29 December 2009

India: Cities, Towns, Villages

Here is a snapshot look at India's cities, towns and villages:

Population Range
Total Number*
Share in India's Population
City
> 1,00,000
400
15%
Town
10,000 – 1,00,000
5,000
15%
Village
< 10,000
6,00,000
70%

Cities are usually district capitals, while towns are usually taluk capitals.

*Approximate
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2 comments:

  1. Deepak10/02/2010, 12:13

    Dheeru,
    In a more recent post, you seem to show that ~50% of India's population is in the 8 biggest cities..and this table seems to indicate that only ~15% of India's population live in the cities..What am I missing?

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  2. Indian20/02/2010, 15:45

    That post said that 50% of India's city population lives in the 8 metros :-)

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