IIPS-Envis Center on Environment and Population

Table 1: Percentage of Slum Population in Urban Areas and Social Composition of Slum Population, India and States, 2001
State/U.T.	Urban Population	Slum Population	% Slum Population to Total Urban Population	% Scheduled Castes to Total Slum Population	% Scheduled Tribes to Total Slum Population
India	286119689	42578150	14.88	17.39	2.39

Jammu & Kashmir	2516638	268513	10.67	6.39	0.41
Andhra Pradesh	20808940	5187493	24.93	14.76	2.53
Assam	3439240	82289	2.39	15.01	0.26
Bihar	8681800	531481	6.12	17.78	1.45
Goa	670577	14482	2.16	2.03	0.05
Gujarat	18930250	1866797	9.86	13.93	4.49
Haryana	6115304	1420407	23.23	18.87	Nil
Karnataka	17961529	1402971	7.81	24.18	4.62
Kerala	8266925	64556	0.78	7.54	0.19
Madhya Pradesh	15967145	2417091	15.14	21.10	3.78
Maharashtra	41100980	11202762	27.26	11.54	2.54
Meghalaya	454111	86304	19.01	0.83	50.80
Orissa	5517238	629999	11.42	17.30	11.55
Punjab	8262511	1159561	14.03	28.57	Nil
Rajasthan	13214375	1294106	9.79	27.00	4.08
Tamil Nadu	27483998	2866893	10.43	25.97	0.50
Tripura	545750	29949	5.49	23.83	2.07
Uttar Pradesh	34539582	4395276	12.73	20.45	0.06
West Bengal	22427251	4115980	18.35	13.79	1.23
Andaman & Nicobar	116198	16244	13.98	Nil	0.15
Chandigarh	808515	107125	13.25	39.08	Nil
Delhi	12905780	2029755	15.73	27.23	Nil
Pondicherry	648619	73169	11.28	24.95	Nil
Uttaranchal	2179074	195470	8.97	22.95	0.19
Jharkhand	5993741	301569	5.03	8.66	16.72
Chhattisgarh	4185747	817908	19.54	17.55	7.94

Source: Census of India, 2001, Slum Population, Vol. 1, Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi.

Table 2: Percentage of Workers among Slum Population, India and States, 2001
State/U.T.	Total Slum Population	Total Slum Workers	% Slum Workers to Total Slum Population	% Main Workers to Total Slum Workers	% Marginal Workers to Total Slum Workers
India	42578150	14016603	32.92	90.15	9.85

Jammu & Kashmir	268513	79893	29.75	89.00	11.00
Andhra Pradesh	5187493	1750016	33.74	88.32	11.68
Assam	82289	26353	32.02	93.85	6.15
Bihar	531481	136936	25.76	85.58	14.42
Goa	14482	5052	34.88	71.50	28.50
Gujarat	1866797	663153	35.52	93.94	6.06
Haryana	1420407	438802	30.89	88.14	11.86
Karnataka	1402971	518115	36.93	90.45	9.55
Kerala	64556	21423	33.19	85.08	14.92
Madhya Pradesh	2417091	715218	29.59	87.23	12.77
Maharashtra	11202762	3904415	34.85	91.93	8.07
Meghalaya	86304	28939	33.53	94.90	5.10
Orissa	629999	195098	30.97	89.29	10.71
Punjab	1159561	382587	32.99	92.39	7.61
Rajasthan	4395276	372432	8.47	86.56	13.44
Tamil Nadu	2866893	1017953	35.51	91.26	8.74
Tripura	29249	9498	32.47	93.72	6.28
Uttar Pradesh	4395276	1155196	26.28	85.95	14.05
West Bengal	4115980	1408399	34.22	90.30	9.70
Andaman & Nicobar	16244	5604	34.50	95.34	4.71
Chandigarh	107125	42375	39.56	96.19	3.81
Delhi	2029755	707233	34.84	92.64	7.36
Pondicherry	73169	26057	35.61	91.89	8.11
Uttaranchal	195470	53979	27.61	89.02	10.98
Jharkhand	301569	83339	27.64	83.64	16.36
Chhattisgarh	817908	268535	32.83	89.50	10.50

Source: Census of India, 2001, Slum Population, Vol. 1, Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi.

