An interesting data point: http://www68.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=population+of+Bangalore+vs+population+of+Mysore+vs+population+of+Mangalore
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan <kiran.karthike...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/5/21 Pranesh Prakash <the.solips...@gmail.com> > >> Additionally, I don't think Zipf's law holds well >> for Indian cities. >> >> For "urban areas by population", the sink of all knowledge tells us: >> Bombay 20,400,000 >> Delhi 19,830,000 >> Calcutta 15,250,000 >> Madras 7,400,000 >> Bangalore 7,030,000 >> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_by_population> > > > Maybe cultural and linguistic homogeneity is an assumption for the law to > hold. I'm sure both Bombay and Delhi didn't grow in the same organic fashion > as US cities might have due to such barriers which are far less in the US, > not to mention more sophisticated urban planning. > > Kiran >
