• Apeksha Agarwal
• MSS Rawat
• AKS Rana

Growth of urbanization and growth of slums is a simultaneous process. Indian Himalayan Region is experiencing a lot of rapid, unplanned and unregulated urban growth. . This region due to urbanization has resulted in the expansion of slums. The present paper attempted to study the growth of urban population, slum population and the salient features of the slum population from 2001 to 2011 in the five states i.e. Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura which constitutes the part of Indian Himalayan region. The study has been based on secondary data sources and revealed an increase in slum population out of total urban population. The gender differentials in the literacy rate of the slum dwellers has been improving, but there is still low work participation rate among females. Also, the percentage of marginal workers in the slums is increasing. The increasing number of slums in the Indian Himalayan region became a major issue of discussion among the researchers and policymakers around the world.

Gender Differentials, Indian Himalayan Region, Marginal Workers, Slums, Urbanization, Work Participation Rate.

"URBANIZATION AND EMERGING SLUMS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY WITH REFERENCE TO THE INDIAN HIMALAYAN REGION (2001-2011)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.551-558, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906S19.pdf

"URBANIZATION AND EMERGING SLUMS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY WITH REFERENCE TO THE INDIAN HIMALAYAN REGION (2001-2011)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp551-558, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906S19.pdf