Census Town

Recently, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs informed the Parliamentary Standing Committee that the four-decade-old criteria used by the Registrar General of India (RGI) to classify Census Towns are outdated and fail to capture India’s actual urban transformation.

  • A settlement is classified as a census town in India based on specific demographic and economic criteria laid down by the Census of India.
  • These criteria are purely statistical and do not depend on administrative status.
  • According to the Census of India 2011, a settlement is designated as a census town if it meets the following three conditions:
  • The ....
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