List of cities in India by population explained

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.

List

The list includes the cities and not urban agglomerations.

Definitions:^[1]

• The list is based on population within the boundaries of the respective Municipal Corporations and not the actual urban area.^[2]
• Towns/Cities with populations of (100,000) are categorized as Class-I towns or Cities
• The 46 cities with populations of and above are known as Million Plus UAs or Cities
• The 3 UAs with populations of and above are known as Mega Cities (The census defines the three as Greater Mumbai UA (18.4 million), Delhi UA (16.3 million) and Kolkata UA (14.1 million).)

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)	State or union territory	Reference
Mumbai	12,442,373	11,978,450
Delhi	11,034,555	9,879,172
Bangalore	8,443,675	5,682,293
Hyderabad	6,993,262	5,496,960
	5,577,940	4,470,006
Chennai	4,646,732	4,343,645
Kolkata	4,496,694	4,580,546
	4,467,797	2,788,126
	3,124,458	2,538,473
Jaipur	3,046,163	2,322,575
Lucknow	2,817,105	2,185,927
	2,765,348	2,551,337
	2,405,665	2,052,066
	1,964,086	1,503,237
	1,841,488	1,262,551
Bhopal	1,798,218	1,458,416
	1,728,128	1,345,938
	1,727,692	1,020,448
Patna	1,684,222	1,431,477
	1,670,806	1,338,244
	1,648,643	968,256
	1,618,879	1,398,467
	1,585,704	1,275,134
	1,486,053	1,077,236
	1,414,050	1,055,938
	1,305,429	1,068,772
	1,286,678	967,476
	1,247,327	1,193,512
	1,222,390	518,601
	1,198,491	1,103,952
Srinagar	1,180,570	935,764
	1,175,116	873,311
	1,162,472	1,031,523
	1,132,383	979,801
	1,120,547	704,002
	1,112,544	975,393
	1,077,075	1,007,532
Ranchi	1,073,427	847,093
	1,055,525	951,472
	1,054,420	827,026
	1,050,721	930,882
	1,034,358	941,760
	1,033,756	856,525
	1,017,865	928,869
Raipur	1,010,433	707,469
	1,001,694	703,150

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

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
• List of towns in India by population

External links

• Indian Census Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (archived)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Provisional Population Totals Urban Agglomerations and Cities. Census of India 2011. 30 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418102638/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/1.%20Data%20Highlight.pdf. 2021-04-18.
2. Web site: City definition by census India . censusindia.gov.in . 26 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070617234445/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Metadata/Metada.htm . 17 June 2007 .
3. Web site: 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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230305025821/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42876/download/46544/CLASS_I.xlsx . 2023-03-05 . live . 2023-07-04.