GROWTH AND SIZE OF POPULATION AND SETTLEMENTS IN JIND DISTRICT

The Analysis of size is an important aspect of settlement geography. The size speaks about the nature of soil, topography, socio-economic background of the cultural group of a particular area. In the present research work an attempt has been made to study the distribution of rural population and their growth among the settlement of different population size groups during 1991-2011 in Jind district. For the present research work census data for the year 1991 and 2011 after a gap of 20 years has been used. For the size analysis of rural settlements, the data regarding total number of inhabited villages and their share of population and settlements in all the seven groups has been calculated. It is observed that the maximum bulk of population share correspond with moderately large to large size villages that are in between 2000-9999 persons per village and number of occurrence of villages correspond with moderate size to moderately large size village in 1991- 2011. Further it is also noted that (200-4999 persons per village) shows a negative growth in percentage share of population while very small size villages to moderate size villages show a negative growth in number of villages while moderately large, large and very large size villages indicate remarkable growth in population and number of villages. These reflect a change in rural structure, mainly due to agricultural growth and development of infrastructural facilities after the formation of Jind as a district. The greatest dynamism has been experienced moderately large to very large size villages. Such villages are the scene of transformation and rapid development and improve the quality of life of the people of the region.