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.

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]

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

1 to 25

Rank City Population
(2011)[3]		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union territory Ref
1 Mumbai 12,442,373 11,978,450 Maharashtra [4]
2 Delhi 11,034,555 9,879,172 Delhi
3 Bangalore 8,443,675 4,301,326 Karnataka [5]
4 Chennai 7,088,000 4,343,645 Tamil Nadu [6]
5 Hyderabad 6,731,790 3,637,483 Telangana
6 Ahmedabad 5,577,940 3,520,085 Gujarat [7]
7 Kolkata 4,496,694 4,572,876 West Bengal [8]
8 Surat 4,467,797 2,433,835 Gujarat [7]
9 Pune 3,124,458 2,538,473 Maharashtra [9]
10 Jaipur 3,046,163 2,322,575 Rajasthan [10]
11 Lucknow 2,817,105 2,185,927 Uttar Pradesh [11]
12 Kanpur 2,765,348 2,551,337 Uttar Pradesh [12]
13 Nagpur 2,405,665 2,052,066 Maharashtra [13]
14 Visakhapatnam[lower-alpha 1] 2,035,922 982,904 Andhra Pradesh [15]
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[16] 1,601,438 930,882 Tamil Nadu
24 Agra 1,585,704 1,275,134 Uttar Pradesh
25 Madurai[17] 1,561,129 928,869 Tamil Nadu

26 to 50

Rank City Population
(2011)[3]		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union territory
26 Nashik 1,486,973 1,077,236 Maharashtra
27 Vijayawada 1,476,931 851,282 Andhra Pradesh[18][19][20][21]
28 Faridabad 1,404,653 1,055,938 Haryana
29 Meerut 1,309,023 1,039,405 Uttar Pradesh
30 Rajkot 1,286,995 967,476 Gujarat
31 Kalyan-Dombivali 1,246,381 1,193,512 Maharashtra
32 Vasai-Virar 1,221,233 693,350 Maharashtra
33 Varanasi 1,201,815 1,091,918 Uttar Pradesh
34 Srinagar 1,192,792 898,440 Jammu and Kashmir
35 Aurangabad 1,171,330 873,311 Maharashtra
36 Dhanbad 1,161,561 1,065,327 Jharkhand
37 Amritsar 1,132,761 966,862 Punjab
38 Navi Mumbai 1,119,477 704,002 Maharashtra
39 Allahabad 1,117,094 975,393 Uttar Pradesh
40 Ranchi 1,073,440 847,093 Jharkhand
41 Howrah 1,072,161 1,007,532 West Bengal
42 Jabalpur 1,054,336 932,484 Madhya Pradesh
43 Gwalior 1,053,505 827,026 Madhya Pradesh
44 Jodhpur 1,033,918 851,051 Rajasthan
45 Raipur 1,010,087 605,747 Chhattisgarh
46 Kota[22] 1,001,694 694,316 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)[3]		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union territory
51 Hubballi-Dharwad 943,857 786,195 Karnataka
52 Tiruchirappalli[23] 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[24] 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[25] 811,844 530,636 Telangana
64 Guntur[26] 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 631,364 573,096 Jharkhand
72 Bhilai 625,697 556,366 Chhattisgarh
73 Cuttack 606,007 534,654 Odisha
74 Firozabad 603,797 279,102 Uttar Pradesh
75 Kochi 601,574 596,473 Kerala

76 to 100

Rank City Population
(2011)[3]		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union territory
76 Nellore[27] 600,869 378,428 Andhra Pradesh
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 Rourkela 552,970 430,733 Odisha
82 Nanded 550,564 430,733 Maharashtra
83 Kolhapur 549,283 493,167 Maharashtra
84 Ajmer 542,580 485,575 Rajasthan
85 Gulbarga 532,031 422,569 Karnataka
86 Jamnagar 529,308 443,518 Gujarat
87 Ujjain 515,215 430,427 Madhya Pradesh
88 Loni 512,296 120,945 Uttar Pradesh
89 Siliguri 509,709 472,374 West Bengal
90 Jhansi 507,293 383,644 Uttar Pradesh
91 Ulhasnagar 506,937 473,731 Maharashtra
92 Jammu 503,690 369,959 Jammu and Kashmir
93 Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad 502,697 436,781 Maharashtra
94 Mangalore 499,486 399,565 Karnataka
95 Erode[28] 498,129 173,600 Tamil Nadu
96 Belgaum 488,292 399,653 Karnataka
97 Ambattur 478,134 310,967 Tamil Nadu
98 Tirunelveli 473,637 411,831 Tamil Nadu
99 Malegaon 471,006 409,403 Maharashtra
100 Gaya 463,454 385,432 Bihar

