Which of the following are among the million-plus cities in India on the basis of data of the Census, 2001? 1. Ludhiana 2. Kochi 3. Surat 4. Nagpur Select the correct answer using the code given below: Codes:

Answer: (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Census 2001 listed 35 million-plus cities, including all four.

The idea

A city population can refer to municipal limits or to an urban agglomeration, a continuous urban spread that includes adjoining units. These boundaries can give different totals for the same place. Apply the Census 2001 unit before deciding whether it crossed one million.

Why the others are wrong

(a) Nagpur was a million-plus city.

(b) Ludhiana was a million-plus city.

(c) Kochi (UA) and Surat were also million-plus.

The trap

Kochi and Ludhiana feel too small, but their urban agglomerations passed a million.

Also know

A million equals ten lakh. An urban agglomeration can include a core town and adjoining outgrowths such as railway colonies or other continuous urban development. An urban agglomeration is not the same as a district or a wider metropolitan planning region; their populations cannot be substituted for one another.