List of cities in India by population

This article is about cities (towns with Class-I status or population with 100,000 and above). For towns under 100,000 population, see List of towns in India by population. For urban agglomerations, see List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India.

Location of Indian cities. Hover over the dot to see the city name with rank in parentheses.

There are 496 cities in India with a population of over 100,000, of which 46 cities have a population of over 1,000,000. Mumbai is the most populated city followed by Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

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.

• The list is based on population within the boundaries of the respective Municipal Corporations and not the actual urban area.
• Towns/Cities with populations of 1 lakh (100,000) are categorized as Class-I towns or Cities.
• The 46 cities with populations of 1 million and above are known as Million Plus UAs or Cities.
• The 3 UAs with populations of 10 million and above are known as Mega Cities.

The cities listed in bold are the capitals of the respective states and union territories and, the national capital New Delhi.

List of cities with population above 1,000,000

Name	State or Union territory	Population
		2001 Census	2011 Census	Change
Mumbai	Maharashtra	11,978,450	12,442,373	+3.9%
Delhi	Delhi	9,879,172	11,034,555	+11.7%
Bengaluru	Karnataka	5,682,293	8,443,675	+48.6%
Hyderabad	Telangana	5,496,960	6,993,262	+27.2%
Chennai	Tamil Nadu	4,343,645	6,748,026	+55.4%
Ahmedabad	Gujarat	4,470,006	5,577,940	+24.8%
Kolkata	West Bengal	4,580,546	4,496,694	−1.8%
Surat	Gujarat	2,788,126	4,467,797	+60.2%
Pune	Maharashtra	2,538,473	3,124,458	+23.1%
Jaipur	Rajasthan	2,322,575	3,046,163	+31.2%
Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	2,185,927	2,817,105	+28.9%
Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	2,551,337	2,765,348	+8.4%
Nagpur	Maharashtra	2,052,066	2,405,665	+17.2%
Indore	Madhya Pradesh	1,503,237	1,964,086	+30.7%
Thane	Maharashtra	1,262,551	1,841,488	+45.9%
Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	1,458,416	1,798,218	+23.3%
Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	1,345,938	1,728,128	+28.4%
Pimpri-Chinchwad	Maharashtra	1,020,448	1,727,692	+69.3%
Patna	Bihar	1,431,477	1,684,222	+17.7%
Vadodara	Gujarat	1,338,244	1,670,806	+24.9%
Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh	968,256	1,648,643	+70.3%
Ludhiana	Punjab	1,398,467	1,618,879	+15.8%
Agra	Uttar Pradesh	1,275,134	1,585,704	+24.4%
Nashik	Maharashtra	1,077,236	1,486,053	+38.0%
Faridabad	Haryana	1,055,938	1,414,050	+33.9%
Meerut	Uttar Pradesh	1,068,772	1,305,429	+22.1%
Rajkot	Gujarat	967,476	1,286,678	+33.0%
Kalyan-Dombivli	Maharashtra	1,193,512	1,247,327	+4.5%
Vasai-Virar	Maharashtra	518,601	1,222,390	+135.7%
Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	1,103,952	1,198,491	+8.6%
Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir	935,764	1,180,570	+26.2%
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar	Maharashtra	873,311	1,175,116	+34.6%
Dhanbad	Jharkhand	1,031,523	1,162,472	+12.7%
Amritsar	Punjab	979,801	1,132,383	+15.6%
Navi Mumbai	Maharashtra	704,002	1,120,547	+59.2%
Prayagraj	Uttar Pradesh	975,393	1,112,544	+14.1%
Howrah	West Bengal	1,007,532	1,077,075	+6.9%
Ranchi	Jharkhand	847,093	1,073,427	+26.7%
Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh	951,472	1,055,525	+10.9%
Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	827,026	1,054,420	+27.5%
Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	930,882	1,050,721	+12.9%
Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh	941,760	1,034,358	+9.8%
Jodhpur	Rajasthan	856,525	1,033,756	+20.7%
Madurai	Tamil Nadu	928,869	1,017,865	+9.6%
Raipur	Chhattisgarh	707,469	1,010,433	+42.8%
Kota	Rajasthan	703,150	1,001,694	+42.5%
Total		95,058,803	115,982,957	+22.0%
India		1,028,737,436	1,210,854,977	+17.7%

