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Pratiyogita darpan hindi
Pratiyogita darpan hindi published this article page no 41 after independence a large number of towns have been developed as administrative headquarters e.g. chandigarh bhubaneswar gandhinagar dispur etc. and industrial centres such as durgapur bhilai sindri barauni. some old towns also developed as satellite towns around metropolitan cities such as ghaziabad rohtak gurgaon around delhi. with increasing investment in rural areas a large number of medium and small towns have developed all over the c...
Pratiyogita darpan hindi
Pratiyogita darpan hindi published this article page no 42 the level of urbanisation is measured in terms of percentage of urban population to total population. the level of urbanisation in india in 2001 was 28 per cent which is quite low in comparison to developed countries. total urban population has increased eleven fold during twentieth century. enlargement of urban centres and emergence of new towns have played a significant role in the growth of urban population and urbanisation in the countr...
Pratiyogita darpan hindi
Pratiyogita darpan hindi published this article page no 43 census of india classifies urban centres into six classes as presented in table 4.2. urban centre with population of more than one lakh is called a city or class i town. cities accommodating population size between one to five million are called metropolitan cities and more than five million are mega cities. majority of metropolitan and mega cities are urban agglomerations. an urban agglomeration may consist of any one of the following thre...
Pratiyogita darpan hindi
Pratiyogita darpan hindi published this article page no 44 examples of urban outgrowth are railway colonies university campus port area military cantonment etc. located within the revenue limits of a village or villages contiguous to the town or city. it is evident from table 4.2 that more than 60 per cent of urban population in india lives in class i towns. out of 423 cities 35 cities/ urban agglomerations are metropolitan cities fig.4.6. six of them are mega cities with population over five milli...
Pratiyogita darpan hindi
Pratiyogita darpan hindi published this article page no 45 apart from their role as central or nodal places many towns and cities perform specialised services. some towns and cities specialise in certain functions and they are known for some specific activities products or services. however each town performs a number of functions. on the basis of dominant or specialised functions indian cities and towns can be broadly classified as follows administrative towns and cities towns supporting administr...