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Part 2 of a series of interpretations drawing on a new book on small townsCentre for Policy Research, New Delhi,  1 December 2017By Kanhu Charan Pradhan from CPR, who was among the first scholars to highlight the specific role of Census Towns in the 2001-2011 period, draws on his earlier research to explain the role of census towns in understanding the pattern of urbanisation in India.