List of cities with population from 100,000 to 1,000,000

Name	State or Union territory	Population
		2001 Census	2011 Census	Change
Chandigarh	Chandigarh	808,515	961,587	+18.9%
Guwahati	Assam	809,895	957,352	+18.2%
Solapur	Maharashtra	872,478	951,558	+9.1%
Hubli–Dharwad	Karnataka	786,195	943,788	+20.0%
Bareilly	Uttar Pradesh	344,543	903,668	+162.3%
Mysore	Karnataka	755,379	893,062	+18.2%
Moradabad	Uttar Pradesh	641,583	887,871	+38.4%
Gurgaon	Haryana	173,542	876,969	+405.3%
Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh	669,087	874,408	+30.7%
Jalandhar	Punjab	706,043	862,886	+22.2%
Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	752,066	847,387	+12.7%
Bhubaneswar	Odisha	648,032	843,402	+30.1%
Salem	Tamil Nadu	696,760	829,267	+19.0%
Mira-Bhayandar	Maharashtra	520,388	809,378	+55.5%
Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	744,983	743,691	−0.2%
Bhiwandi	Maharashtra	598,741	711,329	+18.8%
Saharanpur	Uttar Pradesh	455,754	705,478	+54.8%
Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh	622,701	673,446	+8.1%
Guntur	Andhra Pradesh	514,461	647,508	+25.9%
Amravati	Maharashtra	549,510	647,057	+17.8%
Bikaner	Rajasthan	529,690	644,406	+21.7%
Noida (town)	Uttar Pradesh	305,058	637,272	+108.9%
Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	573,096	631,364	+10.2%
Bhilai	Chhattisgarh	556,366	625,700	+12.5%
Warangal	Telangana	530,636	615,998	+16.1%
Cuttack	Odisha	534,654	610,189	+14.1%
Firozabad	Uttar Pradesh	279,102	604,214	+116.5%
Kochi	Kerala	596,473	602,046	+0.9%
Bhavnagar	Gujarat	511,085	593,368	+16.1%
Dehradun	Uttarakhand	426,674	569,578	+33.5%
Durgapur	West Bengal	493,405	566,517	+14.8%
Asansol	West Bengal	475,439	563,917	+18.6%
Nanded Waghala	Maharashtra	430,733	550,439	+27.8%
Kolhapur	Maharashtra	493,167	549,236	+11.4%
Ajmer	Rajasthan	485,575	542,321	+11.7%
Kalaburagi	Karnataka	422,569	533,587	+26.3%
Loni	Uttar Pradesh	120,945	516,082	+326.7%
Ujjain	Madhya Pradesh	430,427	515,215	+19.7%
Siliguri	West Bengal	472,374	513,264	+8.7%
Ulhasnagar	Maharashtra	473,731	506,098	+6.8%
Jhansi	Uttar Pradesh	383,644	505,693	+31.8%
Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad	Maharashtra	436,781	502,793	+15.1%
Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	369,959	502,197	+35.7%
Nellore	Andhra Pradesh	378,428	499,575	+32.0%
Mangalore	Karnataka	399,565	488,968	+22.4%
Belgaum	Karnataka	399,653	488,157	+22.1%
Jamnagar	Gujarat	443,518	479,920	+8.2%
Tirunelveli	Tamil Nadu	411,831	473,637	+15.0%
Malegaon	Maharashtra	409,403	471,312	+15.1%
Gaya	Bihar	385,432	468,614	+21.6%
Ambattur	Tamil Nadu	310,967	466,205	+49.9%
Jalgaon	Maharashtra	368,618	460,228	+24.9%
