List of cities in Uttar Pradesh by population

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The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh borders with Nepal and the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and National Capital Territory of Delhi. The Himalayas lies in the north of the state and the Deccan Plateau is at the south. In between them, the river Ganges, Yamuna and Sarayu (ghaghra) flow eastwards. Uttar Pradesh can be divided into two distinct regions, Southern hills and Gangetic plain. Uttar Pradesh is divided into 75 districts under 18 divisions. [1] As of 2011, with an estimated population of 199,581,477. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India. [2] Uttar Pradesh occupies 6.88 percent of the India's land surface area but is home to 16.49 percent of the India's population. [3] [4] As of 2011, 64 cities in the state had a population of over 100,000 people. Kanpur is the largest city of Uttar Pradesh in terms of population whereas Lucknow is also the largest city of Uttar Pradesh in terms of area covering an area of 631Km Square which is the most among all cities in UP as per their Municipal Limits. The smallest city with a population over 100,000 people was Kasganj with a population of 101,241 people according to 2011 census figures.

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Locations of major cities in Uttar Pradesh

This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits; the populations of other municipalities considered suburbs or outgrowths of a central city are listed separately, and unincorporated areas within urban agglomerations are not included. Therefore, a different ranking is evident when considering metropolitan area population of india The total geographical area of Uttar Pradesh is 240,928 square kilometres (93,023 sq mi). [2] As per census data 2011, the total population of Uttar Pradesh is: 199,581,477. [2]

NameDistrictType*CategoryPopulation as of 2011 [5] [6] Literacy Rate [5]
TotalMaleFemaleChildren
under 5 yrs
Kanpur Kanpur UANagar Nigam2,817,1051,484,9671,474,100266,33682
Lucknow Lucknow UANagar Nigam2,767,3481,618,9511,582,523289,37588.98
Ghaziabad Ghaziabad UANagar Nigam1,729,000864,500864,500308,71780
Agra Agra CityNagar Nigam1,585,7041,042,441963,402210,03678
Meerut Meerut CityNagar Nigam1,226,7096,54,8575,70,051176,77078.29
Varanasi Varanasi CityNagar Nigam1,201,815755,734660,985112,02380.31
Prayagraj Prayagraj CityNagar Nigam1,112,544961,060874,053157,48286.36
Bareilly Bareilly UANagar Nigam913,668722,385557,548104,56070.97
Aligarh Aligarh UANagar Nigam909,559482,828426,731118,77870.54
Moradabad Moradabad CityNagar Nigam889,810466,432432,378110,37670.65
Saharanpur Saharanpur CityNagar Nigam703,345371,858331,48788,50177.94
Gorakhpur Gorakhpur CityNagar Nigam692,519365,148327,37165,07885.64
Noida Gautam Buddha Nagar CityNotified Area642,381320,482321,89963,56788.58
Firozabad Firozabad CityNagar Nigam603,797320,012283,78583,53075.01
Jhansi Jhansi UANagar Nigam549,391292,497256,89456,23084.41
Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar CityNagar Palika494,792261,338233,45464,69680.99
Mathura-Vrindavan Mathura UANagar Nigam454,937244,333210,60456,26777.11
Budaun Badaun UANagar Palika366,001196,416169,58556,89087.00
Rampur Rampur UANagar Palika359,062182,325166,73741,76969.56
Shahjahanpur Shahjahanpur UANagar Nigam356,103183,087163,01638,73679.81
Farrukhabad-Fatehgarh Farrukhabad CityNagar Palika318,540164,630145,91039,94475.60
Ayodhya-Faizabad Ayodhya UANagar Nigam290,799140,799120,00025,78978.78
Maunath Bhanjan Mau CityNagar Palika279,060143,273135,78740,65178.60
Hapur Hapur CityNagar Palika262,801139,694123,10736,71475.34
Etawah Etawah CityNagar Palika256,790135,829120,96128,92282.89
Mirzapur-Vindhyachal Mirzapur UANagar Palika245,817131,534114,28329,61977.85
Bulandshahr Bulandshahr UANagar Palika235,310125,549111,76130,88678.37
Sambhal Sambhal CityNagar Palika221,334116,008105,32634,27949.51
Amroha Amroha CityNagar Palika198,471102,80494,33126,85563.88
Hardoi Hardoi UANagar Palika197,046104,20192,84521,71983.27
Fatehpur Fatehpur CityNagar Palika193,801101,62092,18122,07877.69
Raebareli Raebareli CityNagar Palika191,62599,84491,21218,86682.97
Orai Jalaun UANagar Palika190,625101,43489,19120,42483.35
Sitapur Sitapur UANagar Palika188,23099,12989,10119,72183.02
Bahraich Bahraich CityNagar Palika186,24198,52987,71222,82875.3
Modinagar Ghaziabad UANagar Palika182,81197,33585,47621,44187.03
Unnao Unnao CityNagar Palika178,68194,08084,60118,60483.72
Jaunpur Jaunpur CityNagar Palika168,12888,70479,42418,03382.11
Lakhimpur Lakhimpur Kheri UANagar Palika164,92588,90877,01718,17483.80
Hathras Hathras UANagar Palika161,28986,02875,26120,27978.05
Banda Banda UANagar Palika160,43285,47374,95918,31783.61
Pilibhit Pilibhit UANagar Palika160,14684,54675,60016,08972.30
Barabanki Barabanki UANagar Palika154,69277,76669,06516,09381.15
Khurja Bulandshahr UANagar Palika142,63675,38467,25220,07272.75
Gonda Gonda UANagar Palika138,92971,47567,45415,60880.32
Mainpuri Mainpuri CITYNagar Palika133,07869,78863,29016,37185.66
Lalitpur Lalitpur CityNagar Palika133,04169,54863,49316,19383.96
Etah Etah UANagar Palika131,02369,44661,57715,89085.62
Deoria Deoria CityNagar Palika129,57067,75461,81613,82193.73
Ghazipur Ghazipur UANagar Palika121,13663,68957,44713,98684.97
Sultanpur Sultanpur UANagar Palika116,21161,06255,14912,36887.61
Azamgarh Azamgarh UANagar Palika116,16560,67855,48713,28786.27
Bijnor Bijnor UANagar Palika115,38160,65654,72514,49977.90
Sahaswan Budaun UANagar Palika114,92159,42155,50015,64471.00
Basti Basti CityNagar Palika114,65160,12654,52512,56885.29
Chandausi Sambhal CityNagar Palika114,25460,23854,01614,41772.63
Akbarpur Ambedkar Nagar CityNagar Palika111,59457,56054,03414,03776.94
Ballia Ballia UANagar Palika111,28759,34051,94711,52286.65
Tanda Ambedkar Nagar CityNagar Palika109,53955,94653,59316,14769.25
Greater Noida Gautam Budh Nagar CityNotified Area107,67658,66249,01415,51786.54
Shikohabad Firozabad CityNagar Palika107,30057,01750,28312,95681.68
Shamli Shamli CityNagar Palika147,23357,23649,99713,72481.97
Awagarh Etah CityNagar Palika102,10654,33548,77113,38671.44
Kasganj Kasganj CityNagar Palika101,24153,50747,73413,04378.56
* UA=Urban agglomeration, CT=Census Town

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