List of cities in India by population
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The following is the list of most populous cities in India. The population statistics indicated in this article are for the year 2011. The list does not indicate the population of the urban agglomerations. Often cities are bifurcated into multiple regions (municipalities) which results in creation of cities within cities which may figure in the list.
Note: as per Census of India, 2011, the cities with more than 1 million population are known as Million Plus Cities, and the cities with more than 4 million population are known as Mega Cities.[1]
List
- The cities which are listed in bold are the capital of the respective state / union territory / country.
Rank | City | Population (2011) [2] | Population (2001)[3] | State/Territory |
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1 | Mumbai | 18,414,288[4] | 11,978,450 | Maharashtra |
2 | Delhi | 16,314,838[5] | 9,879,172 | Delhi |
3 | Kolkata | 14,112,536[6] | 4,572,876 | West Bengal |
4 | Chennai | 8,696,010[7] | 4,343,645 | Tamil Nadu |
5 | Bangalore | 8,499,399[8] | 5,438,065 | Karnataka |
6 | Hyderabad | 7,749,334[9] | 3,637,483 | Telangana |
7 | Ahmedabad | 6,352,254[10] | 3,520,085 | Gujarat |
8 | Pune | 5,049,968[11] | 2,538,473 | Maharashtra |
9 | Surat | 4,585,367[12] | 2,433,835 | Gujarat |
10 | Jaipur | 3,073,350 | 2,322,575 | Rajasthan |
11 | Lucknow | 2,815,601 | 2,185,927 | Uttar Pradesh |
12 | Kanpur | 2,767,031 | 2,551,337 | Uttar Pradesh |
13 | Nagpur | 2,405,421 | 2,052,066 | Maharashtra |
14 | Indore | 1,960,631 | 1,474,968 | Madhya Pradesh |
15 | Thane | 1,818,872 | 1,262,551 | Maharashtra |
16 | Bhopal | 1,795,648 | 1,437,354 | Madhya Pradesh |
17 | Visakhapatnam | 1,730,320 | 982,904 | Andhra Pradesh |
18 | Pimpri-Chinchwad | 1,729,359 | 1,012,472 | Maharashtra |
19 | Patna | 1,683,200 | 1,366,444 | Bihar |
20 | Vadodara | 1,666,703 | 1,306,227 | Gujarat |
21 | Ghaziabad | 1,636,068 | 968,256 | Uttar Pradesh |
22 | Ludhiana | 1,613,878 | 1,398,467 | Punjab |
23 | Agra | 1,574,542 | 1,275,134 | Uttar Pradesh |
24 | Nashik | 1,486,973 | 1,077,236 | Maharashtra |
25 | Faridabad | 1,404,653 | 1,055,938 | Haryana |
26 | Meerut | 1,309,023 | 1,068,772 | Uttar Pradesh |
27 | Rajkot | 1,286,995 | 967,476 | Gujarat |
28 | Kalyan-Dombivali | 1,246,381 | 1,193,512 | Maharashtra |
29 | Vasai-Virar | 1,221,233 | Not Available | Maharashtra |
30 | Varanasi | 1,201,815 | 1,091,918 | Uttar Pradesh |
31 | Srinagar | 1,192,792 | 898,440 | Jammu and Kashmir |
32 | Aurangabad | 1,171,330 | 873,311 | Maharashtra |
33 | Dhanbad | 1,161,561 | 99,258 | Jharkhand |
34 | Amritsar | 1,132,761 | 966,862 | Punjab |
35 | Navi Mumbai | 1,119,477 | 704,002 | Maharashtra |
36 | Allahabad | 1,117,094 | 975,393 | Uttar Pradesh |
37 | Ranchi | 1,073,440 | 847,093 | Jharkhand |
38 | Howrah | 1,072,161 | 1,007,532 | West Bengal |
39 | Coimbatore[N 1] | 1,061,447 | 930,882 | Tamil Nadu |
40 | Jabalpur | 1,054,336 | 932,484 | Madhya Pradesh |
41 | Gwalior | 1,053,505 | 827,026 | Madhya Pradesh |
