Notification of Slums

‘Slums’ is a State subject. The data of notified slums is maintained by the State Governments. However, the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) has published a report namely “Some Characteristics of Urban Slum 2008-2009” based on its 65^th round sample survey on conditions of slum in the country. According to the NSS Report details of notified and non-notified slums in 10 States is annexed at Annexure-1. The Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation had set up a Committee to look into various aspects of Slum Statistics/Census and issues regarding conduct of slum Census 2011. The Committee has estimated the slum population in 2001 at 75.26 million and the State-wise details are as per Annexure-2.

The Committee mentioned in (a) above has suggested a different definition for slum than the definition adopted by the Census of India 2001 and the States. The Committee     has    recommended    a   normative definition of slum as:“a compact settlement of at least 20 households with a collection of poorly built tenements, mostly of temporary nature, crowded together usually with inadequate sanitary and drinking water facilities in unhygienic conditions”.

The committee has, based on the pilot studies carried out by the Registrar General of India suggested adoption of the  following as slum-like characteristics for the purpose of identification of slum areas and enumeration of population of area with 20-25 Households in an Enumeration Block in 2011 Census:-

• Predominant roof material: any material other than concrete (RBC/ RCC)
• Availability of drinking water source: not within premises of the census house
• Availability of latrine: not within premises of the census house
• Drainage facility: no drainage or open drainage.

Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation   has written to all States/UTs to work together with census officials to accurately identify the slums and count the slum population residing therein accurately in the 2011 Census.

Annexure-1

 Details of  Notified and Non-Notified Slums

State/UTs*	Estimated number of slums - 65th Round NSS Survey (July 2008 to June- 09)
	Notified	Non-Notified	Total
Andhra Pradesh	3964	1285	5249
Delhi*	1058	2075	3133
Gujarat	1342	2017	3360
Karnataka	1118	1132	2250
Madhya Pradesh	759	1456	2215
Maharashtra	9282	7736	17019
Orissa	630	1323	1953
Tamil Nadu	1711	1663	3374
Uttar Pradesh	1334	1060	2394
West Bengal	2475	2570	5045
ALL-INDIA	24781	24213	48994

 

 Annexure-2

 State wise projected slum population from year 2001& 2011

State	2001		2011
Andaman and Nicobar Island	20303		33722
Andhra Pradesh	7254399		8188022
Arunachal Pradesh	56538		98248
Assam	805701		1070835
Bihar	1422155		1683954
Chandigarh	208057		332473
Chhattisgarh	1578285		2111546
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	7653		26083
Daman &  Diu	7420		9187
Delhi	2318635		3163430
Goa	100365		154759
Gujarat	3708127		4662619
Haryana	2350269		3288292
Himachal Pradesh	69310		87281
Jammu & Kashmir	395696		494180
Jharkhand	762025		931912
Karnataka	2951441		3631147
Kerala	499498		533278
Lakshadweep	1683		1560
Madhya Pradesh	5107505		6393040
Maharashtra	14319132		18151071
Manipur	68967		75197
Meghalaya	172223		205176
Mizoram	87309		105720
Nagaland	73523		83220
Orissa	1401973		1736064
Puducherry	92495		136899
Punjab	2164649		2798256
Rajasthan	3118120		3826160
Sikkim	9609		13321
Tamil Nadu	7340271		8644892
Tripura	104281		131080
Uttar Pradesh	8527840		10878336
Uttarakhand	638467		826257
West Bengal	7520116		8546755
India	75264040		93055983

Source: Report of the Committee on Slum Statistics/Census

Courtesy : PIB