NCERT Solutions for Exploring Society: India and Beyond Chapter 14 India’s Urban Landscape
Updated on 2026-09-05
About this chapter
A city is an area with a concentration of population, many kinds of businesses and occupations, government institutions and elaborate transport and communication systems, run by elected local bodies ; a village has fewer people, more agriculture-based work and is governed by a gram panchayat . Where the line is drawn differs everywhere: a place is urban above 220 people in Denmark, 5,000 in India and 50,000 in Japan. Population density = total population of a region ÷ area of the region (in sq km) . It is what separates the satellite image of Asadpur Khera village from that of Gurugram city (Fig. 7.3) — same state, same land, very different number of people on each square kilometre. Cities become economic centres through location (rivers, coasts, trade routes), raw materials (Sakchi’s iron
- Chapter opener
- Introduction
- Population Density in Cities
- – 195How do Cities Become Centres of Economic Activities?
- How do Cities Become Centres of Economic Activities?
- Cities as Cultural Hubs
- Challenges Faced by Cities
- – 214End of the chapter
Exercises
- Chapter opener — The Big Questions Page 191
- Introduction — LET’S EXPLORE Page 192
- Population Density in Cities — THINK ABOUT IT Page 193
- – 195How do Cities Become Centres of Economic Activities? — LET’S EXPLORE Page 194
- How do Cities Become Centres of Economic Activities? — LET’S REMEMBER Page 198
- Cities as Cultural Hubs — LET’S EXPLORE Page 203
- Challenges Faced by Cities — THINK ABOUT IT Page 203
- – 214End of the chapter — Questions and activities Page 212