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During the decade of 2001–2011, India's annual population growth rate has slowed down from 2.15 percent to 1.76 percent. [7] Based on decennial census data, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu has the fastest growth rate of 55.1 percent, followed by Meghalaya (27.8 percent) and Arunachal Pradesh (25.9 percent).
However, growth in population has been more rapid from the 1970s onwards, exceeding the growth rates at the district level. The growth rate has touched the sky height of about 45% in the 1990s and thus is far above the national, state, and district average. The colonial town of Darjeeling was designed for a mere population of 10,000.
In 2015, India's population was predicted to reach 1.7 billion by 2050. [16] [17] In 2017 its population growth rate was 0.98%, ranking 112th in the world; in contrast, from 1972 to 1983, India's population grew by an annual rate of 2.3%. [18]
The district has a population density of 771 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,000/sq mi). [40] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.15%. [40] Birbhum has a sex ratio of 956 females for every 1000 males, [40] and a literacy rate of 70.9%. 12.83% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled ...
This is a list of the most populous cities in India. Cities are a type of sub-administrative unit and are defined by the Ministry of Home Affairs. In some cases, cities are bifurcated into municipalities, which can lead to cities being included within other cities. This list is based on the Census of India using data from the 2001 census of India and the 2011 census of India. Map class ...
There are 3 types of municipalities based on the population (the criteria differes from state to state), Municipal Corporation (Nagar Nigam) with more than 1 million population, Municipal Councils (Nagar Palika) with more than 25,000 and less than 1 million population, and Municipal Committee (Town Panchayat) with more than 10,000 and less than ...
The South Asian region though predominantly rural (accounting for 69.9% rural population as of 2010), has recorded much higher annual growth of urban population. India, the leading country in South Asia has shown an unprecedented increase in the urban population in the last few decades and its urban population has increased about 14 fold from ...
The district has a population density of 1,753 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,540/sq mi). [9] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 9.49%. [9] Hugli has a sex ratio of 958 females for every 1000 males, [9] and a literacy rate of 82.55%. 38.57% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled ...