Mumbai Inequality

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

Located in the Maharashta state of western India with a total population of 23 million with half of them living in slums

Question 2

Evidence of social inequality in Mumbai

Answer 2

• 60% of population live in slums
• there are millionaires living in the same area where 40% of people earn less than $10 a month and there is only 1 toilet per 1500 people
• 71% of people use public toilets and only 3% have their own facilities
• 15% have their own water built into their home
• infant mortality rate (IMR): the higher the slum %, the higher the IMR
• Antilia building (worth 2bn) a billionaire house