Mumbai by Numbers

Jackamy
Paul & Derry Harper
Tue 15 Feb 2011 18:48
 
 
Population:        16.4 million
 
Area:       440 sq km
 
Number of black taxis:         about 40,000
 
Population density:         29,000 people per square kilometre
 
Average annual income:       US$ 1000 - three times the national average
 
Number of public toilets for every 1 million people:      17
 
Number of people passing through Victoria Terminus daily:        2.5 million
 
Number of people in an 1800 person capacity train at rush hour 7000
 
Proportion of Mumbai built on reclaimed land:         60%
 
Number of Bollywood movies made since 1931:          68,500