Draft Annual Plan 1994-95 Planning & Evaluation Organisation, Finance Department, Chandigarh Administration

Abstract

Chandigarh is a Small Union territory without legislature, and is Spread over an area of 144 sq. Kms., comprising the city of Chandigarh, Notified Area Committee, Minimajor and 22 villages. the population as per 1991 census of this Union Territory is approximately 6.41 lakhs out of which, 87,000 is the rural population. the Urban Rural Population ratio is 86.14. This is against the All India Ratio of 24.76. Due to compactness of the U.T., there exists a close rapport between the people and the Chandigarh Administration and such no difficulty is faced in the identification of the problems of this area.