India - Land and the People

This chapter explains India's climate, factors affecting India's climate, altitude, pressure and winds. It also discusses the onset of the monsoon, cold and hot weather season, advancing and retreating monsoon, and distribution of rainfall.

This chapter talks about natural vegetation and its types, such as forests, grasslands, and shrubs. It further discusses the adaptation of animals to different regions, such as temperate regions, cold regions, and tropical regions.

This chapter sheds light on India's population, size, growth and distribution by density. It further discusses the process of population change, birth and death rate, occupational structure, sex ratio, adolescence, and national population policy.