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Rural Population
which Migrated to Urban Areas
25% of the country's poor live
in urban areas
31% of the urban population is poor
Traditional
rural-urban migration exists in India as villagers seek to improve
opportunities and lifestyles. In 1991, 39 million people migrated in
rural-urban patterns of which 54% were female. Caste and tribe systems
complicate these population movements.
Seasonal urban migration is also evident throughout India in cities
like Surant where many migrants move into the city during periods of
hardship and return to their native villages for events such as the
harvest.
India's largest cities / urban areas
| Rank |
City /
Urban Area |
Population |
| 1 |
Mumbai (Bombay) |
16,368,000 |
| 2 |
Kolkata (Calcutta) |
13,217,000 |
| 3 |
Delhi |
12,791,000 |
| 4 |
Chennai |
6,425,000 |
| 5 |
Bangalore |
5,687,000 |
| 6 |
Hyderabad |
5,534,000 |
| 7 |
Ahmadabad |
4,519,000 |
| 8 |
Pune |
3,756,000 |
| 9 |
Surat |
2,811,000 |
| 10 |
Kanpur |
2,690,000 |
| 11 |
Jaipur |
2,324,000 |
| 12 |
Lucknow |
2,267,000 |
| 13 |
Nagpur |
2,123,000 |
| 14 |
Patna |
1,707,000 |
| 15 |
Indore |
1,639,044 |
| 16 |
Vadodara |
1,492,000 |
| 17 |
Bhopal |
1,455,000 |
| 18 |
Coimbatore |
1,446,000 |
| 19 |
Ludhiana |
1,395,000 |
| 20 |
Kochi |
1,355,000 |
| 21 |
Visakhapatnam |
1,329,000 |
| 22 |
Agra |
1,321,000 |
| 23 |
Varanasi |
1,212,000 |
| 24 |
Madurai |
1,195,000 |
| 25 |
Meerut |
1,167,000 |
| 26 |
Nashik |
1,152,000 |
| 27 |
Jabalpur |
1,117,000 |
| 28 |
Jamshedpur |
1,102,000 |
| 29 |
Asansol |
1,090,000 |
| 30 |
Dhanbad |
1,064,000 |
| 31 |
Faridabad |
1,055,000 |
| 32 |
Allahabad |
1,050,000 |
| 33 |
Amritsar |
1,011,000 |
| 34 |
Vijayawada |
1,011,000 |
| 35 |
Rajkot |
1,002,000 |
Source: India's
national census of 2001 |
