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This is a list of cities worldwide by population density. The population, population density and land area for the cities listed are based on the entire city proper, the defined boundary or border of a city or the city limits of the city. The population density of the cities listed is based on the average number of people living per square ...
Dharavi, Asia's second largest slum (if Karachi's Orangi Town is counted as a single slum) [343] is located in central Mumbai and houses between 800,000 and 10 lakh (one million) people [344] in 2.39 km 2 (0.92 sq mi), making it one of the most densely populated areas on Earth [345] with a population density of at least 334,728 inhabitants per ...
The district has a population density of 19,652 inhabitants per square kilometre (50,900/sq mi) . [1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was -7.57%. [1] Mumbai City has a sex ratio of 832 females for every 1000 males, [1] and a literacy rate of 89.21%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 7.13% and 0.81% of the ...
The region has an area of 6,328 square kilometres (2,443 sq mi) [8] and with a population of over 26 million it is among the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. [ 9 ] Developing over a period of about 20 years, it consists of nine municipal corporations and eight smaller municipal councils.
The 3 UAs with populations of 10 million and above are known as Mega Cities (The census defines the three as Greater Mumbai UA (18.4 million), Delhi UA (16.3 million) and Kolkata UA (14.1 million). [1]) The cities listed in bold are the capitals of the respective state or union territory and New Delhi, the capital of India.
According to a survey by the United Nations, in 2030 40.76% of country's population is expected to reside in urban areas. [3] As per the World Bank, India, along with China, Indonesia, Nigeria, and the United States, will lead the world's urban population surge by 2050. [4] Mumbai saw large-scale rural-urban migration in the 20th century. In ...
This is a list of the most densely populated city subdivisions (sometimes also known as, neighborhoods or districts) with over 30,000 inhabitants per square kilometre (78,000/sq mi) in the world with an area of at least 1 km 2.
Map showing the population density in India, per 2011 Census. [54] India occupies 2.41% of the world's land area but supports over 18% of the world's population. At the 2001 census 72.2% of the population [55] lived in about 638,000 villages [56] and the remaining 27.8% [55] lived in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations. [57]