In India, a census town is one which does not have a notified municipal entity but still has a significant population which is considered rural. A census town is one which has a minimum population of 5000, has at least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits and 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. | ” |
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Famous quotes containing the word town:
“Close to the academy in this town they have erected a sort of gallows for the pupils to practice on. I thought that they might as well hang at once all who need to go through such exercises in so new a country, where there is nothing to hinder their living an outdoor life. Better omit Blair, and take the air.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)