List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India
List
Table:
Rank

UA[a]

State/Territory

Population (2011)[16]

Population (2001)[15]

1

Mumbai

Maharashtra

18,394,912

16,434,386

2

Delhi

Delhi

16,349,831

12,877,470

3

Kolkata

West Bengal

14,035,959

13,205,697

4

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

8,653,521

6,560,242

5

Bangalore

Karnataka

8,520,435

5,701,446

6

Hyderabad

Telangana

7,677,018

5,742,036

7

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

6,361,084

4,525,013

8

Pune

Maharashtra

5,057,709

3,760,636

9

Surat

Gujarat

4,591,246

2,811,614

10

Jaipur

Rajasthan

3,046,163

2,322,575

11

Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh

2,920,496

2,715,555

12

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

2,902,920

2,245,509

13

Nagpur

Maharashtra

2,497,870

2,129,500

14

Ghaziabad

Uttar Pradesh

2,375,820

968,256

15

Indore

Madhya Pradesh

2,170,295

1,506,062

16

Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu

2,136,916

1,461,139

17

Kochi

Kerala

2,119,724

1,355,972

18

Patna

Bihar

2,049,156

1,697,976

19

Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

2,035,922[17]

1,345,938

20

Kozhikode

Kerala

2,028,399

880,247

21

Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh

1,886,100

1,458,416

22

Thrissur

Kerala

1,861,269

330,122

23

Vadodara

Gujarat

1,822,221

1,491,045

24

Agra

Uttar Pradesh

1,760,285

1,331,339

25

Malappuram

Kerala

1,699,060

170,409

26

Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala

1,679,754

889,635

27

Kannur

Kerala

1,640,986

498,207

28

Ludhiana

Punjab

1,618,879

1,398,467

29

Nashik

Maharashtra

1,561,809

1,152,326

30

Vijayawada

Andhra Pradesh

1,476,931

1,039,518

31

Madurai

Tamil Nadu

1,465,625

1,203,095

32

Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh

1,432,280

1,203,961

33

Meerut

Uttar Pradesh

1,420,902

1,161,716

34

Faridabad

Haryana

1,414,050

1,055,938

35

Rajkot

Gujarat

1,390,640

1,003,015

36

Jamshedpur

Jharkhand

1,339,438

1,104,713

37

Jabalpur

Madhya Pradesh

1,268,848

1,098,000

38

Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir

1,264,202

988,210

39

Gwalior

Madhya Pradesh

1,250,740

1,160,000

40

Vasai-Virar

Maharashtra

1,222,390

41

Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh

1,212,395

1,042,229

42

Dhanbad

Jharkhand

1,196,214

1,065,327

43

Aurangabad

Maharashtra

1,193,167

892,483

44

Kollam

Kerala

1,187,158

402,966

45

Amritsar

Punjab

1,183,549

1,003,917

46

Jodhpur

Rajasthan

1,138,300

860,818

47

Raipur

Chhattisgarh

1,123,558

700,113

48

Ranchi

Jharkhand

1,120,374

863,495

49

Asansol

West Bengal

1,117,740

865,548

50

Bhilai

Chhattisgarh

1,064,222

927,864

51

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

1,055,450

808,515

52

Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu

1,022,518

866,354

53

Kota

Rajasthan

1,001,694

703,150

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