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According to India's 2011 Census, there are 449,761 houseless households/families in the country, homeless or houseless defined as those who live in "the open or roadside, pavements, in hume-pipes, under flyovers and staircases, or in the open in places of worship, mandaps, railway platforms etc." But NGOs working in this area say the figures are much higher than projected officially. "The main reasons which drive people to urban areas are poverty and unemployment.
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Migration, Unemployment, Poverty, Homeless, Delhi, Urban, Rural
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