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Key statistics on urban India

1. Percentage of Urban Population

Sl. No.	India/State/Union territory*	T/R/U	Population			Percent urban population
			Persons	Males	Females
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
		U	285,354,954	150,135,894	135,219,060
Source: The Provisional Population Totals for India , Census of India – 2001

2. Urban Agglomerations/Towns by Class/Category: Census of India 2001

Class	Population Size	No.of UAs/Towns
Class I	1,00,000 and above	393
Class II	50,000 - 99,999	401
Class III	20,000 - 49,999	1,151
Class IV	10,000 - 19,999	1,344
Class V	5,000 - 9,999	888
Class VI	Less than 5,000	191
Unclassified		10*
All classes		4378

Note : Data is provisional Population Census 2001 could not be held in these towns/cities of Gujarat state on account of national calamity
Source: Office of the Registrar General of India . (Population totals for India & States for the Census of India – 2001)

3. Cities with Million-plus Population in 2001

Rank	Urban Agglomeration/City	Population (Lakhs)
1	Greater Mumbai	163.7
2	Kolkata	132.2
3	Delhi	127.9
4	Chennai	64.2
5	Bangalore	56.9
6	Hyderabad	55.3
7	Ahmedabad	45.2
8	Pune	37.5
9	Surat	28.1
10	Kanpur	26.9
11	Jaipur	23.2
12	Lucknow	22.7
13	Nagpur	21.2
14	Patna	17.1
15	Indore	16.4
16	Vadodara	14.9
17	Bhopal	14.5
18	Coimbatore	14.5
19	Ludhiana	14.0
20	Kochi	13.5
21	Visakhapatnam	13.3
22	Agra	13.2
23	Varanasi	12.1
24	Madurai	11.9
25	Meerut	11.7
26	Nashik	11.5
27	Jabalpur	11.2
28	Jamshedpur	11.0
29	Asansol	10.9
30	Dhanbad	10.6
31	Faridabad	10.5
32	Allahabad	10.5
33	Amritsar	10.1
34	Vijaywada	10.1
35	Rajkot	10.0
	Total	1078.8

4. Plan Outlay in Housing and Urban Development Sector

Plan	Total Outlay	Housing & Urban Development	Percentage share in the total
(Rs. in million)
First Plan	20688	488	2.1
Second Plan	48000	1200	2.5
Third Plan	85765	1276	1.5
Annual Plan(1966-69)	66254	733	1.1
Fourth Plan	157788	2702	1.7
Fifth Plan	394262	11500	2.9
Annual Plan (1977-80)	121765	3688	3.0
Sixth Plan	975000	24884	2.6
Seventh Plan	1800000	42295	2.3
Annual Plan (1990-92)	1338350	3001	2.2
Eighth Plan	4341000	105000	2.4

5. Trends in Urbanisation in India , 1901-1991

Census Years	Total Population	Urban Population	No. of towns/ UAs	Percentage of Urban Population to Total Population	Decadal Urban Growth Rate	Annual Exponential Growth Rate	Annual Gain in Percentage of Urban Population	Annual Rate of Gain in Percentage of Urban Population
1901	238,396,327	25,854,967	1,827	10.85	NA	NA	NA	NA
1911	252,093,390	25,948,431	1,815	10.29	0.36	0.04	-0.06	-0.51
1921	251,321,213	28,091,299	1,949	11.18	8.26	0.80	0.09	0.86
1931	278,977,238	33,462,539	2,072	11.99	19.12	1.77	0.08	0.73
1941	318,660,580	44,162,191	2,250	13.86	31.98	2.81	0.19	1.55
1951	361,088,090	62,443,709	2,843	17.29	41.40	3.52	0.34	2.48
1961	439,234,771	78,936,603	2,365	17.97	26.41	2.37	0.07	0.39
1971	548,159,652	109,113,977	2,590	19.91	38.23	3.29	0.19	1.08
1981	683,329,097	159,462,547	3,301	23.34	46.14	3.87	0.34	1.72
1991	846,302,688	217,611,012	3,697	25.71	36.47	3.16	0.24	1.02

Note:
1. Includes the interpolated population of Assam for 1981; the total population is 18,041,248 and urban population is 1,782,376
2. Includes the projected population of Jammu & Kashmir for 1991; the total population is 7,718,700 and urban population 1,839,400
3.N.A; Not applicable
Source: Census of India , 1991, General Population Tables, Part II-A(i), Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, GOI, New Delhi

