India's cities at a glance
Updated October 2026
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India has 53 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 511 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Mumbai with 12,691,836 people, followed by Delhi (11,034,555) and Bengaluru (8,495,492). The three largest cities together hold about 2.2% of the country's 1.48 billion people.
By region, the most large cities are in Uttar Pradesh (59), West Bengal (52), Maharashtra (47).
Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the India population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the India atlas.
India cities by population
511 cities · GeoNames · city proper
| # | City | Region | Population | Share of India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 12,691,836 | 0.9% |
| 2 | Delhi | Delhi | 11,034,555 | 0.7% |
| 3 | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 8,495,492 | 0.6% |
| 4 | Hyderabad | Telangana | 6,993,262 | 0.5% |
| 5 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 6,357,693 | 0.4% |
| 6 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 4,681,087 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Kolkata | West Bengal | 4,631,392 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Surat | Gujarat | 4,591,246 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Pune | Maharashtra | 3,124,458 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 3,046,163 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 2,823,249 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 2,472,011 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Nagpur | Maharashtra | 2,405,665 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 2,136,916 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 1,994,397 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Thāne | Maharashtra | 1,841,488 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Vadodara | Gujarat | 1,822,221 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 1,798,218 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Rasapūdipalem | Andhra Pradesh | 1,728,128 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Pimpri-Chinchwad | Maharashtra | 1,727,692 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Patna | Bihar | 1,684,297 | 0.1% |
| 22 | Kallakurichi | Tamil Nadu | 1,682,687 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Ludhiana | Punjab | 1,618,879 | 0.1% |
| 24 | Nashik | Maharashtra | 1,486,053 | 0.1% |
| 25 | Madurai | Tamil Nadu | 1,465,625 | 0.1% |
| 26 | Tirunelveli | Tamil Nadu | 1,435,844 | 0.1% |
| 27 | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 1,430,055 | 0.1% |
| 28 | Faridabad | Haryana | 1,414,050 | 0.1% |
| 29 | Rājkot | Gujarat | 1,390,640 | 0.1% |
| 30 | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | 1,339,438 | 0.1% |
| 31 | Pimpri | Maharashtra | 1,284,606 | 0.1% |
| 32 | Kalyān | Maharashtra | 1,262,255 | 0.1% |
