Spatial Distribution of Population in Mysore City: Using Geographical Information System

R Shiva Kumar; M R Shivaram; S H Jayalakshmi

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ga.v8i1.6

Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-31

Original Article

Spatial Distribution of Population in Mysore City: Using Geographical Information System

R Shiva Kumar¹, M R Shivaram², S H Jayalakshmi¹

¹Guest Faculty, Department of Geography, Bangalore University, Bengaluru
²Assistant Professor, Sri Annadhaneshwara Arts, Science, Commerce First Grade College, Naregal, Gadag

Received Date:28 December 2019, Accepted Date:12 April 2019

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Urban population increasing rapidly day by day in all over the countries. This study is mainly focusing on Mysore city’s total population distribution in 2011. Each ward-wise population is classified by High, Moderate, and Low category. And also classified male and female population distribution in Mysore city. In this study, methods are using secondary data collected from the census of India and with the help of GIS software techniques used for prepared population distribution maps. the results show that the distribution of Male and Female Population dominate in Northern part of the Mysore city and Low Population dominates in Middle of the Mysore city.

Keywords: Population; wardwise; Geographic Information System; Mysore City

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Published By Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka