1. PROVISIONAL POPULATION TOTALS (URBAN)
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HIGHLIGHTS
A PRESENTATION
R.Srinivas
Metropolitan& UT Division
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ORGANIZATION
MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

2. Sl.N Administrative
Units
Numbers in 2001 Numbers in 2011
1. States/UTs 35 35
2. Districts 593 640
3. Sub districts
(Tehsil / Talukas)
5463 5925
4. Villages 6,38,588 6,40,867
5. Towns 5161
(3799 statutory towns &
1362 Census towns)*
7935
(4041 statutory towns &
3894 Census towns)*
Census 2011 (provisional figures)

3. CENSUS-2011-MAJOR FINDINGS
• Total population of the country has increased from 102.86
crore in 2001 to 121.02crore in 2011 registering a decadal
growth rate of 17.6%.
• The total urban population has increased from 28.61 crore
in 2001 to 37.71 crore in 2011 registering a decal growth
rate of 31.8 %.
• The percentage of urban population has increased from
27.8% to 31.16 % during 2001-2011.

4. • The number of Class-I cities have not shown much increase
as the number has increased from 441 in 2001 to 468 in
2011.
• The category II to VI population figures are yet to be
released, which can further explain the distribution urban
settlements in various classes.
• The total population of million plus cities constitute 42% of
the total urban population, while the total population in
Class I cities constitutes 70% of the total urban population.

5. Category of Towns Number of Towns as per
Census
2001 2011
Class I ( more than 1 Lakh ) 441 468 *
Class II ( 50,000 to 1 Lakh ) 496
Class III ( 20,000 to 50,000 ) 1388
Class IV ( 10,000 to 20,000 ) 1563
Class V ( 5,000 to 10,000 ) 1041
Class VI ( below 5,000 ) 232
5161 7935
* for Census 2011- Figures for Class II – Class VI towns are yet to be released.
Category of Towns as per Census 2001 and 2011

6. • As per 2011 Census, there are 53 million plus cities
indicating addition of 18 cities from 2001(35) .
• For the first time, India has 3 cities with more than 1 crore
population (Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi) while 5 cities viz.
Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune
have attained more than 5 0 lakh population.
• The million plus cities have shown wide variation in the
growth rates during 2001-2011.

7. S.No. Cities as per population No. of Cities
1. More than 10 million 3
2. 5-10 million 5
3. 2- 5 million 10
4. 1-2 million 34
Total Million Plus Cities 53
5. 0.5 million to 1 million 42
6. 1 lakh to 5 lakh 372
Total Class–I Cities 468
Distribution of Class I cities - as per Census 2011

8. Table: Growth in Population - All India - 1951 - 2011
Year Total Population**
(including Assam & J & K)
Urban Population**
(including Assam & J &K)
Total No. of
Cities and
Towns*
(Excluding
J & K from
1951 to 1991
& Assam for
1981)
Total
Population
(in crores)
Decadal
Growth
(%)
Urban
Population
(in crores)
Decadal
Growth
(%)
Urban
population
(%)
1951 36.11 6.24 17.3 3035
1961 43.92 21.6 7.89 26.4 18.0 2657
1971 54.81 24.8 10.91 38.3 19.9 3081
1981 68.33 24.7 15.95 46.2 23.3 3891
1991 84.63 23.9 21.76 36.4 25.7 4615
2001 102.86 21.5 28.61 31.5 27.8 5161
2011 121.02 17.6 37.71 31.8 31.16 7935

10. • In terms of urbanization, Goa is most urbanized State of the
country with 62.17 % as urban population followed by Mizoram
(51.51%), Tamil Nadu (48.45%) and Kerala (47.72%).
• States like Karnataka,Punjab,Haryana,Andhra Pradesh and West
Bengal still have to cross 40% mark as the share of urban
population in these states varies between 31%to 38%
• The least urbanized States are Assam (14.08%) followed by
Bihar (11.30%) and Himachal Pradesh (10.04%) .

