List of most populous cities in India
The following is a list of the most populous cities in India. Population statistics indicated in this article are estimates for the year 2010[1].
The list does not indicate urban agglomeration populations. Often cities are bifurcated into multiple regions (municipalities) which results in creation of cities within cities which may figure in the list. For urban agglomerations, see list of most populous metropolitan areas in India.
Map of 10 Biggest Indian Cities. Locations (dots) are approximate. The numbers represents overall size ranking, ex. "1" is the largest city.
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Table
1.Mumbai
2.Delhi
4.Kolkata
5.Chennai
8.Pune
9.Surat
11.Jaipur
12.Lucknow
13.Nagpur
14.Patna
15.Indore
16.Thane
17.Bhopal
18.Ludhiana
19.Agra
20.Pimpri-Chinchwad
21.Nashik
22.Vadodara
23.Faridabad
24.Ghaziabad
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The cities listed in bold are also the capital of the respective state / union territory / country.
| Rank | City | Population (2010 estimate)[1] |
Population (2001 census) |
State/UT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumbai | 13,830,884 | 11,978,450 | Maharashtra |
| 2 | Delhi | 12,565,901 | 9,879,172 | Delhi |
| 3 | Bangalore | 5,438,065 | 4,301,326 | Karnataka |
| 4 | Kolkata | 5,138,208 | 4,572,876 | West Bengal |
| 5 | Chennai | 4,616,639 | 4,343,645 | Tamil Nadu |
| 6 | Hyderabad | 4,068,611 | 3,637,483 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 7 | Ahmedabad | 3,959,432 | 3,520,085 | Gujarat |
| 8 | Pune | 3,446,330 | 2,538,473 | Maharashtra |
| 9 | Surat | 3,344,135 | 2,433,835 | Gujarat |
| 10 | Kanpur | 3,221,435 | 2,551,337 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 11 | Jaipur | 3,210,570 | 2,322,575 | Rajasthan |
| 12 | Lucknow | 2,750,447 | 2,185,927 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 13 | Nagpur | 2,447,063 | 2,052,066 | Maharashtra |
| 14 | Patna | 1,875,572 | 1,366,444 | Bihar |
| 15 | Indore | 1,854,930 | 1,474,968 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 16 | Thane | 1,807,616 | 1,262,551 | Maharashtra |
| 17 | Bhopal | 1,792,203 | 1,437,354 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 18 | Ludhiana | 1,740,247 | 1,398,467 | Punjab |
| 19 | Agra | 1,686,976 | 1,275,134 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 20 | Pimpri-Chinchwad | 1,637,905 | 1,012,472 | Maharashtra |
| 21 | Nashik | 1,585,444 | 1,077,236 | Maharashtra |
| 22 | Vadodara | 1,539,428 | 1,306,227 | Gujarat |
| 23 | Faridabad | 1,521,605 | 1,055,938 | Haryana |
| 24 | Ghaziabad | 1,505,958 | 968,256 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 25 | Rajkot | 1,456,181 | 967,476 | Gujarat |
| 26 | Meerut | 1,404,723 | 1,068,772 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 27 | Kalyan-Dombivali | 1,342,842 | 1,193,512 | Maharashtra |
| 28 | Navi Mumbai | 1,268,784 | 704,002 | Maharashtra |
| 29 | Amritsar | 1,224,616 | 966,862 | Punjab |
| 30 | Varanasi | 1,211,891 | 1,091,918 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 31 | Aurangabad | 1,208,285 | 873,311 | Maharashtra |
| 32 | Solapur | 1,163,734 | 872,478 | Maharashtra |
| 33 | Allahabad | 1,142,722 | 975,393 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 34 | Jabalpur | 1,082,794 | 932,484 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 35 | Srinagar | 1,081,562 | 898,440 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 36 | Ranchi | 1,073,466 | 847,093 | Jharkhand |
| 37 | Visakhapatnam | 1,065,395 | 982,904 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 38 | Chandigarh | 1,064,711 | 808,515 | Chandigarh |
| 39 | Mysore | 1,042,354 | 755,379 | Karnataka |
| 40 | Howrah | 1,034,982 | 1,007,532 | West Bengal |
| 41 | Jodhpur | 1,026,140 | 851,051 | Rajasthan |
| 42 | Guwahati | 1,022,606 | 809,895 | Assam |
| 43 | Coimbatore | 1,016,348 | 930,882 | Tamil Nadu |
| 44 | Vijayawada | 985,733 | 851,282 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 45 | Mira-Bhayandar | 985,072 | 520,388 | Maharashtra |
| 46 | Gwalior | 943,725 | 827,026 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 47 | Hubballi-Dharwad | 904,916 | 786,195 | Karnataka |
| 48 | Bhubaneswar | 904,225 | 648,032 | Orissa |
| 49 | Jalandhar | 903,491 | 706,043 | Punjab |
| 50 | Salem | 895,388 | 696,760 | Tamil Nadu |
| 51 | Madurai | 889,052 | 928,869 | Tamil Nadu |
