According to the provisional data released by Census India,these are some of trends of Urban and Rural Population of India
- For the first time since Independence, the absolute increase in population is more in urban areas that in rural areas
- Rural Population in India: 68.84%
- Urban Population in India :31.16%
- Level of urbanization increased from 27.81% in 2001 Census to 31.16% in 2011 Census
- The proportion of rural population declined from 72.19% to 68.84%
Here is data table and statistics for the urban and rural population and percentage of urban and rural population of India according to provisional data
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