Distribution of SC Population in Solapur District: A Geographical Analysis
Authors/Creators
- 1. Associate Professor, Department of |Geography Uma Mahavidyalaya, Pandharpur. Tal:- Pandharpur, Dist:- Solapur.
Description
Abstract:-
The present paper has been attempted to study, ‘Distribution of SC Population in Solapur District: A Geographical Analysis’. Population distribution refers to the way in which the members of a population or of a specified subgroup of a population are dispersed physically in a specific area. There are three types of population distribution which are a uniform, random, or clumped pattern. Uniform means that the population is evenly spaced, random indicates random spacing, and clumped means that the population is distributed in clusters. Population distribution is a measure of how spread out a population is in any given area. The simplest way to measure population distribution is to calculate the percentage of a population over a specific geographic area.
Population distribution on a global scale is highly uneven. The main factors determining population distribution are climate, landforms, topography, soil, energy and mineral resources, accessibility like distance from sea coast, natural harbours, navigable rivers or canals, cultural factors, political boundaries, controls on migration and trade, government policies, types of economic activities, technology including type of farming and transportation facilities, social organization. demographic factors like changes in natural increase and migration are also effects on population distribution.
The adverse physical conditions and lack of sufficient opportunities for means of livelihood have been mainly responsible for discouraging inhabitation in certain areas. Climatic conditions are perhaps the most important of all the geographic influences on population distribution. Apart from physical factors several social, demographic, economic, political and historical factors affect population distribution.
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designated in one or other of the categories. For much of the period of British rule in the Indian subcontinent, they were known as the Depressed Classes.
The present paper mainly focused on the distribution of SC population in Solapur district. In the Solapur district SC population was 238837 (12.84%) in the year 1961, while in the year 2011, the SC population was 649745 (15.05%). In the tehsil wise study the highest SC population in percentage was seen in the Malshiras tehsil, while lowest SC population seen in South Solapur tehsil.