100 to 125

Rank City Population
(2011)[3]		 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[29][30] 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[31] 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)[3]		 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 Sambalpur 335,761 296,662 Odisha
135 Bilaspur 330,106 274,917 Chhattisgarh
136 Shahjahanpur 327,975 296,662 Uttar Pradesh
137 Satara 326,789 228,175 Maharashtra
138 Bijapur 326,360 228,175 Karnataka
139 Rampur 325,248 281,494 Uttar Pradesh
140 Shivamogga 322,428 274,352 Karnataka
141 Chandrapur 321,036 289,450 Maharashtra
142 Junagadh 320,250 168,686 Gujarat
143 Thrissur 315,596 317,526 Kerala
144 Alwar 315,310 260,593 Rajasthan
145 Bardhaman 314,638 285,602 West Bengal
146 Kulti 313,977 289,903 West Bengal
147 Kakinada 325,985 296,329 Andhra Pradesh
148 Nizamabad 310,467 288,722 Telangana
149 Parbhani 307,191 259,329 Maharashtra
150 Tumkur 305,821 248,929 Karnataka

151 to 175

Rank City Population
(2011)[3]		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union territory
151 Khammam 305,000 218,689 Telangana
152 Ozhukarai 300,028 217,707 Puducherry
153 Bihar Sharif 296,889 232,071 Bihar
154 Panipat 294,150 261,740 Haryana
155 Darbhanga 294,116 267,348 Bihar
156 Bally 291,972 260,906 West Bengal
157 Aizawl 291,822 228,280 Mizoram
158 Dewas 289,438 231,672 Madhya Pradesh
159 Ichalkaranji 287,570 257,610 Maharashtra
160 Karnal 286,974 210,476 Haryana
161 Bathinda 285,813 217,256 Punjab
162 Jalna 285,349 235,795 Maharashtra
163 Eluru 283,648[32] 190,347 Andhra Pradesh
164 Kirari Suleman Nagar 282,598 153,874 Delhi
165 Barasat 283,443 231,515 West Bengal
166 Purnia 280,547 171,687[33] Bihar
167 Satna 280,248 225,464 Madhya Pradesh
168 Mau 279,060 212,657 Uttar Pradesh
169 Sonipat 277,053 214,974 Haryana
170 Farrukhabad 275,750 228,333 Uttar Pradesh
171 Sagar 273,357 232,133 Madhya Pradesh
172 Rourkela 273,217 224,601 Odisha
173 Durg 268,679 232,517 Chhattisgarh
174 Imphal 264,986 221,492 Manipur
175 Ratlam 264,810 222,202 Madhya Pradesh

176 to 200

Rank City Population
(2011)[3][34]		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union territory
176 Hapur 262,801 211,983 Uttar Pradesh
177 Arrah 261,099 203,380 Bihar
178 Karimnagar 260,899 205,653 Telangana
179 Anantapur 261,004 218,808 Andhra Pradesh
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 Ramagundam[35] 229,644 236,600 Telangana
197 Haridwar 228,832 175,010 Uttarakhand
198 Vijayanagaram 228,025 174,324 Andhra Pradesh
199 Katihar 225,982 175,169 Bihar
200 Nagarcoil 224,849 208,179 Tamil Nadu

