Table
1.1: Number and Population (in Million) of Urban Agglomerations (UAs) |
| | and
Towns (1901-2001) | |
Census Year | Number
of | Total
Population | Urban
Population | Urban
Population as | | UAs/Towns | | | %
of Total Population | 1901 | 1,830 | 238,396,327 | 25,851,873 | 10.8 |
1911 | 1,815 | 252,093,390 | 25,941,633 | 10.3 |
1921 | 1,944 | 251,321,213 | 28,086,167 | 11.2 |
1931 | 2,066 | 278,977,238 | 33,455,989 | 12.0 |
1941 | 2,253 | 318,660,580 | 44,153,297 | 13.9 |
1951 | 2,822 | 361,088,090 | 62,443,934 | 17.3 |
1961 | 2,334 | 439,234,771 | 78,936,603 | 18.0 |
1971 | 2,567 | 548,159,652 | 109,113,977 | 19.9 |
1981 | 3,347 | 683,329,097 | 159,462,547 | 23.3 |
1991 | 3,769 | 846,387,888 | 217,551,812 | 25.7 |
2001 | 4,378 | 1,028,610,328 | 286,119,689 | 27.8 |
1. Urban Agglomerations, which
constitute a number of towns and their outgrowths, have been treated as one unit.
2. The total population and urban population of India for the year 2001 includes
estimated population of those areas of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh where census
could not be conducted due to natural
calamities.
3. The total population
and urban population of India for the year 1991 includes interpolated population
of Jammu & Kashmir where census could not be conducted.
4. The total population
and urban population of India for the year 1981 includes interpolated population
of Assam where census could not be conducted.
Source: Census
of India 2001 |
Appendix
1 (Contd.) | The
Trends in Urbanisation and Metropolitan Growth in India |
Table
1.2: Growth of various Classes of Towns and Percentage of Urban |
| Population
to Total Population (1961-2001) | Class
of Town | No.
of Towns | Percentage
of Urban Population | | | | | | | to
Total Population (%) | | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 |
> 100,000 | 113 | 148 | 216 | 300 | 393 | 9.22 | 11.38 | 14.04 | 16.5 | 15.50 |
50,000 to 99,999 | 138 | 183 | 270 | 345 | 401 | 1.97 | 2.20 | 3.00 | 2.80 | 3.34 |
20,000 to 49,999 | 484 | 582 | 739 | 947 | 1151 | 2.99 | 3.23 | 3.11 | 3.62 | 4.43 |
10,000 to 19,999 | 748 | 874 | 1048 | 1167 | 1344 | 2.26 | 2.10 | 2.24 | 2.02 | 3.37 |
5,000 to 9,999 | 761 | 678 | 742 | 740 | 888 | 1.20 | 0.90 | 0.80 | 0.69 | 1.12 |
Below 5,000 | 218 | 178 | 230 | 197 | 191 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
Unclassified | | | | | 10 | | | | | |
All classes | 2462 | 2643 | 3245 | 3696 | 4378* | 17.78 | 19.67 | 23.30 | 25.70 | 27.80 |
* includes 10
unclassified towns
Source: Office of the Registrar General,
India. |
Table
1.3: Number and Percentage of Urban Population in Million-plus Cities |
in India
(1901-2001) | Census
Year | Number | Population | Population
