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 100,000 population, see List of towns in India by population.

This is a list of the most populous cities in India. Cities are a type of sub-administrative unit and are defined by the Ministry of Home Affairs. In some cases, cities are bifurcated into municipalities, which can lead to cities being included within other cities. This list is based on the Census of India using data from the 2001 census of India and the 2011 census of India.

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Location of Indian cities. Hover over the dot to see the city name with rank in parentheses.

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The list includes the cities and not urban agglomerations.

Definitions: ^[1]

• The list is based on population within the boundaries of the respective Municipal Corporations and not the actual urban area. ^{[1] [2]}
• Towns/Cities with populations of 1 lakh (100,000) are categorized as Class-I towns or Cities.
• The 46 cities with populations of 1 million and above are known as Million Plus UAs or Cities.
• The 3 UAs with populations of 10 million and above are known as Mega Cities(The census defines the three as Greater Mumbai UA (18.4 million), Delhi UA (16.3 million) and Kolkata UA (14.1 million) ^[1] ).

The cities listed in bold are the capitals of the respective state or union territory and New Delhi, the capital of India.

List of cities with population above 1,000,000

City	Population (2011) [3]	Population (2001) [3] [a]	State or union territory	Reference
Mumbai	12,442,373	11,978,450	Maharashtra	[3]
Delhi	11,034,555	9,879,172	Delhi	[3]
Bengaluru	8,443,675	5,682,293	Karnataka	[3]
Hyderabad	6,993,262	5,496,960	Telangana	[3]
Ahmedabad	5,577,940	4,470,006	Gujarat	[3]
Chennai	4,646,732	4,343,645	Tamil Nadu	[3]
Kolkata	4,496,694	4,580,546	West Bengal	[3]
Surat	4,467,797	2,788,126	Gujarat	[3]
Pune	3,124,458	2,538,473	Maharashtra	[3]
Jaipur	3,046,163	2,322,575	Rajasthan	[3]
Lucknow	2,817,105	2,185,927	Uttar Pradesh	[3]
Kanpur	2,765,348	2,551,337	Uttar Pradesh	[3]
Nagpur	2,405,665	2,052,066	Maharashtra	[3]
Indore	1,964,086	1,503,237	Madhya Pradesh	[3]
Thane	1,841,488	1,262,551	Maharashtra	[3]
Bhopal	1,798,218	1,458,416	Madhya Pradesh	[3]
Visakhapatnam	1,728,128	1,345,938	Andhra Pradesh	[3] [b]
Pimpri-Chinchwad	1,727,692	1,020,448	Maharashtra	[3]
Patna	1,684,222	1,431,477	Bihar	[3]
Vadodara	1,670,806	1,338,244	Gujarat	[3]
Ghaziabad	1,648,643	968,256	Uttar Pradesh	[3]
Ludhiana	1,618,879	1,398,467	Punjab	[3]
Agra	1,585,704	1,275,134	Uttar Pradesh	[3]
Nashik	1,486,053	1,077,236	Maharashtra	[3]
Faridabad	1,414,050	1,055,938	Haryana	[3]
Meerut	1,305,429	1,068,772	Uttar Pradesh	[3]
Rajkot	1,286,678	967,476	Gujarat	[3]
Kalyan-Dombivali	1,247,327	1,193,512	Maharashtra	[3]
Vasai-Virar	1,222,390	518,601	Maharashtra	[3]
Varanasi	1,198,491	1,103,952	Uttar Pradesh	[3]
Srinagar	1,180,570	935,764	Jammu and Kashmir	[3]
Aurangabad	1,175,116	873,311	Maharashtra	[3]
Dhanbad	1,162,472	1,031,523	Jharkhand	[3]
Amritsar	1,132,383	979,801	Punjab	[3]
Navi Mumbai	1,120,547	704,002	Maharashtra	[3]
Prayagraj	1,112,544	975,393	Uttar Pradesh	[3]
Howrah	1,077,075	1,007,532	West Bengal	[3]
Ranchi	1,073,427	847,093	Jharkhand	[3]
Jabalpur	1,055,525	951,472	Madhya Pradesh	[3]
Gwalior	1,054,420	827,026	Madhya Pradesh	[3]
Coimbatore	1,050,721	930,882	Tamil Nadu	[3]
Vijayawada	1,034,358	941,760	Andhra Pradesh	[3]
Jodhpur	1,033,756	856,525	Rajasthan	[3]
Madurai	1,017,865	928,869	Tamil Nadu	[3]
Raipur	1,010,433	707,469	Chhattisgarh	[3]
Kota	1,001,694	703,150	Rajasthan	[3]