201 to 225

Rank City Population
(2011)[3][34]		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union territory
201 Sri Ganganagar 224,773 210,713 Rajasthan
202 Karawal Nagar 224,666 148,549 Delhi
203 Mango 223,805 166,125 Jharkhand
204 Thanjavur 222,943 215,314 Tamil Nadu
205Bulandshahr 222,519 176,425 Uttar Pradesh
206 Uluberia 222,240 202,135 West Bengal
207Murwara 221,883 Uttar Pradesh
208 Sambhal 220,813 Madhya Pradesh
209 Singrauli 220,257 185,190 Madhya Pradesh
210 Nadiad 218,095 192,913 Gujarat
211 Secunderabad 217,910 206,102 Andhra Pradesh
212 Naihati 217,900 215,303 West Bengal
213 Yamunanagar 216,677 189,696 Haryana
214 Bidhan Nagar 215,514 164,221 West Bengal
215 Pallavaram 215,417 144,623 Tamil Nadu
216 Bidar 214,373 172,877 Karnataka
217 Munger 213,303 188,050 Bihar
218 Panchkula 211,355 Haryana
219 Burhanpur 210,886 193,725 Madhya Pradesh
220 Raurkela Industrial Township 210,317 206,693 Odisha
221 Kharagpur 207,604 188,761 West Bengal
222 Dindigul 207,327 196,955 Tamil Nadu
223 Gandhinagar 206,167 195,985 Gujarat
224 Hospet 206,167 164,240 Karnataka
225 Nangloi Jat 205,596 150,948 Delhi

226 to 250

Rank City Population
(2011)[3][34]		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union territory
226 English Bazar 205,521 161,456 West Bengal
227 Ongole 204,746 150,471 Andhra Pradesh
228 Deoghar 203,123 Jharkhand
229 Chapra 202,352 79,190 Bihar
230 Haldia 200,827 170,673 West Bengal
231 Khandwa 200,738 172,242 Madhya Pradesh
232 Nandyal 200,516 152,676 Andhra Pradesh
233 Chittoor[36] 189,332 152,654 Andhra Pradesh
234Morena 200,482 150,959 Madhya Pradesh
235 Amroha 198,471 165,129 Uttar Pradesh
236 Anand 198,282 130,685 Gujarat
237 Bhind 197,585 153,752 Madhya Pradesh
238 Bhalswa Jahangir Pur 197,148 152,339 Delhi
239 Madhyamgram 196,127 155,451 West Bengal
240 Bhiwani 196,057 169,531 Haryana
241 Navi Mumbai Panvel Raigad 195,373 Maharashtra
242 Baharampur 195,223 160,143 West Bengal
243 Ambala 195,153 139,279 Haryana
244 Morvi 194,947 145,719 Gujarat
245 Fatehpur 193,193 151,757 Uttar Pradesh
246 Rae Bareli 191,316 169,333 Uttar Pradesh
247 Khora 190,005 Uttar Pradesh
248 Bhusawal 187,421 172,372 Maharashtra
249 Orai 187,137 139,318 Uttar Pradesh
250 Bahraich 186,223 168,323 Uttar Pradesh

251 to 275

Rank City Population
(2011)[3][34]		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union territory
251 Vellore 185,803 177,230 Tamil Nadu
252 Mahesana 184,991 Gujarat
253 Sambalpur 184,000 153,643 Orissa
254 Raiganj 183,612 165,212 West Bengal
255 Sirsa 182,534 160,735 Haryana
256 Danapur 182,429 131,176 Bihar
257 Serampore 181,842 197,857 West Bengal
258 Sultan Pur Majra 181,554 164,426 Delhi
259 Guna 180,935 137,175 Madhya Pradesh
260 Jaunpur 180,362 160,055 Uttar Pradesh
261 Panvel 180,020 104,058 Maharashtra
262 Shivpuri 179,977 146,892 Madhya Pradesh
263 Surendranagar Dudhrej 177,851 156,161 Gujarat
264 Unnao 177,658 144,662 Uttar Pradesh
265 Hugli and Chinsurah 177,259 170,201 West Bengal
268 Alappuzha 174,164 177,029 Kerala
269 Kottayam 172,878 129,894 Kerala
274 Shimla 169,578 142,555 Himachal Pradesh

400 to 500

Rank City Population
(2011)[3][34]		 Population
(2001)		 State or Union territory
414 Adilabad 117,167 Telangana
497 Amaravati 103,000 Andhra Pradesh

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Anakapalle, Bheemunipatnam municipalities and 10 gram panchayats of Parawada were merged into Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation in 2012.[14]

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