# List of cities in India by population

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:
* 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 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) | Population (2001) | State or union territory |
| Mumbai | 12,442,373 | 11,978,450 | Maharashtra |
| Delhi | 11,034,555 | 9,879,172 | Delhi |
| Bengaluru | 8,443,675 | 5,682,293 | Karnataka |
| Hyderabad | 6,993,262 | 5,496,960 | Telangana |
| Ahmedabad | 5,577,940 | 4,470,006 | Gujarat |
| Chennai | 4,646,732 | 4,343,645 | Tamil Nadu |
| Kolkata | 4,496,694 | 4,580,546 | West Bengal |
| Surat | 4,467,797 | 2,788,126 | Gujarat |
| Pune | 3,124,458 | 2,538,473 | Maharashtra |
| Jaipur | 3,046,163 | 2,322,575 | Rajasthan |
| Lucknow | 2,817,105 | 2,185,927 | Uttar Pradesh |
| Kanpur | 2,765,348 | 2,551,337 | Uttar Pradesh |
| Nagpur | 2,405,665 | 2,052,066 | Maharashtra |
| Indore | 1,964,086 | 1,503,237 | Madhya Pradesh |
| Thane | 1,841,488 | 1,262,551 | Maharashtra |
| Bhopal | 1,798,218 | 1,458,416 | Madhya Pradesh |
| Visakhapatnam | 1,728,128 | 1,345,938 | Andhra Pradesh |
| Pimpri-Chinchwad | 1,727,692 | 1,020,448 | Maharashtra |
| Patna | 1,684,222 | 1,431,477 | Bihar |
| Vadodara | 1,670,806 | 1,338,244 | Gujarat |
| Ghaziabad | 1,648,643 | 968,256 | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ludhiana | 1,618,879 | 1,398,467 | Punjab |
| Agra | 1,585,704 | 1,275,134 | Uttar Pradesh |
| Nashik | 1,486,053 | 1,077,236 | Maharashtra |
| Faridabad | 1,414,050 | 1,055,938 | Haryana |
| Meerut | 1,305,429 | 1,068,772 | Uttar Pradesh |
| Rajkot | 1,286,678 | 967,476 | Gujarat |
| Kalyan-Dombivali | 1,247,327 | 1,193,512 | Maharashtra |
| Vasai-Virar | 1,222,390 | 518,601 | Maharashtra |
| Varanasi | 1,198,491 | 1,103,952 | Uttar Pradesh |
| Srinagar | 1,180,570 | 935,764 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Aurangabad | 1,175,116 | 873,311 | Maharashtra |
| Dhanbad | 1,162,472 | 1,031,523 | Jharkhand |
| Amritsar | 1,132,383 | 979,801 | Punjab |
| Navi Mumbai | 1,120,547 | 704,002 | Maharashtra |
| Prayagraj | 1,112,544 | 975,393 | Uttar Pradesh |
| Howrah | 1,077,075 | 1,007,532 | West Bengal |
| Ranchi | 1,073,427 | 847,093 | Jharkhand |
| Jabalpur | 1,055,525 | 951,472 | Madhya Pradesh |
| Gwalior | 1,054,420 | 827,026 | Madhya Pradesh |
| Coimbatore | 1,050,721 | 930,882 | Tamil Nadu |
| Vijayawada | 1,034,358 | 941,760 | Andhra Pradesh |
| Jodhpur | 1,033,756 | 856,525 | Rajasthan |
| Madurai | 1,017,865 | 928,869 | Tamil Nadu |
| Raipur | 1,010,433 | 707,469 | Chhattisgarh |
| Kota | 1,001,694 | 703,150 | Rajasthan |

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

| | City | Population (2011) | Population (2001) | State or union territory |
| 47 | Guwahati | 963,429 | 809,895 | Assam |
| 48 | Chandigarh | 960,787 | 808,515 | Chandigarh |
| 49 | Solapur | 951,118 | 872,478 | Maharashtra |
| 50 | Hubballi-Dharwad | 943,857 | 786,195 | Karnataka |
| 51 | Tiruchirappalli | 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 | 811,844 | 530,636 | Telangana |
| 63 | Thiruvananthapuram | 752,490 | 744,983 | Kerala |
| 64 | Guntur | 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 | 642,381 | 305,058 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 71 | Jamshedpur | 631,364 | 573,096 | Jharkhand |
| 72 | Bhilai | 625,697 | 556,366 | Chhattisgarh |
| 73 | Cuttack | 606,007 | 534,654 | Odisha |
| 74 | Firozabad | 603,797 | 279,102 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 75 | Kochi | 601,574 | 596,473 | Kerala |
| 76 | Nellore | 600,869 | 378,428 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 77 | Bhavnagar | 593,768 | 511,085 | Gujarat |
| 78 | Dehradun | 578,420 | 426,674 | Uttarakhand |
| 79 | Durgapur | 566,937 | 493,405 | West Bengal |
| 80 | Asansol | 564,491 | 475,439 | West Bengal |
| 81 | Rourkela | 552,970 | 430,733 | Odisha |