| 33 | Dombivali | Maharashtra | 1,247,327 | 0.1% |
| 34 | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | 1,223,184 | 0.1% |
| 35 | Virār | Maharashtra | 1,222,390 | 0.1% |
| 36 | Nowrangapur | Odisha | 1,220,946 | 0.1% |
| 37 | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | 1,206,419 | 0.1% |
| 38 | Ghāziābād | Uttar Pradesh | 1,199,191 | 0.1% |
| 39 | Dhanbad | Jharkhand | 1,196,214 | 0.1% |
| 40 | Aurangabad | Maharashtra | 1,175,116 | 0.1% |
| 41 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 1,164,404 | 0.1% |
| 42 | Amritsar | Punjab | 1,159,227 | 0.1% |
| 43 | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh | 1,143,232 | 0.1% |
| 44 | Ranchi | Jharkhand | 1,120,374 | 0.1% |
| 45 | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh | 1,081,677 | 0.1% |
| 46 | Prayagraj | Uttar Pradesh | 1,073,438 | 0.1% |
| 47 | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | 1,063,178 | 0.1% |
| 48 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan | 1,056,191 | 0.1% |
| 49 | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | 1,054,420 | 0.1% |
| 50 | Howrah | West Bengal | 1,027,672 | 0.1% |
| 51 | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | 1,027,264 | 0.1% |
| 52 | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 1,022,518 | 0.1% |
| 53 | Kota | Rajasthan | 1,001,694 | 0.1% |
| 54 | Sholapur | Maharashtra | 997,281 | 0.1% |
| 55 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 970,602 | 0.1% |
| 56 | Tiruppur | Tamil Nadu | 963,173 | 0.1% |
| 57 | Guwahati | Assam | 962,334 | 0.1% |
| 58 | Hubballi | Karnataka | 943,788 | 0.1% |
| 59 | Mysuru | Karnataka | 920,550 | 0.1% |
| 60 | Salem | Tamil Nadu | 917,414 | 0.1% |
| 61 | Gurugram | Haryana | 886,519 | 0.1% |
| 62 | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 885,363 | 0.1% |
| 63 | Bhiwandi | Maharashtra | 874,032 | 0.1% |
| 64 | Jalandhar | Punjab | 868,929 | 0.1% |
| 65 | Kanayannur | Kerala | 851,406 | 0.1% |
| 66 | Bhayandar | Maharashtra | 809,378 | 0.1% |
| 67 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | 788,271 | 0.1% |
| 68 | Alīgarh | Uttar Pradesh | 753,207 | 0.1% |
| 69 | Bareilly | Uttar Pradesh | 745,435 | 0.1% |
| 70 | Morādābād | Uttar Pradesh | 721,139 | 0% |
| 71 | Warangal | Telangana | 704,570 | 0% |
| 72 | Gorakhpur | Uttar Pradesh | 674,246 | 0% |
| 73 | Guntur | Andhra Pradesh | 670,073 | 0% |
| 74 | Puducherry | Puducherry | 657,209 | 0% |
| 75 | Amravati | Maharashtra | 647,057 | 0% |
| 76 | Bikaner | Rajasthan | 644,406 | 0% |
| 77 | Kochi | Kerala | 633,553 | 0% |
| 78 | Bhilai | Chhattisgarh | 627,734 | 0% |
| 79 | Cuttack | Odisha | 610,189 | 0% |
| 80 | Borivli | Maharashtra | 609,617 | 0% |
| 81 | Bhavnagar | Gujarat | 605,882 | 0% |
| 82 | Sāngli | Maharashtra | 601,214 | 0% |
| 83 | Jamnagar | Gujarat | 600,943 | 0% |
| 84 | Jammu | Jammu and Kashmir | 576,198 | 0% |
| 85 | Bokāro | Jharkhand | 564,319 | 0% |
