Abstract :
The shifting of the population of rural society to urban society results in the urbanization which is
associated with the industrialization, modernization and rationalization. Urbanization is the backbone
and important part of the economic development of any nation. The comparative studies of the level of
urbanization and its disparities have been analyzed in municipalities of Kolkata Metropolitan Area and
its surrounding area. The level of urbanization has been checked with the help of selected indicators
such as decadal growth, the density of population. Consistency of urbanization among the
municipalities has been examined with the help of Spearman correlation co-efficient method which
indicated that the highly positively correlate with p-value 1 between 1991 and 2011. The result of
surrounding districts shows that the highest position in the level of urbanization occupied by Howrah
district with 63.38 percent in 2011. On the other hand, during the same year (2011) the level of
urbanization in West Bengal is recorded higher as per compare of Nation level that is 31.87 percent in
West Bengal and 31.16 percent in India in 2011.
Keyword :
Urbanization Level of urbanization Decadal growth Population density Kolkata Metropolitan Area