Datia — UN urban centre
Datia: 224,287 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,634 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9257; 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: 25.6662, 78.4585. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 94,527 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 96,896 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 99,030 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 111,704 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 134,229 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 155,516 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 177,492 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 196,185 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 214,040 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 217,578 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 224,287 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 241,465 | Projection |
| 2035 | 249,894 | Projection |
| 2040 | 258,514 | Projection |
| 2045 | 264,348 | Projection |
| 2050 | 267,125 | Projection |
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