Udaipur	Rajasthan	389,438	451,100	+15.8%
Maheshtala	West Bengal	385,266	448,317	+16.4%
Tiruppur	Tamil Nadu	718,395	444,352	−38.1%
Davanagere	Karnataka	364,523	434,971	+19.3%
Kozhikode	Kerala	436,556	431,560	−1.1%
Kurnool	Andhra Pradesh	269,122	430,214	+59.9%
Akola	Maharashtra	400,520	425,817	+6.3%
Rajpur Sonarpur	West Bengal	336,707	424,368	+26.0%
Bokaro	Jharkhand	393,805	414,820	+5.3%
Bellary	Karnataka	316,766	410,445	+29.6%
Patiala	Punjab	303,151	406,192	+34.0%
South Dumdum	West Bengal	392,444	403,316	+2.8%
Gopalpur	West Bengal	271,811	400,146	+47.2%
Bhagalpur	Bihar	340,767	398,138	+16.8%
Agartala	Tripura	271,811	400,004	+47.2%
Muzaffarnagar	Uttar Pradesh	316,729	392,768	+24.0%
Bhatpara	West Bengal	442,385	383,762	−13.3%
Latur	Maharashtra	299,985	382,940	+27.7%
Panihati	West Bengal	348,438	377,347	+8.3%
Dhule	Maharashtra	341,755	375,559	+9.9%
Rohtak	Haryana	286,807	374,292	+30.5%
Korba	Chhattisgarh	315,690	363,390	+15.1%
Bhilwara	Rajasthan	280,128	359,483	+28.3%
Berhampur	Odisha	307,792	356,598	+15.9%
Muzaffarpur	Bihar	305,525	354,462	+16.0%
Ahilyanagar	Maharashtra	307,615	350,859	+14.1%
Mathura	Uttar Pradesh	302,770	349,909	+15.6%
Kollam	Kerala	361,560	348,657	−3.6%
Avadi	Tamil Nadu	229,403	345,996	+50.3%
Kadapa	Andhra Pradesh	125,725	343,054	+172.9%
Rajahmundry	Andhra Pradesh	315,251	341,831	+8.4%
Bilaspur	Chhattisgarh	274,917	331,030	+20.4%
Kamarhati	West Bengal	314,507	330,211	+5.0%
Shahjahanpur	Uttar Pradesh	296,662	329,736	+11.1%
Bijapur	Karnataka	228,175	327,427	+43.5%
Rampur	Uttar Pradesh	281,494	325,313	+15.6%
Shivamogga	Karnataka	274,352	322,650	+17.6%
Chandrapur	Maharashtra	289,450	320,379	+10.7%
Junagadh	Gujarat	168,686	319,462	+89.4%
Thrissur	Kerala	317,526	315,957	−0.5%
Alwar	Rajasthan	260,593	315,379	+21.0%
Bardhaman	West Bengal	285,602	314,265	+10.0%
Kulti	West Bengal	289,903	313,809	+8.2%
Kakinada	Andhra Pradesh	296,329	312,538	+5.5%
Nizamabad	Telangana	288,722	311,152	+7.8%
Parbhani	Maharashtra	259,329	307,170	+18.4%
Tumkur	Karnataka	248,929	302,143	+21.4%
Hisar	Haryana	—	301,383	—
Ozhukarai	Puducherry	217,707	300,104	+37.8%
Bihar Sharif	Bihar	232,071	297,268	+28.1%
Darbhanga	Bihar	267,348	296,039	+10.7%
Panipat	Haryana	261,740	294,292	+12.4%
Aizawl	Mizoram	228,280	293,416	+28.5%
Bally	West Bengal	260,906	293,373	+12.4%
Dewas	Madhya Pradesh	231,672	289,550	+25.0%
Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh	228,202	287,482	+26.0%
Ichalkaranji	Maharashtra	257,610	287,353	+11.5%
Karnal	Haryana	210,476	286,827	+36.3%
Bathinda	Punjab	217,256	285,788	+31.5%
Jalna	Maharashtra	235,795	285,577	+21.1%
Kirari Suleman Nagar	Delhi	153,874	283,211	+84.1%
