City gets younger,73% below 40

The survey states that in 56 per cent households,members range from two and four while 41 per cent has more than 5 members. The average family size is 4.2. There are 54.58 per cent married people,40.86 per cent unmarried,3.78 per cent widowed and 0.34 per cent separated. Those deserted or in a live-in relationship form 0.22 per cent each.

Though,there is an influx of population,the survey mentions that it’s mostly from other parts of Maharashtra than other states as the mother tongue in 85 per cent households is Marathi while communication is in Hindi in 7.67 per cent households. Other dominant groups are people speaking Bengali,Kannada and Rajasthani.

Architect Rajiv Raje said that the demographic survey should be well reflected in the new DP to cater to the needs of citizens. “The 73 per cent young population means the PMC should make adequate provisions for sports,entertainment and educational institutes,” he said.

However,Raje expressed concern over the slow process of preparing the DP. “The preparation and actual implementation of the DP takes more time. The socio-economic situation changes by the time the civic body carries out development.”

The population has doubled in 30 years as around 51 per cent has come up in three decades. Those staying for more than 30 years in the city are 48.02 per cent while 11.8 per cent has been there for 26-30 years.

Overall literacy rate is 90.3 per cent. Of the population aged between 3 and 14 years,63 per cent get education in private schools and 36 per cent in civic schools. Those studying in English medium schools is fairly high at 65.51 per cent while 28.52 per cent studies in Marathi medium schools while semi-English medium have 3.03 per cent and 2.94 per cent in schools with other medium of instruction.