This is a list of the most populous cities inIndia . Cities are a type ofsub-administrative unit and are defined by theMinistry of Home Affairs . In some cases, cities are bifurcated intomunicipalities , which can lead to cities being included within other cities. This list is based on theCensus of India using data from the2001 census of India and the2011 census of India .
Map Location of Indian cities. Hover over the dot to see the city name with rank in parentheses.
List The list includes the cities and noturban 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 of1lakh (100,000) are categorized asClass-I towns orCities . The 46 cities with populations of1 million and above are known asMillion Plus UA s orCities . The 3UAs with populations of10 million and above are known asMega 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 inbold are the capitals of the respectivestate or union territory andNew Delhi , the capital of India.
City Population[ 3] Population[ 3] [ a] State or union 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]
City Population[ 6] Population State or union 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 Mahesana 184,991 141,453 Gujarat 250 Sambalpur 184,000 153,643 Odisha 251 Raiganj 183,612 165,212 West Bengal 252 Sirsa 182,534 160,735 Haryana 253 Danapur 182,429 131,176 Bihar 254 Serampore 181,842 197,857 West Bengal 255 Sultan Pur Majra 181,554 164,426 Delhi 256 Guna 180,935 137,175 Madhya Pradesh 257 Jaunpur 180,362 160,055 Uttar Pradesh 258 Panvel 180,020 104,058 Maharashtra 259 Shivpuri 179,977 146,892 Madhya Pradesh 260 Surendranagar Dudhrej 177,851 156,161 Gujarat 261 Unnao 177,658 144,662 Uttar Pradesh 262 Hugli-Chuchura 177,259 170,201 West Bengal 263 Badlapur 174,226 97,948 Maharashtra 264 Alappuzha 174,164 177,029 Kerala 265 Kottayam 172,878 129,894 Kerala 266 Gadag-Betageri 172,000 - Karnataka 267 Machilipatnam 169,892 179,353 Andhra Pradesh 268 Shimla 169,578 142,555 Himachal Pradesh 269 Adoni 166,537 Andhra Pradesh 270 Tenali 164,937 Andhra Pradesh 271 Proddatur 162,717 Andhra Pradesh 272 Saharsa 155,175 125,167[ 19] Bihar 273 Hindupur 151,835 Andhra Pradesh 274 Sasaram 147,396 131,172[ 20] Bihar 275 Hajipur 147,126 119,412[ 21] Bihar 276 Beed 146,709 138,196 Maharashtra 277 Bhimavaram 142,280 ― Andhra Pradesh 278 Dehri 137,068 119,057[ 20] Bihar 279 Madanapalle 135,669 ― Andhra Pradesh 280 Siwan 134,458 109,919[ 22] Bihar 281 Bettiah 132,896 116,670[ 23] Bihar 282 Gondia 132,813 120,902 Maharashtra 283 Guntakal 126,270 ― Andhra Pradesh 284 Srikakulam 125,939 ― Andhra Pradesh 285 Motihari 125,183 100,683[ 24] Bihar 286 Dharmavaram 121,874 ― Andhra Pradesh 287 Satara 120,195 108,048 Maharashtra 288 Barshi 118,722 104,785 Maharashtra 289 Gudivada 118,167 ― Andhra Pradesh 290 Yavatmal 116,551 120,676 Maharashtra 291 Narasaraopet 116,250 ― Andhra Pradesh 292 Bagaha 113,012 91,467[ 23] Bihar 293 Achalpur 112,311 107,316 Maharashtra 294 Osmanabad 111,825 80,625 Maharashtra 295 Nandurbar 111,037 94,368 Maharashtra 296 Miryalaguda 109,891 91,395 Telangana 297 Tadipatri 108,171 ― Andhra Pradesh 298 Kishanganj 107,076 85,590[ 25] Bihar 299 Wardha 106,444 111,118 Maharashtra 300 Karaikudi 106,714 86,596 Tamil Nadu 301 Suryapet 105,250 94,585 Telangana 302 Jamalpur 105,221 96,983[ 26] Bihar 303 Kavali 104,000 ― Andhra Pradesh 304 Tadepalligudem 103,906 ― Andhra Pradesh 305 Udgir 103,550 91,933 Maharashtra 306 Amaravati 103,000 ― Andhra Pradesh 307 Buxar 102,591 83,168[ 27] Bihar 308 Jehanabad 102,456 81,503[ 28] Bihar 309 Hinganghat 101,805 92,342 Maharashtra 310 Aurangabad 101,520 79,393[ 29] Bihar
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Notes ^ 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. ^ The merger ofAnakapalle andBheemunipatnam municipalities and 10 villages intoGreater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation was approved in 2013. These population numbers do not reflect that change.[ 5]
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