POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY TN
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In Tamil Nadu, in 1991 nearly 18.7 percent of urban population was in slums,<br />
which was only slightly below the all-India average. In 2001, this percentage has gone<br />
down to about 9.3 for Tamil Nadu while for all-India also the percentage fell to 14.1.<br />
However, there has been a considerable rise in absolute terms in the number of people<br />
living in slums. The number of people living in slums in India has more than doubled in<br />
the past two decades and now exceeds the entire population of Britain. India’s slumdwelling<br />
population had risen from 27.9 million in 1981 to 40.3 million in 2001. In Tamil<br />
Nadu, in 2001, nearly 2.53 people were living in slums.<br />
Table 6.12: Changing Share of Slum Population in Urban Population<br />
(1991 and 2001)<br />
(Population in Lakh)<br />
States 2001 Difference<br />
Urban<br />
Population<br />
Slum<br />
Population<br />
% of Slum to<br />
Urban<br />
Population<br />
in %<br />
(2001-1991)<br />
% Points<br />
Andhra Pradesh 205.04 51.49 25.11 1.0<br />
Bihar 146.66 8.17 5.57 -18.1<br />
Gujarat 188.99 13.46 7.12 -11.0<br />
Haryana 61.14 14.21 23.24 6.4<br />
Karnataka 179.20 12.67 7.07 -2.2<br />
Kerala 82.67 4.53 5.48 -10.4<br />
Madhya Pradesh 202.78 31.76 15.66 2.0<br />
Maharashtra 410.20 106.44 25.95 0.2<br />
Orissa 54.96 6.35 11.55 -8.4<br />
Punjab 82.46 11.51 13.96 -9.6<br />
Rajasthan 132.05 12.06 9.13 -14.7<br />
Tamil Nadu 272.42 25.30 9.29 -9.4<br />
Uttar Pradesh 366.83 43.51 11.86 -9.3<br />
West Bengal 224.87 38.22 17.00 -10.8<br />
Delhi 128.20 20.25 15.80 -10.7<br />
All India 2853.5 402.97 14.12 -7.1<br />
Source: As in Table 6.9.<br />
Note: Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh are the combined states where total are obtained by adding<br />
up the respective new and old states.<br />
However, the urban poor live in slums as well as in non-slum areas. In slum<br />
areas they are concentrated and in the non-slum areas, they are diffused. In the<br />
Eleventh Plan document of the Government of Tamil Nadu (2007), it is acknowledged<br />
that all the urban poor do not live in slums. The urban poor population in India is<br />
estimated to be nearly 9 crore currently, while the slum population is 4 crore. The<br />
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