List of slums in India
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Slum
A slum, as defined by United Nations agency UN-HABITAT, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the...
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- Arif Nagar
- Arjun Singhpura
- Arvinds Nagar
- Banganga
- BaiganwadiBaiganwadiBaiganwadi is located in Govandi . Baiganwadi has Mumbai's oldest and largest waste dumping ground. The whole area is divided in plots by crossing roads and gullies.-Geography:...
, Mumbai - Chandmari
- Chowdhary Mohalla
- DharaviDharaviDharavi is a slum and administrative ward, over parts of Sion, Bandra, Kurla and Kalina suburbs of Mumbai, India. It is sandwiched between Mahim in the west and Sion in the east, and spread over an area of 175 hectares, or...
, Mumbai - Gandhi Nagar
- Guda Upar
- Harijan Mohalla
- Indira Ekta Nagar
- Indira Nagar
- Juhu, Mumbai
- Kathputhli slumKathputhli slumThe Kathputhli Slum Area is an urban slum in Jaipur, India, with a population of approximately 10,000 people.-Population:The population of the slum in Kathputhli is mainly inhabited by sweepers, rag-pickers, artisans and general labourers, who have migrated from rural areas to a more urban setting...
- Panchsheel Nagar
- Pilkhana, KolkataPilkhana, KolkataPilkhana is a slum in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is part of Howrah, which is poor. It is the slum the best-seller The City of Joy has been written about. Pilkhana has at least tens of thousands of residents. It is not far from Howrah Station. A Hallman High School exists. As for religious...
- Prem Sagar
- Ramaji Ka pura
- Rasulpura
- Sahu Ji Ka Pura
- Sanjay Nagar
- Sarvodaya Nagar (Jabalpur)
- Sethi Sambandh Nagar
- Supatal
- Tekri Mohalla
- Tikia ParaTikia ParaTikia Para is an area in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is close to Howrah Station. A Tikia Para railway station exists....
- Vidya Nagar