Mumbai in Maharashtra & India

Table 2 - Profile of Four Metropolitan Cities

Item Year Unit Mumbai Calcutta Delhi Chennai
Population 1995 Mns 15.1 11.7 9.9 5.9
Males 1995 Mns 8.3 6.4 5.4 3.1
Females 1995 Mns 6.8 5.3 4.5 2.8
Females 1991 per 1000 males 829 827 831 927
Growth rate of population   (%)        
  1981-91   33.6 19.9 47.0 26.4
  1991-95   19.9 6.4 17.9 9.3
Population per sq.km.
(density)
1991 000s 16.4 23.7 6.3 21.8
Literate population 1991 000s        
    (7 + age group) 8,916 7,582 5,312 3,868
Males     5,245 4,442 3,191 2,167
Females     3,671 3,140 2,160 1,701
Literacy rate 1991 (%) 82.4 77.1 76.2 81.5
Males     87.8 82.0 82.4 88.1
Females     75.7 71.0 68.6 74.1
Slum dwellers 1990 % of population 42 40 38 39
Regional companies listed
on stock exchanges
1999-2000 Nos. 1,810 1,903 1,698 643
Market capitalisation 1998-99 Rs. crores 262,404 40,718 37,033 32,727
Turnover of scrips on
the stock market
1999-2000 Rs. crores 685,028 357,166 93,289 250
No. of cheques cleared 2000-01 crores 17 5 10 5
Amount of cheques cleared 2000-01 Rs. crores 6,667,989 365,280 818,999 509-292
CPI-Industrial Workers April-March 2000-2001 (Base 1982=100) 512 456 518 478
CPI-Industrial Workers
% change over previous year
April-March 2000-2001 (Base 1982=100) 8.0 3.9 6.5 5.7
CPI-Urban non - manual employees  April-March 2000-2001 (Base 1984-85=100) 375 344 381 420
CPI-Urban non - manual employees
 % change over previous year
April-March 2000-2001 (Base 1984-85=100) 6.0 5.1 6.2 8.7
Note: Demographic data relate to Urban Agglomerations, while population density to metro districts
  • Mumbai has the highest percentage of slum - dwellers among metropolitan cities
  • Highest amount and number of cheques are cleared in Mumbai