Census town

In India, a census town is one which has:

1. A minimum population of 5,000
2. At least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits
3. A density of population of at least 400 persons per km².

In Ireland, a census town is;

“	a cluster of fifty or more occupied dwellings, not having a legally defined boundary, in which within a distance of 800 metres there is a nucleus of either thirty occupied houses on both sides of the road or twenty occupied houses on one side of the road.	”
—- Central Statistics Office

External references

• Census of India, 2001"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.