Report No. 138
Chapter II
Profile of Slums and Slum Dwellers in India
2.1. Growth of slums in India.-
There has been a rapid growth of population in our metropolitan cities, which has resulted in continuously rising density of population in all these cities. According to one study1 the growth of slum population is almost double the growth of urban population in the southern region. It was estimated some years ago to be around 7.25 million, which represents 16.4 per cent. of the total urban population. In the above study,2 a table gives the figures of slum population in the southern region according to the population size of towns as under:-
1. Muttalib and Mohd Akbar Ali Khan Public Housing, Published by Regional Centre for Urban and Environment Studies, (1986), p. 4, para. 1.9.
2. Muttalib and Mohd Akbar Ali Khan Public Housing, Published by Regional Centre for Urban and Environment Studies, (1986), p. 3, para. 1.8.
Table
Slum population in Southern region
Population size of U.A./ Cities/Towns |
Total population number in 000 |
Slum population number in 000 |
Percentage of Col (5) to Col (3) |
(1) |
(3) |
(5) |
(7) |
10 lakhs and above |
9719 |
2150 |
22.12 |
5-10 lakhs |
6361 |
1352 |
21.25 |
3- 5 lakhs |
2109 |
392 |
18.59 |
1-3 lakhs |
7470 |
1270 |
17.00 |
50,000-1 lakh |
5707 |
701 |
12.28 |
Below 50,000 |
12838 |
1388 |
10.81 |
All sizes |
44204 |
7253 |
16.41 |
(Columns 2, 4 and 6 of the Table are not reproduced here, as not material).
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