Five states have half of India's slums: Research

Overall, 3.15 million-about 28% less than the Census 2011 figure of 4.4 million-or 5% of India's households were in slums in 2008-09

The top five states by number of slum households per 100–Chhattisgarh (18), Odisha (17), Jharkhand (14), Tamil Nadu (11) and Bihar (10)–in 2008-09 had 51% of India’s slum households, according to a new paper.

The top five by number of slum households per 100 are the only states/union territories with more than 10% of their population living in slums, said the September 2017 paper by H S Chopra, project director in Rajasthan’s rural development department.

Source: Ministry