6. Cities (Municipal Corporations) with more than One Million Population, 2001

Name of City	State/ Union Territory	Population			Sex Ratio
Name of City	State/ Union Territory	Persons	Males	Females	Sex Ratio
Greater Mumbai	Maharashtra	11,914,398	6,577,902	5,336,496	811
Delhi Municipal Corporation (Urban)	Delhi	9,817,439	5,378,658	4,438,781	825
Kolkata	West Bengal	4,580,544	2,506,029	2,074,515	828
Bangalore	Karnataka	4,292,223	2,240,956	2,051,267	915
Chennai	Tamil Nadu	4,216,268	2,161,605	2,054,663	951
Ahmedabad	Gujarat	3,515,361	1,863,886	1,651,475	886
Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh	3,449,878	1,773,899	1,675,979	945
Pune	Maharashtra	2,540,069	1,325,694	1,214,375	916
Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	2,532,138	1,354,581	1,177,557	869
Surat	Gujarat	2,433,787	1,372,307	1,061,480	774
Jaipur	Rajasthan	2,324,319	1,239,711	1,084,608	875
Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	2,207,340	1,165,932	1,041,408	893
Nagpur	Maharashtra	2,051,320	1,058,692	992,628	938
Indore	Madhya Pradesh	1,597,441	839,843	757,598	902
Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	1,433,875	755,685	678,190	897
Ludhiana	Punjab	1,395,053	789,868	605,185	766
Patna	Bihar	1,376,950	749,868	627,082	836
Vadodara	Gujarat	1,306,035	684,130	621,905	909
Thane	Maharashtra	1,261,517	674,660	586,857	870
Agra	Uttar Pradesh	1,259,979	674,902	585,077	867
Kalyan-Dombivli	Maharashtra	1,193,266	633,395	559,871	884
Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	1,100,748	584,514	516,234	883
Nashik	Maharashtra	1,076,967	579,638	497,329	858
Meerut	Uttar Pradesh	1,074,229	571,074	503,155	881
Faridabad	Haryana	1,054,981	580,548	474,433	817
Haora	West Bengal	1,008,704	547,969	460,735	841
Pimprichinchwad	Maharashtra	1,006,417	543,436	462,981	852
Total		73,021,246	39,229,382	33,791,864	861
Source: Census of India , 2001, Press Release on Rural - Urban distribution of population - India and states/union territories: 2001 , 20 July 2001 , New Delhi

7. Identified/Estimated Slum Population of Million-Plus Cities, 1991 & 2001 (In million)

City	1991				2001 #
City	Total Population	Slum Population		Percentage	Total Population	Slum Population	Percentage
Greater Bombay	12.60	4.32	*	34.30	17.07	5.86	34.30
Calcutta	11.02	3.63	*	32.93	13.11	4.31	32.90
Delhi	8.42	2.25		26.70	12.22	3.26	26.70
Madras	5.42	1.53		28.13	6.98	1.96	28.10
Hyderabad	4.34	0.86		19.78	6.30	1.25	19.80
Bangalore	4.13	0.52		12.50	6.36	0.79	12.50
Ahmedabad	3.31	0.67	*	20.23	4.36	0.89	20.31
Pune	2.49	0.41	*	16.44	3.53	0.58	16.30
Kanpur	2.03	0.42		20.55	2.49	0.51	20.60
Lucknow	1.67	0.28		16.64	2.26	0.37	16.60
Nagpur	1.66	0.53	*	31.85	2.32	0.74	31.90
Surat	1.52	0.39	*	25.67	2.29	0.58	25.40
Jaipur	1.52	0.44	*	28.98	2.21	0.64	29.10
Kochi	1.14	0.28	*	24.55	1.54	0.38	24.80
Vadodara	1.13	0.21		18.31	1.71	0.31	18.30
Indore	1.11	0.17	*	15.33	1.54	0.23	15.20
Coimbatore	1.10	0.10		8.70	1.33	0.12	8.70
Patna	1.10	0.70	*	63.66	1.53	0.97	63.50
Madurai	1.09	0.20		17.99	1.31	0.24	18.00
Bhopal	1.06	0.15	*	14.11	1.53	0.21	13.99
Vishakhapatnam	1.06	0.27		25.20	1.67	0.42	25.20
Ludhiana	1.04	0.37		35.36	1.63	0.58	35.40
Varanasi	1.03	0.21		20.12	1.33	0.27	20.10
Total	71.00	18.87		26.57	96.63	25.48	26.37

Note:
1. Classification of the size of cities is based on 1991 census
2. Total is different because of rounding off the figures
3. Based on the percentage identified slum population of 1981*
4. # Estimated
Source: Central Statistical Organisation, Compendium of Environment Statistics, 1997, M/o Planning & Programme Implementation, GOI, New Delhi

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