Table 3: Industrial Categories of Main Workers among Slum Population, India and States, 2001
State/U.T.	Main Worker	% Cultivators	% Agricultural	% Household Industry	% Others
India	12635639	8.85	2.25	4.56	92.26

Jammu & Kashmir	71105	1.69	1.32	8.03	88.96
Andhra Pradesh	1545617	1.16	6.25	7.32	85.26
Assam	24732	0.24	0.09	1.31	98.35
Bihar	117186	3.58	9.59	4.93	81.90
Goa	3612	0.39	0.47	0.75	98.39
Gujarat	622971	0.19	0.99	2.02	96.79
Haryana	386745	1.09	0.93	3.52	94.46
Karnataka	468644	0.98	2.98	5.79	90.24
Kerala	18227	0.24	1.98	1.76	96.03
Madhya Pradesh	623880	2.34	1.63	5.56	90.48
Maharashtra	3589488	0.29	0.92	3.33	95.46
Meghalaya	27463	0.12	0.21	1.31	98.35
Orissa	174199	1.23	1.07	2.69	95.02
Punjab	353457	1.27	3.33	4.23	91.17
Rajasthan	322395	1.14	0.51	4.98	93.37
Tamil Nadu	928990	1.27	5.08	4.84	88.81
Tripura	8902	0.33	1.09	1.06	97.53
Uttar Pradesh	992910	2.51	2.60	7.48	87.41
West Bengal	1271814	0.54	0.72	3.91	94.83
Andaman & Nicobar	5343	0.02	0.04	0.32	99.63
Chandigarh	40761	0.08	0.05	1.03	98.85
Delhi	655182	0.08	0.12	3.63	96.17
Pondicherry	23944	0.38	9.94	1.98	87.70
Uttaranchal	48050	0.46	3.34	2.10	94.10
Jharkhand	69702	1.31	1.36	2.99	94.34
Chhattisgarh	240329	1.99	1.78	4.10	92.12

Source: Census of India, 2001, Slum Population, Vol. 1, Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi.

Table 5: Percentage of Literates among Urban and Slum Population by Sex, India and States,2001
State/U.T.	Total		Male		Female
State/U.T.	Urban Area	Slum Area	Urban Area	Slum Area	Urban Area	Slum Area
India	79.92	73.11	86.27	80.72	72.86	64.36

Jammu & Kashmir	71.92	64.42	80.00	72.87	61.98	54.72
Andhra Pradesh	76.09	69.38	83.19	77.66	68.74	60.92
Assam	85.34	76.42	89.74	82.24	80.24	69.86
Bihar	71.93	63.76	79.94	73.19	62.59	52.87
Goa	84.39	59.19	89.46	70.57	78.98	47.16
Gujarat	81.84	65.49	88.34	74.93	74.50	53.98
Haryana	79.16	73.08	85.83	81.26	71.34	63.15
Karnataka	80.58	67.50	86.66	75.02	74.12	59.71
Kerala	93.19	83.90	95.94	87.79	90.62	80.21
Madhya Pradesh	79.39	74.86	87.39	83.88	70.47	64.87
Maharashtra	85.48	80.73	91.03	87.59	79.09	72.26
Meghalaya	86.30	88.30	89.05	91.15	83.50	85.46
Orissa	80.84	72.16	87.93	81.29	72.87	62.04
Punjab	79.10	73.10	83.05	77.42	74.49	67.98
Rajasthan	76.20	65.55	86.45	77.79	64.67	51.92
Tamil Nadu	82.53	77.77	88.97	85.07	75.99	70.42
Tripura	89.21	86.00	93.21	90.93	85.03	81.01
Uttar Pradesh	69.75	63.93	76.76	71.75	61.73	54.95
West Bengal	81.25	74.44	86.13	80.20	75.74	67.60
Andaman & Nicobar	86.57	77.06	90.65	83.46	81.47	69.22
Chandigarh	82.64	54.78	86.78	64.86	77.40	39.48
Delhi	81.93	66.65	87.39	73.16	75.22	58.01
Pondicherry	84.84	74.98	91.18	84.12	78.57	66.17
Uttaranchal	81.44	69.03	87.05	76.34	74.77	60.71
Jharkhand	79.14	73.61	87.03	82.34	69.96	63.86
Chhattisgarh	80.58	74.80	89.39	85.46	71.11	63.41

Source: Census of India, 2001, Slum Population, Vol. 1, Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi.