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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The list includes the cities and not urban agglomerations.

Definitions:[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 		Ref
Mumbai 12,442,373 11,978,450 Maharashtra [4][3]
Delhi 11,034,555 9,879,172 Delhi [4][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-Dombivli 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)[6] 		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 Hubli–Dharwad 943,857 786,195 Karnataka
51 Tiruchirappalli[7] 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[8] 811,844 530,636 Telangana
63 Thiruvananthapuram 752,490 744,983 Kerala
64 Guntur[9] 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 107,676 - Uttar Pradesh
71 Greater Noida 642,381 305,058 Uttar Pradesh
72 Jamshedpur 631,364 573,096 Jharkhand
73 Bhilai 625,697 556,366 Chhattisgarh
74 Cuttack 606,007 534,654 Odisha
75 Firozabad 603,797 279,102 Uttar Pradesh
76 Kochi 601,574 596,473 Kerala
77 Nellore[10] 600,869 378,428 Andhra Pradesh
78 Bhavnagar 593,768 511,085 Gujarat
79 Dehradun 578,420 426,674 Uttarakhand
80 Durgapur 566,937 493,405 West Bengal
81 Asansol 564,491 475,439 West Bengal
82 Nanded 550,564 430,733 Maharashtra
83 Kolhapur 549,283 493,167 Maharashtra
84 Ajmer 542,580 485,575 Rajasthan
85 Kalaburagi 532,031 422,569 Karnataka
86 Jamnagar 529,308 443,518 Gujarat
87 Ujjain 515,215 430,427 Madhya Pradesh
88 Loni 512,296 120,945 Uttar Pradesh
89 Siliguri 509,709 472,374 West Bengal
90 Jhansi 507,293 383,644 Uttar Pradesh
91 Ulhasnagar 506,937 473,731 Maharashtra
92 Jammu 503,690 369,959 Jammu and Kashmir
93 Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad 502,697 436,781 Maharashtra
94 Mangalore 499,486 399,565 Karnataka
95 Erode[11] 498,129 173,600 Tamil Nadu
96 Belgaum 488,292 399,653 Karnataka
97 Ambattur 478,134 310,967 Tamil Nadu
98 Tirunelveli 473,637 411,831 Tamil Nadu
99 Malegaon 471,006 409,403 Maharashtra
100 Gaya 463,454 385,432 Bihar
101 Jalgaon 460,468 368,618 Maharashtra
102 Udaipur 451,735 389,438 Rajasthan
103 Maheshtala 449,423 385,266 West Bengal
104 Davanagere 435,128 364,523 Karnataka
105 Kozhikode 432,097 436,556 Kerala
106 Kurnool 430,214 269,122 Andhra Pradesh
107 Akola 425,817 400,520 Maharashtra
108 Rajpur Sonarpur 423,806 336,707 West Bengal
109 Rajahmundry[12][13] 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[14] 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 Bilaspur 330,106 274,917 Chhattisgarh
135 Shahjahanpur 327,975 296,662 Uttar Pradesh
136 Bijapur 326,360 228,175 Karnataka
137 Rampur 325,248 281,494 Uttar Pradesh
138 Shivamogga 322,428 274,352 Karnataka
139 Chandrapur 321,036 289,450 Maharashtra
140 Junagadh 320,250 168,686 Gujarat
141 Thrissur 315,596 317,526 Kerala
142 Alwar 315,310 260,593 Rajasthan
143 Bardhaman 314,638 285,602 West Bengal
144 Kulti 313,977 289,903 West Bengal
145 Kakinada 325,985 296,329 Andhra Pradesh
146 Nizamabad 310,467 288,722 Telangana
147 Parbhani 307,191 259,329 Maharashtra
148 Tumkur 305,821 248,929 Karnataka
149 Khammam 305,000 218,689 Telangana
150 Ozhukarai 300,028 217,707 Puducherry
151 Bihar Sharif 296,889 232,071 Bihar
152 Panipat 294,150 261,740 Haryana
153 Darbhanga 294,116 267,348 Bihar
154 Bally 291,972 260,906 West Bengal
155 Aizawl 291,822 228,280 Mizoram
156 Dewas 289,438 231,672 Madhya Pradesh
157 Ichalkaranji 287,570 257,610 Maharashtra
158 Karnal 286,974 210,476 Haryana
159 Bathinda 285,813 217,256 Punjab
160 Jalna 285,349 235,795 Maharashtra
161 Eluru 283,648[15] 190,347 Andhra Pradesh
162 Kirari Suleman Nagar 282,598 153,874 Delhi
163 Barasat 283,443 231,515 West Bengal
164 Purnia 280,547 171,687[16] Bihar
165 Satna 280,248 225,464 Madhya Pradesh
166 Mau 279,060 212,657 Uttar Pradesh
167 Sonipat 277,053 214,974 Haryana
168 Farrukhabad 275,750 228,333 Uttar Pradesh
169 Sagar 273,357 232,133 Madhya Pradesh
170 Rourkela 273,217 224,601 Odisha
171 Durg 268,679 232,517 Chhattisgarh
172 Imphal 264,986 221,492 Manipur
173 Ratlam 264,810 222,202 Madhya Pradesh
174 Hapur 262,801 211,983 Uttar Pradesh
175 Arrah 261,099 203,380 Bihar
176 Karimnagar 260,899 205,653 Telangana
177 Anantapur 261,004 218,808 Andhra Pradesh
178 Etawah 256,838 210,453 Uttar Pradesh
179 Ambarnath 254,003 203,795 Maharashtra
180 North Dumdum 253,625 220,042 West Bengal
181 Bharatpur 252,109 204,587 Rajasthan
182 Begusarai 251,136 93,378 Bihar
183 New Delhi 249,998 302,147 Delhi
184 Gandhidham 248,705 166,388 Gujarat
185 Baranagar 248,466 250,768 West Bengal
186 Tiruvottiyur 248,059 212,281 Tamil Nadu
187 Puducherry 241,773 220,749 Puducherry
188 Sikar 237,579 184,904 Rajasthan
189 Thoothukudi 237,374 216,058 Tamil Nadu
190 Rewa 235,422 183,274 Madhya Pradesh
191 Mirzapur 233,691 205,053 Uttar Pradesh
192 Raichur 232,456 207,421 Karnataka
193 Pali 229,956 187,641 Rajasthan
194 Ramagundam[17] 229,644 236,600 Telangana
195 Haridwar 228,832 175,010 Uttarakhand
196 Vijayanagaram 228,025 174,324 Andhra Pradesh
197 Katihar 225,982 175,169 Bihar
198 Nagarcoil 224,849 208,179 Tamil Nadu
199 Sri Ganganagar 224,773 210,713 Rajasthan
200 Karawal Nagar 224,666 148,549 Delhi
201 Mango 223,805 166,125 Jharkhand
202 Thanjavur 222,943 215,314 Tamil Nadu
203 Bulandshahr 222,519 176,425 Uttar Pradesh
204 Uluberia 222,240 202,135 West Bengal
205 Murwara 221,883 187,029 Madhya Pradesh
206 Sambhal 220,813 182,478 Uttar Pradesh
207 Singrauli 220,257 185,190 Madhya Pradesh
208 Nadiad 218,095 192,913 Gujarat
209 Secunderabad 217,910 206,102 Telangana
210 Naihati 217,900 215,303 West Bengal
211 Yamunanagar 216,677 189,696 Haryana
212 Bidhan Nagar 215,514 164,221 West Bengal
213 Pallavaram 215,417 144,623 Tamil Nadu
214 Bidar 214,373 172,877 Karnataka
215 Munger 213,303 188,050 Bihar
216 Panchkula 211,355 140,925 Haryana
217 Burhanpur 210,886 193,725 Madhya Pradesh
218 Raurkela Industrial Township 210,317 206,693 Odisha
219 Kharagpur 207,604 188,761 West Bengal
220 Dindigul 207,327 196,955 Tamil Nadu
221 Gandhinagar 206,167 195,985 Gujarat
222 Hospet 206,167 164,240 Karnataka
223 Nangloi Jat 205,596 150,948 Delhi
224 Malda 205,521 161,456 West Bengal
225 Ongole 204,746 150,471 Andhra Pradesh
226 Deoghar 203,123 112,525 Jharkhand
227 Chapra 202,352 79,190 Bihar
228 Haldia 200,827 170,673 West Bengal
229 Khandwa 200,738 172,242 Madhya Pradesh
230 Nandyal 200,516 152,676 Andhra Pradesh
