2 Urbanisation, Schemes & Missions · 2.1 Urbanisation and census definitions

2.1.2 Census 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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  • size class
  • Class I town
  • million-plus
  • megacity
  • level of urbanisation
  • urban growth rate
  • Census 2011
  • Maharashtra 45.2 percent
  • Greater Mumbai UA
  • components of urban growth

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