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Introduction
Ahmedabad is the largest city in Gujarat and it is the seventh largest city in India with an area of 109.84 km square. It is located in central Gujarat. Ahmedabads's population of 5,633,927 (as per 2011 population census) makes it the fifth most populous city in India,and the encompassing urban agglomeration population estimated at 7,650,000 is the seventh most populous in India. Gujarat ranked 3rd in having largest non-notified slums in the country. Gujarat has 2.48% cent of the total slum population of the country. While Ahmedabad has the second largest slum population in the state. As per the latest census conducted in 2011, there are a total of 439843 slums in the city. In Ahmedabad, 1.49 lakh slum dwellers are literate; and around 20% of the slum population is of Scheduled caste and Scheduled Tribe categories. According to the Global Report on understanding Slums 2003, the percentage of Ahmedabad housing categorized as slums increased from 17.2% in 1961 to 22.8% in 1971 and 25.6% in 1991. It is estimated that 17.1% of Ahmedabad's population lived in slums in 1971. This rose to an estimated 21.4% in 1982. As per the latest figures, 40% of Ahemdabad's population lives in slums and chawls.

In Ahmedabad, there are two types of slums: Chawls which were originally the residential units build in the mill premises for workers, and slums which represent illegal occupation of marginal areas of the city by migrants and other economically weaker sections. The latter lack adequate facilities and basic amenities and are found along the riverfront, low lying areas, vacant private/government land etc.