Some of the examples are railway colony, university campus, port area, military camps, etc., which have come up near a statutory town outside its statutory limits but within the revenue limits of a village or villages contiguous to the town. Out Growths (OG): An Out Growth (OG) is a viable unit such as a village or a hamlet or an enumeration block made up of such village or hamlet and clearly identifiable in terms of its boundaries and location. Examples: Greater Mumbai UA, Delhi UA, etc. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e.
Urban Agglomeration (UA): An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. Urban areas below 100,000 are called towns in India These were identified on the basis of census 2001 data.Cities are urban areas with more than 100,000 population. The second category of towns is known as Census Town. For example- Vadodara (Municipal corporation), Shimla (Municipal corporation) These town are notified under law by respective State/UT government and have local bodies like municipal corporation, municipality, etc, irrespective of demographic characteristics. The first category of urban units are known as Statutory town. A density of population of at least 400 persons per square kilometer At least 75 % of male main working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits andĬ. All the places which have municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committeeĪll the other places which satisfy following criteria :Ī.