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The city was capital of Bombay state before the formation of state of Maharashtra. It became financial centre of India and attracted people from all across India which resulted in booming population growth of the city.The following is a timeline of the growth of Mumbai's population over the last four centuries: 1661: 10000 inhabitants [1]
The district has a population density of 25,291.28 inhabitants per square kilometre (65,504.1/sq mi). [4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 8.01%. [4] Mumbai Suburban has a sex ratio of 857 females for every 1000 males, [4] and a literacy rate of 90.9%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 6.23% and 1.12% of the ...
Latest population figures are based on data from the 2011 census of India. [6] During the decade of 2001–2011, India's annual population rising rate has slowed down from 2.15 to 1.76. [6] Based on decennial census data, Dadra and Nagar Haveli shows the highest growth rate of 55.5 percent.
1668/1669 – East India Company leased the seven islands of Mumbai from Charles II; 1670 – First printing press imported to Mumbai by Parsi businessman Bhimjee Parikh; 1672 – Consecration of the first Tower of Silence and first Fire temple (Hirji Vachha Agiary, now defunct) 1675 – Population estimated to have risen to 60,000 from 100,000 ...
Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / muum-BY; ISO: Muṁbaī, Marathi: ⓘ), also known as Bombay (/ b ɒ m ˈ b eɪ / bom-BAY), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). [20]
Nagaland recorded the lowest growth rate of -0.5 percent. [8] India has 641,000 inhabited villages and 72.2 percent of the total population reside in these rural areas. [8] Of them 145,000 villages have population size of 500–999 persons; 130,000 villages have population size of 1000–1999 and 128,000 villages have population size of 200–499.
This region is called South Mumbai. The western part of Mumbai Suburban district (to the west of Sanjay Gandhi National Park) is called the Western Suburbs and the eastern part of the district is called the Eastern Suburbs. The northernmost portion of the island, which is outside of the Mumbai city limits, lies in Thane District.
The total population growth in 2011 was 15.99%, while in the previous decade it was 22.57%. [127] [128] Since independence, the decadal growth rate of population has remained higher (except in the year 1971) than the national average. However, in the year 2011, it was found to be lower than the national average. [128]