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0
250
500
750 Kilometers
AFGHANISTAN
JAMMU
AND
KASHMIR
0
250
500 Miles
Islamabad
CHINA
HIMACHAL
PRADESH
Lahore
PAKISTAN
UTTARAKHAND
PUNJAB
Riv
HARYANA
ARUNACHAL
PRADESH
DELHI
SIKKIM
New
Delhi
NEPAL
BHUTAN
UTTAR
PRADESH
RAJASTHAN
ASSAM
MEGHALAYA
NAGALAND
Karachi
Patna
Varanasi
MANIPUR
BANGLADESH
.
BIHAR
GUJARAT
INDIA
TRIPURA
JHARKHAND
Dacca
Ahmadabad
WEST
BENGAL
MIZORAM
Kolkata
(Calcutta)
MADHYA PRADESH
MYANMAR
(BURMA)
Bay of
Bengal
MAHARASHTRA
ORISSA
Mumbai
Arabian
Sea
Hyderabad
INDIA:
RECENT POPULATION
GROWTH RATES
BY STATE
25% or greater
PUDUCHERRY
ANDHRA
PRADESH
GOA
KARNATAKA
Chennai
Bangalor
e
TAMIL
NADU
PUDUCHERRY
LAKSHADWEEP
(INDIA)
y
Andaman
Islands
PUDUCHERRY
20-24.9%
Figure 2.11
Population Growth Rates in India, 2001-
2011.
15-19.9%
Data from
: India Census Bureau,
under 15%
Nicobar
Islands
SRI
LANKA
70°
75°
85°
MALDIVES
2011.
Figure 2.12
Maharashtra, India.
Above
the entrance to a suite of medi-
cal offi ces is a sign announcing
that the “free family planning
sterilization operation” closed in
1996.
© H. J. de Blij.
