Lok Sabha Question No. 4862 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Slums in India
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan, Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy, Karti P. Chidambaram, S. Jothimani, Amar Singh

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4862 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 25, 2021 SLUMS IN INDIA

NO. 4862.  SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN:

SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

SHRI UTTAM KUMAR REDDY NALAMADA:

SHRI KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM:

MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

DR. AMAR SINGH:

## Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  slums  in  India  and  their  population,  State-
- wise;
- (b) the list of the top hundred slums in India in terms of population size and their location, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has assessed and recorded informal and
- 'unrecognised' slum settlements;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  total  number  of  such unrecognised slums and total inhabitants in those slums; and
- (e)
- if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) :  As per Census of India 2011, a total of 6.54 crore population is living in slums, State-wise slum population is at Annexure. As per the estimation  done  by  National  Sample  Survey  Office  (NSSO)  during  69 th Round on Urban Slums in India, 2012, 33,510 slums exist in the urban areas of India.
- (b) to (e): Since 'Land' and 'Colonization' are State subjects, therefore, data on slums is being maintained by States/Union Territories (UTs).

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## Annexure referred to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4862 for answer on 25.03.2021

## State-wise Total Slum Population and Number of Slum Households in India - 2011

(In number)

| States/UTs        | Total Slum Population   | Total Slum Households   |
|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    | 1,01,86,934             | 24,31,474               |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 15,562                  | 3,479                   |
| Assam             | 1,97,266                | 42,533                  |
| Bihar             | 12,37,682               | 2,16,496                |
| Chhattisgarh      | 18,98,931               | 4,13,831                |
| Goa               | 26,247                  | 5,497                   |
| Gujarat           | 16,80,095               | 3,45,998                |
| Haryana           | 16,62,305               | 3,32,697                |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 61,312                  | 14,385                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 6,62,062                | 1,03,633                |
| Jharkhand         | 3,72,999                | 72,544                  |
| Karnataka         | 32,91,434               | 7,07,662                |
| Kerala            | 2,02,048                | 45,417                  |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 56,88,993               | 11,17,764               |
| Maharashtra       | 1,18,48,423             | 24,99,948               |
| Manipur           | NS                      | NS                      |
| Meghalaya         | 57,418                  | 10,518                  |
| Mizoram           | 78,561                  | 15,987                  |
| Nagaland          | 82,324                  | 17,152                  |
| Odisha            | 15,60,303               | 3,50,032                |
| Punjab            | 14,60,518               | 2,93,928                |
| Rajasthan         | 20,68,000               | 3,94,391                |
| Sikkim            | 31,378                  | 7,203                   |
| Tamil Nadu        | 57,98,459               | 14,63,689               |
| Tripura           | 1,39,780                | 34,143                  |
| Uttar Pradesh*    | 62,39,965               | 10,66,363               |
| Uttarakhand       | 4,87,741                | 93,911                  |
| West Bengal       | 64,18,594               | 13,91,756               |
| A & N Islands     | 14,172                  | 3,324                   |
| Chandigarh        | 95,135                  | 21,704                  |
| D & N Haveli      | NS                      | NS                      |
| Daman & Diu       | NS                      | NS                      |
| NCT of Delhi*     | 17,85,390               | 3,67,893                |
| Lakshadweep       | NS                      | NS                      |
| Puducherry        | 1,44,573                | 34,839                  |
| India             | 6,54,94,604             | 1,39,20,191             |

Note: 'NS' indicates slum not reported.

Note: *: Andhra Pradesh means the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh i.e., the area now comprising the present-day State of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract for Slum.