the entire work of this article is based on census of india, 2011, conducted by the office of the registrar general and census commissioner, india under ministry of home affairs (india), government of india. ==city or town categorization== city: towns with population of 100,000 and above are called cities. statutory town (st): all places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee etc. census town (ct): a town according to indian census is defined as (a). minimum 5000 people populate census (b). 75% male population working other than agricultural pursuits (c). density of population = 400 /km2 population size-class *class i: 100,000 and above *class ii: 50,000 to 99,999 *class iii: 20,000 to 49,999 *class iv: 10,000 to 19,999 *class v: 5,000 to 9,999 *class vi: below 5,000 ==abbreviations== {| class="wikitable" rowspan="2" |- |*: capital city of a state |c.b: cantonment board / cantonment |- |c.m.c: city municipal council |c.t: census town |- |e.o: estate office |g.p: gram panchayat |- |i.n.a: industrial notified area |i.t.s: industrial township |- |m: municipality |m.b: municipal board |- |m.c: municipal committee |m.cl: municipal council |- |m.corp: municipal corporation / corporation |n.a: notified area |- |n.a.c: notified area committee / notified area council |n.p: nagar panchayat |- |n.p.p: nagar palika parishad |n.pd: nagar parishad |- |n.t: notified town |n.t.a: notified town area |- |o.t.: out growth |s.t.c: small town committee |- |t.c: town committee / town area committee |t.m.c: town municipal council |- |t.p: town panchayat (t.p.) |t.s.: township |} sources: * abbreviation reference * cities with 1 lakh and above population * census india{{cite web|title=census of india:search details|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/sear
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