List of cities in Uttarakhand by population

Last updated November 05, 2024

Dehradun

Roorkee

Locations of major cities in Uttarakhand

This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities of Uttarakhand with a population above 100,000, per the 2011 census of India:^[1]

Rank	Name	District	Type*	Population 2011	Male	Female	Population below 5 yrs	Literacy Rate
1	Dehradun	Dehradun	UA	714,223	377,174	337,049	72,859	90.01
2	Haridwar	Haridwar	UA	310,562	165,667	144,895	36,319	85.43
3	Roorkee	Haridwar	UA	273,502	148,042	125,460	32,729	84.29
4	Haldwani-cum-Kathgodam	Nainital	UA	232,060	121,363	110,697	27,906	85.17
5	Rudrapur	Udham Singh Nagar	UA	154,485	81,527	72,958	21,443	74.91
6	Kashipur	Udham Singh Nagar	City	121,610	63,625	57,985	14,381	83.40
7	Rishikesh	Dehradun	UA	102,138	54,466	47,692	11,507	86.86

Urban Agglomeration

In the census of India 2011, an Urban Agglomeration has been defined as follows:^[2]

"An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths, or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."

Constituents of Urban Agglomerations in Uttarakhand

The constituents of Urban Agglomerations in Uttarakhand with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below:^[3]

Dehradun UA includes Dehradun (M Corp.), Bharuwala Grant (OG), Dehradun Cantonment (CB), FRI and College Area (CT), Raipur (CT), Natthanpur (CT), Natthuwala (CT) and Clement Town (CB).

Haridwar UA includes Haridwar (M Corp.), BHEL Ranipur (IT), Gurukul Kangri (Part) (OG), Jwalapur Mahavidyalaya (Part) (OG), SIDCUL Haridwar (Part) (OG), Rawli Mahdud (CT) and Jagjitpur (CT).

Haldwani-cum-Kathgodam UA includes Haldwani (M Corp.) Kathgodam (MC), Damua Dhunga Bandobasti (OG) - Ward No. 26, Byura (OG) - Ward No. 27, Bamori Talli Bandobasti, Amrawati Colony, Shakti Vihar, Bhatt Colony (OG) - Ward No. 28, Manpur Uttar (Palika Yatayat Nagar) (OG) - Ward No. 29, Haripur Sukhan (Van Cancer Hospital) (OG) - Ward No. 30, Gaujajali Uttar (Shishu Bharati Vidya Mandir) (OG) - Ward No. 31, Kusumkhera (OG) - Ward No. 32, Bithoria No. 1 (OG) - Ward No. 33, Korta (Chanmari Mohalla) (OG) - Ward No. 34 (Part), Bamori Malli (OG) - Ward No. 35 (Part), Bamori Talli Kham (OG) - Ward No. 36 (Part), Mukhani (CT) and Haldwani Talli (CT).

Roorkee UA includes Roorkee (M Corp.), Roorkee Cantonment (CB), Salempur Rajputan (CT), Landhaura (MC), Sunhaira (CT), Shafipur (CT), Khanjarpur (CT), Padali Gujjar (CT), Nagla Imarti (CT), Dhandera (CT) and Mohanpur Mohammadpur (CT).

Rudrapur UA includes Rudrapur (M Corp.), Jagatpura (OG), SIDCUL Rudrapur (Part) (OG) and Rampura (Part) (OG).

Rishikesh UA includes Rishikesh (M Corp.), IDPL Virbhadra (IT), Rishikesh (CT), Gumaniwala (CT) Shyampur (CT) and Khadri Kharak Maf (CT).

Abbreviations: M Corp. = Municipal Corporation, MC = Municipal Council, CB = Cantonment Board, NA = Notified Area, IT = Industrial Township, CT = Census Town, OG = Out Growth

Urban Agglomeration constituents

Urban Agglomerations constituents with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census are shown in the table below.^[4]

