Census town

As a census town ( Engl. For "census town") in are India settlements referred to in the Indian census ( Census of India ) as cities are counted, even though they are the administratively not. To be counted as a census city, a settlement must meet the following criteria:

• More than 5000 inhabitants.
• At least 75 percent of the male working population works outside the agricultural sector.
• The population density exceeds 400 people per square kilometer.

The 2011 Indian census counted 3894 census cities in India. In the previous 2001 census, their number was only 1,362.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Census of India 2011: Some Concepts and Definitions.
2. ^ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Urban agglomerations and cities.

literature

• Kanhu Charan Pradhan: Unacknowledged Urbanization: The New Census Towns of India. New Delhi: Center for Policy Research, 2012
• "New 'census' towns showcase new India". In: Livemint . October 1, 2012.