Population of homeless in rural India dips TNN

[prasad1]

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The population of India's homeless has fallen both as a proportion of the total population and in absolute terms between 2001 and 2011, if the latest census data is to be believed. However, the data also shows that while there has been a sharp reduction of homeless people in rural India, their numbers in towns and cities have increased by almost 21%.


The fall in homelessness in rural areas is mirrored by an almost equal rise in urban areas. As the homeless declined by about 66,000 households in rural areas, it went up by about 69,000 households in urban areas, recording a growth rate of 20.5% as against a decline of 28.4% in rural areas.


Census defines homeless households as those which do not live in buildings or census houses but live in the open or roadside, on pavements, in hume-pipes, under flyovers and staircases, or in places of worship, mandaps, railway platforms, etc.


How accurate is this census?

Population of homeless in rural India dips - The Times of India

 

[krish44]

The population of India's homeless has fallen both as a proportion of the total population and in absolute terms between 2001 and 2011, if the latest census data is to be believed. However, the data also shows that while there has been a sharp reduction of homeless people in rural India, their numbers in towns and cities have increased by almost 21%.


The fall in homelessness in rural areas is mirrored by an almost equal rise in urban areas. As the homeless declined by about 66,000 households in rural areas, it went up by about 69,000 households in urban areas, recording a growth rate of 20.5% as against a decline of 28.4% in rural areas.


Census defines homeless households as those which do not live in buildings or census houses but live in the open or roadside, on pavements, in hume-pipes, under flyovers and staircases, or in places of worship, mandaps, railway platforms, etc.


How accurate is this census?

Population of homeless in rural India dips - The Times of India

do you think all the homeless of rural india are heading towards urban india!

 

[prasad1]

do you think all the homeless of rural india are heading towards urban india!

May be, but my point was if they are homeless how are they counted during census. It may well be a guess. Then why fight or publish a study on guesses as if it can disproved or proved.

 

[kunjuppu]

any government numbers, i treat it with some level of suspicion and skepticism. govt suppress numbers to suit their agenda. for example, in the 1961 census, it came out that the population of nellore district in andhra, thanks to intense proselytization, the xtians were counted to be 10%. knowing that would create waves, the govt decided to suppress publication by caste and religion then.

now they want to do the reverse. for different purposes. and they may reverse again tomorrow.

after all was it not someone who said that we could live on 35 rupees a day ie a whole family. idiot.

 

[krish44]

statistics has become a joke. repeated sops to promote housing or food for the poor are meant to win elections for the political parties and middle class educated indians can feel less guilty when they indulge in lavish spending on consumer durables,exotic weddings and foreign holidays.there is a serious fault with the policy of encouraging further growth with more reforms and giving welfare sops to poor indians making them behave like beggars. Indian economic downturn is traced now to debt waiver for farmers and other election gimmicks which brought congress to power again in 200