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Levels of urban segregation in India
June 23 , 2023
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- The level of segregation for Muslim and Scheduled Caste residents of Indian cities was as much as the current levels of segregation between Black and White Americans.
- Group of international academics and economists released a paper titled, ‘Residential Segregation and Unequal Access to Local Public Services in India: Evidence from 1.5m Neighbourhoods’.
- It used data from the Socioeconomic and Caste Census 2012 and the Economic Census.
- It found that 26% of the Muslim population lives in neighbourhoods with over 80% Muslim population.
- 17% of the SCs live in neighbourhoods with over 80% SC population.
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