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GATE 2025 AR — Planning – Question 62

Planning History, Theory and Techniques · Settlement hierarchy · 2 marks · Multiple select

Which describe a Census of India 2011 urban agglomeration?

  1. Continuous urban spread of a town with adjoining outgrowths
  2. Urban settlements plus one rural settlement
  3. Two or more contiguous towns, with or without outgrowths
  4. Any urban villages engulfed by a metropolitan area

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Correct answer: (A) Continuous urban spread of a town with adjoining outgrowths; (C) Two or more contiguous towns, with or without outgrowths

Explanation

An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread:it may be a town with outgrowths or contiguous towns with or without outgrowths. Thus A, C. Simply adjoining a rural settlement or using the descriptive phrase metropolitan urban village does not by itself meet the census definition.

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