List of cities with population from 100,000 to 1,000,000

	City	Population (2011) [5]	Population (2001)	State or union territory	Reference
47	Guwahati	963,429	809,895	Assam
48	Chandigarh	960,787	808,515	Chandigarh
49	Solapur	951,118	872,478	Maharashtra
50	Hubballi-Dharwad	943,857	786,195	Karnataka
51	Tiruchirappalli [6]	916,674	752,066	Tamil Nadu
52	Tiruppur	898,167	718,395	Tamil Nadu
53	Moradabad	889,810	641,583	Uttar Pradesh
54	Mysore	887,446	755,379	Karnataka
55	Bareilly	877,778	344,543	Uttar Pradesh
56	Gurgaon	876,824	173,542	Haryana
57	Aligarh	872,575	669,087	Uttar Pradesh
58	Jalandhar	862,196	706,043	Punjab
59	Bhubaneswar	837,737	648,032	Odisha
60	Salem	831,038	696,760	Tamil Nadu
61	Mira-Bhayandar	814,655	520,388	Maharashtra
62	Warangal [7]	811,844	530,636	Telangana
63	Thiruvananthapuram	752,490	744,983	Kerala
64	Guntur [8]	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	Nellore [9]	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	Akola	537,149	400,520	Maharashtra
86	Gulbarga	532,031	422,569	Karnataka
87	Jamnagar	529,308	443,518	Gujarat
88	Ujjain	515,215	430,427	Madhya Pradesh
89	Loni	512,296	120,945	Uttar Pradesh
90	Siliguri	509,709	472,374	West Bengal
91	Jhansi	507,293	383,644	Uttar Pradesh
92	Ulhasnagar	506,937	473,731	Maharashtra
93	Jammu	503,690	369,959	Jammu and Kashmir
94	Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad	502,697	436,781	Maharashtra
95	Mangalore	499,486	399,565	Karnataka
96	Erode [10]	498,129	173,600	Tamil Nadu
97	Belgaum	488,292	399,653	Karnataka
98	Ambattur	478,134	310,967	Tamil Nadu
99	Tirunelveli	473,637	411,831	Tamil Nadu
100	Malegaon	471,006	409,403	Maharashtra
101	Gaya	463,454	385,432	Bihar
102	Jalgaon	460,468	368,618	Maharashtra
103	Udaipur	451,735	389,438	Rajasthan
104	Maheshtala	449,423	385,266	West Bengal
105	Davanagere	435,128	364,523	Karnataka
106	Kozhikode	432,097	436,556	Kerala
107	Kurnool	430,214	269,122	Andhra Pradesh
108	Rajpur Sonarpur	423,806	336,707	West Bengal
109	Rajahmundry [11] [12]	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 [13]	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	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	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 [14]	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 [15]	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	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	256,838	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 [16]	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	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
205	Bulandshahr	222,519	176,425	Uttar Pradesh
206	Uluberia	222,240	202,135	West Bengal
207	Murwara	221,883	187,029	Uttar Pradesh
208	Sambhal	220,813	182,478	Uttar Pradesh
209	Singrauli	220,257	185,190	Madhya Pradesh
210	Nadiad	218,095	192,913	Gujarat
211	Secunderabad	217,910	206,102	Telangana
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	140,925	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	Malda	205,521	161,456	West Bengal
227	Ongole	204,746	150,471	Andhra Pradesh
228	Deoghar	203,123	112,525	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 [17]	189,332	152,654	Andhra Pradesh
234	Morena	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	Vellore	185,803	177,230	Tamil Nadu
252	Mahesana	184,991	141,453	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
266	Alappuzha	174,164	177,029	Kerala
267	Kottayam	172,878	129,894	Kerala
268	Machilipatnam	169,892	179,353	Andhra Pradesh
269	Shimla	169,578	142,555	Himachal Pradesh
270	Adoni	166,537		Andhra Pradesh
271	Tenali	164,937		Andhra Pradesh
272	Proddatur	162,717		Andhra Pradesh
273	Saharsa	155,175	125,167 [18]	Bihar
274	Hindupur	151,835		Andhra Pradesh
275	Sasaram	147,396	131,172 [19]	Bihar
276	Hajipur	147,126	119,412 [20]	Bihar
277	Bhimavaram	142,280	―	Andhra Pradesh
278	Dehri	137,068	119,057 [19]	Bihar
279	Madanapalle	135,669	―	Andhra Pradesh
280	Siwan	134,458	109,919 [21]	Bihar
281	Bettiah	132,896	116,670 [22]	Bihar
282	Guntakal	126,270	―	Andhra Pradesh
283	Srikakulam	125,939	―	Andhra Pradesh
284	Motihari	125,183	100,683 [23]	Bihar
285	Dharmavaram	121,874	―	Andhra Pradesh
286	Gudivada	118,167	―	Andhra Pradesh
287	Narasaraopet	116,250	―	Andhra Pradesh
288	Bagaha	113,012	91,467 [22]	Bihar
289	Miryalaguda	109,891	91,395	Telangana
290	Tadipatri	108,171	―	Andhra Pradesh
291	Kishanganj	107,076	85,590 [24]	Bihar
292	Karaikudi	106,714	86,596	Tamil Nadu
293	Suryapet	105,250	94,585	Telangana
294	Jamalpur	105,221	96,983 [25]	Bihar
295	Kavali	104,000	―	Andhra Pradesh
296	Tadepalligudem	103,906	―	Andhra Pradesh
297	Amaravati	103,000	―	Andhra Pradesh
298	Buxar	102,591	83,168 [26]	Bihar
299	Jehanabad	102,456	81,503 [27]	Bihar
300	Aurangabad	101,520	79,393 [28]	Bihar

See also

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

Notes

1. The 2001 population numbers are sourced directly from 2011 census data. This also allows for sensible comparisons when city boundaries changed between 2001 and 2011.
2. The merger of Anakapalle and Bheemunipatnam municipalities and 10 villages into Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation was approved in 2013. These population numbers do not reflect that change. ^[4]

References

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External links

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