| 82 | Nanded | 550,564 | 430,733 | Maharashtra |
| 83 | Kolhapur | 549,283 | 493,167 | Maharashtra |
| 84 | Ajmer | 542,580 | 485,575 | Rajasthan |
| 85 | Akola | 537,149 | 400,520 | Maharashtra |
| 86 | Gulbarga | 532,031 | 422,569 | Karnataka |
| 87 | Jamnagar | 529,308 | 443,518 | Gujarat |
| 88 | Ujjain | 515,215 | 430,427 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 89 | Loni | 512,296 | 120,945 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 90 | Siliguri | 509,709 | 472,374 | West Bengal |
| 91 | Jhansi | 507,293 | 383,644 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 92 | Ulhasnagar | 506,937 | 473,731 | Maharashtra |
| 93 | Jammu | 503,690 | 369,959 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 94 | Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad | 502,697 | 436,781 | Maharashtra |
| 95 | Mangalore | 499,486 | 399,565 | Karnataka |
| 96 | Erode | 498,129 | 173,600 | Tamil Nadu |
| 97 | Belgaum | 488,292 | 399,653 | Karnataka |
| 98 | Ambattur | 478,134 | 310,967 | Tamil Nadu |
| 99 | Tirunelveli | 473,637 | 411,831 | Tamil Nadu |
| 100 | Malegaon | 471,006 | 409,403 | Maharashtra |
| 101 | Gaya | 463,454 | 385,432 | Bihar |
| 102 | Jalgaon | 460,468 | 368,618 | Maharashtra |
| 103 | Udaipur | 451,735 | 389,438 | Rajasthan |
| 104 | Maheshtala | 449,423 | 385,266 | West Bengal |
| 105 | Davanagere | 435,128 | 364,523 | Karnataka |
| 106 | Kozhikode | 432,097 | 436,556 | Kerala |
| 107 | Kurnool | 430,214 | 269,122 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 108 | Rajpur Sonarpur | 423,806 | 336,707 | West Bengal |
| 109 | Rajahmundry | 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 | 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 | Sambalpur | 335,761 | 296,662 | Odisha |
| 135 | Bilaspur | 330,106 | 274,917 | Chhattisgarh |
| 136 | Shahjahanpur | 327,975 | 296,662 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 137 | Satara | 326,789 | 228,175 | Maharashtra |
| 138 | Bijapur | 326,360 | 228,175 | Karnataka |
| 139 | Rampur | 325,248 | 281,494 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 140 | Shivamogga | 322,428 | 274,352 | Karnataka |
| 141 | Chandrapur | 321,036 | 289,450 | Maharashtra |
| 142 | Junagadh | 320,250 | 168,686 | Gujarat |
| 143 | Thrissur | 315,596 | 317,526 | Kerala |
| 144 | Alwar | 315,310 | 260,593 | Rajasthan |
| 145 | Bardhaman | 314,638 | 285,602 | West Bengal |
| 146 | Kulti | 313,977 | 289,903 | West Bengal |
| 147 | Kakinada | 325,985 | 296,329 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 148 | Nizamabad | 310,467 | 288,722 | Telangana |
| 149 | Parbhani | 307,191 | 259,329 | Maharashtra |
| 150 | Tumkur | 305,821 | 248,929 | Karnataka |
| 151 | Khammam | 305,000 | 218,689 | Telangana |
| 152 | Ozhukarai | 300,028 | 217,707 | Puducherry |
| 153 | Bihar Sharif | 296,889 | 232,071 | Bihar |
| 154 | Panipat | 294,150 | 261,740 | Haryana |
| 155 | Darbhanga | 294,116 | 267,348 | Bihar |
| 156 | Bally | 291,972 | 260,906 | West Bengal |
| 157 | Aizawl | 291,822 | 228,280 | Mizoram |
| 158 | Dewas | 289,438 | 231,672 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 159 | Ichalkaranji | 287,570 | 257,610 | Maharashtra |
| 160 | Karnal | 286,974 | 210,476 | Haryana |
| 161 | Bathinda | 285,813 | 217,256 | Punjab |
| 162 | Jalna | 285,349 | 235,795 | Maharashtra |
| 163 | Eluru | 283,648 | 190,347 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 164 | Kirari Suleman Nagar | 282,598 | 153,874 | Delhi |
| 165 | Barasat | 283,443 | 231,515 | West Bengal |
| 166 | Purnia | 280,547 | 171,687 | Bihar |
| 167 | Satna | 280,248 | 225,464 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 168 | Mau | 279,060 | 212,657 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 169 | Sonipat | 277,053 | 214,974 | Haryana |
