page_title: List of settlements in India
section_title: V
hierarchical_section_title: List of settlements in India / V
caption_attribution_description: Ahilya Ghat by the Ganges, Varanasi, named after Ahilya Bai Holkar, (ruled 1767-1795) also known as the Philosopher Queen, the a Holkar dynasty Queen of the Malwa kingdom, India.
context_page_description: This is a list of cities and towns in India.
  According to the data from the Census of 2011, cities and towns can be broadly classified as:
  Class I: 100,000 and above
  Class II: 5 to 10 people
  Class III: 20,000 to 49,999
  Class IV: 10,000 to 19,999
  Class V: 5,000 to 9,999
  Class VI: Less than 5,000 persons
caption: View of Varanasi from Ganges
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