Urban Development and Urban Housing Department

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The Urban Development and Urban Housing department came into existence in July 1983. The institutions under the department are as follows :

The Gujarat Town Planning and Valuation Department
The Director of Municipalities
Gujarat Municipal Finance Board
Gujarat Housing Board
Gujarat Slum Clearance Board
Gujarat Urban Development Company limited are the agencies directly working under this department
Gujarat Urban Development Mission
The State government has constituted 7 Municipal Corporations,12 Urban development authorities, 2 Area development authorities and designated 159 Municipalities as area development authorities for planned urban development in the state. The District Urban Development Agencies (DUDA) have been set up at district level in the state

Gujarat - “The Urbanized State of India“ Situated on the western coast of the India, the State of Gujarat is an industrial powerhouse with an enviable track record of development during the last four decades, having reduced its dependence on agriculture and textiles. With just 5 per cent of the India’s total population and 6 per cent of geographical area. The State is experiencing high urbanization with 37.67 per cent of the population living in 242 urban areas as per population census 2001.

The 7 Municipal Corporations and 159 Municipalities in the State, Town Planning & Valuation Department, The Director of Municipalities , Gujarat Municipal Finance Board , Gujarat Housing Board, Gujarat Slum Clearance Board, Gujarat Urban Development Company Ltd etc. are working under the Urban development & Urban Housing Department in the State .

The State Government has constituted Urban Development Authorities, Area Development Authorities and also designated municipalities as an Area development Authorities and also constituted the District Urban Development Authorities for planned development of urban areas in the State.

Gujarat Fact File
Area	196,024 sq.km. (5.96 % of India)
Capital	Gandhinagar
Climate	Tropical
Population	50.67 million as per 2001 census (4.93% of India)
Urbanization	18.93 million as per 2001 census
	37.67% (compared to the national average of 27.78%)
	242 Urban Centers as per 2001 census
	7 Municipal Corporations 159 Municipalities 4 million plus cities Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara & Rajkot
Population Density	258 persons per sq.km. vis-à-vis 324 of national average
Languages Spoken / Understood	Gujarati , Hindi ,English, Marathi, Sindhi

The number of metropolitan cities in India & in Gujarat State (Population in 2001) :

Rank	Urban Agglomeration/CityGreater Mumbai	Population (Lacs)
1	Greater Mumbai	163.7
2	Kolkata	132.2
3	Delhi	127.9
4	Chennai	64.2
5	Bangalore	56.9
6	Hyderabad	55.3
7	Ahmedabad	45.2
8	Pune	37.5
9	Surat	28.1
10	Kanpur	26.9
11	Jaipur	23.2
12	Lucknow	22.7
13	Nagpur	21.2
14	Patna	17.1
15	Indore	16.4
16	Vadodara	14.9
17	Bhopal	14.5
18	Coimbatore	14.5
19	Ludhiana	14.0
20	Kochi	13.5
21	Visakhapatnam	13.3
22	Agra	13.2
23	Varanasi	12.1
24	Madurai	11.9
25	Meerut	11.7
26	Nashik	11.5
27	Jabalpur	11.2
28	Jamshedpur	11.0
29	Asansol	10.9
30	Dhanbad	10.6
31	Faridabad	10.5
32	Allahabad	10.5
33	Amritsar	10.1
34	Vijaywada	10.1
35	Rajkot	10.0
	Total	1078.8

Classification of Municipalities in Gujarat

Class A Municipality - Population of 100000 and above
Class B Municipality - Population of 50000 - 99999
Class C Municipality - Population of 25000 - 49999
Class D Municipality - Population of 15000 - 24999

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