| 170 | Farrukhabad | 275,750 | 228,333 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 171 | Sagar | 273,357 | 232,133 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 172 | Rourkela | 273,217 | 224,601 | Odisha |
| 173 | Durg | 268,679 | 232,517 | Chhattisgarh |
| 174 | Imphal | 264,986 | 221,492 | Manipur |
| 175 | Ratlam | 264,810 | 222,202 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 176 | Hapur | 262,801 | 211,983 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 177 | Arrah | 261,099 | 203,380 | Bihar |
| 178 | Karimnagar | 260,899 | 205,653 | Telangana |
| 179 | Anantapur | 261,004 | 218,808 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 180 | Etawah | 256,838 | 210,453 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 181 | Ambernath | 254,003 | 203,795 | Maharashtra |
| 182 | North Dumdum | 253,625 | 220,042 | West Bengal |
| 183 | Bharatpur | 252,109 | 204,587 | Rajasthan |
| 184 | Begusarai | 251,136 | 93,378 | Bihar |
| 185 | New Delhi | 249,998 | 302,147 | Delhi |
| 186 | Gandhidham | 248,705 | 166,388 | Gujarat |
| 187 | Baranagar | 248,466 | 250,768 | West Bengal |
| 188 | Tiruvottiyur | 248,059 | 212,281 | Tamil Nadu |
| 189 | Puducherry | 241,773 | 220,749 | Puducherry |
| 190 | Sikar | 237,579 | 184,904 | Rajasthan |
| 191 | Thoothukudi | 237,374 | 216,058 | Tamil Nadu |
| 192 | Rewa | 235,422 | 183,274 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 193 | Mirzapur | 233,691 | 205,053 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 194 | Raichur | 232,456 | 207,421 | Karnataka |
| 195 | Pali | 229,956 | 187,641 | Rajasthan |
| 196 | Ramagundam | 229,644 | 236,600 | Telangana |
| 197 | Haridwar | 228,832 | 175,010 | Uttarakhand |
| 198 | Vijayanagaram | 228,025 | 174,324 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 199 | Katihar | 225,982 | 175,169 | Bihar |
| 200 | Nagarcoil | 224,849 | 208,179 | Tamil Nadu |
| 201 | Sri Ganganagar | 224,773 | 210,713 | Rajasthan |
| 202 | Karawal Nagar | 224,666 | 148,549 | Delhi |
| 203 | Mango | 223,805 | 166,125 | Jharkhand |
| 204 | Thanjavur | 222,943 | 215,314 | Tamil Nadu |
| 205 | Bulandshahr | 222,519 | 176,425 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 206 | Uluberia | 222,240 | 202,135 | West Bengal |
| 207 | Murwara | 221,883 | 187,029 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 208 | Sambhal | 220,813 | 182,478 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 209 | Singrauli | 220,257 | 185,190 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 210 | Nadiad | 218,095 | 192,913 | Gujarat |
| 211 | Secunderabad | 217,910 | 206,102 | Telangana |
| 212 | Naihati | 217,900 | 215,303 | West Bengal |
| 213 | Yamunanagar | 216,677 | 189,696 | Haryana |
| 214 | Bidhan Nagar | 215,514 | 164,221 | West Bengal |
| 215 | Pallavaram | 215,417 | 144,623 | Tamil Nadu |
| 216 | Bidar | 214,373 | 172,877 | Karnataka |
| 217 | Munger | 213,303 | 188,050 | Bihar |
| 218 | Panchkula | 211,355 | 140,925 | Haryana |
| 219 | Burhanpur | 210,886 | 193,725 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 220 | Raurkela Industrial Township | 210,317 | 206,693 | Odisha |
| 221 | Kharagpur | 207,604 | 188,761 | West Bengal |
| 222 | Dindigul | 207,327 | 196,955 | Tamil Nadu |
| 223 | Gandhinagar | 206,167 | 195,985 | Gujarat |
| 224 | Hospet | 206,167 | 164,240 | Karnataka |
| 225 | Nangloi Jat | 205,596 | 150,948 | Delhi |
| 226 | Malda | 205,521 | 161,456 | West Bengal |
| 227 | Ongole | 204,746 | 150,471 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 228 | Deoghar | 203,123 | 112,525 | Jharkhand |
| 229 | Chapra | 202,352 | 79,190 | Bihar |
| 230 | Haldia | 200,827 | 170,673 | West Bengal |
