The following is a list of the most populous cities (city limits only and not urban agglomerations) in India. Population statistics indicated in this article are for the year 2011. 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.
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The cities which are listed in bold are also the capital of the respective state / union territory / country.
| Rank | City Only (Not Metro Area) | Population (2011 Census)[1] |
Population (2001 census) |
State/UT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumbai | 12,478,447 | 11,978,450 | Maharashtra |
| 2 | Delhi | 11,007,835 | 9,879,172 | Delhi |
| 3 | Bangalore | 8,425,970 | 5,438,065 | Karnataka |
| 4 | Hyderabad | 6,809,970 | 3,637,483 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 5 | Ahmedabad | 5,570,585 | 3,520,085 | Gujarat |
| 6 | Chennai | 4,681,087 | 4,343,645 | Tamil Nadu |
| 7 | Kolkata | 4,486,679 | 4,572,876 | West Bengal |
| 8 | Surat | 4,462,002 | 2,433,835 | Gujarat |
| 9 | Pune | 3,115,431 | 2,538,473 | Maharashtra |
| 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 |
| 28 A | Vasai-Virar | 1,221,233 | Not Available | Maharashtra |
| 29 | Varanasi | 1,201,815 | 1,091,918 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 30 | Srinagar | 1,192,792 | 898,440 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 31 | Aurangabad | 1,171,330 | 873,311 | Maharashtra |
| 32 | Dhanbad | 1,161,561 | 99,258 | Jharkhand |
| 33 | Amritsar | 1,132,761 | 966,862 | Punjab |
| 34 | Navi Mumbai | 1,119,477 | 704,002 | Maharashtra |
| 35 | Allahabad | 1,117,094 | 975,393 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 36 | Ranchi | 1,073,440 | 847,093 | Jharkhand |
| 37 | Howrah | 1,072,161 | 1,007,532 | West Bengal |
| 38 | Coimbatore | 1,061,447 | 930,882 | Tamil Nadu |
| 39 | Jabalpur | 1,054,336 | 932,484 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 40 | Gwalior | 1,053,505 | 827,026 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 41 | Vijayawada | 1,048,240 | 851,282 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 42 | Jodhpur | 1,033,918 | 851,051 | Rajasthan |
| 43 | Madurai | 1,016,885 | 928,869 | Tamil Nadu |
| 44 | Raipur | 1,010,087 | 605,747 | Chhattisgarh |
| 45 | Kota | 1,001,365 | 694,316 | Rajasthan |
| 46 | Guwahati | 963,429 | 809,895 | Assam |
| 47 | Chandigarh | 960,787 | 808,515 | Chandigarh |
| 48 | Solapur | 951,118 | 872,478 | Maharashtra |
| 49 | Hubballi-Dharwad | 943,857 | 786,195 | Karnataka |
| 50 | Bareilly | 898,167 | 718,395 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 51 | Moradabad | 889,810 | 641,583 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 52 | Mysore | 887,446 | 755,379 | Karnataka |
| 53 | Aligarh | 872,575 | 669,087 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 54 | Jalandhar | 862,196 | 706,043 | Punjab |
| 55 | Tiruchirappalli | 846,915 | 752,066 | Tamil Nadu |
| 56 | Bhubaneswar | 837,737 | 648,032 | Orissa |
| 57 | Salem | 831,038 | 696,760 | Tamil Nadu |
| 58 | Mira-Bhayandar | 814,655 | 520,388 | Maharashtra |
| 59 | Thiruvananthapuram | 752,490 | 744,983 | Kerala |
| 60 | Bhiwandi | 711,329 | 598,741 | Maharashtra |
| 61 | Saharanpur | 703,345 | 455,754 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 62 | Gorakhpur | 671,048 | 622,701 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 63 | Guntur | 651,382 | 514,461 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 64 | Bikaner | 647,804 | 529,690 | Rajasthan |
| 65 | Amravati | 646,801 | 549,510 | Maharashtra |
| 66 | Noida | 642,381 | 305,058 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 67 | Bhilai | 625,697 | 556,366 | Chhattisgarh |
| 68 | Jamshedpur | 629,659 | 573,096 | Jharkhand |