| 86 | Nanded | Maharashtra | 550,564 | 0% |
| 87 | Kozhikode | Kerala | 550,440 | 0% |
| 88 | Kolhāpur | Maharashtra | 549,236 | 0% |
| 89 | Nellore | Andhra Pradesh | 547,621 | 0% |
| 90 | Kalaburagi | Karnataka | 543,147 | 0% |
| 91 | Ajmer | Rajasthan | 542,321 | 0% |
| 92 | Dehradun | Uttarakhand | 522,081 | 0% |
| 93 | Erode | Tamil Nadu | 521,891 | 0% |
| 94 | Durgapur | West Bengal | 518,872 | 0% |
| 95 | Ulhasnagar | Maharashtra | 516,584 | 0% |
| 96 | Loni | Uttar Pradesh | 516,082 | 0% |
| 97 | Siliguri | West Bengal | 515,574 | 0% |
| 98 | Ujjain | Madhya Pradesh | 515,215 | 0% |
| 99 | Bilimora | Gujarat | 510,879 | 0% |
| 100 | Āsansol | West Bengal | 504,271 | 0% |
| 101 | Mangaluru | Karnataka | 499,487 | 0% |
| 102 | Belagavi | Karnataka | 490,045 | 0% |
| 103 | Sahāranpur | Uttar Pradesh | 484,873 | 0% |
| 104 | Vellore | Tamil Nadu | 484,690 | 0% |
| 105 | Bhātpāra | West Bengal | 483,129 | 0% |
| 106 | Malegaon | Maharashtra | 481,228 | 0% |
| 107 | Modīnagar | Uttar Pradesh | 475,843 | 0% |
| 108 | Gaya | Bihar | 474,093 | 0% |
| 109 | Ambattur | Tamil Nadu | 466,205 | 0% |
| 110 | Jalgaon | Maharashtra | 460,228 | 0% |
| 111 | Kurnool | Andhra Pradesh | 460,184 | 0% |
| 112 | Rāmgundam | Telangana | 452,261 | 0% |
| 113 | Udaipur | Rajasthan | 451,100 | 0% |
| 114 | Maheshtala | West Bengal | 448,317 | 0% |
| 115 | Patiāla | Punjab | 446,246 | 0% |
| 116 | Shyamnagar | West Bengal | 441,956 | 0% |
| 117 | Davangere | Karnataka | 435,128 | 0% |
| 118 | Akola | Maharashtra | 428,857 | 0% |
| 119 | Rajpur Sonarpur | West Bengal | 424,368 | 0% |
| 120 | Korba | Chhattisgarh | 419,146 | 0% |
| 121 | Jhānsi | Uttar Pradesh | 412,927 | 0% |
| 122 | Thoothukudi | Tamil Nadu | 410,760 | 0% |
| 123 | Ballari | Karnataka | 410,445 | 0% |
| 124 | Bhāgalpur | Bihar | 400,146 | 0% |
| 125 | Agartala | Tripura | 400,004 | 0% |
| 126 | Gauriganj | Uttar Pradesh | 390,395 | 0% |
| 127 | Kākināda | Andhra Pradesh | 384,182 | 0% |
| 128 | Latur | Maharashtra | 382,940 | 0% |
| 129 | Pānihāti | West Bengal | 378,705 | 0% |
| 130 | Rajamahendravaram | Andhra Pradesh | 376,333 | 0% |
| 131 | Dhule | Maharashtra | 375,559 | 0% |
| 132 | Rohtak | Haryana | 374,292 | 0% |
| 133 | Ahilyanagar | Maharashtra | 367,140 | 0% |
| 134 | Kollam | Kerala | 367,107 | 0% |
| 135 | Bilāspur | Chhattisgarh | 365,579 | 0% |
| 136 | Bhilwara | Rajasthan | 359,483 | 0% |
| 137 | Brahmapur | Odisha | 356,598 | 0% |
| 138 | Muzaffarpur | Bihar | 354,462 | 0% |
| 139 | Punāsa | Madhya Pradesh | 350,000 | 0% |
| 140 | Muzaffarnagar | Uttar Pradesh | 349,706 | 0% |
| 141 | Avadi | Tamil Nadu | 345,996 | 0% |
| 142 | Kadapa | Andhra Pradesh | 344,893 | 0% |
| 143 | Kukatpally | Telangana | 341,709 | 0% |
| 144 | Kāmārhāti | West Bengal | 332,965 | 0% |
| 145 | Mathura | Uttar Pradesh | 330,511 | 0% |
| 146 | Chānda | Maharashtra | 328,351 | 0% |
| 147 | Vijayapura | Karnataka | 327,427 | 0% |
