PHYSICAL AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF RAJASTHAN

Paper Code: 
GEO 102
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Study of Rajasthan will help the students in knowing the regional aspects of the state, its Physical conditions, demographic elements and population characteristics.

 

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO1: Enhance the knowledge of geological, geographical, political introduction and climatic conditions of the state. 

CO2: Students will have a general understanding of physical geographic processes, drainage pattern, soils, etc.

CO3:  Enhance the knowledge natural resources and conservation i.e. forest, vegetation types, their products. 

CO4:  Students will have a general understanding of demographic structure and the various regional developmental programs implemented in the state.

CO5: Student will acquire an understanding the distribution of various tribes and the history and interaction between people within and among these mosaics along with population dynamics

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments,

Demonstration,

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions,

Seminar presentation

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

9.00
Unit I: 

 

• Introduction: Location and Geopolitical Significance

 
  • Physiography: Geological Structure and Relief  

  Major Physiographic Divisions and their Importance

               -Western sandy plain

               -Aravalli range,                -Eastern plains,

               -Hadoti plateau.

  • Climate:  Characteristics and Climatic conditions

                 Agro-climatic classification

 

9.00
Unit II: 

•     Drainage:

Rivers:

- Arabian sea drainage system

-Bay of Bengal drainage system

-Inland Drainage

-Lakes: Sweet and Saline,

  • Soil:

Types and Distribution

Desertification

  • Desert Development Programme

 

9.00
Unit III: 

•     Vegetation: Types and Factors: Physical, Climatic and Biotic
  • Forests:  Types, Depletion , Conservation and Management
  • Forest Products: Major and Minor

 

9.00
Unit IV: 

• Population Analysis:

-Population Growth (post-independence)

-Distribution and Density: Factors and Spatial Trends (2011)

-Spatial patterns of population-Gender Ratio, Age composition, Rural-Urban        -Pattern and Occupational Pattern.

 

9.00
Unit V: 

 

• Factors affecting the Site and Situation of settlements

 

Forms, Types and Patterns of Rural settlement

  • Selected Tribes of Rajasthan: 

-Meena

  • Bhils
  • Garasia
  • Area development Programs in Rajasthan:

-Aravalli Hill Development Program,

-Tribal Sub-Plan

-Watershed Development Plan

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Sharma, H.S :Climate Change and Natural Resources : A Study of Indian Desert

(New Delhi : Concept Publishing Company, 2018

  • Sharma, H.: Geography of Rajasthan (Hindi) (Sheetal Printers, 2003) 
  • Chauhan: Geography of Rajasthan (Hindi); vol. 1 (Jodhpur : Vigyan Prakashan,1994)              
  • Chauhan: Geography of Rajasthan (Hindi); vol. 2 (Jodhpur : Vigyan Prakashan,1994)
  • Saxena, Hari Mohan: Rajasthan KaBhugol (Rajasthan Hindi granth Academy, 2009)
  • Bhalla, L.R. : Geography of Rajasthan (Kuldeep Publication ,2011)
  • Nathuramka, L: Economy of Rajasthan (R.B.D. Publications, New Delhi, 2014)

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023