Urban Growth
In India out of the total population of 1027 million as on 1st March, 2001, about 742 million live in rural areas and 285 million in urban areas. The net addition of population in rural areas during 1991-2001 has been to the tune of 113 million while in urban areas it is 6 million. The percentage decadal growth of population in rural and urban areas during the decade is 17.9 and 31.2 percent respectively.
The percentage of urban population to the total population of the country stands at 27.8. The percentage of urban population to total population in the 1991 Census (including interpolated population of Jammu & Kashmir where Census could not be conducted in 1991) was 25.7 percent. Thus, there has been an increase on 2.1 percentage points in the proportion of urban population in the country during 1991 – 2001.
|
Sl. No. |
India/State/Union territory* |
T/R/U |
Population |
Percent urban population |
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|
Persons |
Males |
Females |
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|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
INDIA |
T |
1,027.015,247 |
531,277,078 |
495,738,169 |
27.8 |
|
|
R |
741,660,293 |
381,141,184 |
360,519,109 |
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|
U |
285,354,954 |
150,135,894 |
135,219,060 |
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Source: The Provisional Population Totals for India and sates for the census of India – 2001.