Urban Agglomeration	Name of Constituent	District	Type*	Population 2011	Male	Female	Population below 5 yrs	Literacy Rate
Dehradun	Dehradun	Dehradun	M Corp.	578,420	303,411	275,009	59,180	89.32
Haridwar	Haridwar	Haridwar	M Corp.	225,235	120,201	105,034	25,950	84.99
Haldwani-cum-Kathgodam	Haldwani	Nainital	M Corp.	156,060	81,918	74,142	19,783	81.75
Rudrapur	Rudrapur	Udham Singh Nagar	M Corp.	140,884	74,276	66,608	19,727	75.21
Kashipur	Kashipur	Udham Singh Nagar	M Corp.	121,610	63,625	57,985	14,381	83.40
Roorkee	Roorkee	Haridwar	M Corp.	273,502	63,508	54,580	11,596	90.70

Municipal Corporations

Rank	Name	District	Population 2011
1	Dehradun Municipal Corporation	Dehradun	578,420
2	Haridwar Municipal Corporation	Haridwar	225,235
3	Haldwani Municipal Corporation	Nainital	156,060
4	Rudrapur Municipal Corporation	Udham Singh Nagar	140,884
5	Kashipur Municipal Corporation	Udham Singh Nagar	121,610
6	Roorkee Municipal Corporation	Haridwar	118,188
7	Rishikesh Municipal Corporation	Dehradun	73,000
8	Kotdwar Municipal Corporation	Pauri Garhwal	1,75,232
9	Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation	Pithoragarh	56,044

Municipal Councils

Rank	Name	District	Population 2011
1	Pithoragarh	Pithoragarh	56,044
2	Ramnagar	Nainital	54,787
3	Manglaur	Haridwar	52,971
4	Jaspur	Udham Singh Nagar	50,523
5	Kichha	Udham Singh Nagar	41,965
6	Nainital	Nainital	41,377
7	Almora	Almora	34,122
8	Mussoorie	Dehradun	30,118
9	Sitarganj	Udham Singh Nagar	29,965
10	Bajpur	Udham Singh Nagar	25,524
11	Pauri	Pauri Garhwal	25,440
12	Tehri	Tehri Garhwal	24,014
13	Gopeshwar	Chamoli	21,447
14	Srinagar	Pauri Garhwal	20,115
15	Gadarpur	Udham Singh Nagar	19,301
16	Tanakpur	Champawat	17,626
17	Uttarkashi	Uttarkashi	17,475
18	Jyotirmath	Chamoli	16,709
19	Khatima	Udham Singh Nagar	15,093
20	Vikasnagar	Dehradun	13,927
21	Rudraprayag	Rudraprayag	9,313
22	Bageshwar	Bageshwar	9,079
23	Bhowali	Nainital	6,309
24	Narendranagar	Tehri Garhwal	6,049
25	Dugadda	Pauri Garhwal	2,422

Notified Areas (Nagar Panchayats)

Rank	Name	District	Population 2011
1	Laksar	Haridwar	21,760
2	Landhaura	Haridwar	18,370
3	Mahua Kheraganj	Udham Singh Nagar	12584
4	Dineshpur	Udham Singh Nagar	11343
5	Jhabrera	Haridwar	11,186
6	Kela Khera	Udham Singh Nagar	10929
7	Muni Ki Reti	Tehri Garhwal	10620
8	Sultanpur	Udham Singh Nagar	9881
9	Herbertpur	Dehradun	9782
10	Gauchar	Chamoli	8864
11	Doiwala	Dehradun	8709
12	Karnaprayag	Chamoli	8297
13	Lohaghat	Champawat	7926
14	Chamba	Tehri Garhwal	7771
15	Bhimtal	Nainital	7722
16	Lalkuan	Nainital	7644
17	Kaladhungi	Nainital	7611
18	Mahua Dabra Haripura	Udham Singh Nagar	7326
19	Dharchula	Pithoragarh	7039
20	Barkot	Uttarkashi	6720
21	Didihat	Pithoragarh	6522
22	Shaktigarh	Udham Singh Nagar	6309
23	Champawat	Champawat	4801
24	Dwarahat	Almora	2749
25	Badrinath	Chamoli	2438
26	Devprayag	Tehri Garhwal	2152
27	Kirtinagar	Tehri Garhwal	1517
28	Nandaprayag	Chamoli	1641
29	Kedarnath	Rudraprayag	612
30	Gangotri	Uttarkashi	110
31	Garur	Bageshwar	5002^[5]
32	Kapkot	Bageshwar	5060^[6]

