2.1 Urbanisation and census definitions notes

1. 2.1.1Census urban definitions: statutory town, census town, outgrowth and urban agglomeration

   The Census treats a place as urban either because law gives it an urban local body (statutory town) or because it meets three tests of size, density and non-farm work (census town); towns and their contiguous outgrowths together form urban agglomerations.

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2. 2.1.2Census size classes of towns, million-plus cities and Census 2011 urbanisation in India and Maharashtra

   The Census sorts towns into six size classes, and by Census 2011 about 31% of India and about 45% of Maharashtra lived in urban areas, with 53 million-plus agglomerations led by Greater Mumbai.

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3. 2.1.3Census household and workforce concepts and functional classification of towns

   The Census counts people by household and classifies their work as main or marginal across four categories, and planners use this occupational data both to define census towns and to classify towns by their dominant function.

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4. 2.1.4URDPFI Guidelines 2014: settlement classification and hierarchy of plans

   The URDPFI Guidelines 2014, prepared by TCPO for the Ministry of Urban Development, give a common national framework for classifying settlements by population and for a hierarchy of plans running from a long-term perspective plan down to annual plans and projects.

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5. 2.1.5Rural–urban planning: SPMRM Rurban clusters, gaothan and Gram Panchayat Development Plans

   Planning for the rural–urban continuum works at three levels: SPMRM builds clusters of villages with urban-type amenities, gaothan rules in Maharashtra control growth of village settlements, and Gram Panchayat Development Plans give each panchayat its own participatory plan.

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