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City Development Plan for Allahabad Final Report
3.0 Demographic Profile
3.1 Introduction The Census of India (CoI) 2001 has considered the city of Allahabad in three
regions namely the Municipal Corporation of Allahabad (MCA), the city outer
growth (OT) and the Allahabad Cantonment (CB). The municipal area of the
city, which is approximately 82 km 2 , has a population of 975,393 (JICA
report 7 however quotes it at 1.1 million) and is divided into 70 wards for
administrative convenience. The continuum of urban development in the
municipal limits is fragmented by the interception of multiple cantonment
areas. The CB area has 7 wards and supports a population of 24,137 persons
(Table 1).
3.2 Demographic Trends
3.2.1
Population
Growth
Apart from these areas, the city is bound on three sides by Ganga and Yamuna
and its growth spills across the river by the virtue of transport connectivity of
bridges to the Phaphamau area to north, Jhusi to east and Naini to south.
Continuous growth westwards is limited by the presence of a part of
cantonment. These areas are considered as the outer growth areas and consist
of 17 wards.
Therefore including the CB area, the city has 87 wards and a population of
1,018,092. If taken alone the city has a population of 975,393 persons and is
divided into 80 wards (till late, there were only 70 wards; Figure 2). Also, due
to its religious sanctity and importance, there is a large influx of tourists for
pilgrimage and performance of last rites.
Year
Table 1: Population of Allahabad
Area Total
2001 Municipal Corporation
Population
975,393
Municipal Corporation + Outer
Growth
1,018,092
Cantonment Board
Source: Census of India, 2001
24,137
As is evident from Table 2 the population of the city has been growing
continuously and there has also not been much variation in the growth rates
over the past few decades except for the decade 1961-71. In this particular
decade the growth rate of the city had fallen to 19.11%, the reasons for which
are unknown. Apart from that Allahabad has been growing at a pace faster than
the state (Figure 3).
Allahabad happens to be the least populated city among the KAVAL cities of
Uttar Pradesh. It also has the third highest growth rate in the state, only next to
Lucknow and Agra (Table 3).
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