Vidarbha is an easternmost region of Indian state of Maharashtra comprising Nagpur Division and Amravati Division. It occupies 31.6% of total area and holds 21.3% of total population of Maharashtra.
Nagpur is the largest city of Vidarbha as well as in central India followed by Amravati. A total of 4 cities of Vidarbha region have municipal corporations.
Following is the list of top 30. cities with their populations according to 2011.[1] District headquarters are shown in bold letters.
Rank | Name | District | Type | Population | |
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1 | Nagpur | Nagpur | City | 30,47,000 | |
2 | Amravati | Amravati | City | 647,057 | |
3 | Akola | Akola | City | 425,817 | |
4 | Chandrapur | Chandrapur | City | 320,379 | |
5 | Yavatmal | Yavatmal | City | 275,000 | |
6 | Gondia | Gondia | City | 132,821 | |
7 | Paratwada-Achalpur | Amravati | City | 112,311 | |
8 | Wardha | Wardha | City | 106,444 | |
9 | Hinganghat | Wardha | City | 101,805 | |
10 | Khamgaon | Buldhana | City | 94,191 | |
11 | Akot | Akola | City | 92,637 | |
12 | Bhandara | Bhandara | City | 91,845 | |
13 | Chandrapur | City | 89,452 | ||
14 | Kamptee | Nagpur | U.A | 86,793 | |
15 | Washim | Washim | City | 78,387 | |
16 | Pusad | Yavatmal | City | 73,046 | |
17 | Karanja Lad | Washim | City | 67,907 | |
18 | Malkapur | Buldhana | City | 67,740 | |
19 | Buldhana | Buldhana | City | 67,431 | |
20 | Bhadravati | Chandrapur | City | 60,565 | |
21 | Shegaon | Buldhana | City | 59,672 | |
22 | Wani | Yavatmal | City | 58,840 | |
23 | Chikhli | Buldhana | City | 57,889 | |
24 | Anjangaon | Amravati | City | 56,380 | |
25 | Gadchiroli | Gadchiroli | City | 54,152 | |
26 | Umred | Nagpur | City | 53,971 | |
27 | Warud | Amravati | City | 50,482 | |
28 | Umarkhed | Yavatmal | City | 47,458 | |
29 | Warora | Chandrapur | City | 46,532 | |
30 | Mehkar | Buldhana | City | 45,248 |