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This list ranks the top 50 most competitive cities in India as of the latest release in 2012. [1] [2] [3] Delhi tops the list followed by Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata.
| Sr No | City | State | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delhi | Delhi | Capital |
| 2 | Mumbai | Maharashtra | State Capital |
| 3 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | State Capital |
| 4 | Hyderabad | Telangana | State Capital |
| 5 | Kolkata | West Bengal | State Capital |
| 6 | Gurgaon | Haryana | Major City of the State |
| 7 | Bengaluru | Karnataka | State Capital |
| 8 | Noida | Uttar Pradesh | Major City of the State |
| 9 | Pune | Maharashtra | Major City of the State |
| 10 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | State Capital |
| 11 | Nagpur | Maharashtra | Major City of the State |
| 12 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | State Capital (Union Territory) |
| 13 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | State Capital |
| 14 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | Major City of the State |
| 15 | Kochi | Kerala | Major City of the State |
| 16 | Surat | Gujarat | Major City of the State |
| 17 | Nashik | Maharashtra | Major City of the State |
| 18 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Major City of the State |
| 19 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | State Capital |
| 20 | Kozhikode | Kerala | Major City of the State |
| 21 | Mangalore | Karnataka | Major City of the State |
| 22 | Bhubaneshwar | Orissa | State Capital |
| 23 | Vadodara | Gujarat | Major City of the State |
| 24 | Rajkot | Gujarat | Major City of the State |
| 25 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | State Capital |
| 26 | Madurai | Tamil Nadu | Major City of the State |
| 27 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | State Capital |
| 28 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | Major City of the State |
| 29 | Faridabad | Haryana | Major City of the State |
| 30 | Ludhiana | Punjab | Major City of the State |
| 31 | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh | Major City of the State |
| 32 | Guwahati | Assam | Major City of the State |
| 33 | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | State Capital |
| 34 | Vishakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | Major City of the State |
| 35 | Patna | Bihar | State Capital |
| 36 | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh | Major City of the State |
| 37 | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | Major City of the State |
| 38 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | Major City of the State |
| 39 | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | Major City of the State |
| 40 | Pondicherry | Puducherry | Union Territory |
| 41 | Asansol | West Bengal | Major City of the State |
| 42 | Dehradun | Uttarakhand | State Capital |
| 43 | Ranchi | Jharkhand | State Capital |
| 44 | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh | Major City of the State |
| 45 | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh | State Capital |
| 46 | Amritsar | Punjab | Major City of the State |
| 47 | Jammu | Jammu and Kashmir | Major City of the State |
| 48 | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | Major City of the State |
| 49 | Dhanbad | Jharkhand | Major City of the State |
| 50 | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | State Capital |
| 51 | Bareily | Uttar Pradesh | Major City of the State |
| 52 | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | Major City of the State |
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