Slum population

Slum population of India 2011

6.55 crore

Slum population as % of total population

5.4%

Decadal growth of slum population 2001–2011

25.1%

Highest slum population — State

Maharashtra

State with highest % of urban pop in slums

Andhra Pradesh (~12%)

Highest slum population — UT

Delhi

City with lowest slum population %

Ahmedabad — 4.49%

City with 2nd lowest slum %

Jaipur — 10.62%

Highest slum literacy rate — State

Mizoram — 85%

2nd highest slum literacy — State

Kerala — 84%

States with slum literacy below 60%

Arunachal Pradesh, UP, Rajasthan, J&K, Bihar, Chandigarh

% of slum population that is working

36%

% of slum workers who are main workers

86%

% of slum workers who are marginal workers

16%

States with max working slum population (41%)

Sikkim and Tamil Nadu

Slum sex ratio — Highest state

Kerala — 1074

Slum sex ratio — Lowest UT

Chandigarh — 784

State with highest child slum population %

Bihar — 17%

State with lowest child slum population %

Kerala — 10%