Habra — UN urban centre
Habra: 290,311 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,002 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11865; territory: India (IND). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 22.8408, 88.6484. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 162,998 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 169,631 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 170,283 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 182,235 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 195,569 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 219,190 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 236,221 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 254,334 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 263,698 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 281,841 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 290,311 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 298,787 | Projection |
| 2035 | 305,515 | Projection |
| 2040 | 310,371 | Projection |
| 2045 | 314,571 | Projection |
| 2050 | 317,394 | Projection |
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