Purnia	Bihar	171,687	282,248	+64.4%
Satna	Madhya Pradesh	225,464	280,222	+24.3%
Maunath Bhanjan	Uttar Pradesh	212,657	278,745	+31.1%
Barasat	West Bengal	231,515	278,435	+20.3%
Sonipat	Haryana	214,974	278,149	+29.4%
Farrukhabad	Uttar Pradesh	228,333	276,581	+21.1%
Sagar	Madhya Pradesh	232,133	273,296	+17.7%
Rourkela	Odisha	224,601	272,721	+21.4%
Durg	Chhattisgarh	232,517	268,806	+15.6%
Imphal	Manipur	221,492	268,243	+21.1%
Ratlam	Madhya Pradesh	222,202	264,914	+19.2%
Hapur	Uttar Pradesh	211,983	262,983	+24.1%
Arrah	Bihar	203,380	261,430	+28.5%
Karimnagar	Telangana	205,653	261,185	+27.0%
Anantapur	Andhra Pradesh	218,808	261,004	+19.3%
New Delhi	Delhi	302,147	257,803	−14.7%
Etawah	Uttar Pradesh	210,453	256,838	+22.0%
Ambarnath	Maharashtra	203,795	253,475	+24.4%
Bharatpur	Rajasthan	204,587	252,342	+23.3%
Begusarai	Bihar	93,378	252,008	+169.9%
Tiruvottiyur	Tamil Nadu	212,281	249,446	+17.5%
North Dumdum	West Bengal	220,042	249,142	+13.2%
Gandhidham	Gujarat	166,388	247,992	+49.0%
Baranagar	West Bengal	250,768	245,213	−2.2%
Puducherry	Puducherry	220,749	244,377	+10.7%
Thoothukudi	Tamil Nadu	216,058	237,830	+10.1%
Sikar	Rajasthan	184,904	237,532	+28.5%
Rewa	Madhya Pradesh	183,274	235,654	+28.6%
Mirzapur	Uttar Pradesh	205,053	234,871	+14.5%
Raichur	Karnataka	207,421	234,073	+12.8%
Pali	Rajasthan	187,641	230,075	+22.6%
Ramagundam	Telangana	236,600	229,644	−2.9%
Haridwar	Uttarakhand	175,010	228,832	+30.8%
Vijayanagaram	Andhra Pradesh	174,324	228,025	+30.8%
Katihar	Bihar	175,169	226,261	+29.2%
Nagercoil	Tamil Nadu	208,179	224,849	+8.0%
Sri Ganganagar	Rajasthan	210,713	224,532	+6.6%
Karawal Nagar	Delhi	148,549	224,281	+51.0%
Mango	Jharkhand	166,125	223,805	+34.7%
Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu	215,314	222,943	+3.5%
Bulandshahr	Uttar Pradesh	176,425	222,519	+26.1%
Uluberia	West Bengal	202,135	222,240	+9.9%
Murwara	Madhya Pradesh	187,029	221,883	+18.6%
Sambhal	Uttar Pradesh	182,478	220,813	+21.0%
Singrauli	Madhya Pradesh	185,190	220,257	+18.9%
Nadiad	Gujarat	192,913	218,095	+13.1%
Secunderabad	Telangana	206,102	217,910	+5.7%
Naihati	West Bengal	215,303	217,900	+1.2%
Yamunanagar	Haryana	189,696	216,677	+14.2%
Bidhan Nagar	West Bengal	164,221	215,514	+31.2%
Pallavaram	Tamil Nadu	144,623	215,417	+49.0%
Bidar	Karnataka	172,877	214,373	+24.0%
Munger	Bihar	188,050	213,303	+13.4%
Panchkula	Haryana	140,925	211,355	+50.0%
Burhanpur	Madhya Pradesh	193,725	210,886	+8.9%
Raurkela Industrial Township	Odisha	206,693	210,317	+1.8%
Kharagpur	West Bengal	188,761	207,604	+10.0%
Dindigul	Tamil Nadu	196,955	207,327	+5.3%
Gandhinagar	Gujarat	195,985	206,167	+5.2%
Hospet	Karnataka	164,240	206,167	+25.5%
