*Ph. D. Research Scholar,
**Assistant Professor and HOD (off.),
The process of urban growth leads to high proportional urban population growth due to migration from across the border (Bangladesh). Infrastructure initiatives, brings people to towns, from towns to cities and from cities to metros. Urbanisation process leads to increase in various types of opportunities, which attract rural population to migrate. With the growth of urban population, it exerts pressure on the basic amenities and increase environmental degradation. The trend and pattern of urbanization in Nadia district during the 21st century has been analysed here. Urbanisation includes many positive scopes like employment facilities, services, better housing conditions, high standards of living. The urban population of Nadia District in 2001 was 21.27 per cent and has increased to 27.84 per cent according to Census 2011.