| 148 | Shivamogga | Karnataka | 322,650 | 0% |
| 149 | Alwar | Rajasthan | 322,568 | 0% |
| 150 | Shāhjānpur | Uttar Pradesh | 320,434 | 0% |
| 151 | Jūnāgadh | Gujarat | 319,462 | 0% |
| 152 | Thrissur | Kerala | 315,957 | 0% |
| 153 | Nizāmābād | Telangana | 311,152 | 0% |
| 154 | Tumkūr | Karnataka | 307,359 | 0% |
| 155 | Parbhani | Maharashtra | 307,170 | 0% |
| 156 | Hisar | Haryana | 307,024 | 0% |
| 157 | Fīrozābād | Uttar Pradesh | 306,409 | 0% |
| 158 | Kulti | West Bengal | 305,405 | 0% |
| 159 | Karnāl | Haryana | 302,140 | 0% |
| 160 | Barddhamān | West Bengal | 301,725 | 0% |
| 161 | Bārāsat | West Bengal | 298,127 | 0% |
| 162 | Mulugu | Telangana | 297,671 | 0% |
| 163 | Bihār Sharīf | Bihar | 297,268 | 0% |
| 164 | Bāli | West Bengal | 296,973 | 0% |
| 165 | Rāmpur | Uttar Pradesh | 296,418 | 0% |
| 166 | Darbhanga | Bihar | 296,039 | 0% |
| 167 | Panipat | Haryana | 295,970 | 0% |
| 168 | Tirupati | Andhra Pradesh | 295,323 | 0% |
| 169 | Greater Noida | Uttar Pradesh | 293,908 | 0% |
| 170 | Noida | Uttar Pradesh | 293,908 | 0% |
| 171 | Aizawl | Mizoram | 293,416 | 0% |
| 172 | Gandhinagar | Gujarat | 292,797 | 0% |
| 173 | Dindigul | Tamil Nadu | 292,512 | 0% |
| 174 | Thanjavur | Tamil Nadu | 291,067 | 0% |
| 175 | Karīmnagar | Telangana | 289,821 | 0% |
| 176 | Dewas | Madhya Pradesh | 289,550 | 0% |
| 177 | Sonīpat | Haryana | 289,333 | 0% |
| 178 | Ichalkaranji | Maharashtra | 287,353 | 0% |
| 179 | Bathinda | Punjab | 285,788 | 0% |
| 180 | Jālna | Maharashtra | 285,577 | 0% |
| 181 | Satna | Madhya Pradesh | 282,977 | 0% |
| 182 | Purnia | Bihar | 282,248 | 0% |
| 183 | Imphal | Manipur | 277,196 | 0% |
| 184 | Saugor | Madhya Pradesh | 274,556 | 0% |
| 185 | Kushinagar | Uttar Pradesh | 274,403 | 0% |
| 186 | Rourkela | Odisha | 273,317 | 0% |
| 187 | Durg | Chhattisgarh | 268,806 | 0% |
| 188 | Anantapur | Andhra Pradesh | 267,161 | 0% |
| 189 | Ratlām | Madhya Pradesh | 264,914 | 0% |
| 190 | Rānipet | Tamil Nadu | 264,330 | 0% |
| 191 | Lal Bahadur Nagar | Telangana | 261,987 | 0% |
| 192 | Arrah | Bihar | 261,430 | 0% |
| 193 | Gajuwaka | Andhra Pradesh | 258,944 | 0% |
| 194 | Etāwah | Uttar Pradesh | 257,448 | 0% |
| 195 | Ambarnath | Maharashtra | 253,475 | 0% |
| 196 | Naihāti | West Bengal | 253,221 | 0% |
| 197 | Bharatpur | Rajasthan | 252,838 | 0% |
| 198 | Begusarai | Bihar | 252,008 | 0% |
| 199 | Tiruvottiyūr | Tamil Nadu | 249,446 | 0% |
| 200 | Gāndhīdhām | Gujarat | 247,992 | 0% |
| 201 | Mau | Uttar Pradesh | 246,050 | 0% |
| 202 | Sīkar | Rajasthan | 244,497 | 0% |
| 203 | Ramagundam | Telangana | 242,979 | 0% |
| 204 | Hāpur | Uttar Pradesh | 242,920 | 0% |
| 205 | Farrukhābād | Uttar Pradesh | 241,152 | 0% |
| 206 | Alappuzha | Kerala | 240,991 | 0% |
| 207 | Katihar | Bihar | 240,838 | 0% |
| 208 | Sri Ganganagar | Rajasthan | 237,780 | 0% |
| 209 | Rewa | Madhya Pradesh | 235,654 | 0% |
| 210 | Uluberiya | West Bengal | 235,345 | 0% |
