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An Assessment of Inequality in Spatial Pattern of Newly Emerged Census Towns in India (2001–2011) Poonia Malvika*,* *Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Geography, University of Rajasthan, India * malvikapoonia@gmail.com
Abstract The census of 2011 saw the greatest jump in the number of census towns. It has been also termed as “census activism” meaning deliberately increasing the urbanisation figures to score better in indices. Overall 2532 new census towns came up across India during the last census but obviously not all the states experienced this growth equally; this paper is an attempt to look at the spatial inequality in their distribution across states. What could be the possible causes for this pattern and are there state specific catalysts to account for such census towns. The paper discusses the census criteria to define towns, later glances at the statistics related with urbanisation in India. The newly emerged census towns in India (2001–2011) state wise are plotted on the map of India. An assessment of inequality in Spatial Pattern of Newly Emerged Census Towns is done after this followed by a discussion on impact of urban agglomerations, national highways etc. The paper also discusses the issues related with this scenario and concludes the paper with policy implications. Top | | | |
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