HIERARCHY OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT:

DEVELOPED AREA AVERAGE DENSITIES: SR. NO. PLANNING UNIT POPULATION

PERSONS PER HECTARE(PPH) IN
SETTLEMENT TYPE 1 HOUSING CLUSTER / NEIGHBOURHOOD 5,000
PLAIN AREA HILL AREA
2 NEIGHBOURHOOD 5,000-15,000
I. SMALL TOWN 75-125 45-75
3 COMMUNITY UPTO 1,00,000
II. MEDIUM TOWN 100-150 60-90
4 DISTRICT 5 LAKH
III. LARGE CITIES 125-175 60-90
5 ZONAL 10 LAKH
IV. METROPOLITAN CITIES 125-175 100-150
6 SUB CITY CENTRE 25 LAKH – 50 LAKH
V. MEGAPOLIS MORE THAN 200 --
7 CITY 50 LAKH +
SOURCE : URDPFI, 2015, VOL-1,
SOURCE: URDPFI, 2015, VOL-1,
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SCALE OF MAPS FOR PLANNING:

SR. NO. TYPE OF MAP/PLANNNG EXERCISE SIZE OF PLANNING AREA TYPES OF CITIES:
1:2,50,000 - 1:1,00,000 (FOR LAGER REGIONS) CLASS POPULATION
1 PERSPECTIVE PLAN
1:1,00,000 - 1:50,000 (FOR SMALLER REGIONS)
CLASS I >1 LAKH
1:50,000 - 1:25,000 (DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLAN) CLASS II 50K-100K
2 REGIONAL PLAN
1:25,000 - 1:10,000 (METROPOLITAN REGION PLAN)
CLASS III 20K-50K
1:10,000 – 1:8,000 (AS PER STATE PROVISION) CLASS IV 10K-20K
3 DEVELOPMENT PLAN
1:5,000 – 1:1,000(AS PER REQUIREMENT OF THE PROJECT) CLASS V 5K-10K
4 LOCAL AREA PLAN / SPECIAL PURPOSE PLAN
SOURCE : URDPFI, 2015, VOL-1, PAGE NO. 263
CLASS VI <5K
SOURCE: URDPFI, 2015, VOL-1,
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CLASSIFICATION OF URBAN SETTLEMENTS:
SUB GOVERNING LOCAL NUMBER OF CITIES
S. NO. CLASSIFICATION
CATEGORY
PPULATION RANGE
AUTHORITY AS/CENSUS,2011
CANTONMENT CATEGORIES:
SR. NO. CANTONMENT
SMALL TOWN I 5,000 – 20,000 NAGAR PANCHAYAT POPULATION LIMIT
1 SMALL TOWN NAGAR PANCHAYAT/
CATEGORIES
SMALL TOWN II 20,000 – 50,000 7467
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 1 CATEGORY I MORE THAN 50,000
MEDIUM TOWN I 50,000- 1,00,000 MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 2 CATEGORY II 10,001-50,000
2 MEDIUM TOWN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
MEDIUM TOWN II 1 LAKH – 5 LAKH 372 3 CATEGORY III 2,501-10,000

3 LARGE CITY -- 5 LAKH – 10 LAKH MUNICIPAL 43 4 CATEGORY IV UPTO 2,500

SOURCE : URDPFI, 2015, VOL-
CORPORATION 1, PAGE NO. 194

METROPOLITIAN 10LAKH – 50 LAKH MUNICIPAL 45

METROPOLITIAN CITY I CORPORATION /
4
CITY METRO POLITIAN 50 LAKH – 1 CRORE METROPOLITIAN 5
CITY II PLANNING
COMMITTEE
5 MEGAPOLIS -- MORE THAN 1 CRORE 3
SOURCE : URDPFI, 2015, VOL-1, PAGE NO. 4

DISTRIBUTION OF LAND USE

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