Rural-Urban Fringe in Indian Cities: A Case Study of Varanasi

An unprecedented growth of urban population within last few decades has posed the problems for the fringe villages of cities all over the country. As such Varanasi city has also undergone vertiginous growth of population during last fifty years, which has caused several problems of haphazard and imbalanced development in its peripheral zone Although, the social and .religious impact of Varanasi is far and wide, but its economic impact appear to be more relevant in this context.