India’s urban demographic transition: the 2011 census results (provisional)

Urbanization . . a process characterized by more and more people living in the urban areas is one of the most important
transformations the world has witnessed in recent decades. India is an integral part of the process. In 2010, India accounted for 11 per cent of the world's urban population; the United Nations projects it to be 15 per cent by 2030.