What are the types of settlements in India?
Settlements can broadly be divided into two types – rural and urban. Beforediscussing about meaning and types of rural and urban settlement in India, weshould know some basic differences between rural and urban areas in general.
Is urbanisation unplanned in India?
In India, with an unprecedented population growth and migration, an increased urban population and urbanisation is unplanned. More and more towns and cities are booming with a change in the land use of outer fringe and to the immediate vicinity of the city.
Do large rural settlements qualify census defined criteria for Urban Settlement?
This paper aims at re-assessing the share of rural-urban population in India, reclassifying the large rural settlements qualifying census defined criteria for urban settlement. These large rural settlements, if the current trend of population growth continues, are subject to get classified as urban in the proceeding censuses.
What is the share of urban population in India?
The study reveals that half of the Indian population lives in smaller towns and large villages having similar demographic and socio-economic characteristics. This will raise the share of urban population up to 44.17 per cent against census proclamation of 31.16 per cent in 2011.
REFORMS IN URBAN PLANNING CAPACITY IN INDIA