| 52 | Aligarh | 869,941 | 669,087 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 53 | Bhiwandi | 865,577 | 598,741 | Maharashtra |
| 54 | Kota | 844,387 | 694,316 | Rajasthan |
| 55 | Bareilly | 837,564 | 718,395 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 56 | Thiruvananthapuram | 830,943 | 744,983 | Kerala |
| 57 | Moradabad | 828,506 | 641,583 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 58 | Tiruchirappalli | 819,833 | 752,066 | Tamil Nadu |
| 59 | Raipur | 779,742 | 605,747 | Chhattisgarh |
| 60 | Gorakhpur | 730,486 | 622,701 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 61 | Bhilai | 725,171 | 556,366 | Chhattisgarh |
| 62 | Jamshedpur | 677,942 | 573,096 | Jharkhand |
| 63 | Amravati | 674,673 | 549,510 | Maharashtra |
| 64 | Cuttack | 663,075 | 534,654 | Orissa |
| 65 | Rajpur Sonarpur | 642,457 | 336,707 | West Bengal |
| 66 | Bikaner | 636,423 | 529,690 | Rajasthan |
| 67 | Bhavnagar | 611,801 | 511,085 | Gujarat |
| 68 | Warangal | 595,276 | 530,636 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 69 | Siliguri | 579,821 | 472,374 | West Bengal |
| 70 | Ulhasnagar | 575,007 | 473,731 | Maharashtra |
| 71 | Kolhapur | 570,102 | 493,167 | Maharashtra |
| 72 | Dehradun | 567,906 | 426,674 | Uttarakhand |
| 73 | Jammu | 567,555 | 369,959 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 74 | Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad | 565,170 | 436,781 | Maharashtra |
| 75 | Nanded | 559,268 | 430,733 | Maharashtra |
| 76 | Ajmer | 556,991 | 485,575 | Rajasthan |
| 77 | Durgapur | 549,283 | 493,405 | West Bengal |
| 78 | Gulbarga | 546,554 | 422,569 | Karnataka |
| 79 | Guntur | 544,712 | 514,461 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 80 | Jamnagar | 540,573 | 443,518 | Gujarat |
| 81 | Bhatpara | 537,496 | 442,385 | West Bengal |
| 82 | Saharanpur | 528,572 | 455,754 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 83 | South Dumdum | 525,950 | 392,444 | West Bengal |
| 84 | Jalgaon | 515,985 | 368,618 | Maharashtra |
| 85 | Noida | 504,842 | 305,058 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 86 | Maheshtala | 502,772 | 385,266 | West Bengal |
| 87 | Korba | 501,568 | 315,690 | Chhattisgarh |
| 88 | Asansol | 501,041 | 475,439 | West Bengal |
| 89 | Ujjain | 489,222 | 430,427 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 90 | Gaya | 481,183 | 385,432 | Bihar |
| 91 | Malegaon | 467,197 | 409,403 | Maharashtra |
| 92 | Tirunelveli | 466,693 | 411,831 | Tamil Nadu |
| 93 | Udaipur | 465,291 | 389,438 | Rajasthan |
| 94 | Belgaum | 465,170 | 399,653 | Karnataka |
| 95 | Akola | 465,082 | 400,520 | Maharashtra |
| 96 | Davanagere | 464,963 | 364,523 | Karnataka |
| 97 | Tirupur | 463,998 | 344,543 | Tamil Nadu |
| 98 | Ahmadnagar | 455,813 | 307,615 | Maharashtra |
| 99 | Jhansi | 449,368 | 383,644 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 100 | Bokaro | 445,158 | 393,805 | Jharkhand |
| 101 | Kozhikode (Calicut) | 440,367 | 436,556 | Kerala |
| 102 | Mangalore | 439,842 | 399,565 | Karnataka |
| 103 | Kollam (Quilon) | 436,442 | 361,560 | Kerala |
| 104 | Nellore | 433,009 | 378,428 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 105 | Gopalpur | 419,688 | 271,811 | West Bengal |
| 106 | Latur | 418,391 | 299,985 | Maharashtra |
| 107 | Lalbahadur Nagar | 418,250 | 268,689 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 108 | Panihati | 417,699 | 348,438 | West Bengal |
| 109 | Brahmapur | 415,724 | 307,792 | Orissa |
| 110 | Ambattur | 413,495 | 310,967 | Tamil Nadu |
| 111 | Dhule | 398,922 | 341,755 | Maharashtra |
| 112 | Quthbullapur | 397,267 | 231,108 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 113 | Tumakuru (Tumkur) | 396,604 | 248,929 | Karnataka |
| 114 | Muzaffarnagar | 393,654 | 316,729 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 115 | Bhilwara | 392,025 | 280,128 | Rajasthan |
| 116 | Bhagalpur | 385,949 | 340,767 | Bihar |
| 117 | Shivamogga (Shimoga) | 382,785 | 274,352 | Karnataka |
| 118 | Mathura | 380,733 | 302,770 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 119 | Muzaffarpur | 368,021 | 305,525 | Bihar |
| 120 | Patiala | 363,650 | 303,151 | Punjab |
| 121 | Bellary | 359,844 | 316,766 | Karnataka |
| 122 | Rohtak | 357,058 | 286,807 | Haryana |
| 123 | Singrauli | 356,245 | 185,190 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 124 | Kamarhati | 355,343 | 314,507 | West Bengal |
| 125 | Hisar | 351,677 | 256,689 | Haryana |
| 126 | Chandrapur | 350,272 | 289,450 | Maharashtra |
