List of cities in Maharashtra

'Maharashtra' (/mɑːhəˈrɑːʃtrə/ [məharaːʂʈrə]), is a state in the western region of India. It is a second most populous state after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India. Maharashtra is the wealthiest state in India, contributing 15% of the country's industrial output and 13.3% of its GDP (2006–2007 figures).[1]

Maharashtra is bordered in the Arabian Sea to the west, Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the northwest, Madhya Pradesh to the north and northeast, Chhattisgarh to the east, Karnataka to the south, Telangana to the southeast and Goa to the southwest. The state covers an area of 307,731 km2 (118,816 sq mi) or 9.84% of the total geographical area of India. Mumbai, the capital city of the state, is India's largest city and the financial capital of the nation. Nagpur is the second (Winter) capital of the state. Marathi is the state's official language.

Maharashtra is the world's second most populous first-level administrative country sub-division. Were it a nation in its own right, Maharashtra would be the world's tenth most populous country ahead of Mexico.There are 41000 villages and 378 urban centres in Maharashtra

List of cities

Following is the list of cities with their populations. Population of Mumbai_Metropolitan_Region (MMR) is 20,748,395

Rank Name District Population
1 Mumbai City Mumbai 12,442,373
2 Pune & Pimpri-Chinchwad together Pune 5,057,709
3 Nagpur City Nagpur 2,497,870
4 Thane City Thane 1,886,941
5 Nashik including Extended Area Nashik 1,862,769
6 Aurangabad including Extended Area Aurangabad 1,589,376
7 Solapur City Solapur 1,284,863
8 Kalyan-Dombivali City Thane 1,246,381
9 Vasai-Virar City Palghar 1,221,233
10 Navi Mumbai City Thane 1,121,330
11 Amravati including Extended Area Amravati 1,031,100
12 Kolhapur City Kolhapur 889,879
13 Mira-Bhayandar City Thane 814,655
14 Akola including Extended Area Akola 721,349
15 Bhiwandi-Nizampur City Thane 711,329
16 Dhule including Extended Area Dhule 575,559
17 Jalgaon including Extended Area Jalgaon 567,911
18 Nanded-Waghala together Nanded 550,564
19 Latur City Latur 510,000
20 Panvel City Raigad 509,901
21 Ulhasnagar City Thane 506,098
22 Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad together Sangli 502,697
23 Malegaon City Nashik 471,006
24 Ahmednagar including Extended Area Ahmednagar 350,905
25 Ichalkaranji City Kolhapur 325,499
26 Chandrapur City Chandrapur 321,036

Urban agglomerations and its constituents

Mumbai, the Administrative Capital of Maharashtra, is also the financial capital city of India.
"Zero Mile Stone" located at Nagpur

Maharashtra has one of the highest level of urbanisation of all Indian states.[2] The mountainous topography and soil are not as suitable for intensive agriculture as the plains of North India; therefore, the proportion of the urban population (45.23 percent) contrasts starkly with the national average of developing metros and many large towns.[3][4] Mumbai is the state capital with a population of approximately 15.2 million people. The other large cities are Navi Mumbai, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Nagpur, Latur, Akola, Nashik, Aurangabad, Nanded, Thane, Solapur, Amravati, Kolhapur, Sangli.

References

  1. ↑ "Countries". India: World Bank. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  2. ↑ Level of Urbanisation Archived February 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Rural-Urban distribution of population" (PDF). Census of India Press Release. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Major Cities of Maharashtra". Maharashtraweb.com. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
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