• Dr.N.Muthuraju

The 21st century has witnessed a continuous rise in the rate of urban inhabitants. The proportion of urban population to total population which was only 25.8 per cent in 1911 slowly increased to 31.16 per cent in 2011. The total number of towns in India which was only 3060 in 1951, gradually rose to 4029 in 1981 and then to 5166 in 2001. The urban migration for employment rose alarmingly, paved the way for mushrooming of slums and overcrowding. This paper tries to examine the trend of urbanisation and also investigates the challenges associated with urbanisation. The study shows that urbanisation in India is on an increasing pace due to rapid urban migration. The growing migration leads to urban overcrowding, pollution and administrative issues. The rehabilitation slum population is a major issue in the development of cities in India. The study suggests that reducing the urban migration through employment generation and infrastructure development in rural areas is the appropriate measure to eliminate the urbanisation challenges in India.

Urbanisation, Migration, Development Bottleneck, Environmental Degradation.

"A STUDY ON TREND AND CHALLENGES OF URBANISATION IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.2149-2156, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905U04.pdf

"A STUDY ON TREND AND CHALLENGES OF URBANISATION IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp2149-2156, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905U04.pdf