| 127 | Shahjahanpur | 344,772 | 296,662 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 128 | Bally | 344,352 | 260,906 | West Bengal |
| 129 | Firozabad | 342,456 | 279,102 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 130 | Nala Sopara | 340,512 | 184,538 | Maharashtra |
| 131 | Panipat | 334,441 | 261,740 | Haryana |
| 132 | Thrissur | 332,541 | 317,526 | Kerala |
| 133 | Nizamabad | 331,017 | 288,722 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 134 | Parbhani | 330,661 | 259,329 | Maharashtra |
| 135 | Bilaspur | 324,417 | 274,917 | Chhattisgarh |
| 136 | Kulti | 322,707 | 289,903 | West Bengal |
| 137 | Etawah | 321,203 | 210,453 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 138 | Bardhaman | 319,585 | 285,602 | West Bengal |
| 139 | Alwar | 313,343 | 260,593 | Rajasthan |
| 140 | Darbhanga | 312,557 | 267,348 | Bihar |
| 141 | Rampur | 312,166 | 281,494 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 142 | Naihati | 308,509 | 215,303 | West Bengal |
| 143 | Kakinada | 305,440 | 296,329 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 144 | Aizawl | 304,805 | 228,280 | Mizoram |
| 145 | Dewas | 304,587 | 231,672 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 146 | Mau | 303,815 | 212,657 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 147 | Satna | 302,087 | 225,464 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 148 | Jalna | 297,927 | 235,795 | Maharashtra |
| 149 | Sonipat | 295,669 | 214,974 | Haryana |
| 150 | Kurnool | 295,007 | 269,122 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 151 | Ichalkaranji | 294,731 | 257,610 | Maharashtra |
| 152 | Rajahmundry | 293,145 | 315,251 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 153 | Durg | 289,826 | 232,517 | Chhattisgarh |
| 154 | Hapur | 286,039 | 211,983 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 155 | Deoli | 285,030 | 119,468 | Delhi |
| 156 | Ozhukarai | 282,337 | 217,707 | Puducherry |
| 157 | Tirupati | 282,281 | 228,202 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 158 | Gandhinagar | 282,153 | 195,985 | Gujarat |
| 159 | Bathinda | 276,414 | 217,256 | Punjab |
| 160 | Avadi | 271,385 | 229,403 | Tamil Nadu |
| 161 | Baranagar | 270,219 | 250,768 | West Bengal |
| 162 | Nangloi Jat | 267,567 | 150,948 | Delhi |
| 163 | Karimnagar | 266,748 | 205,653 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 164 | Srirampur | 265,981 | 197,857 | West Bengal |
| 165 | Bijapur | 264,807 | 228,175 | Karnataka |
| 166 | Sagar | 264,239 | 232,133 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 167 | Bharatpur | 263,582 | 204,587 | Rajasthan |
| 168 | Anantapur | 260,449 | 218,808 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 169 | Sri Ganganagar | 259,157 | 210,713 | Rajasthan |
| 170 | Kapra | 258,709 | 159,002 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 171 | Bihar Sharif | 257,367 | 232,071 | Bihar |
| 172 | Ratlam | 257,111 | 222,202 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 173 | Farrukhabad | 256,822 | 228,333 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 174 | Raichur | 256,609 | 207,421 | Karnataka |
| 175 | North Dumdum | 254,787 | 220,042 | West Bengal |
| 176 | Ramagundam | 252,880 | 236,600 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 177 | Tiruvottiyur | 252,288 | 212,281 | Tamil Nadu |
| 178 | Hosapete | 251,987 | 164,240 | Karnataka |
| 179 | Bidar | 251,054 | 172,877 | Karnataka |
| 180 | Arrah | 249,545 | 203,380 | Bihar |
| 181 | Loni | 249,266 | 120,945 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 182 | Kochi (Cochin) | 249,107 | 266,898 | Kerala |
| 183 | Uluberia | 248,869 | 202,135 | West Bengal |
| 184 | Dhanbad | 247,152 | 99,258 | Jharkhand |
| 185 | Bidhan Nagar | 246,544 | 164,221 | West Bengal |
| 186 | Rewa | 243,099 | 183,274 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 187 | New Delhi | 241,764 | 302,147 | Delhi |
| 188 | Pali | 240,793 | 187,641 | Rajasthan |
| 189 | Navghar | 238,403 | 116,723 | Maharashtra |
| 190 | Purnia | 238,054 | 171,687 | Bihar |
| 191 | Imphal | 237,703 | 221,492 | Manipur |
| 192 | Mirzapur | 237,168 | 205,053 | Uttar Pradesh |
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
- Demographics of India
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "India: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-104&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=&srt=pnan. Retrieved 20 February 2010.