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The total figure of population living in urban areas is 10,399,146 of which 5,545,989 are males and while remaining 4,853,157 are females. The urban population in the last 10 years has increased by 37.5%. According to the 2011 Census of India, Punjab, India has a population of around 27.7 million.
This is a list of urban agglomerations with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census and development ranking in Punjab. [1] Punjab. Rank ... September 2024, ...
The 2025 census of India, or the 16th Indian census, is to be conducted in two phases, a house listing phase and a population enumeration phase.Although initially the house listing was to begin in April 2020 along with the updating of the National Population Register, and the population enumeration on 9 February 2021, [1] they have been continuously postponed.
The former province is today part of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh states and Chandigarh union territory in India, and Punjab province and Islamabad Capital Territory in Pakistan. This list deals with the areas within city administrative boundaries (city propers), urban areas, and metropolitan areas.
A district of the Punjab state of India is an administrative geographical unit, ... Population (2011) Area (km 2) [3] ... This page was last edited on 1 December 2024
Chandigarh has an effective literacy rate of 86.77% (based on population 7 years and above), higher than the national average; with male literacy of 90.81% and female literacy of 81.88%. [8] 10.8% of the population is under 6 years of age. [8] The population of Chandigarh formed 0.12 per cent of India in 2011. [9]
About 80% [79]-95% [80] of Punjab's agricultural land is owned by its Jat Sikh community despite it only forming 21% [81] of the state's population. About 10% of Punjab's population is made up of migrants from poorer states to the southeast such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar who work as farm laborers. [82] The largest grown crop is wheat.
With an estimated population of 3.8 million in 2024, it is the second-largest Punjabi-speaking city in the world. Historically one of the largest villages of Punjab, Lyallpur was one of the first planned cities within British India. It was restructured into city district status; a devolution promulgated by the 2001 local government ordinance (LGO).