The Outgrowth is a viable unit such as a village or a hamlet or an enumeration block and clearly identifiable in terms of its boundaries and location. While determining the Outgrowth of a town, it has been ensured that it possesses the urban features in terms of infrastructure and amenities such as pucca roads, electricity, taps, drainage system for disposal of waste water, etc. educational institutions, post offices, medical facilities, banks, etc. and physically contiguous with the core town of the Urban Agglomeration.
On the basis of above criteria, in 2011 Census a total of 474 Urban Agglomerations were identified against 384 in the preceding Census (i.e., 2001 Census). Similarly, a total of 981 Outgrowths was identified in 2011 Census, against 960 in 2001 Census.