New Delhi, June 10 -- Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, is now classified as a metropolitan city, with an estimated current population exceeding 1.9 million. According to the 2011 census, the city's population was around 1 million. This means the population has nearly doubled in the past 14 years, growing at an annual rate of 3-4 per cent. As the population has increased, so has the city's geographical footprint.

A 2021 study published in the International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Scope (IRJMS) titled Urban Sprawl and Its Impact on Urbanisation in Raipur City (Chhattisgarh State) India by researchers Rajeev Jena and Anil Kumar Sinha revealed that the expansion of Raipur's urban sprawl has grown significantly. Between 197...