The rapid growth of urban population in overwhelming majority of the developing countries is due to its

high natural growth and the high scale of internal migration flows from rural areas to urban areas. In the
post-Independence period, India is experiencing marked changes in the growth and development of urban
centers. Today, in India, urbanization is taking place at a slow pace so far as the percentage increment of
urban population to total population is concerned, but at a rapid pace so far as the number of urban centers
is concerned. As a result, cities and towns, as defined by the census of India changes from one census
year to another.

The urban centers are growing both in area and population and at the same time acquiring a new character
that increasingly reflects the use of modern technology, changes in the methods of production,
specialisation and division of labour and a new economic structure.

Urban centers are expanding horizontally as well as vertically through the establishment of various
economic establishments such as factories, commercial activities, administrative and various developmental
works. The pattern of urbanization in a region is influenced by the degree of interaction between urban
and rural as well as between urban and urban. As a result, the urban influence spreads over the rural areas
and new urban centers emerge in the region. This process of urbanization is aided by improved transport
and communication system which accelerates the economic development of the region and induces further
degree of urbanization.

 The physical and cultural conditions that were involved in the origin of the nucleus of settlements;
 The reactions of this nucleus, in its functional and morphological development to the impact of
historical events;
 The life and organization of the contemporary settlement viewed areally, both as a whole and with
respect to the differentiations within it;
 The interactions between the urban centre and its surrounding region with relation to the resource
base and other urban and rural centres.

A further important aspect of study of an individual urban settlement is its comparison with other urban
settlements.

The size, function and form of all settlements vary regionally according to their growth and development
and the existing social and economic structure of the human groups which they represent and serve. The
degree of association of all these settlements varies greatly from one region to the other with the increase
of secondary and tertiary economic activities.

The trend of urbanization in is noteworthy, though the rate of urbanization is very slow in comparison to
India and some other states of India also.

It is a newly developing region where the urbanization may be termed as subsistence urbanization. But,
because of the development of large scale industrialization and transportation and concentration of tertiary
economic activities at certain central locations, the state experiences a rapid positive trend of urbanization
in relation to the proportionate increase of urban population to total population as well as in the increase
of urban centres from decade to decade. This study is an attempt to explore the extent of the degree of
urbanization, pattern of urbanization and system of urban places in, both spatially and temporally as
reflected in the economic characteristics, demographic characteristics and cultural development
characteristics in the urban areas as well as in their environs.

The urban population in India is increasing at an accelerated rate and cities are expanding in size and
extent. But the urban centres of does not spread with equal density or rapidity in all directions, those
areas with better, accessibility and higher socio-economic interaction tend to develop more rapidly.
Hence the forms of spatial patterns to describe urban structure and growth are based on the degree of
accessibility, mutual proximity and transportation facilities.
India is passing through a phase of rapid urbanization brought out by general economic development,
industrialisation and influx of people from rural to urban areas for various economic pursuits. The urban
population in India is increasing at an accelerated rate and cities are expanding in size and extent. But
the urban centres of does not spread with equal density or rapidity in all directions, those areas with
better, accessibility and higher socio-economic interaction tend to develop more rapidly.Hence the forms
of spatial patterns to describe urban structure and growth are based on the degree of accessibility,
mutual proximity and transportation facilities. The urban areas of are characterized by more general and
specific types of economic activities which create more employment opportunities and help to increase
the degree of urbanization in the region. The process of urbanization in the region exerts
considerable influence of an urban centre on its immediate environs.

As a result urban sprawl or an urban complex takes place comprising the urban and rural centres of the
surrounding region because of the spatial interactions and the spatial interlationships among the
urban and rural centres. Therefore, the problem of the study may briefly be stated as:
1. The significance of regional analysis of urbanization with reference to;
2. Trend of urbanization in,
3. Degree of urbanism and regional urban growth in,
4. Spatial distribution and spacing of urban settlements in the region, and
5. Pattern and systems of urban places in