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2.9. Latest profile of slum population.-
A fairly recent study gives an all India profile.1. According to that study the 1981 estimates identified the slum population as 32 to 40 million. Of this, the lion's share went to 12 metropolitan cities which together accounted for 32 per cent. of the slum population (13 to 16 million). A government study for the estimates of 19902 is also quoted as under:
Table 2
Estimates of slum population 1990
Category |
All Urban Population in Millions |
Estimated Slum Population Range in Millions |
1981 |
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India |
159.7 |
32-40 |
Metropolitan |
42.7 |
10-34 |
Other Urban |
117.5 |
18-24 |
1990 |
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India |
241 |
45-56 |
Metropolitan |
65 |
22-25 |
Other Urban |
179 |
23-31 |
1. M.C.K. Swamy Slums: Ruralisation of Urban India, (April-June 1987), Nagarlok, pp. 22, 24.
2. TCPO Ministry of Works and Housing, A Compendium on Indian Slums, (1985).
