List of cities in India by population
Map of Indian cities. Hover over the dot to see the city name with rank in parentheses.
There are 496 cities in India with a population of over 100,000, of which 46 cities have a population of over 1,000,000. Mumbai is the most populated city followed by Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
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. India conducts decennial censuses with the two most recent being the 2001 census of India and the 2011 census of India.
- 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 (urban agglomerations) or Cities.
- The 3 UAs with populations of 10 million and above are known as Mega Cities.
List of cities above 100,000
See also
Notes
- ↑ As per the 2011 Census.
- ↑ The 2027 census of India was originally set for 2021, but due to the Covid pandemic, it was delayed.
- ↑ The census defines the three as Greater Mumbai UA (18.4 million), Delhi UA (16.3 million) and Kolkata UA (14.1 million). See List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India.
References
- General
- Indian Census Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India
- "A-04 : Towns and urban agglomerations classified by population size class in 2011 with variation between 1901 and 2011 - Class I (population of 100,000 and above)". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- Specific
- 1 2 Vishwanath, Tara; Lall, Somik V.; Dowall, David; Lozano-Gracia, Nancy; Sharma, Siddharth; Wang, Hyoung Gun (2013). "Urbanization beyond Municipal Boundaries: Nurturing Metropolitan Economies and Connecting Peri-Urban Areas in India" (PDF). Directions in Development. Washington, DC: World Bank. pp. 21, 24–26. doi:10.1596/978-0-8213-9840-1. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ PTI (16 September 2020). "Parliament proceedings | First phase of Census postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak: Govt". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
- ↑ "City definition by census India". Census of India. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Urban Agglomerations and Cities" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2016.