| 69 | Warangal | 620,116 | 530,636 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 70 | Cuttack | 606,007 | 534,654 | Orissa |
| 71 | Firozabad | 603,797 | 279,102 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 72 | Kochi (Cochin) | 601,574 | 596,473 | Kerala |
| 73 | Bhavnagar | 593,768 | 511,085 | Gujarat |
| 74 | Dehradun | 578,420 | 426,674 | Uttarakhand |
| 75 | Durgapur | 566,937 | 493,405 | West Bengal |
| 76 | Asansol | 564,491 | 475,439 | West Bengal |
| 77 | Nanded | 550,564 | 430,733 | Maharashtra |
| 78 | Kolhapur | 549,283 | 493,167 | Maharashtra |
| 79 | Ajmer | 542,580 | 485,575 | Rajasthan |
| 80 | Gulbarga | 532,031 | 422,569 | Karnataka |
| 81 | Jamnagar | 529,308 | 443,518 | Gujarat |
| 82 | Ujjain | 515,215 | 430,427 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 83 | Loni | 512,296 | 120,945 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 84 | Siliguri | 509,709 | 472,374 | West Bengal |
| 85 | Jhansi | 507,293 | 383,644 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 86 | Ulhasnagar | 506,937 | 473,731 | Maharashtra |
| 87 | Nellore | 505,258 | 378,428 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 88 | Jammu | 503,690 | 369,959 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 89 | Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad | 502,697 | 436,781 | Maharashtra |
| 90 | Belgaum | 488,292 | 399,653 | Karnataka |
| 91 | Mangalore | 484,785 | 399,565 | Karnataka |
| 92 | Ambattur | 478,134 | 310,967 | Tamil Nadu |
| 93 | Tirunelveli | 474,838 | 411,831 | Tamil Nadu |
| 94 | Malegaon | 471,006 | 409,403 | Maharashtra |
| 95 | Gaya | 463,454 | 385,432 | Bihar |
| 96 | Jalgaon | 460,468 | 368,618 | Maharashtra |
| 97 | Udaipur | 451,735 | 389,438 | Rajasthan |
| 98 | Maheshtala | 449,423 | 385,266 | West Bengal |
| 99 | Tirupur | 444,543 | 344,543 | Tamil Nadu |
| 100 | Davanagere | 435,128 | 364,523 | Karnataka |
| 101 | Kozhikode (Calicut) | 432,097 | 436,556 | Kerala |
| 102 | Akola | 427,146 | 400,520 | Maharashtra |
| 103 | Kurnool | 424,920 | 269,122 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 104 | Rajpur Sonarpur | 423,806 | 336,707 | West Bengal |
| 105 | Bokaro | 413,934 | 393,805 | Jharkhand |
| 106 | South Dumdum | 410,524 | 392,444 | West Bengal |
| 107 | Bellary | 409,644 | 316,766 | Karnataka |
| 108 | Patiala | 405,164 | 303,151 | Punjab |
| 109 | Gopalpur | 404,991 | 271,811 | West Bengal |
| 110 | Bhagalpur | 398,138 | 340,767 | Bihar |
| 111 | Tumakuru (Tumkur) | 396,604 | 248,929 | Karnataka |
| 112 | Muzaffarnagar | 392,451 | 316,729 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 113 | Bhatpara | 390,467 | 442,385 | West Bengal |
| 114 | Panihati | 383,522 | 348,438 | West Bengal |
| 115 | Latur | 382,754 | 299,985 | Maharashtra |
| 116 | Dhule | 376,093 | 341,755 | Maharashtra |
| 117 | Rohtak | 373,133 | 286,807 | Haryana |
| 118 | Korba | 363,210 | 315,690 | Chhattisgarh |
| 119 | Bhilwara | 360,009 | 280,128 | Rajasthan |
| 120 | Brahmapur | 355,823 | 307,792 | Orissa |
| 121 | Muzaffarpur | 351,838 | 305,525 | Bihar |
| 122 | Ahmednagar | 350,905 | 307,615 | Maharashtra |
| 123 | Mathura | 349,336 | 302,770 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 124 | Kollam (Quilon) | 349,033 | 361,560 | Kerala |
| 125 | Avadi | 344,701 | 229,403 | Tamil Nadu |
| 126 | Rajahmundry | 343,903 | 315,251 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 127 | Kamarhati | 336,579 | 314,507 | West Bengal |
| 128 | Bilaspur | 330,106 | 274,917 | Chhattisgarh |
| 129 | Shahjahanpur | 327,975 | 296,662 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 130 | Bijapur | 326,360 | 228,175 | Karnataka |