| 231 | Khandwa | 200,738 | 172,242 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 232 | Nandyal | 200,516 | 152,676 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 233 | Chittoor | 189,332 | 152,654 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 234 | Morena | 200,482 | 150,959 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 235 | Amroha | 198,471 | 165,129 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 236 | Anand | 198,282 | 130,685 | Gujarat |
| 237 | Bhind | 197,585 | 153,752 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 238 | Bhalswa Jahangir Pur | 197,148 | 152,339 | Delhi |
| 239 | Madhyamgram | 196,127 | 155,451 | West Bengal |
| 240 | Bhiwani | 196,057 | 169,531 | Haryana |
| 241 | Navi Mumbai Panvel Raigad | 195,373 | | Maharashtra |
| 242 | Baharampur | 195,223 | 160,143 | West Bengal |
| 243 | Ambala | 195,153 | 139,279 | Haryana |
| 244 | Morvi | 194,947 | 145,719 | Gujarat |
| 245 | Fatehpur | 193,193 | 151,757 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 246 | Rae Bareli | 191,316 | 169,333 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 247 | Khora | 190,005 | | Uttar Pradesh |
| 248 | Bhusawal | 187,421 | 172,372 | Maharashtra |
| 249 | Orai | 187,137 | 139,318 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 250 | Bahraich | 186,223 | 168,323 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 251 | Vellore | 185,803 | 177,230 | Tamil Nadu |
| 252 | Mahesana | 184,991 | 141,453 | Gujarat |
| 253 | Sambalpur | 184,000 | 153,643 | Orissa |
| 254 | Raiganj | 183,612 | 165,212 | West Bengal |
| 255 | Sirsa | 182,534 | 160,735 | Haryana |
| 256 | Danapur | 182,429 | 131,176 | Bihar |
| 257 | Serampore | 181,842 | 197,857 | West Bengal |
| 258 | Sultan Pur Majra | 181,554 | 164,426 | Delhi |
| 259 | Guna | 180,935 | 137,175 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 260 | Jaunpur | 180,362 | 160,055 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 261 | Panvel | 180,020 | 104,058 | Maharashtra |
| 262 | Shivpuri | 179,977 | 146,892 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 263 | Surendranagar Dudhrej | 177,851 | 156,161 | Gujarat |
| 264 | Unnao | 177,658 | 144,662 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 265 | Hugli and Chinsurah | 177,259 | 170,201 | West Bengal |
| 266 | Alappuzha | 174,164 | 177,029 | Kerala |
| 267 | Kottayam | 172,878 | 129,894 | Kerala |
| 268 | Machilipatnam | 169,892 | 179,353 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 269 | Shimla | 169,578 | 142,555 | Himachal Pradesh |
| 270 | Adoni | 166,537 | | Andhra Pradesh |
| 271 | Tenali | 164,937 | | Andhra Pradesh |
| 272 | Proddatur | 162,717 | | Andhra Pradesh |
| 273 | Saharsa | 155,175 | 125,167 | Bihar |
| 274 | Hindupur | 151,835 | | Andhra Pradesh |
| 275 | Sasaram | 147,396 | 131,172 | Bihar |
| 276 | Hajipur | 147,126 | 119,412 | Bihar |
| 277 | Bhimavaram | 142,280 | ― | Andhra Pradesh |
| 278 | Dehri | 137,068 | 119,057 | Bihar |
| 279 | Madanapalle | 135,669 | ― | Andhra Pradesh |
| 280 | Siwan | 134,458 | 109,919 | Bihar |
| 281 | Bettiah | 132,896 | 116,670 | Bihar |
| 282 | Guntakal | 126,270 | ― | Andhra Pradesh |
| 283 | Srikakulam | 125,939 | ― | Andhra Pradesh |
| 284 | Motihari | 125,183 | 100,683 | Bihar |
| 285 | Dharmavaram | 121,874 | ― | Andhra Pradesh |
| 286 | Gudivada | 118,167 | ― | Andhra Pradesh |
| 287 | Narasaraopet | 116,250 | ― | Andhra Pradesh |
| 288 | Bagaha | 113,012 | 91,467 | Bihar |
| 289 | Miryalaguda | 109,891 | 91,395 | Telangana |
| 290 | Tadipatri | 108,171 | ― | Andhra Pradesh |
| 291 | Kishanganj | 107,076 | 85,590 | Bihar |
| 292 | Karaikudi | 106,714 | 86,596 | Tamil Nadu |
| 293 | Suryapet | 105,250 | 94,585 | Telangana |
| 294 | Jamalpur | 105,221 | 96,983 | Bihar |
| 295 | Kavali | 104,000 | ― | Andhra Pradesh |
| 296 | Tadepalligudem | 103,906 | ― | Andhra Pradesh |
| 297 | Amaravati | 103,000 | ― | Andhra Pradesh |
| 298 | Buxar | 102,591 | 83,168 | Bihar |
| 299 | Jehanabad | 102,456 | 81,503 | Bihar |
| 300 | Aurangabad | 101,520 | 79,393 | Bihar |