| 211 | Sivakasi | Tamil Nadu | 234,704 | 0% |
| 212 | Karur | Tamil Nadu | 234,191 | 0% |
| 213 | Rāichūr | Karnataka | 234,073 | 0% |
| 214 | Pallāvaram | Tamil Nadu | 233,984 | 0% |
| 215 | Ooty | Tamil Nadu | 233,426 | 0% |
| 216 | Pāli | Rajasthan | 230,075 | 0% |
| 217 | Hosūr | Tamil Nadu | 229,528 | 0% |
| 218 | Vizianagaram | Andhra Pradesh | 228,720 | 0% |
| 219 | Shrīrāmpur | West Bengal | 226,317 | 0% |
| 220 | Quthbullapur | Telangana | 225,816 | 0% |
| 221 | Nadiād | Gujarat | 225,071 | 0% |
| 222 | Nāgercoil | Tamil Nadu | 224,849 | 0% |
| 223 | Mango | Jharkhand | 223,805 | 0% |
| 224 | Murwāra | Madhya Pradesh | 221,883 | 0% |
| 225 | Kanchipuram | Tamil Nadu | 221,715 | 0% |
| 226 | Singrauli | Madhya Pradesh | 220,257 | 0% |
| 227 | Mirzāpur | Uttar Pradesh | 220,029 | 0% |
| 228 | Kharagpur | West Bengal | 219,665 | 0% |
| 229 | Eluru | Andhra Pradesh | 218,020 | 0% |
| 230 | Yamuna Nagar | Haryana | 217,071 | 0% |
| 231 | Raurkela Industrial Township | Odisha | 216,410 | 0% |
| 232 | Bidar | Karnataka | 216,020 | 0% |
| 233 | Munger | Bihar | 213,303 | 0% |
| 234 | Nandyāl | Andhra Pradesh | 211,424 | 0% |
| 235 | Panchkula | Haryana | 211,355 | 0% |
| 236 | Burhānpur | Madhya Pradesh | 210,886 | 0% |
| 237 | Morvi | Gujarat | 210,451 | 0% |
| 238 | Anand | Gujarat | 209,410 | 0% |
| 239 | Ongole | Andhra Pradesh | 208,344 | 0% |
| 240 | Hosapete | Karnataka | 206,167 | 0% |
| 241 | Secunderabad | Telangana | 204,182 | 0% |
| 242 | Deoghar | Jharkhand | 203,123 | 0% |
| 243 | Chāpra | Bihar | 202,352 | 0% |
| 244 | Khandwa | Madhya Pradesh | 200,738 | 0% |
| 245 | Puri | Odisha | 200,564 | 0% |
| 246 | Morena | Madhya Pradesh | 200,482 | 0% |
| 247 | Gyānpur | Uttar Pradesh | 200,000 | 0% |
| 248 | Bulandshahr | Uttar Pradesh | 198,612 | 0% |
| 249 | Bhind | Madhya Pradesh | 197,585 | 0% |
| 250 | Khammam | Telangana | 196,283 | 0% |
| 251 | Sambhal | Uttar Pradesh | 196,109 | 0% |
| 252 | Bhiwāni | Haryana | 196,057 | 0% |
| 253 | Panvel | Maharashtra | 195,373 | 0% |
| 254 | Ambāla | Haryana | 195,153 | 0% |
| 255 | Kumarapalayam | Tamil Nadu | 195,071 | 0% |
| 256 | Machilīpatnam | Andhra Pradesh | 192,827 | 0% |
| 257 | Mahesāna | Gujarat | 190,753 | 0% |
| 258 | Mahbūbnagar | Telangana | 190,400 | 0% |
| 259 | Sambalpur | Odisha | 189,366 | 0% |
| 260 | Bhusawal | Maharashtra | 187,421 | 0% |
| 261 | Raebareli | Uttar Pradesh | 186,433 | 0% |
| 262 | Haridwar | Uttarakhand | 186,079 | 0% |
| 263 | Phusro | Jharkhand | 185,555 | 0% |
| 264 | Adoni | Andhra Pradesh | 184,625 | 0% |
| 265 | Sūjāngarh | Rajasthan | 183,808 | 0% |
| 266 | Sirsa | Haryana | 182,534 | 0% |
| 267 | Dinapur Nizamat | Bihar | 182,429 | 0% |
| 268 | Bahraigh | Uttar Pradesh | 182,218 | 0% |
| 269 | Kāraikkudi | Tamil Nadu | 181,851 | 0% |
| 270 | Guna | Madhya Pradesh | 180,935 | 0% |
| 271 | Chandannagar | West Bengal | 180,623 | 0% |
| 272 | Baharampur | West Bengal | 180,547 | 0% |
