TREND AND GROWTH PATTERN OF POPULATION IN MILLION PLUS CITIES OF INDIA-AN OVERVIEW

N Chendrayudu; T Chandrasekarayya

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TREND AND GROWTH PATTERN OF POPULATION IN MILLION PLUS CITIES OF INDIA-AN OVERVIEW

N Chendrayudu¹, T Chandrasekarayya²

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, S.V.University, Tirupati, A.P, India
²Assistant Professor, Department of Population Studies, S.V.University, Tirupati, A.P, India

Received Date:22 January 2020, Accepted Date:19 May 2020

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Abstract

Urbanization can also be defined as the rapid and massive growth of urban population and migration to towns/large cities. Urbanization is the process where an increasing percentage of a population lives in cities and suburbs. This process is often linked to industrialization and modernization, as large numbers of people leave agriculture work and live in cities. Urbanization is also facilitated by improvements in surplus agriculture, as cities are always dependent upon external farming for food. The larger cities have attracted a significant proportion of migrants in their population as respect their status. The present paper examines Trend and growth pattern of population in million plus cities of India based on census data during 1901-2011. The findings show that the urban population uneven and huge portion of population inhabited in major cities.

Keywords: Population; Urbanisation; Urban Agglomeration; Growth; Towns and Million pus cities

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