Question
How many slum dwellers are there in India as per Census 2011 ?
The correct answer is
65.49 million
India Slum Dwellers Figure: Census 2011
The question asks for the total number of slum dwellers in India based on the Census 2011 data.
According to the Census 2011 report:
- The total number of slum dwellers recorded in India was 65.49 million.
The options provided were:
- 68.00 million
- 65.49 million
- 59.31 million
- 170 million
Therefore, the correct figure for slum dwellers in India as per Census 2011 is 65.49 million.
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Important Questions from Urbanization - Teaching
- What is the percentage of Delhi’s population living in planned colonies ?
- Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Slum dwellers living in Central part of cities are uprooted and displaced frequently in the name of encroachments.
Reason (R) : Cities’ Central places are more valuable for urban local bodies in the present neo-liberal markets to fetch much revenue.
Select the correct answer from the following codes : - Which statement among the following is associated with the understanding of a ‘Postindustrial city’ ?
- Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : Majority of the Coastal States in India are highly urbanized.
Reason (R) : They had early interaction with other countries.
Select the correct answer from the codes give below : - Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Number of slum dwellers in urban India varies from agency to agency.
Reason (R) : All of them followed different criteria in defining slums.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
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