THE URBAN POOR FAMILY:

REALITY BYTES:The Slum population is increasing.

According to a 2001 census, India’s cities have a slum population of 42.6 million (23.7 percent of the urban population

  • “Every week three families are broken thus, 20% of men live in polygamy in the Urban Slums. 

  • Every single hour a girl/woman is raped. One in ten teens is forced into prostitution.

  • 71% of total population in slums is addicted to Drugs and alcohol. Due to unhealthy living, 30% slum  dwellers die before reaching 50 years of age.

  • Today the percentage of school drop outs has reached from 10% to 39% in slums.

  • Urban slums in India have the highest number of registered cases for theft and murder.

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