URBANDEVELOPMENTININDIA

INDIANSCENARIOOFURBANISATION
India is second most urbanized and the largest democracy in population terms with an estimated population of 300 million people living in urban areas.
Census Year Total Urban Population Population (in Millions) (In Millions) % of Urban from Total Population

TrendofUrbanization
100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 19 901 19 911 19 921 19 931 19 941 19 951 19 961 19 971 19 981 19 991 20 001 20 051

1901 1951 2001 2051

238.4 361.1 1025.9 1025 9 1726.3

25.85 62.40 285.00 285 00 820

10.81 17.29 27.78 27 78 47.50

UrbanPopulation(inMillion)

TotalPopulation(inMillions)

As can be seen, the urban areas over the past few decades have experienced rapid growth in population. In 2001, 27.78% of the total population of India lived in urban areas, which is projected to increase 47.50% by 2051.

INDIANSCENARIOOFURBANISATION
The pattern of urbanization is manifested in a high percentage of urban population being concentrated in class I cities
VariationinClassofTowns
700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 No.ofClass1Towns No.ofClassVITowns

According to 1991 census, about two third i.e. 65% of the countries urban population lived in class I cities. This further increased to 69 % in 2001 It may be observed that in 1901 there were only 24 class I cities that has gone up to 393 in 2001

The basic reason for the increasing dominance of class I cities is graduation of lower order towns into class I towns.

METROPOLITANCITIESININDIA
As per census 2001, there are total of 35 million plus cities/urban agglomeration in India Category
10 Million+ 5 10 Million 3 5 Million 2 3 Million 1 2 Million

City
Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad Ahmedabad, Pune Surat, Kanpur, Jaipur, Lucknow, gp Nagpur Patna, Indore, Vadodara, Bhopal, Coimbatore, Ludhiana, Kochi, Agra, Visakhapatnam, Varanasi, Meerut, Madurai, Nashik, Jabalpur, Rajkot Jamshedpur, Asansol, Dhanbad, Faridabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Vijayawada
8.57 2.86

5.71

8.57 5.71 11.43 2.86 2.86 11.43

20.00

5.71 5.71 AndhraPradesh Kerala Rajasthan WestBengal Bihar Maharashtra UttarPradesh 8.57 Gujarat

Karnataka Punjab TamilNadu

MadhyaPradesh UnionTerritory

Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh contribute as high as 42.8 % increase in number of class I cities; the contribution of Uttar Pradesh being the highest.

ISSUESRELATEDTOURBANIZATION
While urbanization remained high; the provision of infrastructure in these growing urban areas could not maintain the same pace. Our cities today suffer from myriad problems such as: shortage of housing; proliferation of slums; C Congestion; i cramming of households in unplanned areas; inadequate infrastructure delivery systems; and Degraded environment

DEFINATIONOFURBANAREASASPERINDIANCENSUS
Mainly Two Categories: a)Statutory towns: All places with a municipality, corporation, Cantonment board or notified town area committee, etc. so declared by state law. b) Census towns : Places which satisfy following criteria : a minimum population of 5000 At least 75% of male working population engaged in non agricultural pursuits a density of population of atleast 400 persons per sq km

CLASSIFICATIONOFURBANCENTRES
Sr.No. Classification 1 2 3 Small Towns Medium Towns Large City PopulationRange PlainAreas HillAreas <50,000 <20,000 50,000to5,00,000 20,000to<80,000 >5,00,000 80,000andmore

ClassI 100,000andabove ClassII 50,000 99,999 ClassIII 20,000 49,999 ClassIV 10,000 19,999 ClassV 5,000 9,999 ClassVI <5,000

2001SCENARIOOFMILLIONPLUSCITIESININDIA
Category 10 Million+ (3) City Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad Ahmedabad, Pune Surat, Kanpur, Jaipur, Lucknow, Nagpur Patna, Indore, Vadodara, Bhopal, Coimbatore, Ludhiana, Kochi, Visakhapatnam, Agra, Varanasi, Madurai, Meerut, Nashik, Jabalpur, Jamshedpur, Asansol, Dhanbad, Faridabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Vijayawada, Rajkot

5 10 Million (3) 3 5 Million (2) 2 3 Million (5) 1 2 Million (22)

35 MILLIONPLUSCITIESININDIA,ASPER2001CENSUS.HOWMANYDO YOUEXPECTIN2011?

Key Messages: Urban Development Urbanisation Trends Urban Centers as Engines of Economic Growth