42 | Vijayawada | 1,048,240 | 851,282 | Andhra Pradesh |
43 | Jodhpur | 1,033,918 | 851,051 | Rajasthan |
44 | Madurai[N 2] | 1,016,885 | 928,869 | Tamil Nadu |
45 | Raipur | 1,010,087 | 605,747 | Chhattisgarh |
46 | Kota | 1,001,365 | 694,316 | Rajasthan |
47 | Guwahati | 963,429 | 809,895 | Assam |
48 | Chandigarh | 960,787 | 808,515 | Chandigarh |
49 | Solapur | 951,118 | 872,478 | Maharashtra |
50 | Hubballi-Dharwad | 943,857 | 786,195 | Karnataka |
51 | Bareilly | 898,167 | 718,395 | Uttar Pradesh |
52 | Moradabad | 889,810 | 641,583 | Uttar Pradesh |
53 | Mysore | 887,446 | 755,379 | Karnataka |
54 | Gurgaon | 876,824 | 173,542 | Haryana |
55 | Aligarh | 872,575 | 669,087 | Uttar Pradesh |
56 | Jalandhar | 862,196 | 706,043 | Punjab |
57 | Tiruchirappalli[N 3] | 846,915 | 752,066 | Tamil Nadu |
58 | Bhubaneswar | 837,737 | 648,032 | Orissa |
59 | Salem | 831,038 | 696,760 | Tamil Nadu |
60 | Mira-Bhayandar | 814,655 | 520,388 | Maharashtra |
61 | Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) | 752,490 | 744,983 | Kerala |
62 | Bhiwandi | 711,329 | 598,741 | Maharashtra |
63 | Saharanpur | 703,345 | 455,754 | Uttar Pradesh |
64 | Gorakhpur | 671,048 | 622,701 | Uttar Pradesh |
65 | Guntur | 651,382 | 514,461 | Andhra Pradesh |
66 | Bikaner | 647,804 | 529,690 | Rajasthan |
67 | Amravati | 646,801 | 549,510 | Maharashtra |
68 | Noida | 642,381 | 305,058 | Uttar Pradesh |
69 | Jamshedpur | 629,659 | 573,096 | Jharkhand |
70 | Bhilai | 625,697 | 556,366 | Chhattisgarh |
71 | Warangal | 620,116 | 530,636 | Telangana |
72 | Cuttack | 606,007 | 534,654 | Orissa |
73 | Firozabad | 603,797 | 279,102 | Uttar Pradesh |
74 | Kochi (Cochin) | 601,574 | 596,473 | Kerala |
75 | Bhavnagar | 593,768 | 511,085 | Gujarat |
76 | Dehradun | 578,420 | 426,674 | Uttarakhand |
77 | Durgapur | 566,937 | 493,405 | West Bengal |
78 | Asansol | 564,491 | 475,439 | West Bengal |
79 | Nanded | 550,564 | 430,733 | Maharashtra |
80 | Kolhapur | 549,283 | 493,167 | Maharashtra |
81 | Ajmer | 542,580 | 485,575 | Rajasthan |
82 | Gulbarga | 532,031 | 422,569 | Karnataka |
83 | Jamnagar | 529,308 | 443,518 | Gujarat |
84 | Ujjain | 515,215 | 430,427 | Madhya Pradesh |
85 | Loni | 512,296 | 120,945 | Uttar Pradesh |
86 | Siliguri | 509,709 | 472,374 | West Bengal |
87 | Jhansi | 507,293 | 383,644 | Uttar Pradesh |
88 | Ulhasnagar | 506,937 | 473,731 | Maharashtra |
89 | Nellore | 505,258 | 378,428 | Andhra Pradesh |
90 | Jammu | 503,690 | 369,959 | Jammu and Kashmir |
91 | Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad | 502,697 | 436,781 | Maharashtra |
92 | Belgaum | 488,292 | 399,653 | Karnataka |
93 | Mangalore | 484,785 | 399,565 | Karnataka |
94 | Ambattur | 478,134 | 310,967 | Tamil Nadu |
95 | Tirunelveli | 474,838 | 411,831 | Tamil Nadu |
96 | Malegaon | 471,006 | 409,403 | Maharashtra |
97 | Gaya | 463,454 | 385,432 | Bihar |
98 | Jalgaon | 460,468 | 368,618 | Maharashtra |
99 | Udaipur | 451,735 | 389,438 | Rajasthan |
100 | Maheshtala | 449,423 | 385,266 | West Bengal |
