• Vasundhara
• Parmod Kumar

India is the second most populous country in the world with more than one-sixth of world’s population. In 2011, the urban population in India grew to 377.1 million from 286.1 million in 2001; showing a growth of 2.67% per annum. The level of urbanization in the country as a whole increased from 27.82% in 2001 to 31.14% in 2011. The Parliament of India enacted two constitutional amendments i.e. 73rd and 74th for rural and urban governance respectively in 1993.In these Acts some discretion has been provided to state legislatures to determine the governance of census towns. That’s why the whole urban population is not under urban governance. As urban population in India constitute almost one-third of total population in 2011, there is a need to understand the governance of these towns across various states in India. The present study has made an attempt to know the distribution of urban population and towns across six classes under rural governance in Indian states. For the present work, secondary data has been collected from Census of India, reports of various ministries, research papers, Acts of state and central government and other sources.

Governance, Spatial distribution, Class size

"Rural Governance in Urban India: A Spatial-Temporal Analysis", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.589-596, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904183.pdf

"Rural Governance in Urban India: A Spatial-Temporal Analysis", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp589-596, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904183.pdf