Urbanization trends in India: A Retrospective View Bhavik Panchal 1 1 Post Graduate Student, Town and Country Planning, Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology (Surat, Gujarat) ABSTRACT More than half of population in world lives in cities. Developing countries like India still in transition. This paper present the trends of urbanisation in India. India is one of those few countries who still maintain the ratio of rural and urban population with 5.5 villages in 2008. India’s level of urbanization remain low (31% in 2011) as compared to china. This paper present the trends of urbanization in India. Economic reformation in 1990 increased urbanization in India. This paper presents how urbanization process increased in metro cities due rural-urban migration and growth of industries. Keywords—India,Rural-urban migration, Urbanization trends 1. Introduction Urbanization is defined as the physical growth of urban areas due to the concentration of people and economic activity. It represents the most important social transformation in the history of civilization [1].Urbanization is central to the development process. The process of urbanisation has been transforming the developing countries from ‘countries of villages’ to ‘countries of cities and town’. The share of the world’s population living in urban areas increased from just 3 percent in 1800 to 14 percent in 1900. By 1950, it had reached 30 percent [2]. In 2011, for the first time, more than half of the globe’s population (52%) is living in towns and cities. Today more than half the world's population lives in urban areas. It has been projected that by 2050 this figure will reach to 70% at which point 6.3 billion people will be living in cities [3]. The latest Indian Census of 2011 has revealed some crucial facts such as for the first time since independence, the absolute urban population has grown more than its rural counterpart and is slightly higher than expected [4][5][6]. Furthermore, India is now in an escalating phase of urbanization and the pace will become even more rapid in the times ahead [7]. Then huge increase in the number of the Census Towns from 1362 to 3894, while the number of Statutory Towns increased only marginally from 3799 to 4041. Simultaneously, the quantum jump in the number of metro cities (cities with population greater than one million) during 2001–2011 to 52, compared to there being just 35 in 2001. As a result, the regional patterns of growth and urbanization are heavily influenced by these large cities, as they are India’s engines of growth and its magnets, attracting people from the adjoining rural areas, small and medium towns, and from comparatively regressive regions [8]. 2. Literature review In India, settlements are classified as “urban” when these display certain Demographic a nd economic qualities Settlements not displaying similar qualities are classified as “rural”. A, settlements are classified as “urban” when these display certain Demographic and economic qualities .Settlements not displaying similar qualities are Classified as “rural”. There are two definitions in use for declaring Indian settlements as “urban”. These are described below. International Journal of Management, Technology And Engineering Volume 8, Issue X, OCTOBER/2018 ISSN NO : 2249-7455 Page No:1947
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Urbanization trends in India: A Retrospective View
Bhavik Panchal1
1 Post Graduate Student, Town and Country Planning, Sarvajanik College of Engineering and
Technology (Surat, Gujarat)
ABSTRACT
More than half of population in world lives in cities. Developing countries like India still in transition. This
paper present the trends of urbanisation in India. India is one of those few countries who still maintain the ratio
of rural and urban population with 5.5 villages in 2008. India’s level of urbanization remain low (31% in 2011)
as compared to china. This paper present the trends of urbanization in India. Economic reformation in 1990
increased urbanization in India. This paper presents how urbanization process increased in metro cities due