This makes it the largest slum population in the city, but the second in area behind Paraisópolis.
The slum population increased from 42% to 47% during the period of 1991-2001.
This model achieved the stated objective of reduction/elimination of the slum population in that area by almost 1,000 homes while improving other aspects of the families' day-to-day life.
The city has a slum population equivalent to 0.30% of the total city population and 0.37% of the Kerala's slum population.
The slum population were predominantly employed as daily laboureres.
You could fat a slum population, but you can't change their character!
Its slum population rapidly increased - fed by the mounting rural migration to the city - housed mostly in the north and south-west quarters of the city.
Incidentally the "General" learned to know his slum population.
However, only 26% of the slum population has access to safe drinking water, and 25% of the total population has drinking water on their premises.
The slum population remained at 20% as of 2001.