Volume : 5, Issue : 2, FEB 2019

URBANIZATION IN RAJASTHAN: A SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS

DR. RAJENDER KUMAR

Abstract

Urbanization is a process of transition from a rural to a more urban society. Statistically, urbanization reflects an increasing proportion of the population living in settlements defined as urban. It is a long term process. This paper is a brief appraisal of growth and development of urban places in Rajasthan with the set objective to ascertain the patterns and trends in the state urbanization using Rajasthan census data during 1901-2011.

Urban population of Rajasthan, which at the beginning of the twentieth century (1901) was nearly 1.55 million, alarmingly increased to 17.05 million in 2011.The highest decadal urban population growth rate 58.59 percent was registered during 1971-1981. In 2011, 24.89 percent of the total population was enumerated in urban areas. At district level, Kota (60.3 %) is the most urbanised and Dungarpur (6.4 %) the lowest urbanised district. Number of cities and towns has increased from 135 in 1901 to 301 in 2011. The pattern of urbanisation in Rajasthan is characterized by continuous concentration of urban population in class I cities. These cities together contain more than half of the state’s urban population (61.47 %) whereas at the time of 1951 census it was only 26.58 percent. Number of one lakh plus population cities increased from 11 in 2001 to 30 in 2011.

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