How does the Census of India define various kinds of places? How does

1.	How does the Census of India define various kinds of places? How does it organize them in order of size and other characteristics?
Answer» 1. The Census of India, organizes settlements in India in a hierarchy based on the population. 2. The lowermost in hierarchy was a hamlet which is defined as a group of houses within the revenue village. 3. The next above is a revenue or census village, which is defined as a village with defined borders. 4. All the urban areas having a population between 5000 to 1 lakh are called towns. 5. Urban areas having a population between 1 lakh to 1 million are called cities or class I cities. 6. Cities having a population between one million to 10 million are called metropolitan cities or million plus cities. 7. Cities having more than 10 million people are called Mega cities. 8. The Census of India organizes the above on the basis or in order of size, population and a few other characteristics.

How does the Census of India define various kinds of places? How does it organize them in order of size and other characteristics?

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1. The Census of India, organizes settlements in India in a hierarchy based on the population.

2. The lowermost in hierarchy was a hamlet which is defined as a group of houses within the revenue village.

3. The next above is a revenue or census village, which is defined as a village with defined borders.

4. All the urban areas having a population between 5000 to 1 lakh are called towns.

5. Urban areas having a population between 1 lakh to 1 million are called cities or class I cities.

6. Cities having a population between one million to 10 million are called metropolitan cities or million plus cities.

7. Cities having more than 10 million people are called Mega cities.

8. The Census of India organizes the above on the basis or in order of size, population and a few other characteristics.