diversity and its type

3. DIVERSITY

6. MULTI CULTURALISM
Multiculturalism describes the existence,
acceptance, or promotion of multiple
cultural traditions within a single
jurisdiction , usually considered in terms
of the culture associated with an ethnic
group. This can happen when a
jurisdiction is created or expanded by
amalgamating areas with two or more
different cultures or through
immigration from different jurisdiction
around the world.

7. DIFFERENT TYPES OF
DIVERSITY
Regional diversity
Racial diversity
Linguistic diversity
Religious diversity
Cast diversity

8. REGIONAL DIVERSITY
In ancient literature , mention is found of five natural
divisions of India.
1. Madhyadesa , i.e. Indo Gangetic plain stretching from
the valley of the river Saraswat to the Rajmahal Hill.
This division has been known as Aryavarta from the
ancient times.
2. Uttarapatha or Udichya i.e. North-West India
3. Pratichya or Aparanta i.e. Western India
4. Dakshinapatha or Dakshinatya i.e. the area south of
Madhyadesa
5. Prachya or Purvadesa , the region east of
Madhyadesa

9. RACIAL DIVERSITY
A .W . Green says , “A race is a large biological human
grouping with a number of distinctive , inherited
characteristics which vary within a certain range”
The characteristics that help identify different
racial groups include:
 Colour and texture of hair
 Quantity and distribution of hair on the body
 Colour of the eyes
 Shape of the eyelids
 Shape of the nose, the lip and the skull
 Skin colour and
 Body height

10. During the census operations of 1891, Sir Herbert Hope
Risley attempted the first ever classification of the people
of India into different racial types . They are
Turko-Iranian
Indo- Aryan
Scytho – Dravidian
Aryo – Dravidian
Mongolo- Dravidian
Mongoloid and
Dravidian
These seven racial types can be reduced to three basic
types.
Indo – Aryan
Mongolian an
Dravidian

11. The census of 1961 listed as many as , 1652 languages
and dialects . Since most of these languages are spoken
by very few people , the subsequent census regarded
them as spurious but the 8th scheduled of the
Constitution of India recognizes 22 languages. These are
Assamese
Bengali
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmir
Konkani
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Sanskrit
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
Sindhi
Santhali
Boro
Maithili
Dogri
Punjabi

12. RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
India is the home of many religious . Indian society is
multi –religious . According to the Census of 2011 ,
Hindus constitute 79.8% of the population; Muslims
account for 14.2% of the population. 2.3% of the
population are Christians. Sikhs constitute 1.7% of the
population.0.77% is Buddhist and 0.40% is Jains. In
addition there are Zoroastrians(Paris) and Jews. There
is also a small number of people adhering to tribal
religion.

13. CASTE DIVERSITY
India is known as the land of castes and tribes. Caste
or Jati refers to a hereditary , endogamous status
group practicing a specific traditional occupation.
The term caste is used in two senses. Sometimes , it
refers to the division of Indian society into four
varna , and sometimes to the jati . The varna
hierarchy consisting of Brahman, Kshatriya ,
Vaishya and Shudra is accepted all over India. The
Jati on the other hand , has a regional point of
reference and signifies a hereditary endogamous
status group. There are more than 3,000 jatis in
India.