In 2011, the urban population percent was 31.2% of the total population in India. There are substantial variations in this percentage of urban population in the states/union territories, on the basis of which, 

India can be divided into 5 categories:

1. States/union territories with more than 50% urban population: In 2011, the states included, in this category are Goa (62.2%) and Mizoram (52.1%) and the union territories are Delhi (97.5%), Chandigarh (97.3%), Lakshadweep (78.1%), Daman and Diu (75.2%), and Puducherry (68.3%).

2. States/union territories with 40% to 50% urban population: In 201 1, the states included in this category are Tamil Nadu (48.4%), Kerala (47.7%), Maharashtra (45.2%) and Gujarat (42.6%) and the union territory is Dadra – Nagar Haveli (46.7%).

3. States/union territories with 30% to 40% urban population: In 2011, the states included in this category are Karnataka (38.7%), Punjab (37.5%), Haryana (34.9%), Andhra Pradesh (33.4%), Manipur (32.5%), West Bengal (31.9%) and Uttarakhand (30.2%), and the union territory included is Andaman – Nicobar Islands group.

4. States with 20% to 30% urban population: In 2011, the states included in this category are Nagaland (28.9%), Madhya Pradesh (27.6%), Jammu – Kashmir (27.4%), Tripura (26.2%), Sikkim (25.2%), Rajasthan (24.9%), Jharkhand (24%), Chhattisgarh (23.2%), Arunachal Pradesh (22.9%), Uttar Pradesh (22.3%) and Meghalaya (20.1%).

5. States with less than 20% urban population: In 2011, the states included in this category are Odisha (16.7%), Assam (14.1%), Bihar (11.3%) and Himachal Pradesh (10%).