01-21-2015, 10:25 AM
Ashok Mitra’s Functional classification of Indian cities
Ashok Mitra’s classification is based on a categories of workers classification available in the census of 1961 and 1971. In 1991, an effort was made to classify all urban places in terms of their functional character with slight modification by adjusting the industrial categories into five broad economic sectors. The classification is as follows:
1. Primary Activity
Cultivations
Agricultural labourers
Live stock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards and allied activities.
Mining and quarrying
2. Industry
Manufacturing, processing, servicing and repairs.
household industry
other than household industry
Construction workers
3. Trade
Trade and commerce
4. Transport
Transport, storage and communication
5. Services
Other services
Asok Mitra used the 'Ternary Diagram' to analyze the functional classification of Indian towns based on 1961 Census data. Briefly speaking, the method makes use of an equilateral triangle the sides of which graduate from 0 to 100 percent so that the percentage of three variables industry, trade and transport and service can be represented on the diagram. The method of functional classification of Indian towns was based on the concept of the predominance of a particular function of a city
Functional Groups of Towns and their Categories
A. Industry : III (Livestock. Forestry. Fishing. Hunting and plantations.
Orchards and allied activities).
IV (Mining and Quarrying).
V(a) (Manufacturing. Processing, Servicing and Repairs in Household Industry)
V(b) (Manufacturing. Processing. Servicing and Repairs in other than Household lndustry) and
VI (Construction)
B. Trade and Transport : VII (Trade and Commerce)
VIII (Transport, Storage and Communications).
C. Services : IX only (Other Services)
Ashok Mitra’s classification is based on a categories of workers classification available in the census of 1961 and 1971. In 1991, an effort was made to classify all urban places in terms of their functional character with slight modification by adjusting the industrial categories into five broad economic sectors. The classification is as follows:
1. Primary Activity
Cultivations
Agricultural labourers
Live stock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards and allied activities.
Mining and quarrying
2. Industry
Manufacturing, processing, servicing and repairs.
household industry
other than household industry
Construction workers
3. Trade
Trade and commerce
4. Transport
Transport, storage and communication
5. Services
Other services
Asok Mitra used the 'Ternary Diagram' to analyze the functional classification of Indian towns based on 1961 Census data. Briefly speaking, the method makes use of an equilateral triangle the sides of which graduate from 0 to 100 percent so that the percentage of three variables industry, trade and transport and service can be represented on the diagram. The method of functional classification of Indian towns was based on the concept of the predominance of a particular function of a city
Functional Groups of Towns and their Categories
A. Industry : III (Livestock. Forestry. Fishing. Hunting and plantations.
Orchards and allied activities).
IV (Mining and Quarrying).
V(a) (Manufacturing. Processing, Servicing and Repairs in Household Industry)
V(b) (Manufacturing. Processing. Servicing and Repairs in other than Household lndustry) and
VI (Construction)
B. Trade and Transport : VII (Trade and Commerce)
VIII (Transport, Storage and Communications).
C. Services : IX only (Other Services)