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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) notes that 29,600 villages (35.31% of the total) had become urbanized and attained urban status by 2020. This figure increased from 15,800 villages (20.47%) in 2010.
Conversely, 54,297 villages (64.69%) were classified as rural last year. This number decreased compared to 2010, when 61,340 villages (79.53%) were classified as rural.
The change in village status from rural to urban is partly due to increasing population density per square kilometer. Furthermore, this change is influenced by a decrease in the percentage of farming families in a village.
Other factors contributing to the change in village status from rural to urban relate to the presence/access to urban facilities, such as schools, markets, shops, hospitals, hotels, billiard halls, pubs, and discos. Additionally, the percentage of families using landline telephones and electricity has also increased.
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