2018

CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
ASSIGNMENT

SUBMITTED BY,
RABIYA HASSAN
ROLL NUMBER: 26
 HYDERABAD
Hometown: Hyderabad
Hyderabad district occupies an area of approximately 217 square kilometres
As per the 2011 survey, Hyderabad has 6.81 million population with a population
density of 18,480 people per square kilometer (47,000/sq mi).
Hyderabad District is a district in the state of Telangana in India that contains a part of
the metropolitan area of Hyderabad. The district is a city district, which means that it does not
have a district headquarters.

CLASSIFICATION OF INDIAN CITIES

Earlier the classification of Indian cities was done based on Compensatory City
Allowance and HRA. Based on CCA, The cities were classified as A-1, A, B-1 and B-2, and
based on HRA into categories A-1, A, B-1, B-2 and C.
The CCA classification was abolished in 2008, and based on the earlier HRAs
classification, classification of cities was changed from A-1 to X, A, B-1 and B-2 to Y and C
and unclassified cities to X, Y and Z.

CITIES
S.No STATES CLASSIFIED AS CITIES CLASSIFIED AS “Y”
“X”

Vijawada(UA), Warangal(UA),
Hyderabad
1 Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam(UA),
(UA)
Guntur, Nellore (UA)

2 Assam Guwahati(UA)

3 Bihar Patna(UA)

4 Chandigarh Chandigarh

5 Chhattisgarh Durg-Bhilai Nagar(UA), Raipur(UA)

6 Delhi Delhi(UA)

Ahmedabad Rajkot(UA), Jamnagar(UA),

7 Gujarat
(UA) Bhavnagar(UA), Vadodara(UA), Sutat(UA)

8 Haryana Faridabad*, Gurgaon (UA)

Jammu &
9 Srinagar(UA), Jammu(UA)
Kashmir
 Jamshedpur(UA), Dhanbad(UA), Ranchi(UA),
10 Jharkhand
Bokaro Steel City

Belgaum(UA), Hubli-Dharwad,
Bengaluru
11 Karnataka Mangalore(UA),
(UA)
Mysore(UA), Gulbarga (UA)

Khozhikode(UA), Kochi(UA),
12 Kerala Thiruvanthapuram(UA), Thrissur (UA),
Malappuram (UA), Kannur(UA), Kollam (UA)

Madhya Gwalior(UA), Indore(UA), Bhopal(UA),

13
Pradesh Jabalpur(UA), Ujjain (M. Coprn.)

Amravati, Nagpur(UA), Aurangabad(UA),

Greater Nashik(UA), Bhiwandi(UA), Solapur,
14 Maharashtra Mumbai(UA), Kolhapur(UA), Vasai-Virar City (M. Corpn.),
Pune (UA) Malegaon (UA), Nanded-Waghala (M.Corp.),
Sangli (UA)

Cuttack(UA), Bhubaneswar(UA), Raurkela

15 Orissa
(UA)

16 Punjab Amritsar(UA), Jalandhar(UA),Ludhiana

17 Pondicherry Pondicherry(UA)

Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur(UA), Kota(UA),

18 Rajasthan
Ajmer (UA)

Salem(UA), Tiruppur (UA), Coimbatore(UA),

19 Tamil Nadu Chennai (UA) Tiruchirappalli (UA), Madurai(UA), Erode
(UA)

20 Uttarakhand Dehradun(UA)

Moradabad, Meerut(UA), Ghaziabad*, Aligarh,

Agra(UA), Bareilly(UA), Lucknow(UA),
Kanpur(UA),
21 Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad(UA), Gorakhpur, Varanasi(UA),
Saharanpur**, Noida (CT), Firozabad (NPP),
Jhansi (UA)

22 West Bengal Kolkata(UA) Asansol (UA), Siliguri (UA), Durgapur (UA)

The remaining cities/towns in various States/UTs which are not covered by
classification as “X” or “Y” are classified as “Z”.
 Classification of centres (tier-wise)

Population classification Population (2001 Census)

Tier-1 100,000 and above

Tier-2 50,000 to 99,999

Tier-3 20,000 to 49,999

Tier-4 10,000 to 19,999

Tier-5 5,000 to 9,999

Tier-6 less than 5000

Population-group wise classification of centres

Population classification Population (2001 Census)

Rural Centre up to 9,999

Semi-urban centre 10,000 to 99,999

Urban centre 100,000 to 999,999

Metropolitan centre 1,000,000 and above

Indian cities are classified based on population as well, into Tier 1, Tier 2, tier 3, Tier
4, Tier 5, Tier 6.
Hyderabad city comes under X region and is a Tier 1 city and based on the population
it is classified as Urban.