List of cities in India by population

This article is about Cities (Towns with Class-I status or population with 100,000 and above). For Towns under 1 lakh population, see List of towns in India by population.

The following tables are the list of cities in India by population. Often cities are bifurcated into multiple regions (municipalities) which results in creation of cities within cities which may figure in the list. The entire work of this article is based on Census of India, 2011, conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under Ministry of Home Affairs (India), Government of India.

List

Definitions:[1]

There are 8 mega cities and 46 million plus cities in India.

The cities which are listed in bold are the capital of the respective state / union territory. The population includes only the cities and not urban agglomerations.

1 to 50

Rank City Population
(2011)		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union Territory
1 Mumbai 12,478,447 11,978,450 Maharashtra
2 Delhi 11,007,835 9,879,172 Delhi
3 Bangalore 8,443,675 4,301,326 Karnataka
4 Hyderabad 6,731,790 3,637,483 Telangana
5 Chennai[2] 7,088,000 4,343,645 Tamil Nadu
6 Ahmedabad 5,577,940 3,520,085 Gujarat
7 Kolkata 4,486,679 4,572,876 West Bengal
8 Surat 4,501,610 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 Visakhapatnam[3] 2,035,922 982,904 Andhra Pradesh
15 Indore 1,960,631 1,474,968 Madhya Pradesh
16 Thane 1,818,872 1,262,551 Maharashtra
17 Bhopal 1,798,218 1,437,354 Madhya 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 Coimbatore[4] 1,601,438 930,882 Tamil Nadu
24 Agra 1,574,542 1,275,134 Uttar Pradesh
25 Madurai[5] 1,561,129 928,869 Tamil Nadu
26 Nashik 1,486,973 1,077,236 Maharashtra
27 Faridabad 1,404,653 1,055,938 Haryana
28 Meerut 1,309,023 1,039,405 Uttar Pradesh
29 Rajkot 1,286,995 967,476 Gujarat
30 Kalyan-Dombivali 1,246,381 1,193,512 Maharashtra
31 Vasai-Virar 1,221,233 693,350 Maharashtra
32 Varanasi 1,201,815 1,091,918 Uttar Pradesh
33 Srinagar 1,192,792 898,440 Jammu and Kashmir
34 Aurangabad 1,171,330 873,311 Maharashtra
35 Dhanbad 1,161,561 1,065,327 Jharkhand
36 Amritsar 1,132,761 966,862 Punjab
37 Navi Mumbai 1,119,477 704,002 Maharashtra
38 Allahabad 1,117,094 975,393 Uttar Pradesh
39 Ranchi 1,073,440 847,093 Jharkhand
40 Howrah 1,072,161 1,007,532 West Bengal
41 Jabalpur 1,054,336 932,484 Madhya Pradesh
42 Gwalior 1,053,505 827,026 Madhya Pradesh
43 Vijayawada 1,034,358 851,282 Andhra Pradesh
44 Jodhpur 1,033,918 851,051 Rajasthan
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 Thiruvananthapuram 957,730 744,983 Kerala
50 Solapur 951,118 872,478 Maharashtra

