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TABLE 7.1: LEVEL AND TREND OF URBANIZATION IN INDIA , 1901-2001
Year |
Total |
Rural |
Urban |
Level of urbanization |
Speed (trend) of urbanization |
1901 |
238,396,327 |
212,544,454 |
25,851,873 |
10.84 |
- |
1911 |
252,093,390 |
226,151,757 |
25,941,633 |
10.29 |
-0.51 |
1921 |
251,321,213 |
223,235,043 |
28,086,170 |
11.18 |
0.86 |
1931 |
278,977,238 |
245,521,249 |
33,455,989 |
11.99 |
0.72 |
1941 |
318,660,580 |
274,507,283 |
44,153,297 |
13.86 |
1.56 |
1951 |
361,088,090 |
298,644,381 |
62,443,709 |
17.29 |
2.47 |
1961 |
439,234,771 |
360,298,168 |
78,936,603 |
17.97 |
0.39 |
1971 |
548,159,652 |
439,045,675 |
109,113,977 |
19.91 |
1.08 |
1981 |
683,329,097 |
523,866,550 |
159,462,547 |
23.34 |
1.72 |
1991 |
846,302,688 |
628,691,676 |
217,611,012 |
25.71 |
1.02 |
2001 |
1,028,737,436 |
742,490,639 |
286,119,689 |
27.81 |
0.82 |
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THREE MILLION PLUS CITIES
There are about 4,000 cities and towns in India . About 300 cities have population of over 1,00,000. Among them, seven cities have population more than 3 million (Indiamart.com, 2009). According to U.S. Census Bureau Mumbai ranks third in the world after Tokyo and Mexico. Kolkata 9th and Delhi 14th. The names and populations of 3 million plus cities are given in Table 7.2.
TABLE 7.2: CITIES IN INDIA WITH THREE MILLION PLUS POPULATION
City |
Population in 1991 |
Population in 2001 |
Greater Mumbai ( Bombay ) |
9,925,891 |
11,914,398 |
Delhi |
7,206,704 |
9,817,439 |
Kolkata ( Calcutta ) |
4,399,819 |
4,580,544 |
Bangalore |
2,660,088 |
4,292,223 |
Chennai ( Madras ) |
3,841,396 |
4,216,268 |
Ahmedabad |
2,876,710 |
3,515,361 |
Hyderabad |
2,964,638 |
3,449,878 |
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