| 273 | Shahuwadi | Maharashtra | 180,322 | 0% |
| 274 | Madanapalle | Andhra Pradesh | 180,180 | 0% |
| 275 | Shivpuri | Madhya Pradesh | 179,977 | 0% |
| 276 | Surendranagar | Gujarat | 179,628 | 0% |
| 277 | Neyveli | Tamil Nadu | 179,150 | 0% |
| 278 | Silchar | Assam | 178,865 | 0% |
| 279 | Proddatūr | Andhra Pradesh | 177,797 | 0% |
| 280 | Hugli | West Bengal | 177,005 | 0% |
| 281 | Amroha | Uttar Pradesh | 176,253 | 0% |
| 282 | Chhindwāra | Madhya Pradesh | 175,052 | 0% |
| 283 | Tambaram | Tamil Nadu | 174,787 | 0% |
| 284 | Bhetia | Jharkhand | 174,355 | 0% |
| 285 | Pathānkot | Punjab | 174,306 | 0% |
| 286 | Badlapur | Maharashtra | 174,226 | 0% |
| 287 | Cuddalore | Tamil Nadu | 173,636 | 0% |
| 288 | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh | 173,503 | 0% |
| 289 | Gadag-Betageri | Karnataka | 172,813 | 0% |
| 290 | Gadag | Karnataka | 172,612 | 0% |
| 291 | Verāval | Gujarat | 171,121 | 0% |
| 292 | Navsari | Gujarat | 171,109 | 0% |
| 293 | Bahadurgarh | Haryana | 170,767 | 0% |
| 294 | Haldia | West Bengal | 170,695 | 0% |
| 295 | Rāiganj | West Bengal | 170,252 | 0% |
| 296 | Malda | West Bengal | 170,039 | 0% |
| 297 | Jaunpur | Uttar Pradesh | 169,572 | 0% |
| 298 | Bharūch | Gujarat | 169,007 | 0% |
| 299 | Hoshiārpur | Punjab | 168,653 | 0% |
| 300 | Jīnd | Haryana | 167,592 | 0% |
| 301 | Kumbakonam | Tamil Nadu | 167,155 | 0% |
| 302 | Mohali | Punjab | 166,864 | 0% |
| 303 | Fatehpur | Uttar Pradesh | 166,480 | 0% |
| 304 | Tonk | Rajasthan | 165,294 | 0% |
| 305 | Udupi | Karnataka | 165,000 | 0% |
| 306 | Thenali | Andhra Pradesh | 164,937 | 0% |
| 307 | Sītāpur | Uttar Pradesh | 164,435 | 0% |
| 308 | Bhadrāvati | Karnataka | 163,903 | 0% |
| 309 | Vapi | Gujarat | 163,630 | 0% |
| 310 | Moga | Punjab | 163,397 | 0% |
| 311 | Rāj-Nāndgaon | Chhattisgarh | 163,114 | 0% |
| 312 | Robertsonpet | Karnataka | 162,230 | 0% |
| 313 | Unnāo | Uttar Pradesh | 161,671 | 0% |
| 314 | Budaun | Uttar Pradesh | 161,555 | 0% |
| 315 | Madhyamgram | West Bengal | 161,126 | 0% |
| 316 | Chittoor | Andhra Pradesh | 160,722 | 0% |
| 317 | Jāmuria | West Bengal | 160,242 | 0% |
| 318 | Jaigaon | West Bengal | 158,664 | 0% |
| 319 | Batāla | Punjab | 158,621 | 0% |
| 320 | Orai | Uttar Pradesh | 158,265 | 0% |
| 321 | Saharsa | Bihar | 156,540 | 0% |
| 322 | Vidisha | Madhya Pradesh | 155,951 | 0% |
| 323 | Hanumāngarh | Rajasthan | 155,687 | 0% |
| 324 | Thānesar | Haryana | 155,152 | 0% |
| 325 | Hassan | Karnataka | 155,006 | 0% |
| 326 | Kishangarh | Rajasthan | 154,886 | 0% |
| 327 | Rudrapur | Uttarakhand | 154,554 | 0% |
| 328 | Nalgonda | Telangana | 154,326 | 0% |
| 329 | Hazāribāgh | Jharkhand | 153,595 | 0% |
| 330 | Medinīpur | West Bengal | 153,349 | 0% |
| 331 | Bālurghāt | West Bengal | 153,279 | 0% |
| 332 | Fyzābād | Uttar Pradesh | 153,047 | 0% |
| 333 | Dinapore | Bihar | 152,940 | 0% |
| 334 | Porbandar | Gujarat | 152,760 | 0% |
| 335 | Bānda | Uttar Pradesh | 152,218 | 0% |
