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India is a country in South Asia and is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the most-populous country with more than 1.4 billion people, home to nearly 17.5 percent of the world's population.[1] India consists of twenty-eight states and eight union territories.[2]

Census

The first official population census of India was conducted in 1872 and every ten years since 1951 by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs.[3][4] The last official census was conducted in 2011.[5] The next census due in 2021 was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is scheduled for 2024.[6]

As per Government of India, an urban agglomeration (U.A.) is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations that have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity.[7]

Following is the list of urban agglomerations in India with a population of more than one million as per the 2011 census. As per the 2011 census, there were 52 (according to provisional census results, 53[8]) urban agglomerations or cities with population of one million and above.[9][a][8]

  • Bold represents the capital of the respective state or union territory or the capital is part of the respective urban agglomeration
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Urban agglomerations in India with a population of over one million
List of million-plus agglomerations[9]
Town/UA[b] State/UT Area
(km2)
(2011) 		Pop.
(2011) 		Area
(km2)
(2001) 		Pop.
(2001) 		Area
(km2)
(1991) 		Pop.
(1991)
Mumbai Maharashtra 1,063.49 18,394,912 1,135.11 16,434,386 1,040.9 12,596,243
Delhi Delhi 1,139.48 16,349,831 912.52 12,895,547 685.34 8,471,625
Kolkata West Bengal 1,056.13 14,057,991 1,046.46 13,251,339 920.65 11,110,314
Chennai Tamil Nadu 932.47 8,653,521 788.69 6,686,140 580.06 5,416,903
Bengaluru Karnataka 748.42 8,520,435 539.85 5,701,446 449.7 4,137,314
Hyderabad Telangana 1,225.59 7,677,018 838.03 5,756,729 838.03 4,344,437
Ahmedabad Gujarat 1,060.95 6,357,693 613.81 4,912,912 425.17 3,631,233
Pune Maharashtra 502.78 5,057,709 675.66 3,768,612 423.42 2,493,987
Surat Gujarat 431.01 4,591,246 289.83 2,820,373 114.07 1,514,545
Jaipur Rajasthan 484.64 3,046,163 484.64 2,322,575 218.26 1,518,235
Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 301.16 2,920,496 301.02 2,715,555 298.98 2,029,889
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 393.6 2,902,920 337.5 2,245,509 337.5 1,669,204
Nagpur Maharashtra 229.2 2,497,870 229.2 2,129,500 228.81 1,664,006
Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh 263.29 2,375,820 161.21 1,217,543 79.89 578,680
Indore Madhya Pradesh 233.6 2,170,295 165.17 1,516,918 165.17 1,109,056
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 696.25 2,136,916 598.12 1,601,194 317.23 1,100,746
Kochi Kerala 843.84 2,119,724 477.08 1,410,666 426.67 1,242,115
Patna Bihar 142.46 2,049,156 135.19 1,697,976 132.27 1,140,100
Kozhikode Kerala 909.79 2,028,399 334.94 1,101,157 339.67 945,802
Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 336.06 1,886,100 298.48 1,458,416 284.9 1,062,771
Thrissur Kerala 990.91 1,861,269 310.49 773,598 252.65 627,063
Vadodara Gujarat 310.35 1,822,221 213.88 1,491,045 132.54 1,127,903
Agra Uttar Pradesh 166.21 1,760,285 149.37 1,374,493 145.36 961,420
Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 513.61 1,728,128 325.83 1,345,938 310.97 1,044,119
Malappuram Kerala 819.39 1,699,060 152.67 311,558 137.11 243,427
Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 542.57 1,679,754 256.22 1,050,933 242.07 959,256
Kannur Kerala 1,003.66 1,640,986 638.95 1,212,898 647.14 1,145,476
Ludhiana Punjab 159.37 1,618,879 159.37 1,398,467 134.67 1,042,740
Nashik Maharashtra 321.98 1,561,809 321.98 1,152,326 321.94 725,341
Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh 283.58 1,476,931 101.2 1,039,518 104.71 845,756
Madurai Tamil Nadu 151.34 1,465,625 143.43 1,220,898 110.21 1,077,158
Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 118.68 1,432,280 114.31 1,216,392 106.82 1,039,939
Meerut Uttar Pradesh 186.61 1,420,902 183.64 1,172,106 177.58 849,799
Faridabad Haryana 204.00 1,414,050 198.75 1,055,938 178.24 617,717
Rajkot Gujarat 185.38 1,390,640 163.14 1,003,015 69 654,490
Jamshedpur Jharkhand 184.07 1,339,438 159.55 1,104,713 159.55 829,171
Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh 237.16 1,268,848 205.15 1,098,000 224.45 888,916
Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir 304.27 1,264,202 242.6 988,210 NA NA
Asansol West Bengal 369.34 1,243,414 351.93 1,067,369 280.74 938,067
Vasai-Virar Maharashtra 319.39 1,222,390 74.55 518,601 50.69 215,762
Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 115.46 1,212,395 85.69 1,042,229 82.18 844,546
Dhanbad Jharkhand 240.66 1,196,214 223.06 1,065,327 207.99 828,301
Aurangabad Maharashtra 148.12 1,193,167 148.12 892,483 148.12 592,709
Amritsar Punjab 136 1,183,549 136 1,003,917 114.95 708,835
Jodhpur Rajasthan 132.97 1,138,300 90.34 860,818 78.6 666,279
Ranchi Jharkhand 197.36 1,126,720 182.09 863,495 182.09 614,795
Raipur Chhattisgarh 192.55 1,123,558 128.05 743,494 64.29 462,694
Kollam Kerala 364.51 1,110,668 78.55 418,743 77.24 365,130
Gwalior Madhya Pradesh 183.71 1,102,884 180.16 865,548 303.18 717,780
Durg-Bhilainagar Chhattisgarh 335.63 1,064,222 340.75 927,864 202.3 705,076
Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu 211.51 1,022,518 198.55 887,865 170.57 729,127
Kota Rajasthan 527.03 1,001,694 225.87 703,150 221.36 537,371
Chandigarh Chandigarh 105.68 970,602 79.34 808,515 78.00 575,829

