Journal Article

Community and Household Well-being in the Municipal Corporations of Maharashtra

Sen, Soumendu, Mohanty, Sanjay K, Kundan, I A, Mishra, Raman, Chandrasekar, Rajeshwari, Deshmukh, Devika, Bhagat, Ram B, Nair, Anuradha, Jose, Joemet, Dwivedi, L K

2020

Overview

Increasing urbanisation and rising economic inequality are concomitant in India. Though studies have examined the level, pattern and trend of urbanisation in Maharashtra, no attempt has been made to examine the level of well-being across local bodies in urban India. Using data from the Census of India 2011, this paper examines the variations in community and household well-being in the Municipal Corporations of Maharashtra. Two composite indices of well-being, namely, Community Well-being Index (CWI) and Household Well-being Index (HWI) are used to depict the state of well-being at the community and household levels respectively. Results suggest large variations in HWI and CWI across the Municipal Corporations of Maharashtra. The correlation coefficient of HWI and CWI was 0.51. We observe varying patterns of CWI and HWI. Malegaon, Solapur, Nanded-Waghala, Akola Municipal Corporations are deprived at both CWI and HWI. Chandrapur and Parbhani Corporations, have higher HWI compare to CWI. The Kalyan-Dombivli Corporation ranked first while Parbhani Municipal Corporation ranked the least in CWI among all 27 Corporations in Maharashtra. Similarly, Panvel Corporation with a HWI value of 0.97ranked first and Bhiwandi-Nizampur ranked least. Corporations that perform poorly in HWI and CWI should be accorded priority in the State's plan and policies.

• Publisher: National Institute of Urban Affairs
• Subject: Censuses / Cities / Community / Companies / Developing countries / Economic development / Economic inequality / Ghettos / Households / Indexes / Inequality / LDCs / Local government / Population growth / Rural areas / Trends / Urban areas / Urbanization / Well being