Two categories of towns in 2011 census:
Statutory Towns
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Census Towns
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All places with a municipality, corporation,
cantonment board or notified town area committee etc
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Minimum population 5000
Minimum population density: 400 persons/sq. km
75% of males in non – agri work
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4041 towns. Number not important but interpretation
is: majority of Urban India is “statutory towns”
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3894 towns
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Maximum number of statutory towns in
Tamil Nadu – 721
Uttar Pradesh – 648
Madhya Pradesh – 364
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Maximum number of census towns in
Kerala – 461
Tamil Nadu – 376
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