In India Punjab is in the midst of urban transition. At the dawn of the twentieth century only 12.46 per cent of the total population of the time at pre-partition united Punjab was urban and at the  twenty-first century the urban population of Punjab has increased to 33.95 per cent against 27.78 per cent for the country as a whole. Punjab is now the fifth major urbanized state of India. Now by residence one out of every three persons in Punjab is urban. Due to  this has resulted in high population density in urban areas and a number of towns/urban agglomerations have come up during 1991-2001 and distance between towns has decreased due to growth of new towns and expansion of urban areas.

The state has thus witnessed a rapid growth in urban population due to migration from rural to urban areas in search of employment opportunities, health and educational facilities. The growth of urban population in the various size-categories of towns shows an interesting trend due to this large cities and towns  have been increasing at a faster pace with a larger population.in urban areas in Punjab of India.