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Decade	Total Population (in billion)	Annual Growth Rate
1901	23.84	-
1911	25,21	0.56
1921	25.13	-0.03
1931	29.30	1.04
1941	31.87	1.33
1951	36.11	1.25
1961	43.92	1.96
1971	54.82	2.20
1981	68.33	2.22
1991	84.34	2.14

What is Occupational Structure? Describe three categories of occupations [MSE (Chandigarh) 2008]

Answer:

Occupational Structure: Occupational structure of a country refers to the distribution of its population                     according to different occupations.

Categories of Occupation: There are three categories of occupations. These are primary, secondary and tertiary activities.

(a) Primary activities include agriculture, fishing, mining, lumbering and animal rearing. These activities produce food products, timber, fibres and minerals from natural resources, 64% (2001) of India's population is engaged in primary occupations.

(b) Secondary activities carry out processing of primary products. These activities include manufacturing industry, building and constructive work. 13% (2001) of India's population is engaged in secondary occupations.

( (c) Tertiary activities include wide range of personal and professional services, e.g., transport, communications, commerce and administration. 20% (2001) of India's population is engaged in tertiary occupations. Developed countries have large population working in secondary and tertiary activities. Developing countries tend to have higher proportion of people working in primary occupations.