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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.
Urbanization in India began to accelerate after independence, due to the country's adoption of a mixed economy, which gave rise to the development of the private sector. The population residing in urban areas in India, according to the 1901 census, was 11.4%, [1] increasing to 28.53% by the 2001 census, and is now currently 34% in 2017 ...
In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations that have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity. [6] 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 50 urban agglomerations ...
The 46 cities with populations of 1 million and above are known as Million Plus UA s or Cities. 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 Capital city of the Country listed in bold ...
In the census of India 2011, an urban agglomeration is defined as follows: [9] "An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns.
The list is updated for cities wherever metropolitan area data is available with the corresponding sources. All population data correspond to the 2011 census. For regions that were expanded post-2011 and no updated population data is available, data corresponding to the old urban area limits as per the 2011 census has been considered. [3]
Bangalore is a megacity with a population of 8,443,675 in the city and 10,456,000 in the urban agglomeration, [6] [5] up from 8.5 million at the 2011 census. [116] It is the third most populous city in India, the 18th most populous city in the world and the fifth most populous urban agglomeration in India.
The urban agglomeration (UA) of Delhi has 113 constituent parts, as identified by the Directorate of Census Operations, for the 2011 census of India. [3] Of these, 100 are defined as towns for census purposes, which may be categorised as municipal corporations, municipal councils, cantonment boards, census towns, or out growths; and 13 are cities.