| 131 | Rampur | 325,248 | 281,494 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 132 | Shivamogga (Shimoga) | 322,428 | 274,352 | Karnataka |
| 133 | Chandrapur | 321,036 | 289,450 | Maharashtra |
| 134 | Thrissur | 315,596 | 317,526 | Kerala |
| 135 | Alwar | 315,310 | 260,593 | Rajasthan |
| 136 | Bardhaman | 314,638 | 285,602 | West Bengal |
| 137 | Kulti | 313,977 | 289,903 | West Bengal |
| 138 | Kakinada | 312,255 | 296,329 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 139 | Nizamabad | 310,467 | 288,722 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 140 | Parbhani | 307,191 | 259,329 | Maharashtra |
| 141 | Hisar | 301,249 | 256,689 | Haryana |
| 142 | Ozhukarai | 300,028 | 217,707 | Pondicherry |
| 143 | Bihar Sharif | 296,889 | 232,071 | Bihar |
| 144 | Panipat | 294,150 | 261,740 | Haryana |
| 145 | Darbhanga | 294,116 | 267,348 | Bihar |
| 146 | Bally | 291,972 | 260,906 | West Bengal |
| 147 | Aizawl | 291,822 | 228,280 | Mizoram |
| 148 | Dewas | 289,438 | 231,672 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 149 | Ichalkaranji | 287,570 | 257,610 | Maharashtra |
| 150 | Tirupati | 287,035 | 228,202 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 151 | Bathinda | 285,813 | 217,256 | Punjab |
| 152 | Jalna | 285,349 | 235,795 | Maharashtra |
| 153 | Purnia | 280,547 | 171,687 | Bihar |
| 154 | Satna | 280,248 | 225,464 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 155 | Mau | 279,060 | 212,657 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 156 | Sonipat | 277,053 | 214,974 | Haryana |
| 157 | Farrukhabad | 275,750 | 228,333 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 158 | Sagar | 273,357 | 232,133 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 159 | Durg | 268,679 | 232,517 | Chhattisgarh |
| 160 | Imphal | 264,986 | 221,492 | Manipur |
| 161 | Ratlam | 264,810 | 222,202 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 162 | Hapur | 262,801 | 211,983 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 163 | Anantapur | 262,340 | 218,808 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 164 | Arrah | 261,099 | 203,380 | Bihar |
| 165 | Karimnagar | 260,899 | 205,653 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 166 | Etawah | 256,790 | 210,453 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 167 | Ambernath | 254,003 | 203,795 | Maharashtra |
| 168 | North Dumdum | 253,625 | 220,042 | West Bengal |
| 169 | Bharatpur | 252,109 | 204,587 | Rajasthan |
| 170 | New Delhi | 249,998 | 302,147 | Delhi |
| 171 | Baranagar | 248,466 | 250,768 | West Bengal |
| 172 | Tiruvottiyur | 248,059 | 212,281 | Tamil Nadu |
| 173 | Rewa | 235,422 | 183,274 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 174 | Mirzapur | 233,691 | 205,053 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 175 | Raichur | 232,456 | 207,421 | Karnataka |
| 176 | Pali | 229,956 | 187,641 | Rajasthan |
| 177 | Ramagundam | 229,632 | 236,600 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 178 | Sri Ganganagar | 224,773 | 210,713 | Rajasthan |
| 179 | Uluberia | 222,175 | 202,135 | West Bengal |
| 180 | Naihati | 221,762 | 215,303 | West Bengal |
| 181 | Singrauli | 220,295 | 185,190 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 182 | Bidhan Nagar | 218,323 | 164,221 | West Bengal |
| 183 | Bidar | 211,944 | 172,877 | Karnataka |
| 184 | Gandhinagar | 208,299 | 195,985 | Gujarat |
| 185 | Hosapete | 206,159 | 164,240 | Karnataka |
| 186 | Nangloi Jat | 205,497 | 150,948 | Delhi |
| 187 | Srirampur | 183,339 | 17,715 | West Bengal |
| 188 | Panvel | 180,464 | 204,336 | Maharashtra |
| 189 | Secunderabad | 204,182 | Andra Pradesh | |
| 190 | Mohali | 164,610 | 123,584 | Punjab |
| 191 | Deoli | 169,410 | 119,432 | Delhi |