"International Journal of Geography, Geology and Environment"
2022, Vol. 4, Issue 2, Part B
Homelessness: A regional analysis in India
Author(s): Dr. Vijay Yadav
Abstract: India is country of 1.2 billion people who live in an area of 32, 87, 263 square Kilo meters. India is a developing country, there is 31.16 percent people live in urban area and rest of them live in rural area. Census of India has been providing the data of demographic and socio-economic characteristic of Indian population since 1981. The research in the area of homeless people in developing country is recent phenomena. The data of homeless people can be categorized in to two phases. Census of India provide homeless people date in gross figure before 2001. After 2001, it covered socio-economic data on district wise also. This paper tries to understand the homeless people distribution, growth and variation according to urbanization in the different regions of India. The growth of homeless population has been high in urban area compare to rural area during the period of 2001 to 2011.
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Dr. Vijay Yadav. Homelessness: A regional analysis in India. Int J Geogr Geol Environ 2022;4(2):147-151.
