Geography Mumbai

Question 1

How many people live in Dharavi?

Answer 1

1.2 million

Question 2

How many people in Dharavi have access to safe drinking water?

Answer 2

24%

Question 3

How many cases of disease occur every day in Dharavi?
Why so much?

Answer 3

4000
Overcrowding, unsafe water, inadequate sanitation (30% regularly use street as toilet)

Question 4

What famous universities or colleges are in Mumbai?

Answer 4

Indian Institute of Tech, Institute of Chemical Technology, TIFR, BARC

Question 5

What is the literacy rate in Mumbai?
What about in Maharashtra as a whole?

Answer 5

90% Mumbai
77% Maharashtra

Question 6

What is the story of Dharavi’s establishment?

Answer 6

1882 factories and residents of the city centre forcibly cast out into a then-mangrove.
Dharavi grew due to urbanisation and migration from poor rural areas.

Question 7

What are some pull factors to Mumbai?

Answer 7

Healthcare (25 hospitals - in comparison the whole of Gujarat, with a population 3x the size, has 7)
Education (1237 state schools)
Jobs (many major TNCs (e.g. Disney) and many jobs don’t require education)
Low cost of living
Family

Question 8

What are some push factors out of rural Maharashtra?

Answer 8

Lack of healthcare, education and economic opportunities
More advanced machinery meaning farm labour jobs rare
Drought/climate hazards (poor harvests)