# Census town > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Census_town > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Census_town.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_town > Source revision: 1308699410 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Category of places in India and some other countries}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} In India and some other countries, a '''census town''' is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. ==India== In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population has attained urban characteristics.{{cite news|last=Ramachhandran, M.|title=Rescuing cities from chaos|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/article2889750.ece|access-date=8 March 2012|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|date=13 February 2012|archive-date=18 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318180043/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/article2889750.ece|url-status=dead }} They are characterized by the following: * Population exceeds 5,000 * At least 75% of main male working population is employed outside the agricultural sector * Minimum [population density](/source/population_density) of 400 persons per km2{{cite web|title= Some terms and definitions|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/kerala/13-concept-34.pdf|publisher=Census of India|access-date=8 March 2012|archive-date=21 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421063817/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/kerala/13-concept-34.pdf|url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Cordelia |last2=Anuja |date=2 Oct 2012 |title=New ‘census’ towns showcase new India |url=http://origin-www.livemint.com/Politics/HQzcUy1meBiq2aeaS9dAZO/New-census-towns-showcase-new-India.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004014356/http://origin-www.livemint.com/Politics/HQzcUy1meBiq2aeaS9dAZO/New-census-towns-showcase-new-India.html |archive-date=Oct 4, 2012 |website=Mint}} === Census 2011 === The number of census towns (CTs) in India grew from 1,362 in 2001 to 3,894 in 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/1.%20Data%20Highlight.pdf|title=Census of India 2011 – Provisional Population Totals - Urban Agglomerations and Cities |website=Census of India |access-date=28 September 2016|archive-date=3 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403173544/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/1.%20Data%20Highlight.pdf|url-status=live}} As per Pradhan (2013), these CTs account for 30% of the urban growth in the last decade.{{Cite journal|date=2015-06-05|title=Unacknowledged Urbanisation|url=http://www.epw.in/journal/2013/36/special-articles/unacknowledged-urbanisation.html |url-access=subscription |first1=Kanhu Charan |last1=Pradhan |journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=48|issue=36|access-date=29 September 2016|archive-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002090524/http://www.epw.in/journal/2013/36/special-articles/unacknowledged-urbanisation.html|url-status=live}} Pradhan also notes that the largest increase in the number of CTs was in the states of [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal) and Kerala. ==== Ministry of Urban Development Notification ==== The Ministry of Urban Development, [Government of India](/source/Government_of_India), in May 2016 asked the 28 states in India to take action to start the process of recognizing CTs as urban areas.{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=145405|title=States asked to convert 3,784 urban areas into statutory Urban Local Bodies|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2016-09-29|archive-date=1 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001201535/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=145405|url-status=live}} The argument given for this conversion was that a statutory Urban Local Body (ULB) is required to ensure planned development of these areas. In this notification, Rajiv Gauba, Secretary (Urban Development) notes:
The opportunity of planned urban development might get lost if unplanned construction and ad hoc provisioning of infrastructure is allowed to take place over a long time.
Additionally, the Ministry, in the notification, has informed the states that they stand to gain from according statutory status to these towns. With a greater number of statutory towns, the states would be able to get more money from the Centre as per the 14th [Finance Commission](/source/Finance_Commission) Report. Additionally, under [Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation](/source/Atal_Mission_for_Rejuvenation_and_Urban_Transformation) (AMRUT), 50% weightage is given to the number of statutory towns in the state/UT to determine the allocation of funds to these states/UTs. Following this notification, [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra) state government converted 19 CTs in the state to statutory ULBs.{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/19-new-civic-bodies-to-boost-urbanization-in-Pune/articleshowprint/52381346.cms?null|title=19 new civic bodies to boost urbanization in Pune – Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2016-09-29|archive-date=15 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215073559/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/19-new-civic-bodies-to-boost-urbanization-in-Pune/articleshowprint/52381346.cms?null|url-status=live}} These 19 CTs are in close proximity to the town of Pune and this conversion is expected to lessen the infrastructure and population pressures on the town. ==Ireland== {{further|Census town (Ireland)}} According to Ireland's [Central Statistics Office](/source/Central_Statistics_Office_(Ireland)), a census town by definition was a "cluster of fifty or more occupied dwellings, not having a legally defined boundary, in which within a distance of 800 m there is a nucleus of either thirty occupied houses on both sides of the road or twenty occupied houses on one side of the Road". Census towns were distinct from [municipal towns](/source/List_of_cities%2C_boroughs_and_towns_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland); the latter, which had legally defined boundaries and local government powers, were abolished by the [Local Government Reform Act 2014](/source/Local_Government_Reform_Act_2014). Census towns were replaced by [built up areas](/source/built_up_area_(Ireland)) in the [2022 census](/source/2022_census_of_Ireland).{{cite web |title=Census 2022 Urban Boundaries and Built Up Areas |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/census/census2022/census2022urbanboundariesandbuiltupareas/ |website=[CSO](/source/Central_Statistics_Office_(Ireland)) |date=21 June 2023 |access-date=3 July 2023}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}} Category:Types of towns --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Census town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_town) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_town?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.