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Urbanisation, Urban Growth and Migration in Telangana
11.1–11.2 Concepts and urban system
- Urbanisation is a rise in the share of people living in urban areas; urban growth is a rise in their number or size.
- Census 2011 counts statutory towns and Census towns as urban, and groups places into a hierarchy by size and function.
11.3–11.4 Change over time and space
- Telangana's urban share rose from 19.27% in 1961 to 38.88% in 2011.
- Urban population is concentrated in and around Hyderabad, with smaller clusters in district centres, coal-belt towns and along highways.
11.5 Major centres and nodes
- Warangal, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Khammam and Ramagundam lead the secondary centres.
- Most centres are multifunctional: administration, trade, industry, mining, transport and education combine.
11.6–11.7 Migration and its drivers
- Migration is a change of usual residence; daily commuting is not migration.
- Moves have many causes: work, education, marriage, family moves and distress, not jobs alone.
11.8–11.9 Peri-urban growth and regional development
- Cities spread into a peri-urban fringe where farms, layouts and warehouses mix.
- Concentration brings jobs and services but also uneven regional growth; Hyderabad's primacy is studied in Chapter 12.
Don't confuse
- Urban growth can happen without much urbanisation, and boundary changes can raise urban numbers without anyone moving.
The branches follow the order of the sections. Notice that the first three branches describe where and how much, and the last three explain why and with what effect.