Q.iii What is meant by rural and urban distribution of population?

Ans: The Rural and Urban Distribution of Population:
. According to the facts and figures of Pakistan Economic Survey 2018-19,
77.40 million population of Pakistan lives in cities, while the 135.42 million
lives in villages.
. Facilities like electricity, gas, telephone, road, education, etc. are not only
more but also better in cities than in villages. In the present times the
population of cities is increasing fast. People not only move to cities fo
better facilities of education, medical and livelihood but also for raising the
Nawabshah, Rawalpindi and Gujranwala etc, has increased quickly in the
. The population of Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Hyderabad,
past few years. Two-thirds of the population of Pakistan lives in villages, and
depends on agriculture for their livelihood.
. There is a scarcity of modern facilities of life like water, electricity, schools,
colleges, hospitals, and trade centres in villages. As there is less availability
of social activities and means of earning livelihood in villages, people are
moving towards cities. Due to this trend of migration, the load of
overpopulation is increasing continuously to an alarming level in cities.
. This is leading to problems arising in housing, employment, education
entertainment, transport and many other necessities of life. According to the
census of 2017, composition and geographical distribution of urban and rural
population is given below (Census Report 2017):