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Mumbai saw large-scale rural-urban migration in the 20th century. In 2018, Mumbai accommodated 22.1 million people, and was the second-largest metropolis by population in India. Delhi has 28 million inhabitants and witnessed the fastest rate of urbanization in the world, with a 4.1% rise in population as per the 2011 census of India.
India's 27.8 percent urban population lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations. [6] In the decade of 1991–2001, migration to major cities caused rapid increase in urban population. [7] [8] The number of Indians living in urban areas has grown by 31.2% between 1991 and 2001. [9] Yet, in 2001, over 70% lived in rural areas.
There are 3,961 villages that have a population of 10,000 persons or more. [9] India's 27.8 percent urban population lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations. [10] In the decade of 1991–2001, migration to major cities caused rapid increase in urban population.
Following is the list of urban agglomerations in India with a population of more than one million as per the 2011 census. As per the 2011 census, there were 52 (according to provisional census results, 53 [8]) urban agglomerations or cities with population of one million and above. [9] [a] [8]
At the 2011 Census, Bihar was the third most populous state of India with total population of 104,099,452, nearly 89% of it rural. It was also India's most densely populated state, with 1,106 persons per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 918 females per 1000 males. [1]
PRIs in rural areas have 3 hierarchies of panchayats, Gram panchayats at village level, Panchayat Samiti at block level, and Zilla panchayats at district level. [4] Panchayats cover about 96% of India's more than 5.8 lakh (580,000) villages and nearly 99.6% of the rural population.
60% of the 179,100,000 rural households are deprived or poor. [59] 35% of urban Indian households qualify as poor. [60] [61] 74.5% (133,400,000) of rural households survive on a monthly income of Rs 5,000 for their highest earner. [62] [63] 5.4% of rural India has completed high school. 3.4% of rural households have a family member who is a ...
The population of India as per 2011 census was 1,210,854,977. [31] India added 181.5 million to its population since 2001, slightly lower than the population of Brazil. India, with 2.4% of the world's surface area, accounts for 17.5% of its population. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state with roughly 200 million people.