Nangloi Jat	Delhi	150,948	205,596	+36.2%
Malda	West Bengal	161,456	205,521	+27.3%
Ongole	Andhra Pradesh	150,471	204,746	+36.1%
Eluru	Andhra Pradesh	190,347	203,780	+7.1%
Deoghar	Jharkhand	112,525	203,123	+80.5%
Chapra	Bihar	79,190	202,352	+155.5%
Haldia	West Bengal	170,673	200,827	+17.7%
Khandwa	Madhya Pradesh	172,242	200,738	+16.5%
Puri	Odisha	—	200,564	—
Nandyal	Andhra Pradesh	152,676	200,516	+31.3%
Morena	Madhya Pradesh	150,959	200,482	+32.8%
Amroha	Uttar Pradesh	165,129	198,471	+20.2%
Anand	Gujarat	130,685	198,282	+51.7%
Bhind	Madhya Pradesh	153,752	197,585	+28.5%
Bhalswa Jahangir Pur	Delhi	152,339	197,148	+29.4%
Madhyamgram	West Bengal	155,451	196,127	+26.2%
Bhiwani	Haryana	169,531	196,057	+15.6%
Panvel	Maharashtra	104,058	195,373	+87.8%
Baharampur	West Bengal	160,143	195,223	+21.9%
Ambala	Haryana	139,279	195,153	+40.1%
Morvi	Gujarat	145,719	194,947	+33.8%
Fatehpur	Uttar Pradesh	151,757	193,193	+27.3%
Raebareli	Uttar Pradesh	169,333	191,316	+13.0%
Khora	Uttar Pradesh	—	190,005	—
Bhusawal	Maharashtra	172,372	187,421	+8.7%
Orai	Uttar Pradesh	139,318	187,137	+34.3%
Bahraich	Uttar Pradesh	168,323	186,223	+10.6%
Vellore	Tamil Nadu	177,230	185,803	+4.8%
Mahesana	Gujarat	141,453	184,991	+30.8%
Khammam	Telangana	218,689	184,210	−15.8%
Sambalpur	Odisha	153,643	184,000	+19.8%
Raiganj	West Bengal	165,212	183,612	+11.1%
Sirsa	Haryana	160,735	182,534	+13.6%
Danapur	Bihar	131,176	182,429	+39.1%
Serampore	West Bengal	197,857	181,842	−8.1%
Sultan Pur Majra	Delhi	164,426	181,554	+10.4%
Guna	Madhya Pradesh	137,175	180,935	+31.9%
Jaunpur	Uttar Pradesh	160,055	180,362	+12.7%
Shivpuri	Madhya Pradesh	146,892	179,977	+22.5%
Surendranagar Dudhrej	Gujarat	156,161	177,851	+13.9%
Unnao	Uttar Pradesh	144,662	177,658	+22.8%
Hugli-Chuchura	West Bengal	170,201	177,259	+4.1%
Sitapur	Uttar Pradesh	—	177,234	—
Hastsal	Delhi	—	176,877	—
Tambaram	Tamil Nadu	—	174,787	—
Adityapur	Jharkhand	—	174,355	—
Badlapur	Maharashtra	97,948	174,226	+77.9%
Alappuzha	Kerala	177,029	174,176	−1.6%
Cuddalore	Tamil Nadu	—	173,636	—
Silchar	Assam	—	172,830	—
Gadag-Betageri	Karnataka	—	172,612	—
Bahadurgarh	Haryana	—	170,767	—
Machilipatnam	Andhra Pradesh	179,353	169,892	−5.3%
Shimla	Himachal Pradesh	142,555	169,578	+19.0%
Medinipur	West Bengal	—	169,264	—
Deoli	Delhi	—	169,122	—
Bharuch	Gujarat	—	169,007	—
Hoshiarpur	Punjab	—	168,653	—
Jind	Haryana	—	167,592	—
Chandannagar	West Bengal	—	166,867	—
Adoni	Andhra Pradesh	—	166,344	—
Tonk	Rajasthan	—	165,294	—
Faizabad	Uttar Pradesh	—	165,228	—
Tenali	Andhra Pradesh	—	164,937	—
Alandur	Tamil Nadu	—	164,430	—
Kancheepuram	Tamil Nadu	—	164,384	—
Vapi	Gujarat	—	163,630	—
Rajnandgaon	Chhattisgarh	—	163,114	—
