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jhopadpatti

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jhopadpatti (plural jhopadpattis)

  1. (India) An urban slum of tents or makeshift huts.
    • 2012, Sarwant Singh, New Mega Trends: Implications for Our Future Lives, page 63:
      With the population growth in the jhopadpattis, favelas, bastis and bidonvilles higher than any other environment in the world, we are seeing the emergence of Megaslums, where one million urban poor live in an area measuring just 1.5 square miles.