (b) are correct
B.Statements (a) and (c) are correct
C.Statements (b) and (c) are correct
D.Above three statements are correct

Exam Year(s)

MPPSC Forest Service - 2023,

Answer: B

The keyed answer is Statements (a) and (c) are correct.

Statement (b) is the one that can be checked: Census 2011 district tables put Dindori at the bottom of Madhya Pradesh in urban share (about 4.6 per cent), which makes Dindori, not Mandla, the district with the largest proportion of rural population. So (b) is wrong, and options A, C and D, which all contain it, are out.

Statement (c) fits the decade figures: female literacy rose from about 50.3 per cent in 2001 to about 59.2 per cent in 2011 in one commonly used table, a gain of 8.9 points (some sources give 60 per cent for 2011 and a 9.7 point gain, so the figure depends on the table). What could not be confirmed is statement (a), the district extremes of urban female literacy, so it is accepted on the official key.

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23.

What is the percentage of urban population in Madhya Pradesh, according to the Census of 2011?

A.12.7%
B.23.4%
C.27.6%
D.31.2%

Exam Year(s)

MPPSC Forest Service - 2023,

Answer: C

The urban population of Madhya Pradesh in Census 2011 was 27.6%.

Of Madhya Pradesh's total population of about 7.26 crore in 2011, about 2 crore lived in urban areas, which is 27.63%. This is below the national urbanisation level of 31.2% for the same census.

The 31.2% option is the all-India figure, a common trap. The figures of 12.7% and 23.4% are far too low for the state in 2011.

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24.

What was the effective literacy rate in Madhya Pradesh, according to the Census of 2011?

A.42.8%
B.53.7%
C.69.3%
D.77.8%

Exam Year(s)

MPPSC Forest Service - 2023,

Answer: C

The effective literacy rate of Madhya Pradesh in Census 2011 was 69.3%.

Census 2011 recorded an effective literacy rate (literates among persons aged seven and above) of 69.32% for Madhya Pradesh, with about 78.7% for males and 59.2% for females. The all-India rate was 72.98%.

77.8% is close to the state's male literacy rate, not the overall rate, and 42.8% and 53.7% are far below the 2011 figure; the state's literacy was already about 64% in 2001.

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25.

According to the Census of 2011, what is the rank of Madhya Pradesh in the country in terms of population?

A.Fifth
B.Sixth
C.Seventh
D.Fourth

Exam Year(s)

MPPSC Forest Service - 2024,

Answer: B

Madhya Pradesh ranked sixth in population in the 2011 Census.

With about 7.26 crore people, Madhya Pradesh came after Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and the then undivided Andhra Pradesh (8.46 crore). By area it is the second-largest State.

'Fifth' is the trap, because Madhya Pradesh moves up to fifth if Andhra Pradesh is split into Telangana and the residual State; but in the 2011 Census as conducted it was sixth. Fourth and seventh do not fit either way.

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26.

According to the Census of 2011, the proportion of Scheduled Castes in Madhya Pradesh is ______ percent of the total population of the State.

A.15.60
B.15.06
C.15.16
D.15.26

Exam Year(s)

MPPSC Forest Service - 2024,

Answer: A

Scheduled Castes are 15.60 percent of Madhya Pradesh's population.

The 2011 Census counted about 1.13 crore Scheduled Caste persons in a total population of about 7.26 crore, which is 15.6 per cent. Scheduled Tribes form a larger share, about 21.1 per cent.

15.06, 15.16 and 15.26 are close figures that test exact recall; none is the Census proportion. The Scheduled Caste share of Madhya Pradesh is close to the national figure of about 16.6 per cent, while its tribal share is more than twice the national 8.6 per cent.

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27.

According to the Census of 2011, which district of Madhya Pradesh is having the highest population of Scheduled Tribes?

A.Dhar
B.Jhabua
C.Dewas
D.Khargone

Exam Year(s)

MPPSC Forest Service - 2024,

Answer: A

The district with the highest Scheduled Tribe population is Dhar.

In the 2011 Census, Dhar district had the largest number of Scheduled Tribe persons in Madhya Pradesh, over 12 lakh, mostly Bhil and Bhilala.

Jhabua is the trap: it has the highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes, close to 87 per cent of its population, but fewer people in absolute numbers than Dhar. Dewas and Khargone have smaller tribal populations.

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28.

According to the 2011 Census, which tribes have the largest population (59.9 lakh) among the tribes of Madhya Pradesh?

A.Binjhwar and Kanwar
B.Kol and Korku
C.Bhil and Bhilala
D.Baiga and Bharia

Exam Year(s)

MPPSC Forest Service - 2024,

Answer: C

The largest tribal population is that of the Bhil and Bhilala.

The 2011 Census counted about 59.9 lakh Bhils, including Bhilalas and related groups, in Madhya Pradesh, over a third of the State's Scheduled Tribe population, concentrated in the western districts of Jhabua, Alirajpur, Dhar, Barwani and Khargone. The Gonds are the second largest group.

The Kol and Korku, Baiga and Bharia, and Binjhwar and Kanwar are much smaller tribes.

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29.

Which is the district with minimum tribal population in Madhya Pradesh as per 2011 Census ?

A.Bhind
B.Morena
C.Dindori
D.Tikamgarh

Exam Year(s)

MPPSC Forest Service - 2024,

Answer: A

The district with the lowest tribal population in the 2011 Census is Bhind.

In the Chambal region in the north of the state, Bhind has a Scheduled Tribe population of well under one per cent, the smallest in Madhya Pradesh in both number and share.

Morena and Tikamgarh also have small tribal populations but larger than Bhind's, while Dindori is at the other extreme, a predominantly tribal district (about two-thirds Scheduled Tribe, largely Gond and Baiga).

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30.

Which district of Madhya Pradesh has highest percentage of tribal population?

A.Jhabua
B.Barwani
C.Alirajpur
D.Dindori

Exam Year(s)

MPPSC State Service - 2018,

Answer: C

The district with the highest percentage of tribal population is Alirajpur.

In the 2011 census, Scheduled Tribes formed about 89 per cent of the population of Alirajpur, the highest share of any district in Madhya Pradesh, closely followed by Jhabua, from which it was separated in 2008, at about 87 per cent. Both districts are home mainly to the Bhil and Bhilala communities.

Barwani (about 69 per cent) and Dindori (about 65 per cent) also have tribal majorities but lower shares. Jhabua, the most likely trap, comes second.

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