List of cities in India by population
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List of cities in India by population

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Rank	City	Population (2011)	Population (2001)	State or union territory	Ref

1	Mumbai	12,442,373	11,978,450	Maharashtra

2	Delhi	11,034,555	9,879,172	Delhi

3	Bangalore	8,443,675	4,301,326	Karnataka

4	Hyderabad	6,731,790	3,637,483	Telangana

5	Ahmedabad	5,577,940	3,520,085	Gujarat

6	Chennai	4,646,732	4,343,645	Tamil Nadu

7	Kolkata	4,496,694	4,572,876	West Bengal

8	Surat	4,467,797	2,433,835	Gujarat

9	Pune	3,124,458	2,538,473	Maharashtra

10	Jaipur	3,046,163	2,322,575	Rajasthan

11	Lucknow	2,817,105	2,185,927	Uttar Pradesh

12	Kanpur	2,765,348	2,551,337	Uttar Pradesh

13	Nagpur	2,405,665	2,052,066	Maharashtra

14	Indore	1,964,086	1,474,968	Madhya Pradesh

15	Thane	1,841,488	1,262,551	Maharashtra

16	Bhopal	1,798,218	1,437,354	Madhya Pradesh

17	Visakhapatnam	1,728,128	982,904	Andhra Pradesh

18	Pimpri-Chinchwad	1,727,692	1,012,472	Maharashtra

19	Patna	1,684,222	1,366,444	Bihar

20	Vadodara	1,670,806	1,306,227	Gujarat

21	Ghaziabad	1,648,643	968,256	Uttar Pradesh

22	Ludhiana	1,618,879	1,398,467	Punjab

23	Agra	1,585,704	1,275,134	Uttar Pradesh

24	Nashik	1,486,053	1,077,236	Maharashtra

25	Faridabad	1,414,050	1,055,938	Haryana

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According to the 2011 census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in India.

final_sentence: According to the 2011 census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in India.