GUESSTIMATE TRICK AND CHEETSHEET

POPULATION

WORLD – 8 B, US – 350 M, INDIA – 1.4 B, BANGALORE – 25 M, DELHI – 30 M, KOLKATA- 15 M

If interviewer told me to take any number, then 10 M for better calculations……….!!!!!!!!

HOUSEHOLD

For household calculations --- taking, 4 person per house…. Divide population by 4.

◼ INDIA – 1.4 B/4 = 350 M, BANGALORE – 25 M/4 = 6 M, KOLKATA – 15 M/4 = 3.5 M

RURAL & URBAN

WORLD – 60 % RURAL & 40 % URBAN of Total Population.

INDIA – 70 % RURAL & 30 % URBAN of Total Population.

INCOME WISE SPLIT

For URBAN -- For RURAL---

UPPER INCOME – 20 % UPPER INCOME – 10 %

MIDDLE INCOME – 40 % MIDDLE INCOME – 40 %

LOWER INCOME – 40 % LOWER INCOME – 30 %, BPL – 20 %

AGE SPLIT

0 - 14 15 - 25 26 - 49 60 +

25 % 20 % 40 % 15 %

GENDER DISTRIBUTION : MALE – 50 % & FEMALE – 50 %

OCCUPATION

Agriculture & Fishery – 40 %, Industry (Bank, IT etc) – 25 %, Services (labour etc) – 35 %

TRANSPORTATION

TRAINS – 15000 (Daily), 7000 (Stations).

Airport – 30 (International), 110 (Domestic), Custom- 10 ---------- Total = 150

Number of Highways – 600