List of cities 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.

Map

Location of 200 most populated Indian Cities. Hover over the dot to see the city name with rank in parentheses.

List

The list includes the cities and not urban agglomerations.

Definitions:^[1]

• Towns/Cities with populations of 1 to 9.99 lakh are categorized as Class-I Towns/Cities^[2][3]
• The 46 cities with populations of 1 million and above are known as Million Plus Cities
• The 8 cities with populations of 4 million and above are known as Mega Cities

The cities listed in bold are the capitals of the respective state / union territory.

1 to 25

Rank	City	Population (2011)[4]	Population (2001)	State or Union Territory
1	Mumbai	12,442,373	11,978,450	Maharashtra
2	Delhi	11,007,835	9,879,172	Delhi
3	Bangalore	8,443,675	4,301,326	Karnataka
4	Hyderabad	7,749,334	3,637,483	Telangana
5	Chennai[5]	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	4,462,002	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	Visakhapatnam[6]	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[7]	1,601,438	930,882	Tamil Nadu
24	Agra	1,574,542	1,275,134	Uttar Pradesh
25	Madurai[8]	1,561,129	928,869	Tamil Nadu

26 to 50

Rank	City	Population (2011)	Population (2001)	State or Union Territory
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 75

Rank	City	Population (2011)	Population (2001)	State or Union Territory
51	Hubballi-Dharwad	943,857	786,195	Karnataka
52	Tiruchirappalli[9]	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[10]	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	Odisha
61	Salem	831,038	696,760	Tamil Nadu
62	Mira-Bhayandar	814,655	520,388	Maharashtra
63	Warangal[11]	811,844	530,636	Telangana
64	Guntur[12]	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	Odisha
75	Firozabad	603,797	279,102	Uttar Pradesh

76 to 100

Rank	City	Population (2011)	Population (2001)	State or Union Territory
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[13]	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[14][15]	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[16]	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 to 150

Rank	City	Population (2011)	Population (2001)	State or Union Territory
126	Berhampur	355,823	307,792	Odisha
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	325,985	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	Khammam	305,000	218,689	Telangana

151 to 175

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	Karnal	286,974	210,476	Haryana
160	Bathinda	285,813	217,256	Punjab
161	Jalna	285,349	235,795	Maharashtra
162	Barasat	283,443	231,515	West Bengal
163	Kirari Suleman Nagar	282,598	153,874	Delhi
164	Purnia	280,547	171,687	Bihar
165	Satna	280,248	225,464	Madhya Pradesh
166	Mau	279,060	212,657	Uttar Pradesh
167	Sonipat	277,053	214,974	Haryana
168	Farrukhabad	275,750	228,333	Uttar Pradesh
169	Sagar	273,357	232,133	Madhya Pradesh
170	Rourkela	273,217	224,601	Odisha
171	Durg	268,679	232,517	Chhattisgarh
172	Imphal	264,986	221,492	Manipur
173	Ratlam	264,810	222,202	Madhya Pradesh
174	Hapur	262,801	211,983	Uttar Pradesh
175	Anantapur	261,004	218,808	Andhra Pradesh

176 to 200

Rank	City	Population (2011)	Population (2001)	State or Union Territory
176	Arrah	261,099	203,380	Bihar
177	Karimnagar	260,899	205,653	Telangana
178	Ramagundam[17]	229,632	236,600	Telangana
179	Etawah	256,790	210,453	Uttar Pradesh
180	Ambernath	254,003	203,795	Maharashtra
181	North Dumdum	253,625	220,042	West Bengal
182	Bharatpur	252,109	204,587	Rajasthan
183	Begusarai	251,136	93,378	Bihar
184	New Delhi	249,998	302,147	Delhi
185	Gandhidham	248,705	166,388	Gujarat
186	Baranagar	248,466	250,768	West Bengal
187	Tiruvottiyur	248,059	212,281	Tamil Nadu
188	Puducherry	241,773	220,749	Puducherry
189	Sikar	237,579	184,904	Rajasthan
190	Thoothukudi	237,374	216,058	Tamil Nadu
191	Rewa	235,422	183,274	Madhya Pradesh
192	Mirzapur	233,691	205,053	Uttar Pradesh
193	Raichur	232,456	207,421	Karnataka
194	Pali	229,956	187,641	Rajasthan
195	Vijayanagaram	228,025	174,324	Andhra Pradesh
196	Katihar	225,982	175,169	Bihar
197	Haridwar	225,235	175,010	Uttarakhand
198	Sri Ganganagar	224,773	210,713	Rajasthan
199	Karawal Nagar	224,666	148,549	Delhi
200	Eluru	218,018	190,347	Andhra Pradesh

Smaller capitals

Rank	City	Population (2011)	Population (2001)	State or Union Territory
201	Gandhinagar	206,167		Gujarat
202	Shimla	169,578		Himachal Pradesh
203	Amaravati	103,000		Andhra Pradesh

See also

• List of million-plus agglomerations in India
• List of metropolitan areas in India
• List of states and union territories of India by population

References

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External links

• Indian Census Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India