11. 2001 2011 increase in no
of townsCode India/State/ Union Territory* No. of Towns No. of Towns
Statutory
Towns
Census
Towns
Total Statutory
Towns
Census
Towns
Total % increase
INDIA 3,799 1,362 5161 4,041 3,894 7935 53.7
04 Chandigarh * 1 0 1 1 5 6 500.0
25 Daman & Diu * 2 0 2 2 6 8 300.0
32 Kerala 60 99 159 59 461 520 227.0
26 Dadra & Nagar Haveli
#
0 2 2 1 5 6 200.0
13 Nagaland 8 1 9 19 7 26 188.9
19 West Bengal 123 252 375 129 780 909 142.4
31 Lakshadweep * 0 3 3 0 6 6 100.0
22 Chhattisgarh 75 22 97 168 14 182 87.6
16 Tripura 13 10 23 16 26 42 82.6
07 NCT of Delhi* 3 59 62 3 110 113 82.3
18 Assam 80 45 125 88 126 214 71.2
28 Andhra Pradesh 117 93 210 125 228 353 68.1
34 Puducherry* 6 0 6 6 4 10 66.7
35 A&N Islands* 1 2 3 1 4 5 66.7
01 Jammu& Kashmir 72 3 75 86 36 122 62.7
21 Orissa 107 31 138 107 116 223 61.6
30 Goa 14 30 44 14 56 70 59.1
12 Arunachal Pradesh 0 17 17 26 1 27 58.8
14 Manipur 28 5 33 28 23 51 54.5
10 Bihar 125 5 130 139 60 199 53.1
20 Jharkhand 44 108 152 40 188 228 50.0
06 Haryana 84 22 106 80 74 154 45.3
24 Gujarat 168 74 242 195 153 348 43.8
27 Maharashtra 251 127 378 256 279 535 41.5
03 Punjab 139 18 157 143 74 217 38.2
17 Meghalaya 10 6 16 10 12 22 37.5
05 Uttarakhand 74 12 86 74 42 116 34.9
08 Rajasthan 184 38 222 185 112 297 33.8
33 Tamil Nadu 721 111 832 721 376 1097 31.9
09 Uttar Pradesh 638 66 704 648 267 915 30.0
29 Karnataka 226 44 270 220 127 347 28.5
23 Madhya Pradesh 339 55 394 364 112 476 20.8
15 Mizoram 22 0 22 23 0 23 4.5
02 Himachal Pradesh 56 1 57 56 3 59 3.5

12. • Among the States, Kerala, Nagaland and West Bengal have registered
more than 100% in crease in the number of towns since 2001 census.
• Even UTs like Chandigarh and Delhi which are most urbanized have
some of the settlements classified as urban.
• States like Mizoram, Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh, the increase in
number of towns was not much.

14. STATE WISE METROPOLITAN URBAN AGGLOMERATION AND CITIES IN INDIA - 2011
(URBAN AGGLOMERATION /CITIES HAVING POPULATION 1 MILLION AND ABOVE)
S.No. U.A / City (as per 2011 Census) State POP 2001 POP 2011
Decadal Growth in %
2001-2011
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Agra U.A Uttar Pradesh 1,331,339 1,746,467 31.18
2 Ahmadabad U.A Gujarat 4,525,013 6,352,254 40.38
3 Allahabad U.A Uttar Pradesh 1,042,229 1,216,719 16.74
4 Amritsar U.A Punjab 1,003,917 1,183,705 17.91
5 Asansol U.A West Bengal 1,067,369 1,243,008 16.46
6 Aurangabad U.A Maharashtra 892,483 1,189,376 33.27
7 Bangalore U.A Karnataka 5,701,446 8,499,399 49.07
8 Bhopal U.A Madhya Pradesh 1,458,416 1,883,381 29.14
9 Chandigarh U.A Chandigarh 808,515 1,025,682 32.56
10 Chennai U.A Tamil Nadu 6,560,242 8,696,010 47.25
11 Coimbatore U.A Tamil Nadu 1,461,139 2,151,466 26.86
12 Delhi U.A NCT of Delhi 12,877,470 16,314,838 26.69
13 Dhanbad U.A Jharkhand 1,065,327 1,195,298 12.20
14 Durg BhilainagarU.A Chhattisgarh 927,864 1,064,077 14.68
15 Faridabad (M.Corp.) Haryana 1,055,938 1,404,653 33.02
16 Greater Mumbai U.A Maharashtra 16,434,386 18,414,288 12.05
17 Ghaziabad U.A Uttar Pradesh 968,256 2,358,525 143.58
18 Gwalior U.A Madhya Pradesh 865,548 1,101,981 27.32
19 Hyderabad U.A Andhra Pradesh 5,742,036 7,749,334 34.96
20 Indore U.A Madhya Pradesh 1,516,918 2,167,447 42.88
21 Jabalpur U.A Madhya Pradesh 1,098,000 1,267,564 15.44
22 Jaipur (M.Corp.)* Rajasthan 2,322,575 3,073,350 32.33
23 Jamshedpur U.A Jharkhand 1,104,713 1,337,131 21.04
24 Jodhpur U.A Rajasthan 860,818 1,137,815 32.18
25 Kanpur U.A Uttar Pradesh 2,715,555 2,920,067 7.53

