Age of city: 605 years
Area: 466 sq km
Population: 55.77 lakh Male: 29.38 lakh Female: 26.38 lakh
Population density: 11,948 persons /sq km
Slum population: 4.5%
(The city’s slum population has steadily fallen from 25.6 per cent in 1991)
No. of tourists/year: 54.65 lakh
Road length: 2,380 km
No. of buses/lakh of population: 13
No. of private vehicles: 29 lakh
Average traffic speed: 35km/hr
No. of parks: 202
Rainwater harvest cover (%): 56
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