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Table 9 examines decadal
States 2001 2011 Population
Goa 5,280 3051 -42.2 increase in homeless population
across states of India in 2001 and
Tamil Nadu 86,472 50929 -41.1 2011. A total of eleven states/
Puducherry 1,662 1590 -4.3 UTs showed an increase in the
Andaman & Nicobar 242 95 -60.7 number of homeless population.
Islands Interestingly, none of the
Source: Census of India, 2001 and 2011 southern states have observed
Table 7 provides decadal fall in homeless population across states of positive increase in the homeless
India in 2001 and 2011. population.
More than half of the states and union territories (UTs) of India have It is reflected in Figure 1
shown a negative growth of homelessness. that four UTs of the country

Table 8 shows decadal changes in the homeless population and observed the highest proportion
households across states of India in 2001 and 2011. of homelessness, namely,
Table 8: Decadal Changes in Homeless Population and Households across States of India in Chandigarh (0.39%), Daman
2001 and 2011 & Diu (0.3%), Dadra & Nagar
Haveli (0.29%), NCT of Delhi
States 2001 2011 2001 2011 Household Population (0.28%).
Punjab 8,579 9853 46,958 46714 14.9 -0.5
Uttarakhand 2,940 3273 14,703 11824 11.3 -19.6 Figure 2 shows share of homeless
children under 6 years out of
Assam 3,126 3293 13,355 12919 5.3 -3.3 total homeless population across
Andhra 40,818 42812 1,63,938 145211 4.9 -11.4 States of India. There are a total
Pradesh of 2.70 lakh homeless children
Kerala 5,654 5759 16,533 11853 1.9 -28.3 under 0-6 years of age-group,
which is about 15% of the total
Source: Census of India, 2001 and 2011
homeless population.
Table 9: Decadal Increase in Homeless Population across States of India in 2001 and 2011
In absolute numbers, the
States 2001 2011 Homeless maximum number of homeless
Population households were observed in the
Jammu & Kashmir 12,751 19047 49.4 district of Patna, Muzaffarpur
Chandigarh 2,722 4139 52.1 and Gaya. These districts are
NCT of Delhi 24,966 47076 88.6 also among the most urbanized.
Rajasthan 1,43,497 181544 26.5 The lowest decadal growth
was recorded in the districts of
Uttar Pradesh 2,01,029 329125 63.7 Jehanabad, Samastipur, Saran,
Bihar 42,498 45584 7.3 Buxar and Bhagalpur. Spatial
Arunachal 442 1556 252 heterogeneity in the houseless
Pradesh population has been captured
Manipur 2,607 3061 17.4 across 640 districts in India
Tripura 857 3225 276.3 with the help of Census 2011.
West Bengal 1,10,535 134040 21.3 It portrays a relative situation
Jharkhand 10,887 23391 114.9 of the houseless population in
Source: Census of India, 2001 and 2011 rural India. It clearly shows

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