Multiple factors including intra-State migration and variation in the land use following the boom in real estate have made Kozhikode the fastest growing urban district in the State. The urban areas of the district show higher growth rate of population whereas the rural areas surrounding the urban areas show significantly lower growth rate indicating possible migration of people to the urban areas from the surrounding rural settlements. Of the 30,86,293 population in Kozhikode, the urban population is 20,74,778. Two important industrial projects in the district, industrial township at Kinaloor-Panangad gramapanchayat and IT Park at Palazhi-Kozhikode Corporation, boost urbanisation. However, the growth rate of the district has declined from 16.69% in 1991 to 9.89% in 2001 and 7.33% in 2011.
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