Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Population Geography Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Syllabus for Population Geography
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Module 1: Population Geography
- 1 Concept and Definition of Population Geography
- 2 Nature, Scope and Importance of Population Geography
- 3 Relationship between Population Geography and other Social Sciences
Module 2: Growth, Distribution, Density
- 1 Causes and Effects of Population Growth
- 2 Factors Affecting the Distribution of Population
- 3 Population Density Zones in the World
Module 3: Migration
- 1 Definition and Types of Migration
- 2 Causes and Effects of Migration
- 3 Recent Trends of Migration in India and the World
Module 4: Population of India
- 1 Growth and Distribution of Population in India
- 2 Demographic characteristics of Population in India
- 3 Issues related to population explosion and Population Policy of India
Text Books
- 1 Thakur, S. et.al. (2016). Population Geography. Konkan Geographers Association of India
- 2 Chandna, R.C., Geography of Population: Concepts, Determinants and Patterns, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi, 2000
- 3 Bhende, Asha and Kanitkar Tara, Principles of Population Studies, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 2018
Reference Books
- 1 Beaujeu-Garnier, J., Geography of Population, (Translated by Beaver, S.H.) Longmans, London, 1966
- 2 Census of India Series-I, India Provisional Population Totals, Published by Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, 2001
- 3 Census of India, India: A State Profile Office of the Registrar General of India, Census Operations, New Delhi
- 4 Clark, J., Population Geography, Permagon Press, New York, 1965
- 5 Gary, L. Peters, Robert P. Larkin, Population Geography: Problems, Concepts and Prospects, Kendall Hunt Pub Co., London, 2005
- 6 Mohammad, Izhar Hassan, Population Geography, Eastern Book Corporation, 2005
- 7 Sundram, K.V. & Nangia, Sudesh, (editors), Population Geography, Heritage Publishers, Delhi, 1986
- 8 Peters, G.L. and Larkin, R.P., Population Geography: Problems, Concepts and Prospects Kendele-Hunt Iowa, 1979
- 9 R. C. Tiwari, Geography of India, Pravailka Publications, Prayagraj, Allahabad, 2016.
- 10 Majid Hussain, Geography of India, McGraw Hill Education, Chennai, 2022.