1. Composition of India’s population

demographic, social, economic and cultural factors affecting age-sex structure of population and its relevance in population dynamics, Levels, trends and differentials of mortality and fertility indicators.

2. Population ageing

concepts and measures of population ageing, components of population ageing. Trends and pattern of ageing in India and States

3. Demographic dividend & demographic rates and ratios.

4. Evolution and development of population policies and family welfare programmes in India.

5. Statistical methods of population analysis: 

frequency distribution, descriptive and Inductive statistics, measures of central tendency (mean, median, and mode); measure of dispersion (range, variance and standard deviation); correlation and linear regression, introduction to testing of statistical hypothesis and test of significance.

6. Population surveys 

meaning, scope, uses, limitations; major surveys: national sample surveys (NSS), reproductive and child health survey (RCHS), national family heath surveys
(NFHS).

7. Economic reforms in India since 1991

8. Time Series and Index numbers: 

Definition and components of a Time Series, various Models, Measurement of Secular trend and Seasonal Variations, Uses of time series, Criteria of a good index number, Problems in Data collection and construction, Price and cost of living index numbers;
Base shifting and splicing, deflating of index numbers. 

9. Design of Sample Survey

Sample and Population, Sampling Unit, Sampling frame, Sampling fraction, errors in a survey, Sampling with and without replacement, Simple random sampling, Stratified random sampling, Systematic sampling, Cluster sampling, Multistage sampling. 

10. Quantitative aptitude and general mental ability.

11. Basic knowledge of computer applications. .
12. General awareness regarding Indian Polity, economy and society, physical geography, current events of national and international importance.