Floating population

The floating population refers to people who reside within a given population for a specific duration and for various reasons, but are not generally considered part of the official census count.^[1]

A population is usually broken down into two categories—the residents, who permanently stay in an area for a considerable amount of time and are part of the official population count,^[2] and the floating types, who are in the area but do not live there permanently and are not considered part of the official census count.^[3]

The resident population of a city can be further classified into two groups, those who permanently resides in a city for a considerably long duration of time like ten to fifteen years, and others, such as hostel students and transferable government servants, who might live for two to three years in a given area, as per their requirements, but are replaced by an equal number of new population for the same purpose after their departure.^[4] Thus, at any given time the number of people under this category remains more or less the same. The floating population, on the other hand, of a city consists of two types.^[5] The first category includes individuals who visit a place regularly but do not stay in that area permanently or long enough to be considered official, like any person working in a city for a short-time job. The second type consists of visitors or guests who might live for a small span of time, but their time of stay and their next visit are not predictable, like tourists and seasonal visitors.^[6]

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