TIERS: Census classes of cities/towns with population

(Number of cities/ towns in this tier)

Proportion of state’s population

Private labs

Public labs

Total

(% of Total)

Public labs/ Private labs

Labs per 100,000 population

In Primary list

In Master list

In Final list

TIER 1: Cities with > 100,000 population and formal Municipal Corporations (8)

26%

515

931

1148

191

1339 (31.2)

0.17

8.53

TIER 2: Towns > 100,000 population but without Municipal Corporation (24)

7%

241

389

417

87

504 (11.7)

0.21

11.92

TIER 3: Towns with 20 - 100,000 population (122)

9%

394

664

731

138

869 (20.3)

0.19

16.0

TIER 4: Towns and villages with <20,000 population (197 towns & 17843 villages)

58%

140

220

232

1349

1581 (36.8)

5.81

4.51

Total population of Gujarat ≈ 60,383,628

100%

1290

2204

2528

1765

4293 (100)

0.70

7.1