Proddatur	Andhra Pradesh	—	162,717	—
Navsari	Gujarat	—	160,941	—
Budaun	Uttar Pradesh	—	159,285	—
Uttarpara Kotrung	West Bengal	—	159,147	—
Mahbubnagar	Andhra Pradesh	—	157,733	—
Erode	Tamil Nadu	173,600	157,101	−9.5%
Batala	Punjab	—	156,619	—
Saharsa	Bihar	125,167	156,540	+25.1%
Haldwani—Kathgodam	Uttarakhand	—	156,078	—
Vidisha	Madhya Pradesh	125,453	155,951	+24.3%
Thanesar	Haryana	—	155,152	—
Kishangarh	Rajasthan	—	154,886	—
Hindupur	Andhra Pradesh	—	151,835	—
Veraval	Gujarat	141,250	185,797	+31.5%
Chittoor	Andhra Pradesh	152,654	189,332	+24.0%
Sasaram	Bihar	131,172	147,396	+12.4%
Hajipur	Bihar	119,412	147,126	+23.2%
Beed	Maharashtra	138,196	146,709	+6.2%
Bhimavaram	Andhra Pradesh	—	142,280	—
Dehri	Bihar	119,057	137,068	+15.1%
Madanapalle	Andhra Pradesh	—	135,669	—
Siwan	Bihar	109,919	134,458	+22.3%
Bettiah	Bihar	116,670	132,896	+13.9%
Gondia	Maharashtra	120,902	132,813	+9.9%
Guntakal	Andhra Pradesh	—	126,270	—
Srikakulam	Andhra Pradesh	—	125,939	—
Motihari	Bihar	100,683	125,183	+24.3%
Dharmavaram	Andhra Pradesh	—	121,874	—
Satara	Maharashtra	108,048	120,195	+11.2%
Barshi	Maharashtra	104,785	118,722	+13.3%
Gudivada	Andhra Pradesh	—	118,167	—
Yavatmal	Maharashtra	120,676	116,551	−3.4%
Narasaraopet	Andhra Pradesh	—	116,250	—
Bagaha	Bihar	91,467	113,012	+23.6%
Achalpur	Maharashtra	107,316	112,311	+4.7%
Osmanabad	Maharashtra	80,625	111,825	+38.7%
Nandurbar	Maharashtra	94,368	111,037	+17.7%
Miryalaguda	Telangana	91,395	109,891	+20.2%
Tadipatri	Andhra Pradesh	—	108,171	—
Kishanganj	Bihar	85,590	107,076	+25.1%
Wardha	Maharashtra	111,118	106,444	−4.2%
Karaikudi	Tamil Nadu	86,596	106,714	+23.2%
Suryapet	Telangana	94,585	105,250	+11.3%
Jamalpur	Bihar	96,983	105,221	+8.5%
Kavali	Andhra Pradesh	—	104,000	—
Tadepalligudem	Andhra Pradesh	—	103,906	—
Udgir	Maharashtra	91,933	103,550	+12.6%
Amaravati	Andhra Pradesh	—	103,000	—
Buxar	Bihar	83,168	102,591	+23.4%
Jehanabad	Bihar	81,503	102,456	+25.7%
Greater Noida	Uttar Pradesh	—	102,054	—
Hinganghat	Maharashtra	92,342	101,805	+10.2%
Aurangabad	Bihar	79,393	101,520	+27.9%
Total:		66,468,649	85,555,425	+28.7%
India		1,028,737,436	1,210,854,977	+17.7%

See also

• List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India
• List of metropolitan areas in India
• List of states and union territories of India by population

References

General

• Indian Census Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
  • "A-04 : Towns and urban agglomerations classified by population size class in 2011 with variation between 1901 and 2011 - Class I (population of 100,000 and above)". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

Specific