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The South Asian region though predominantly rural (accounting for 69.9% rural population as of 2010), has recorded much higher annual growth of urban population. India, the leading country in South Asia has shown an unprecedented increase in the urban population in the last few decades and its urban population has increased about 14 fold from ...
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.
Notes: Chandigarh U.A. was included in the list of million plus populous Towns/U.A.s as per provisional census [8] having 51st rank but in the final population totals, its population fell short of one million ranking 55th after two less than million populous Towns/U.A.s - Mysore U.A., Bareilly U.A. [9] and as a result of it, the number of million plus populous Towns/U.A.s in India is 52 though ...
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.
India is burning ever greater amounts of coal and oil as it tries to meet the needs of its 1.4 billion people. But it also has huge renewable potential. India’s urban population is exploding.
56% of India's rural households lack agricultural land. [56] [57] 36% of 884 million people in rural India are non-literate. This is higher than the 32% recorded by 2011 Census of India. [58] Of the 64% literate rural Indians, more than a fifth have not completed primary school. 60% of the 179,100,000 rural households are deprived or poor. [59]
Studies of India's population since 1881 have focused on such topics as total population, birth and death rates, geographic distribution, literacy, the rural and urban divide, cities of a million, and the three cities with populations over eight million: Delhi, Greater Mumbai (Bombay), and Kolkata (Calcutta). [52]
There are 3,961 villages that have a population of 10,000 persons or more. [2] India's 27.8 percent urban population lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations. [7] In the decade of 1991–2001, migration to major cities caused a rapid increase in urban population.