Urban population sees 14% jump in 2 decades

CHENNAI: The State’s urban population has recorded a remarkable 14 per cent jump in the last two decades, according to the new census statistics released here on Tuesday.Unveiling the provisional population totals of the State here, S Gopalakrishnan, Director of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu, said, “In the last two decades, percentage of urban population has increased to 48.45 per cent of the total population from 34.15 percent in 1991.”Incidentally, the share of urban population in the State, which stood at 24.35 per cent in 1951, has increased to 48.45 per cent in past six decades.While districts like Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Coimbatore, Tirupur, Madurai and Kanyakumari have recorded a share of over 60 per cent of their population under urban category among all the districts of Tamil Nadu,  other districts such as Pudukottai, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Villupuram, Dharmapuri and Tiruvannamalai in the State  have less than or 20 per cent of their population in the category.