Read the following statements about urban agglomeration carefully.
(A) A town and its adjoining urban outgrowths.
(B) Two or more contiguous towns with or without their outgrowths.
(C) A city and one or more adjoining towns with their outgrowths together forming a contiguous spread.
(D) All towns with population more than one lakh are urban agglomeration.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B), (C) Only.
An urban agglomeration may consist of any one of the following three combinations:
(i) a town and its adjoining urban outgrowths, (A)
(ii) two or more contiguous towns with or without their outgrowths (B), and
(iii) a city and one or more adjoining towns with their outgrowths together forming a contiguous spread. (C)