Kolkatta once capital of India in population

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-20/delhi/30302491_1_cities-population-kolkata 2001 http://geography.about.com/od/indiamaps/a/india-largest-cities.htm Kolkatta 1981 9,194,??? 1991 4,399,819 11,021,918 2001 4,572,876 13,205,697 2011 4,486,679 14,112,536 Mumbai http://www.citypopulation.de/India-Maharashtra.html 1991 9,925,891 12,596,243 2001 11,978,450 16,434,386 2011 12,478,447 18,414,288 Delhi The fastest growth in history of world 1991 7,206,704 ????? 2001 9,879,172 12,877,470 2011 11,007,835 16,314,838 A really good introducution to Growth of Kolkata A intereting aspect Kolkata population Hyper-Densities: Nonetheless, Kolkata continues to have some of the highest densities in the world. In 2001, one third of the central city population (1.49 million) live in slums and shantytowns (photo). They are crammed into just 2 square miles (5 square miles). This would be like all the population of the San Fernando Valley living within a radius 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) of Los Angeles City Hall or all the population of the city of Dallas in the space covered by the passenger terminals at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. This is more than 725,000 people per square mile (280,000 per square kilometer), and would nearly equal the "efficient density" definition that the Sierra Club wisely discarded. It can only be hoped that when the 2011 Census slum data is available, it will show that all of the city of Kolkata's population loss will have been from the slums. Interresting Aspect of Delhi Delhi has experienced some of the quickest and most substantial urban growth in the history of the world. Since the 1951 census, Delhi has grown from under 1.5 million people to a population of 22.6 million in 2011 (Figure 1). Delhi has been one of the fastest growing urban areas in history and (along with Jakarta, Seoul and Manila) has added approximately 20 million people over the past 60 years. Only Tokyo has added more new residents than these four urban areas, (25 million population). tcpomud.gov.in/Divisions/...%20Kolkata/chapter%20II%20Kol.doc Table 2.2: Total Population and Growth of Mega Cities in India No Cities Population (lakh) Annual Exponential Growth Rate 1981 1991 2001 1981-91 1991-01 1. Greater Mumbai 82.43 125.96 163.68 4.22 2.62 2. Kolkata 91.94 110.22 132.17 1.72 1.82 3. Delhi 57.29 84.19 127.91 3.80 4.18 4. Chennai 42.89 54.21 64.25 2.23 1.70 5. Bangalore 29.22 41.30 56.86 3.36 3.20 6. Hyderabad 25.46 43.44 55.33 5.20 2.42 7. Ahmedabad 25.48 33.12 45.19 2.58 3.11 Table 2.1: Population of India & West Bengal (Urban) & Kolkata UA: 1961-2001 (Million) No Years Urban Kolkata (UA) India West Bengal 1 1961 78.16 8.54 (10.93) 5.98 (70.02) 2 1971 107.82 10.97(10.17) 7.42 (67.64) 3 1981 159.46 14.45(9.06) 9.19 (63.60) 4 1991 217.61 18.71(8.60) 11.03(58.95) 5 2001 285.36 22.43(7.86) 13.21(58.89) Population of Mumbai http://cidcoindia.com/cidco/Population.aspx