15. S.No. U.A / City (as per 2011 Census) State POP 2001 POP 2011
Decadal Growth in %
2001-2011
27 Kolkata U.A West Bengal 13,205,697 14,112,536 6.87
28 Kota ( M.Corp.) Rajasthan 703,150 1,001,365 42.41
29 Kozhikode U.A kerala 880,247 2,030,519 130.68
30 Kannur U.A kerala 498,207 1,642,892 229.76
31 Kollam U.A kerala 380,091 1,110,005 192.04
32 Lucknow U.A Uttar Pradesh 2,245,509 2,901,474 29.21
33 Ludhiana (M .Corp.) Punjab 1,398,467 1,613,878 15.40
34 Madurai U.A Tamil Nadu 1,203,095 1,462,420 21.55
35 Meerut U.A Uttar Pradesh 1,161,716 1,424,908 22.66
36 Malappuram U.A kerala 170,409 1,698,645 896.80
37 Nagpur U.A Maharashtra 2,129,500 2,497,777 17.29
38 Nashik U.A Maharashtra 1,152,326 1,562,769 35.62
39 Patna U.A Bihar 1,697,976 2,046,652 20.53
40 Pune U.A Maharashtra 3,760,636 5,049,968 34.28
41 Rajkot U.A Gujarat 1,003,015 1,390,933 38.68
42 Ranchi U.A Jharkhand 863,495 1,126,741 30.49
43 Raipur U.A Chhattisgarh 700,113 1,122,555 60.34
44 Surat U.A Gujarat 2,811,614 4,585,367 63.09
45 Srinagar U.A Jammu & Kashmir 988,210 1,273,312 28.85
46 Thrissur U.A kerala 330,122 1,854,783 461.85
47 Thiruvananthapuram U.A kerala 889,635 1,687,406 89.67
48 Tiruchirappalli U.A Tamil Nadu 866,354 1,021,717 17.93
49 Vadodara U.A Gujarat 1,491,045 1,817,191 21.87
50 Varanasi U.A Uttar Pradesh 1,203,961 1,435,113 19.20
51 Vijayawada U.A Andhra Pradesh 1,039,518 1,491,202 43.45
52 Vasal Virar City (M.Corp.) Maharashtra 174,396 1,221,233 600.26
53 Visakhapatnam U.A Andhra Pradesh 1,345,938 1,730,320 28.56

16. • In Kerala, cities like Kozhikode, Kannur, Kollam,
Malapuram, Thrissur have shown abnormal increase in the
population registering growth rate more than 100%.
• Probably this may not be due to natural increase, but, the
increase has been mainly due to changes of the boundary
of these cities encompassing vast surrounding rural areas.
• Cities like Allahabad, Amritsar, Asansol, Dhanbad, Durg,
Greater Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Ludhiana,
Nagpur, Thiruchirappli and Varanasi have registered growth
rate between 10-20% indicating stabilization of the
population.

17. • While, cities like Ghaziabad have shown growth of 143.58%
signifying the absorption of population in the city due to
large scale group housing residential development.
Similarly, Vasai-Virar has also registered a very high growth
rate, perhaps due to the merger of two municipalities.

18. IMPLICATION OF CENSUS 2011 FIGURES.
• The Census 2011 for the first time has classified large number of
towns as census towns (3894).This signifies although the pace of
urbanization has slowed down but at the same time large number of
rural settlements have attained urban characteristics.
• These towns do not have any Urban Local Bodies,hence there may
not be any Master Plan nor have any provision for development
/building regulations.
• The immediate task for State Governments would be to consider the
constitution of urban local bodies for these census towns.
• Probably, in census towns unauthorized construction in the absence
of enforcement mechanism will occur and also these towns will not
be in a position to avail the central assistance for creating /
upgrading the infrastructure.