101 | Tirupur | 444,543 | 344,543 | Tamil Nadu |
102 | Davanagere | 435,128 | 364,523 | Karnataka |
103 | Kozhikode (Calicut) | 432,097 | 436,556 | Kerala |
104 | Akola | 427,146 | 400,520 | Maharashtra |
105 | Kurnool | 424,920 | 269,122 | Andhra Pradesh |
106 | Rajpur Sonarpur | 423,806 | 336,707 | West Bengal |
107 | Bokaro | 413,934 | 393,805 | Jharkhand |
108 | South Dumdum | 410,524 | 392,444 | West Bengal |
109 | Bellary | 409,644 | 316,766 | Karnataka |
110 | Patiala | 405,164 | 303,151 | Punjab |
111 | Gopalpur | 404,991 | 271,811 | West Bengal |
112 | Agartala | 399,688 | 271,811 | Tripura |
113 | Bhagalpur | 398,138 | 340,767 | Bihar |
114 | Muzaffarnagar | 392,451 | 316,729 | Uttar Pradesh |
115 | Bhatpara | 390,467 | 442,385 | West Bengal |
116 | Panihati | 383,522 | 348,438 | West Bengal |
117 | Latur | 382,754 | 299,985 | Maharashtra |
118 | Dhule | 376,093 | 341,755 | Maharashtra |
119 | Rohtak | 373,133 | 286,807 | Haryana |
120 | Korba | 363,210 | 315,690 | Chhattisgarh |
121 | Bhilwara | 360,009 | 280,128 | Rajasthan |
122 | Brahmapur | 355,823 | 307,792 | Orissa |
123 | Muzaffarpur | 351,838 | 305,525 | Bihar |
124 | Ahmednagar | 350,905 | 307,615 | Maharashtra |
125 | Mathura | 349,336 | 302,770 | Uttar Pradesh |
126 | Kollam (Quilon) | 349,033 | 361,560 | Kerala |
127 | Avadi | 344,701 | 229,403 | Tamil Nadu |
128 | Rajahmundry | 343,903 | 315,251 | Andhra Pradesh |
129 | Kadapa | 341,823 | 125,725 | Andhra Pradesh |
130 | Kamarhati | 336,579 | 314,507 | West Bengal |
131 | Bilaspur | 330,106 | 274,917 | Chhattisgarh |
132 | Shahjahanpur | 327,975 | 296,662 | Uttar Pradesh |
133 | Bijapur | 326,360 | 228,175 | Karnataka |
134 | Rampur | 325,248 | 281,494 | Uttar Pradesh |
135 | Shivamogga (Shimoga) | 322,428 | 274,352 | Karnataka |
136 | Chandrapur | 321,036 | 289,450 | Maharashtra |
137 | Junagadh | 320,250 | 168,686 | Gujarat |
138 | Thrissur | 315,596 | 317,526 | Kerala |
139 | Alwar | 315,310 | 260,593 | Rajasthan |
140 | Bardhaman | 314,638 | 285,602 | West Bengal |
141 | Kulti | 313,977 | 289,903 | West Bengal |
142 | Kakinada | 312,255 | 296,329 | Andhra Pradesh |
143 | Nizamabad | 310,467 | 288,722 | Telangana |
144 | Parbhani | 307,191 | 259,329 | Maharashtra |
145 | Tumkur | 305,821 | 248,929 | Karnataka |
146 | Hisar | 301,249 | 256,689 | Haryana |
147 | Ozhukarai | 300,028 | 217,707 | Puducherry |
148 | Bihar Sharif | 296,889 | 232,071 | Bihar |
149 | Panipat | 294,150 | 261,740 | Haryana |
150 | Darbhanga | 294,116 | 267,348 | Bihar |
151 | Bally | 291,972 | 260,906 | West Bengal |
152 | Aizawl | 291,822 | 228,280 | Mizoram |
153 | Dewas | 289,438 | 231,672 | Madhya Pradesh |
154 | Ichalkaranji | 287,570 | 257,610 | Maharashtra |
155 | Tirupati | 287,035 | 228,202 | Andhra Pradesh |
156 | Karnal | 286,974 | 210,476 | Haryana |
157 | Bathinda | 285,813 | 217,256 | Punjab |
158 | Jalna | 285,349 | 235,795 | Maharashtra |
159 | Barasat | 283,443 | 231,515 | West Bengal |
160 | Kirari Suleman Nagar | 282,598 | 153,874 | Delhi |
161 | Purnia | 280,547 | 171,687 | Bihar |