51 to 100

Rank City Population
(2011)		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union Territory
51 Hubballi-Dharwad 943,857 786,195 Karnataka
52 Tiruchirappalli[6] 916,674 752,066 Tamil Nadu
53 Bareilly 898,167 718,395 Uttar Pradesh
54 Moradabad 889,810 641,583 Uttar Pradesh
55 Mysore 887,446 755,379 Karnataka
56 Tiruppur[7] 877,778 344,543 Tamil Nadu
57 Gurgaon 876,824 173,542 Haryana
58 Aligarh 872,575 669,087 Uttar Pradesh
59 Jalandhar 862,196 706,043 Punjab
60 Bhubaneswar 837,737 648,032 Orissa
61 Salem 831,038 696,760 Tamil Nadu
62 Mira-Bhayandar 814,655 520,388 Maharashtra
63 Warangal[8] 811,844 530,636 Telangana
64 Guntur[9] 743,354 514,461 Andhra Pradesh
65 Bhiwandi 711,329 598,741 Maharashtra
66 Saharanpur 703,345 455,754 Uttar Pradesh
67 Gorakhpur 671,048 622,701 Uttar Pradesh
68 Bikaner 647,804 529,690 Rajasthan
69 Amravati 646,801 549,510 Maharashtra
70 Noida 642,381 305,058 Uttar Pradesh
71 Jamshedpur 629,659 573,096 Jharkhand
72 Bhilai 625,697 556,366 Chhattisgarh
74 Cuttack 606,007 534,654 Orissa
75 Firozabad 603,797 279,102 Uttar Pradesh
76 Kochi 601,574 596,473 Kerala
77 Bhavnagar 593,768 511,085 Gujarat
78 Dehradun 578,420 426,674 Uttarakhand
79 Durgapur 566,937 493,405 West Bengal
80 Asansol 564,491 475,439 West Bengal
81 Nanded 550,564 430,733 Maharashtra
82 Kolhapur 549,283 493,167 Maharashtra
83 Ajmer 542,580 485,575 Rajasthan
84 Gulbarga 532,031 422,569 Karnataka
85 Jamnagar 529,308 443,518 Gujarat
86 Ujjain 515,215 430,427 Madhya Pradesh
87 Loni 512,296 120,945 Uttar Pradesh
88 Siliguri 509,709 472,374 West Bengal
89 Jhansi 507,293 383,644 Uttar Pradesh
90 Ulhasnagar 506,937 473,731 Maharashtra
91 Jammu 503,690 369,959 Jammu and Kashmir
92 Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad 502,697 436,781 Maharashtra
93 Nellore 499,575 378,428 Andhra Pradesh
94 Mangalore 499,486 399,565 Karnataka
95 Erode[10] 498,129 173,600 Tamil Nadu
96 Belgaum 488,292 399,653 Karnataka
97 Ambattur 478,134 310,967 Tamil Nadu
98 Tirunelveli 474,838 411,831 Tamil Nadu
99 Malegaon 471,006 409,403 Maharashtra
100 Gaya 463,454 385,432 Bihar

100 to 150

Rank City Population
(2011)		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union Territory
101 Jalgaon 460,468 368,618 Maharashtra
102 Udaipur 451,735 389,438 Rajasthan
103 Maheshtala 449,423 385,266 West Bengal
104 Davanagere 435,128 364,523 Karnataka
105 Kozhikode 432,097 436,556 Kerala
106 Akola 427,146 400,520 Maharashtra
107 Kurnool 430,214 269,122 Andhra Pradesh
108 Rajpur Sonarpur 423,806 336,707 West Bengal
109 Rajahmundry[11][12] 419,818 315,251 Andhra Pradesh
110 Bokaro 413,934 393,805 Jharkhand
111 South Dumdum 410,524 392,444 West Bengal
112 Bellary 409,644 316,766 Karnataka
113 Patiala 405,164 303,151 Punjab
114 Gopalpur 404,991 271,811 West Bengal
115 Agartala 399,688 271,811 Tripura
116 Bhagalpur 398,138 340,767 Bihar
117 Muzaffarnagar 392,451 316,729 Uttar Pradesh
118 Bhatpara 390,467 442,385 West Bengal
119 Panihati 383,522 348,438 West Bengal
120 Latur 382,754 299,985 Maharashtra
121 Dhule 376,093 341,755 Maharashtra
122 Tirupati[13] 374,260 228,202 Andhra Pradesh
123 Rohtak 373,133 286,807 Haryana
124 Korba 363,210 315,690 Chhattisgarh
125 Bhilwara 360,009 280,128 Rajasthan
126 Berhampur 355,823 307,792 Orissa
127 Muzaffarpur 351,838 305,525 Bihar
128 Ahmednagar 350,905 307,615 Maharashtra
129 Mathura 349,336 302,770 Uttar Pradesh
130 Kollam 349,033 361,560 Kerala
131 Avadi 344,701 229,403 Tamil Nadu
132 Kadapa 343,054 125,725 Andhra Pradesh
133 Kamarhati 336,579 314,507 West Bengal
134 Bilaspur 330,106 274,917 Chhattisgarh
135 Shahjahanpur 327,975 296,662 Uttar Pradesh
136 Satara 326,789 228,175 Maharashtra
137 Bijapur 326,360 228,175 Karnataka
138 Rampur 325,248 281,494 Uttar Pradesh
139 Shivamogga 322,428 274,352 Karnataka
140 Chandrapur 321,036 289,450 Maharashtra
141 Junagadh 320,250 168,686 Gujarat
142 Thrissur 315,596 317,526 Kerala
143 Alwar 315,310 260,593 Rajasthan
144 Bardhaman 314,638 285,602 West Bengal
145 Kulti 313,977 289,903 West Bengal
146 Kakinada 312,538 296,329 Andhra Pradesh
147 Nizamabad 310,467 288,722 Telangana
148 Parbhani 307,191 259,329 Maharashtra
149 Tumkur 305,821 248,929 Karnataka
150 Hisar 301,249 256,689 Haryana