per Million | %
to Urban | | | (million) | Plus
City
(million) | Population |
1901 | 1 | 1.51 | 1.51 | 5.84 |
1911 | 2 | 2.76 | 1.38 | 10.65 |
1921 | 2 | 3.13 | 1.56 | 11.14 |
1931 | 2 | 3.41 | 1.70 | 10.18 |
1941 | 2 | 5.31 | 2.65 | 12.23 |
1951 | 5 | 11.75 | 2.35 | 18.81 |
1961 | 7 | 18.10 | 2.58 | 22.93 |
1971 | 9 | 27.83 | 3.09 | 25.51 |
1981 | 12 | 42.12 | 3.51 | 26.41 |
1991 | 23 | 70.66 | 3.07 | 32.54 |
2001 | 35 | 107.88 | 3.08 | 38.60 |
Source: Census
of India 2001. |
Appendix
1 (Concld.) | The
Trends in Urbanisation and Metropolitan Growth in India |
Table
1.4: Population of Million-plus Urban Agglomerations/Cities (2001) |
Rank | Urban | Population | Population
Growth | | Agglomeration/City | (Million) | 1981-1991 | 1991-2001 | 1981-1991 | 1991-2001 |
1. | Greater
Mumbai | 16.37 | 33.7 | 29.9 | 20.4 | 20.0 |
2. | Kolkata | 13.22 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 6.6 | 4.1 |
3. | Delhi
| 12.79 | 46.9 | 51.9 | 43.2 | 36.2 |
4. | Chennai | 6.42 | 26.4 | 18.5 | 28.9 | 9.7 |
5. | Bangalore
| 5.69 | 41.3 | 37.8 | 7.4 | 61.3 |
6. | Hyderabad
| 5.53 | 66.5 | 27.4 | 39.2 | 12.8 |
7. | Ahmedabad | 4.52 | 29.5 | 36.4 | 22.9 | 18.9 |
8. | Pune | 3.75 | 44.8 | 50.6 | 30.2 | 38.3 |
9. | Surat
| 2.81 | 64.4 | 85.1 | 62.2 | 62.3 |
10. | Kanpur
| 2.69 | 23.8 | 32.5 | 25.8 | 35.0 |
11. | Jaipur | 2.32 | 49.6 | 53.1 | 49.2 | 59.4 |
12. | Lucknow
| 2.27 | 65.7 | 35.8 | 70.8 | 36.3 |
13. | Nagpur
| 2.12 | 36.4 | 27.6 | 33.2 | 26.2 |
14. | Patna
| 1.71 | 19.7 | 55.3 | 18.1 | 33.4 |
15. | Indore
| 1.64 | 33.7 | 47.8 | 31.6 | 46.3 |
16. | Vadodara | 1.49 | 44.0 | 32.4 | 40.4 | 26.6 |
17. | Bhopal
| 1.45 | 58.4 | 36.9 | 58.3 | 34.9 |
18. | Coimbatore
| 1.45 | 19.6 | 31.4 | 15.9 | 13.1 |
19. | Ludhiana
| 1.40 | 71.8 | 33.7 | 71.7 | 33.7 |
20. | Kochi
| 1.35 | 38.3 | 18.8 | 13.5 | 2.4 |
21. | Visakhapatnam
| 1.33 | 75.1 | 25.7 | 33.0 | 28.9 |
22. | Agra
| 1.32 | 26.9 | 39.4 | 28.5 | 29.2 |
23. | Varanasi
| 1.21 | 29.3 | 17.5 | 29.6 | 18.4 |
24. | Madurai
| 1.19 | 19.7 | 10.0 | 14.6 | 1.9 |
25. | Meerut
| 1.17 | 56.5 | 37.4 | 67.9 | 42.5 |
26. | Nashik | 1.15 | 63.7 | 58.8 | 80.6 | 63.9 |
27. | Jabalpur
| 1.12 | 17.4 | 25.7 | 20.8 | 22.0 |
28. | Jamshedpur
| 1.10 | 21.9 | 32.9 | 5.1 | 23.8 |
29. | Asansol | 1.09 | 52.0 | 42.7 | 42.9 | 85.4 |
30. | Dhanbad | 1.06 | 18.9 | 30.5 | 26.2 | 31.1 |
31. | Faridabad
| 1.05 | 86.7 | 70.8 | 86.7 | 70.8 |
32. | Allahabad
| 1.05 | 29.9 | 24.3 | 28.7 | 24.9 |
33. | Amritsar
| 1.01 | 19.2 | 42.6 | 19.2 | 27.3 |
34. | Vijayawada
| 1.01 | 37.8 | 19.6 | 32.9 | 17.6 |
35. | Rajkot
| 1.00 | 47.1 | 53.1 | 25.7 | 72.8 |
| Total | 107.88 | | | | |
Source : Census
of India 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001. | |