162 | Satna | 280,248 | 225,464 | Madhya Pradesh |
163 | Mau | 279,060 | 212,657 | Uttar Pradesh |
164 | Sonipat | 277,053 | 214,974 | Haryana |
165 | Farrukhabad | 275,750 | 228,333 | Uttar Pradesh |
166 | Sagar | 273,357 | 232,133 | Madhya Pradesh |
167 | Rourkela | 273,217 | 224,601 | Orissa |
168 | Durg | 268,679 | 232,517 | Chhattisgarh |
169 | Imphal | 264,986 | 221,492 | Manipur |
170 | Ratlam | 264,810 | 222,202 | Madhya Pradesh |
171 | Hapur | 262,801 | 211,983 | Uttar Pradesh |
172 | Anantapur | 262,340 | 218,808 | Andhra Pradesh |
173 | Arrah | 261,099 | 203,380 | Bihar |
174 | Karimnagar | 260,899 | 205,653 | Telangana |
175 | Etawah | 256,790 | 210,453 | Uttar Pradesh |
176 | Ambernath | 254,003 | 203,795 | Maharashtra |
177 | North Dumdum | 253,625 | 220,042 | West Bengal |
178 | Bharatpur | 252,109 | 204,587 | Rajasthan |
179 | Begusarai | 251,136 | 93,378 | Bihar |
180 | New Delhi | 249,998 | 302,147 | Delhi |
181 | Gandhidham | 248,705 | 166,388 | Gujarat |
182 | Baranagar | 248,466 | 250,768 | West Bengal |
183 | Tiruvottiyur | 248,059 | 212,281 | Tamil Nadu |
184 | Puducherry | 241,773 | 220,749 | Puducherry |
185 | Sikar | 237,579 | 184,904 | Rajasthan |
186 | Thoothukudi | 237,374 | 216,058 | Tamil Nadu |
187 | Rewa | 235,422 | 183,274 | Madhya Pradesh |
188 | Mirzapur | 233,691 | 205,053 | Uttar Pradesh |
189 | Raichur | 232,456 | 207,421 | Karnataka |
190 | Pali | 229,956 | 187,641 | Rajasthan |
191 | Ramagundam | 229,632 | 236,600 | Telangana |
192 | Vizianagaram | 227,533 | 174,324 | Andhra Pradesh |
193 | Katihar | 225,982 | 175,169 | Bihar |
194 | Haridwar | 225,235 | 175,010 | Uttarakhand |
195 | Sri Ganganagar | 224,773 | 210,713 | Rajasthan |
196 | Karawal Nagar | 224,666 | 148,549 | Delhi |
197 | Nagercoil | 224,329 | 208,149 | Tamil Nadu |
198 | Mango | 224,002 | 166,091 | Jharkhand |
199 | Bulandshahr | 222,826 | 176,256 | Uttar Pradesh |
200 | Thanjavur | 222,619 | 215,725 | Tamil Nadu |
See also
- List of million-plus agglomerations in India
- List of most populous metropolitan areas in India
- List of states and union territories of India by population
Notes
- ^ The area of Coimbatore was expanded in 2010. The figure represented here is calculated according to the old city limits as the revised figures are yet to be released.
- ^ The area of Madurai was expanded in 2010. The figure represented here is calculated according to the old city limits as the revised figures are yet to be released.
- ^ The area of Tiruchirappalli was expanded in 2010. The figure represented here is calculated according to the old city limits as the revised figures are yet to be released.
Notes
- ^ "Provisional Population Totals Urban Agglomerations and Cities" (PDF). Census of India 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Table - 3 : Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities/Towns (in alphabetic order): 2001". Census of India 2001. Govt. of India. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
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