Slum households in India 2001-2011
In 2001, the number of slum households across the country was over 10 million. Over the next ten years, this number increased to just under 14 million households. The government defines as residential areas with poorly built households. These are most often unhygienic and unfit for human habitation because of dilapidation, overcrowding, lack of sanitation, water and infrastructure.
