The entire work of this article is based on the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under
Ministry of Home Affairs (India)
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Government of India
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Categorization
Census of India (2011) states the following criteria in defining towns. They are:
* Statutory Town (ST): All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee etc.
* Census Town (CT): Those which have a population greater than 5000. Other definitions include percentage of non-agriculture working population and population density.
Abbreviations
Sources:
* Abbreviation reference
List
See also
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List of cities in India by population
The following tables are the list of cities in India by population. Often cities are bifurcated into multiple regions (municipalities) which results in creation of cities within cities which may figure in the list. The entire work of this article ...
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Place names in India
Place names in India are usually in Indian languages. Other languages include Portuguese, Dutch, English and Arabic.
Since Indian Independence, several Indian cities have adopted pre-English names, most notably Chennai (formerly Madras), Mumbai ...
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Thakurnagar CT
References
External links
Indian Census
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