Cantonment Boards

Rank	Name	District	Population 2011
1	Dehradun Cantonment	Dehradun	52,716
2	Clement Town	Dehradun	22,557
3	Ranikhet	Almora	18,886
4	Roorkee Cantonment	Haridwar	14,689
5	Lansdowne	Pauri Garhwal	5,667
6	Chakrata	Dehradun	5,117
7	Landour	Dehradun	3,539
8	Nainital Cantonment	Nainital	1,398
9	Almora Cantonment	Almora	1,391

Census Towns

Rank	Name	District	Population 2011
1	Raipur	Dehradun	32,900
2	Dhandera	Haridwar	23,276
3	Mukhani	Nainital	22,475
4	Nagla	Udham Singh Nagar	22,258
5	Umru Khurd	Udham Singh Nagar	20,593
6	Dhalwala	Tehri Garhwal	18,016
7	Rawli Mahdud	Haridwar	17,467
8	Central Hope Town	Dehradun	16,880
9	Jagjitpur	Haridwar	15,043
10	Mohanpur Mohammadpur	Haridwar	14,394
11	Natthanpur	Dehradun	13,905
12	Mehuwala Mafi	Dehradun	13,475
13	Sunhaira	Haridwar	13,248
14	Padali Gujjar	Haridwar	12,901
15	Fatehpur Range	Nainital	12,791
16	Jivangarh	Dehradun	11,870
17	Bandia	Udham Singh Nagar	11,392
18	Shafipur	Haridwar	11,135
19	Maholia	Udham Singh Nagar	10,965
20	Kashirampur	Pauri Garhwal	10,837
21	Salempur Rajputan	Haridwar	10,340
22	Bahadrabad	Haridwar	10,096
23	Piran Kaliyar	Haridwar	10,043
24	Haripur Kalan	Dehradun	10,367
25	Padampur Sukhron	Pauri Garhwal	9,802
26	Pratitnagar	Dehradun	9,564
27	Natthuwala	Dehradun	9,206
28	Bangheri Mahabatpur	Haridwar	8,583
29	Khadri Kharak Maf	Dehradun	8,404
30	Haldwani Talli	Nainital	8,159
31	Banbasa	Champawat	7,990
32	Bhagwanpur	Haridwar	7,573
33	Gumaniwala	Dehradun	6,953
34	Khanjarpur	Haridwar	6,435
35	Nagla Imarti	Haridwar	5,774
36	Shahpur	Haridwar	5,684
37	Saidpura	Haridwar	5,640
38	Khatyari	Almora	5,166
39	Jonk	Pauri Garhwal	4,669
40	Kachnal Gosain	Udham Singh Nagar	4,632

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v t e Municipalities of Uttarakhand
Municipal corporations	Dehradun Haldwani Haridwar Kashipur Kotdwar Rishikesh Roorkee Rudrapur Srinagar
Municipal councils	Almora Bageshwar Bajpur Barkot Bhowali Chamba Champawat Chiliyanaula Chinyalisaur Devprayag Dharchula Didihat Doiwala Dugadda Gadarpur Gangolihat Gauchar Gopeshwar Herbertpur Jaspur Joshimath Karnaprayag Khatima Kichha Laksar Lohaghat Mahua Kheraganj Manglaur Muni Ki Reti Mussoorie Nagla Nainital Narendranagar Pauri Pithoragarh Ramnagar Rudraprayag Shivalik Nagar Sitarganj Tanakpur Tehri Uttarkashi Vikasnagar
Nagar panchayats	Agastmuni Badrinath Banbasa Berinag Bhagwanpur Bhikiyasain Bhimtal Chamiyala Chaukhutia Dhandera Dineshpur Dwarahat Gairsain Gaja Gangotri Garur Ghansali Gularbhoj Imlikhera Jhabrera Kaladhungi Kapkot Kedarnath Kelakhera Kirtinagar Lalkuan Lalpur Lambgaon Landhaura Mahua Dabra Haripura Nanakmatta Nandaprayag Naugaon Padali Gujjar Pipalkoti Piran Kaliyar Pokhari Purola Rampur Satpuli Selakui Shaktigarh Sultanpur Sultanpur Adampur Swargashram Thalisain Tharali Tilwara Ukhimath
Cantonment boards	Almora Cantonment Chakrata Clement Town Dehradun Cantonment Landour Lansdowne Nainital Cantonment Ranikhet Roorkee Cantonment

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