List of twin towns and sister cities in India

Map of India

This is a list of places in India which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).

A

Agra

• Petra, Jordan ^[1]
• Tempe, United States ^[2]

Ahmedabad

• Astrakhan, Russia ^[3]
• Columbus, United States ^[4]
• Guangzhou, China ^[5]
• Jersey City, United States ^[6]

Amritsar

• Bakersfield, United States ^[7]
• Sandwell, England, United Kingdom ^[8]
• Thetford, England, United Kingdom ^[9]

Anandpur Sahib ^[10]

• Vernon, Canada

Aurangabad ^[11]

• Dunhuang, China

Auroville ^[12]

• Campinas, Brazil

Ayodhya

• Gimhae, South Korea ^[13]
• Janakpur, Nepal ^[14]

B

Bangalore

• Chengdu, China ^[15]
• Cleveland, United States ^[16]
• Minsk, Belarus ^[17]
• San Francisco, United States ^[18]

Bhubaneswar

• Bloemfontein, South Africa ^[19]
• Cupertino, United States ^[20]

Bikaner ^[21]

• Kütahya, Turkey

Bodh Gaya ^[22]

• Nara Prefecture, Japan

C

Chennai ^[23]

• Chongqing, China
• Denver, United States
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• San Antonio, United States
• Volgograd, Russia

Coimbatore

• Esslingen am Neckar, Germany ^[24]
• Toledo, United States ^[25]

D

Daman ^[26]

• Coimbra, Portugal

Delhi ^[27]

• Beijing, China
• Chicago, United States

Diu ^[28]

• Loures, Portugal

H

Hyderabad

• Brisbane, Australia ^[29]
• Indianapolis, United States ^[30]
• Ipswich, Australia ^[31]
• Montgomery County, United States ^[32]
• Qingdao, China ^[33]
• Riverside, United States ^[34]
• Uberaba, Brazil ^[35]

J

Jaipur

• Calgary, Canada ^[36]
• Fremont, United States ^[37]

Jalandhar

• Gravesham, England, United Kingdom ^[38]
• Hounslow, England, United Kingdom ^[39]
• Union City, United States ^[40]

Jamshedpur ^[41]

• Gunsan, South Korea

K

Kochi

• Menlo Park, United States ^[42]
• Norfolk, United States ^[43]
• Pyatigorsk, Russia ^[44]

Kolkata ^[45]

• Dallas, United States
• Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Incheon, South Korea
• Jersey City, United States
• Kunming, China
• Odesa, Ukraine
• Thessaloniki, Greece

Kotturu ^[46]

• Shepshed, England, United Kingdom

L

Lucknow

• Montreal, Canada ^[47]
• Wenzhou, China ^[48]

M

Mangalore

• Delta, Canada ^[49]
• Hamilton, Canada ^[50]

Manipal ^[51]

• Loma Linda, United States

Meerut ^[52]

• Zhukovsky, Russia

Mumbai

• Busan, South Korea ^[53]
• Galați, Romania ^[54]
• İzmir, Turkey ^[55]
• Los Angeles, United States ^[56]
• Saint Petersburg, Russia ^[57]
• Shanghai, China ^[58]
• Stuttgart, Germany ^[59]
• Yokohama, Japan ^[60]

Mysore

• Cincinnati, United States ^[61]
• Nashua, United States ^[62]

N

Nagpur ^[63]

• Jinan, China

New Delhi

• Jersey City, United States ^[6]
• Moscow, Russia ^[64]
• Samarkand, Uzbekistan ^[65]

O

Ongole ^[35]

• Uberaba, Brazil

P

Panaji

• Victoria, Seychelles ^[66]

Pimpri-Chinchwad

• Gunsan, South Korea ^[41]
• Xiangyang, China ^[67]

Pondicherry ^[68]

• Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France

Pune ^[69]

• Austin, United States
• Columbus, United States
• Fairbanks, United States
• San Jose, United States
• Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius

R

Rajkot ^[70]

• Leicester, England, United Kingdom

S

Shimla ^[71]

• Carbondale, United States

T

Thrissur ^[72]

• Yessentuki, Russia

V

Vadodara

• Ashkelon, Israel ^[73]
• Greenville, United States ^[74]

Varanasi ^[14]

• Kathmandu, Nepal

Vijayawada ^[75]

• Modesto, United States

Visakhapatnam ^[76]

• Carmel, United States

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