How Kerala, with distinct rural-urban continuum, readies rapid growth plans
Hindustan TimesKerala is known to have a distinct rural-urban continuum, where the lines between villages and towns have long blurred, giving the state the appearance of one continuous city. Last year, Kerala became the first Indian state to set up an Urban Policy Commission through a state cabinet decision with financial support from the Centre’s Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. According to the 2011 census, 47.7% of Kerala’s population lived in urban areas, making it one of India’s most urbanised states after Goa, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. The 2011 Census recorded an 83.82% decadal increase in Kerala’s urban population from the previous decade, largely due to the reclassification of rural areas as urban. One endless city “Visually, Kerala is like one endless city,” noted M B Rajesh, the state’s minister of the local self-government department.
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