151 to 200

Rank City Population
(2011)		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union Territory
151 Ozhukarai 300,028 217,707 Puducherry
152 Bihar Sharif 296,889 232,071 Bihar
153 Panipat 294,150 261,740 Haryana
154 Darbhanga 294,116 267,348 Bihar
155 Bally 291,972 260,906 West Bengal
156 Aizawl 291,822 228,280 Mizoram
157 Dewas 289,438 231,672 Madhya Pradesh
158 Ichalkaranji 287,570 257,610 Maharashtra
159 Tirupati 287,482 228,202 Andhra Pradesh
160 Karnal 286,974 210,476 Haryana
161 Bathinda 285,813 217,256 Punjab
162 Jalna 285,349 235,795 Maharashtra
163 Barasat 283,443 231,515 West Bengal
164 Kirari Suleman Nagar 282,598 153,874 Delhi
165 Purnia 280,547 171,687 Bihar
166 Satna 280,248 225,464 Madhya Pradesh
167 Mau 279,060 212,657 Uttar Pradesh
168 Sonipat 277,053 214,974 Haryana
169 Farrukhabad 275,750 228,333 Uttar Pradesh
170 Sagar 273,357 232,133 Madhya Pradesh
171 Rourkela 273,217 224,601 Orissa
172 Durg 268,679 232,517 Chhattisgarh
173 Imphal 264,986 221,492 Manipur
174 Ratlam 264,810 222,202 Madhya Pradesh
175 Hapur 262,801 211,983 Uttar Pradesh
176 Anantapur 261,004 218,808 Andhra Pradesh
177 Arrah 261,099 203,380 Bihar
178 Karimnagar 260,899 205,653 Telangana
179 Ramagundam[14] 229,632 236,600 Telangana
180 Etawah 256,790 210,453 Uttar Pradesh
181 Ambernath 254,003 203,795 Maharashtra
182 North Dumdum 253,625 220,042 West Bengal
183 Bharatpur 252,109 204,587 Rajasthan
184 Begusarai 251,136 93,378 Bihar
185 New Delhi 249,998 302,147 Delhi
186 Gandhidham 248,705 166,388 Gujarat
187 Baranagar 248,466 250,768 West Bengal
188 Tiruvottiyur 248,059 212,281 Tamil Nadu
189 Puducherry 241,773 220,749 Puducherry
190 Sikar 237,579 184,904 Rajasthan
191 Thoothukudi 237,374 216,058 Tamil Nadu
192 Rewa 235,422 183,274 Madhya Pradesh
193 Mirzapur 233,691 205,053 Uttar Pradesh
194 Raichur 232,456 207,421 Karnataka
195 Pali 229,956 187,641 Rajasthan
196 Vijayanagaram 228,025 174,324 Andhra Pradesh
197 Katihar 225,982 175,169 Bihar
198 Haridwar 225,235 175,010 Uttarakhand
199 Sri Ganganagar 224,773 210,713 Rajasthan
200 Karawal Nagar 224,666 148,549 Delhi

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Provisional Population Totals Urban Agglomerations and Cities" (PDF). Census of India 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Chennai Corporation is re-christened Greater Chennai Corporation". Chennai: The Hindu. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs" (PDF). Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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  6. ↑ "Sanitary works in 18 Tiruchi wards to be outsourced". The Hindu. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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  8. ↑ "Warangal Municipal Corporation, Budget 2014-15" (PDF). Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation. p. 2. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Guntur city population is 7,43,354 as per 2011 Census". The Hindu (Guntur). 26 May 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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  14. ↑ "Ramagundam Municipal Corporation". Ramagundam Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

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