Indian Society Notes

The patterns of urbanization in India has been marked by regional and interstate diversities, large scale rural to urban migration, insufficient infrastructural facilities

Women constitute an important section of rural-urban migrants. They migrate at the time of marriage and also when they are potential workers in the place of destination. 

It is generally held that caste is a rural phenomenon whereas class is urban and that with urbanization, caste transforms itself into class. 

Urbanization affects not only the family structure but also intra and inter-family relations, as well as the functions the family performs. 

In 2011, a new definition of census town has been developed. This urban classification of ‘census towns’ helps differentiate between India’s small farming

Counter urbanization is a demographic and social process whereby people move from urban areas to rural areas. It first took place as a reaction to inner-city deprivation and overcrowding. 

Sub-urbanization happens when people from areas that are over-urbanized in a city start moving towards the outskirts or fringe areas around the cities

Over-urbanization is a phenomenon wherein the level of urbanization surpasses the level of industrialization. It refers to the increased exemplifications of the characters of urbanization in a city or its surrounding rural area.

According to the Census of India in 2001, an Outgrowth (OG) is a distinct and identifiable unit, such as a village, hamlet, or a group of enumeration blocks

The term “urban agglomeration” was introduced in the 1971 census. Sometimes, places like large railway colonies, university campuses, port areas, or military camps are built near but outside the official city or town limits.