LUCKNOW (City Case study)
• Lucknow Metropolis lies between the coordinates of 260 30' N to 27o Land Use :
10' N latitudes and 80o 30' E to 81o 13' E longitudes.
• Lucknow is situated in the middle of Gangetic Plain and spreads on the
banks of the river Gomati, a left bank tributary of river Ganga.
• The height of Lucknow city above mean sea level is 123 metres. The
total land area of Lucknow city is 310 Sq. Km.
• Lucknow has got an extensive network of roads and railways and it has
grown all around in a radius of 25 Km. The road network is primarily
of radial pattern.  Existing Land Use of Lucknow
• The Gomti River, a tributary of Ganga rive system is the chief
geographical feature, meanders through the city, almost presently
bifurcates the city of Lucknow into two parts: the first part forming the
core of Nawabian and British evolution of the city structure and form,
while the second half is the urban sprawl of the post-independent
evolution of the city structure and form. 
Demographic Features :
• As per Census 2011, Lucknow city’s total population is 28.17 lakh. The population in
the last six decades has risen tremendously by almost six times (from 5 lakh to 28
lakh in 2011).
• The city’s decadal population growth rate is 28.87% during 2001-2011, which is less
than the country urban population growth rate (31.80%) but is higher than state
urban population growth rate (28.75%).
• Lucknow city is expected to have population of 4.5 million in 2021. The male
population increased from 1199273 in 2001 to 1460970 in 2011 (21.8%) and the
female population rose from 1067660 to 1356135 (27.02%) in the respective year.  underground and 5 elevated).
Districts and their Population :
Sex Ratio :
Migration :
As per data available from study “Counter Magnet
areas to Delhi and NCR” by National Capital Region
Planning Board, total in-migrants in Lucknow city for
1991-2011 decade was 2,36,788, while out migration
was 75,486. Lucknow attracts maximum number of
migrants followed by Kanpur and Meerut City. 
Lucknow Planning Boundary
Lucknow Transportation Facilities :
• Lucknow has witnessed huge urban expansion. The urban area was
spread into 9170 Ha (1987) which increased to 16270 Ha (2004-05),
thus registering growth of 1.8 times during 17 years.
• The area proposed in the master plan of Lucknow had increased from
the existing 9170.96 hectares to 20988.5 hectares, showing the growth
at 128.9 per cent of the area. In absolute terms it increased to 11817.54
hectares. 
Existing Land Use of LDA 2010-11
UA (1987 and 2004-05 )
Transport Facilities :
No. Of Registered Vehicles in Lucknow (March 2007)
Major Road Network :
Lucknow Peri-Urban Development – Intensity along Road :
Railways :
• Lucknow’s main railway station is located at Charbagh, on the southern side of the
city along Kanpur road, which on an average handles 60,000 passengers daily. 
• It is connected to different parts of country in north and south corridor like New
Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and acts as the divisional headquarters of Northern
Railway Division.
Bus services :
• Lucknow city’s bus service is operated by Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport
Corporation (UPSRTC), a public sector road transport headquartered in MG road.
• The UPSRTC operate intrastate and interstate bus services, with 12429 buses.
Metro Network  :
• There are two metro corridors i.e. 1) North-South Corridor (CSS Airport to Munshi
Pulia) and 2) East - West Metro Corridor (Lucknow Railway Station to Vasant Kunj)
(Table 27) with a length of 22.82 km and 11.12 km respectively.
• North - South Corridor is operational and have 22 stations (3 underground and 19
elevated), where as proposed East – West Corridor will have 12 Stations (7
Lucknow Influence Zone of Transport Hubs :
Dharani.Pilli- 19251AA067
Sirisha Lokinindi – 19251AA056
Ganesh Sriram – 19251AA071
Vishnu Vardhan - 19251AA074