Note: * Chandigarh U.A. was included in the list of million plus populous Towns/U.A.s as per provisional census[8] having 51st rank but in the final population totals, its population fell short of one million ranking 55th after two less than million populous Towns/U.A.s - Mysore U.A., Bareilly U.A.[9] and as a result of it, the number of million plus populous Towns/U.A.s in India is 52 though as per the provisional census it was 53. As a result, the rank of Tiruchirappalli changed from 52 to 51 and that of Kota 53 to 52.

Demographia

As per Demographia, an urban built-up area consists of all continuous and non-continuous urban areas within a metropolitan area. As per the 2023 report, there were 65 urban areas with more than one million inhabitants in India.[11]

Town/UA State/UT Pop.
(2023)
Delhi Delhi, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh 		31,190,000
Mumbai Maharashtra 25,189,000
Kolkata West Bengal 21,747,000
Bengaluru Karnataka 15,257,000
Chennai Tamil Nadu 11,570,000
Hyderabad Telangana 9,797,000
Ahmedabad Gujarat 8,006,000
Pune Maharashtra 6,819,000
Surat Gujarat 6,601,000
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 4,661,000
Jaipur Rajasthan 4,360,000
Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 4,350,000
Indore Madhya Pradesh 3,765,000
Nagpur Maharashtra 3,493,000
Patna Bihar 3,331,000
Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 3,229,000
Kozhikode Kerala 3,049,000
Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 2,851,000
Agra Uttar Pradesh 2,737,000
Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 2,562,000
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 2,551,000
Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh 2,438,000
Kochi Kerala 2,381,000
Ludhiana Punjab 2,205,000
Vadodara Gujarat 2,182,000
Chandigarh Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana 2,168,000
Madurai Tamil Nadu 2,048,000
Meerut Uttar Pradesh 2,011,000
Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 2,005,000
Jamshedpur Jharkhand 1,925,000
Malappuram Kerala 1,868,000
Nashik Maharashtra 1,810,000
Asansol West Bengal 1,720,000
Aligarh Uttar Pradesh 1,660,000
Ranchi Jharkhand 1,638,000
Thrissur Kerala 1,578,000
Kollam Kerala 1,576,000
Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh 1,533,000
Dhanbad Jharkhand 1,503,000
Jodhpur Rajasthan 1,497,000
Aurangabad Maharashtra 1,490,000
Rajkot Gujarat 1,487,000
Gwalior Madhya Pradesh 1,477,000
Raipur Chhattisgarh 1,429,000
Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh 1,410,000
Kannur Kerala 1,360,000
Bareilly Uttar Pradesh 1,355,000
Guwahati Assam 1,355,000
Moradabad Uttar Pradesh 1,345,000
Amritsar Punjab 1,313,000
Mysore Karnataka 1,296,000
Durg-Bhilainagar Chhattisgarh 1,293,000
Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh 1,232,000
Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir 1,212,000
Salem Tamil Nadu 1,189,000
Kota Rajasthan 1,172,000
Jalandhar Punjab 1,165,000
Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh 1,152,000
Dehradun Uttarakhand 1,136,000
Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu 1,131,000
Bhubaneswar Odisha 1,112,000
Jammu Jammu and Kashmir 1,103,000
Solapur Maharashtra 1,082,000
Hubli-Dharwad Karnataka 1,062,000
Puducherry Puducherry 1,024,000

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The population figures of cities in Kerala are inflated as the definition of urban agglomeration was revised in the 2011 census. The population of urban agglomerations in Kerala is not comparable with other cities in the country.
  2. ^ The population figures of cities in Kerala are inflated as the definition of urban agglomeration was revised in the 2011 census. The population of urban agglomerations in Kerala is not comparable with other cities in the country.[10]

References

  1. ^ "World Population Prospects 2022". Population Division. United Nations. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ "States and union territories". Census of India. Government of India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Census Organisation of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Brief history of census". Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Census 2011 Provisional Population Totals" (PDF). The Hindu. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2013.
  6. ^ Hrishikesh, Sharanya (18 January 2023). "Census in India: Baffling lack of data is hurting Indians". BBC News. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  7. ^ Circular, census catalog (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  8. ^ a b c Urban Agglomerations and Cities having population 1 lakh and above (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 (Report). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  9. ^ a b c "A-04 (I): Towns and urban agglomerations classified by population size class in 2011 with variation between 1901 and 2011 - Class I (population of 100,000 and above)". Census of India. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  10. ^ "INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011". Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. National Informatics Centre (NIC). Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  11. ^ World Urban Areas 13th Annual Edition (PDF) (Report). Demographia. August 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.


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