“Daily Floating Population” of 1.Dhaka 2.Mumbai and 3.Jakarta Municipalities
The report says there are 35.79 lakh such workers in suburban Mumbai. Of this, the largest chunk — 18.92 per cent (6.77 lakh) — travel between
2 km and 5 km to work.
The second biggest chunk — 6.19 lakh workers (17.29 per cent) — travel between 6 km and 10 km, followed by 4.5 lakh workers (12.73 per cent) who travel 11-20 km to work. Besides, 5.93 lakh workers (16.55 per cent) travel less than a kilometre to reach their places of work.
In Mumbai city district limits, there are 12.27 lakh professionals — 2.15 lakh (17.58 per cent) travel less than a kilometre, 2.2 lakh (18.7 per cent) travel 2-5 km and 2.29 lakh travel 6-10 km. Those who travel 11-20 km number 1.27 lakh (10.37 per cent).
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/census-data-most-mumbai-commuters-travel-less-than-10-km-says-report/
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/fGoGvxB8bWUaXV5iN3AdVI/How-people-in-Indias-top-53-cities-commute-to-work.html
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