IIPS-Envis Center on Environment and Population

Table. 1: Slum and Non-Slum Population, Sex ratio and Literacy rate by City/ Towns, in Maharashtra State. 2001

	Slum			Non-Slum
Towns/City	Population	Sex Ratio	Literacy Rate	Population	Sex Ratio
Greater Mumbai	5823510	769	83.13	6090888	853
Nagpur	726664	950	85.93	1324656	945
Pune	531337	924	75.62	2008732	914
Thane	420276	817	84.21	841241	897
Amravati	232619	942	85.25	316751	931
Solapur	231420	970	68.60	641617	959
Malegaon	212577	957	71.80	196613	964
Nashik	142234	924	71.00	934733	848
Navi Mumbai	138621	736	71.34	565326	788
Aurangabad	136276	907	79.38	736391	900
Akola	135009	936	78.86	264969	938
Pimprichinchwad	129357	888	67.88	877060	847
Bhiwandi	111304	573	70.80	487399	640
Dhule	92718	953	75.48	248755	911
Nanded-Waghala	82715	933	76.20	347883	965
Kamptee	78854	980	87.78	5486	959
Parbhani	76324	961	70.78	182846	925
Bid	74283	926	83.76	63808	921
Latur	71040	933	77.87	228788	911
Kolhapur	67462	974	72.40	417721	918
Achalpur	66790	929	85.92	40514	925
Ambarnath	64195	913	80.61	139600	891
Jalgaon	62696	938	75.64	305883	898
Jalna	56157	946	75.37	179372	931
Ulhasnagar	53717	766	75.88	419226	895
Chandrapur	50795	930	79.17	246817	1019
Ballarpur	49298	936	82.82	40697	927
Bhandara	46271	967	87.66	38763	946
Yavatmal	43232	961	83.30	79674	953
Gondiya	38942	999	83.87	81936	956
Mira-Bhayandar	37241	560	72.05	483060	835
Barshi	36300	947	77.44	68486	942
Khamgaon	36090	942	82.35	52580	924
Kalvan-Dombivli	34854	843	70.24	1158412	885
Wardha	32042	945	81.92	79028	929
Buldana	28189	920	82.33	34790	928
Sangli-Miraj-Kumwad	26358	1020	66.67	410281	943
Parli	25834	935	71.41	62676	914
Hinganghat	25360	934	86.70	66965	924
Hingoli	23954	983	65.65	45598	935
Ahmednagar	21852	977	76.21	285603	925
Malkapur	21320	936	72.24	39695	947
Bhusawal	20110	944	72.89	152256	931
Pusad	19380	968	76.62	47772	932
Amalner	18655	963	70.10	72801	915
Ichalkaranji	18118	966	65.67	239454	889
Virar	18101	721	76.61	100844	894
Akot	17753	925	73.94	63043	933
Nandurbar	16807	1006	69.28	77558	903
Shrirampur	15096	971	72.32	66174	964
Osmanabad	13622	922	71.24	66990	921
Udgir	13465	968	71.05	78443	901
Pandharpur	12146	926	68.31	79235	935
Ratnagiri	12023	932	70.15	58312	891
Manmad	10378	999	77.74	62034	949
Ambejogai	9877	919	78.32	59400	904
Badlapur	7670	823	70.59	90247	893
Panvel	7541	914	81.46	96490	891
Chalisgaon	7396	914	69.37	83698	911
Satara	6177	984	60.00	101866	928
Nalasopara	3167	739	52.60	181497	855
Sangamner	1036	890	70.79	60922	956
Maharashtra	10644605	829	80.93	23158855

Source: Director of Census Operations, Maharashtra, Mumbai, "Census of India 2001, Maharashtra Population Data"

Sex Ratio: Number of females per 1000 males.

Literacy rate: Percentage of literates to the total population age 7 years and above

Note: Registrar General, Census Operation, during 2001 census identifies slums as: Slum areas include (i) All areas notified as 'slum' by State/Local Government and UT Administration under any Act, (ii) All areas recognized as 'slum' by State/Local Government and UT Administration which have not been formally notified as slum under any Act; (iii) A compact area of at least 300 population or about 60-70 household of policy built congested tenements, in unhygienic environment usually with inadequate infrastructure and lacking in proper sanitary and drinking water facilities. On the basis of above criteria the slum blocks have been formed.