Consider the following statements regarding the factors influencing the historically low urbanization rate in Bihar:\n\n1. A highly subsistence-dominated agricultural economy with low crop diversification limits the push factor for rural-to-urban migration within the state.\n2. Historically, the definition of urban areas in Bihar relied strictly on the presence of statutory municipal bodies, underestimating the actual urban-like density of large villages.\n3. The rate of out-migration from Bihar to other states has historically been lower than the intra-state rural-to-urban migration.\n\nWhich of the statements given above is/are correct?

Options:

  • A: 1 and 2 only
  • B: 2 and 3 only
  • C: 1 and 3 only
  • D: 1, 2 and 3

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