Classification of Indian cities

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The classification of Indian cities is a ranking system used by the Government of India to allocate House Rent Allowance (HRA) to public servants employed in cities in India. HRA is also used by the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) to provide income tax exemptions. Cities are classified on the basis of their population, as recommended by the Sixth Central Pay Finance. [1] Under the latest HRA city ranking scheme, most popular media and culture considers only Tier-X cities to be metropolitan in nature. These eight cities are considered India's "metros".

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Current classification

Under the recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, the CCA classification was abolished in 2008. The earlier HRA classification of cities was changed from A-1 to X; A, B-1, and B-2 to Y; and C and unclassified cities to Z. [2] [3] [4] X, Y, and Z are more commonly known as Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 cities, respectively. There are eight X cities and ninety seven Y cities.

On the basis of the 2011 census, two cities — Pune and Ahmedabad — were upgraded from Y to X and twenty one cities from Z to Y on 1 April 2014. [5] [6] [7]

HRA classificationCity
X Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune
Y

Agra, Ajmer, Aligarh, Amravati, Amritsar, Anand, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bareilly, Belagavi, Brahmapur, Bhavnagar, Bhiwandi, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Bokaro Steel City, Burdwan , Bellary, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dahod, Dehradun, Dombivli, Dhanbad, Bhilai, Durgapur, Erode, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Guntur, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hamirpur, Hubballi–Dharwad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jalgaon, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Jhansi, Jodhpur, Kalaburagi, Kakinada, Kannur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kochi, Kolhapur, Kollam, Kota, Kozhikode, Kumbakonam,Kurnool, Ludhiana, Lucknow, Madurai, Malappuram, Mathura, Mangaluru, Meerut, Mohali, Moradabad, Mysuru, Nagpur, Nanded, Nadiad, Nashik, Nellore, Noida, Patna, Puducherry, Purulia, Prayagraj, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rourkela, Ratlam, Saharanpur, Salem, Sangli, Shimla, Siliguri, Solapur, Srinagar, Surat, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Ujjain, Vijayapura, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vasai-Virar, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vellore,and Warangal.

ZAll other cities and Towns

Historical classification

The cities were classified as follows before the Sixth Central Pay Commission's recommendations were followed in 2008. [8] This classification was initially based on the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission of India in 1997. [8] New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai were classified as A-1 cities. [9] City statuses were later revised based on the results of the 2001 Census of India. [8] Hyderabad was upgraded from A to A-1 status on 31 August 2007, and the same with Bangalore on 21 September 2007. [9] The CCA classification was abolished in 2008.

Under the older HRA classification, most popular media and culture considered only A-1 cities to be metropolitan in nature, therefore India's "metros".

CCA classificationHRA classificationCity
A-1A-1 New Delhi
A-1A-1 Mumbai
A-1A-1 Kolkata
A-1A-1 Chennai
A-1A-1 [9] Bengaluru
A-1A-1 [10] Hyderabad
AA Ahmedabad
AA

Indore

AA Vadodara
AA Surat
AA Jaipur
AA Kota
AA Lucknow
AA Kanpur
AA Pune
AA Thrissur
AA Nagpur
AA Nadiad
AA Patna
AA Visakhapatnam
AA Bhopal
AA Nashik
AA Jabalpur
AA Gandhinagar
B-1B-1 Madurai [8]
B-1B-1 Aligarh
B-1B-1 Coimbatore [8]
B-1B-1 Vijayawada
B-1B-1 Tiruchirappalli
B-1B-1 Gwalior
B-1B-1 Rajkot
B-1B-1 Solapur
B-1B-1 Anand
B-1B-1 Ludhiana
B-1B-1 Agra
B-1B-1 Meerut
B-1B-2 Thiruvananthapuram
B-1B-2 Kozhikode
B-1B-2 Faridabad
B-1B-2 Varanasi
B-1B-2 Jamshedpur
B-1B-2 Prayagraj
B-1B-2 Amritsar
B-1B-2 Dhanbad
B-2B-2 Gorakhpur
B-2B-2 Hubballi-Dharwad
B-2B-2 Bhavnagar
B-2B-2 Raipur
B-2B-2 Bellary
B-2B-2 Mysuru
B-2B-2 Mangaluru
B-2B-2 Guntur
B-2B-2 Bhubaneswar
B-2B-2 Amravati
B-2B-2 Srinagar
B-2B-2 Bhilai
B-2B-2 Warangal
B-2B-2 Tirunelveli
B-2B-2 Nellore
B-2B-2 Ranchi
B-2B-2 Guwahati
B-2B-2 Aurangabad
B-2B-2 Chandigarh
B-2B-2 Mohali
B-2B-2 Patiala
B-2B-2 Jodhpur
B-2B-2 Puducherry
B-2B-2 Salem
B-2B-2 Vellore
B-2C Dehradun
B-2C Hajipur
B-2C Kollam
B-2C Sangli
B-2C Jamnagar
B-2C Jammu
B-2C Kurnool
B-2C Kochi
B-2C Roorkee
B-2C Kannur
B-2C Tiruvannamalai
B-2C Etawah

Population-based classification

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) classifies centres into six tiers based on population. [11] The tables below show the classification.

Classification of centres (tier-wise)
Population classificationPopulation (2001 Census)
Tier-1100,000 and above
Tier-250,000 to 99,999
Tier-320,000 to 49,999
Tier-410,000 to 19,999
Tier-55,000 to 9,999
Tier-6less than 5,000
Population-group wise classification of centres
Population classificationPopulation (2001 Census)
Rural centreup to 9,999
Semi-urban centre10,000 to 99,999
Urban centre100,000 to 999,999
Metropolitan centre1,000,000 and above

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