231 Chittoor[18] 189,332 152,654 Andhra Pradesh
232 Morena 200,482 150,959 Madhya Pradesh
233 Amroha 198,471 165,129 Uttar Pradesh
234 Anand 198,282 130,685 Gujarat
235 Bhind 197,585 153,752 Madhya Pradesh
236 Bhalswa Jahangir Pur 197,148 152,339 Delhi
237 Madhyamgram 196,127 155,451 West Bengal
238 Bhiwani 196,057 169,531 Haryana
239 Baharampur 195,223 160,143 West Bengal
240 Ambala 195,153 139,279 Haryana
241 Morvi 194,947 145,719 Gujarat
242 Fatehpur 193,193 151,757 Uttar Pradesh
243 Raebareli 191,316 169,333 Uttar Pradesh
244 Khora 190,005 Uttar Pradesh
245 Bhusawal 187,421 172,372 Maharashtra
246 Orai 187,137 139,318 Uttar Pradesh
247 Bahraich 186,223 168,323 Uttar Pradesh
248 Vellore 185,803 177,230 Tamil Nadu
249 Veraval 185,797 141,250 Gujarat
250 Mahesana 184,991 141,453 Gujarat
251 Sambalpur 184,000 153,643 Odisha
252 Raiganj 183,612 165,212 West Bengal
253 Sirsa 182,534 160,735 Haryana
254 Danapur 182,429 131,176 Bihar
255 Serampore 181,842 197,857 West Bengal
256 Sultan Pur Majra 181,554 164,426 Delhi
257 Guna 180,935 137,175 Madhya Pradesh
258 Jaunpur 180,362 160,055 Uttar Pradesh
259 Panvel 180,020 104,058 Maharashtra
260 Shivpuri 179,977 146,892 Madhya Pradesh
261 Surendranagar Dudhrej 177,851 156,161 Gujarat
262 Unnao 177,658 144,662 Uttar Pradesh
263 Hugli-Chuchura 177,259 170,201 West Bengal
264 Badlapur 174,226 97,948 Maharashtra
265 Alappuzha 174,164 177,029 Kerala
266 Kottayam 172,878 129,894 Kerala
267 Gadag-Betageri 172,000 - Karnataka
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[19] Bihar
274 Hindupur 151,835 Andhra Pradesh
275 Sasaram 147,396 131,172[20] Bihar
276 Hajipur 147,126 119,412[21] Bihar
277 Beed 146,709 138,196 Maharashtra
278 Bhimavaram 142,280 ― Andhra Pradesh
279 Dehri 137,068 119,057[20] Bihar
280 Madanapalle 135,669 ― Andhra Pradesh
281 Siwan 134,458 109,919[22] Bihar
282 Bettiah 132,896 116,670[23] Bihar
283 Gondia 132,813 120,902 Maharashtra
284 Guntakal 126,270 ― Andhra Pradesh
285 Srikakulam 125,939 ― Andhra Pradesh
286 Motihari 125,183 100,683[24] Bihar
287 Dharmavaram 121,874 ― Andhra Pradesh
288 Satara 120,195 108,048 Maharashtra
289 Barshi 118,722 104,785 Maharashtra
290 Gudivada 118,167 ― Andhra Pradesh
291 Yavatmal 116,551 120,676 Maharashtra
292 Narasaraopet 116,250 ― Andhra Pradesh
293 Bagaha 113,012 91,467[23] Bihar
294 Achalpur 112,311 107,316 Maharashtra
295 Osmanabad 111,825 80,625 Maharashtra
296 Nandurbar 111,037 94,368 Maharashtra
297 Miryalaguda 109,891 91,395 Telangana
298 Tadipatri 108,171 ― Andhra Pradesh
299 Kishanganj 107,076 85,590[25] Bihar
300 Wardha 106,444 111,118 Maharashtra
301 Karaikudi 106,714 86,596 Tamil Nadu
302 Suryapet 105,250 94,585 Telangana
303 Jamalpur 105,221 96,983[26] Bihar
304 Kavali 104,000 ― Andhra Pradesh
305 Tadepalligudem 103,906 ― Andhra Pradesh
306 Udgir 103,550 91,933 Maharashtra
307 Amaravati 103,000 ― Andhra Pradesh
308 Buxar 102,591 83,168[27] Bihar
309 Jehanabad 102,456 81,503[28] Bihar
310 Hinganghat 101,805 92,342 Maharashtra
311 Aurangabad 101,520 79,393[29] Bihar


See also

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.[5]

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