- List of most populous cities in India
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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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Mumbai Skyline
2.Delhi
8.Surat
9.Pune
10.Jaipur
11.Lucknow
12.Kanpur
13.Patna
14.Indore
15.ThaneThe 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 Puducherry 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 Mohali 164,610 123,584 Punjab 190 Deoli 169,410 119,432 Delhi 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
- ^ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above". censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
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- Lists of cities by population
- Superlatives
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