| 336 | Hindupur | Andhra Pradesh | 151,677 | 0% |
| 337 | Beāwar | Rajasthan | 151,152 | 0% |
| 338 | Anantnag | Jammu and Kashmir | 150,592 | 0% |
| 339 | Serilingampalle | Telangana | 150,525 | 0% |
| 340 | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | 150,019 | 0% |
| 341 | Malkajgiri | Telangana | 150,000 | 0% |
| 342 | Shāntipur | West Bengal | 149,983 | 0% |
| 343 | Bhuj | Gujarat | 148,834 | 0% |
| 344 | Bārākpur | West Bengal | 148,174 | 0% |
| 345 | Hājīpur | Bihar | 147,688 | 0% |
| 346 | Sasarām | Bihar | 147,408 | 0% |
| 347 | Bhimavaram | Andhra Pradesh | 146,961 | 0% |
| 348 | Beed | Maharashtra | 146,709 | 0% |
| 349 | Krishnanagar | West Bengal | 145,926 | 0% |
| 350 | Chitradurga | Karnataka | 145,853 | 0% |
| 351 | Dibrugarh | Assam | 145,488 | 0% |
| 352 | Abohar | Punjab | 145,302 | 0% |
| 353 | Tiruvannamalai | Tamil Nadu | 145,278 | 0% |
| 354 | Kaithal | Haryana | 144,915 | 0% |
| 355 | Balasore | Odisha | 144,373 | 0% |
| 356 | Godhra | Gujarat | 143,644 | 0% |
| 357 | Shillong | Meghalaya | 143,229 | 0% |
| 358 | Rewāri | Haryana | 143,021 | 0% |
| 359 | Basirhat City | West Bengal | 143,007 | 0% |
| 360 | Chhatarpur | Madhya Pradesh | 142,128 | 0% |
| 361 | Mandsaur | Madhya Pradesh | 141,667 | 0% |
| 362 | Chas | Jharkhand | 141,640 | 0% |
| 363 | Pālanpur | Gujarat | 141,592 | 0% |
| 364 | Lakhīmpur | Uttar Pradesh | 140,223 | 0% |
| 365 | Valsād | Gujarat | 139,764 | 0% |
| 366 | Damoh | Madhya Pradesh | 139,561 | 0% |
| 367 | Haldwani | Uttarakhand | 139,497 | 0% |
| 368 | Hābra | West Bengal | 139,297 | 0% |
| 369 | Kolār | Karnataka | 138,462 | 0% |
| 370 | Srikakulam | Andhra Pradesh | 137,944 | 0% |
| 371 | Mandya | Karnataka | 137,358 | 0% |
| 372 | Madhurampur Dehri | Bihar | 137,231 | 0% |
| 373 | Kānchrāpāra | West Bengal | 136,954 | 0% |
| 374 | Dimāpur | Nagaland | 135,860 | 0% |
| 375 | Māler Kotla | Punjab | 135,424 | 0% |
| 376 | Siwān | Bihar | 135,066 | 0% |
| 377 | Kalol | Gujarat | 134,426 | 0% |
| 378 | Bānkura | West Bengal | 133,966 | 0% |
| 379 | Pātan | Gujarat | 133,737 | 0% |
| 380 | Gondā City | Uttar Pradesh | 133,583 | 0% |
| 381 | Dhaulpur | Rajasthan | 133,075 | 0% |
| 382 | Gondiā | Maharashtra | 132,813 | 0% |
| 383 | Palakkad | Kerala | 132,728 | 0% |
| 384 | Bettiah | Bihar | 132,209 | 0% |
| 385 | Palwal | Haryana | 131,926 | 0% |
| 386 | Rānīganj | West Bengal | 131,261 | 0% |
| 387 | Etah | Uttar Pradesh | 131,023 | 0% |
| 388 | Pīlibhīt | Uttar Pradesh | 131,008 | 0% |
| 389 | Rajapalayam | Tamil Nadu | 130,442 | 0% |
| 390 | Botad | Gujarat | 130,327 | 0% |
| 391 | Deoria | Uttar Pradesh | 129,570 | 0% |
| 392 | Nimach | Rajasthan | 128,561 | 0% |
| 393 | Khardah | West Bengal | 128,346 | 0% |
| 394 | Yavatmāl | Maharashtra | 128,175 | 0% |
| 395 | Hālīsahar | West Bengal | 128,172 | 0% |
| 396 | Khanna | Punjab | 128,137 | 0% |
| 397 | Titāgarh | West Bengal | 127,751 | 0% |
| 398 | Hāthras | Uttar Pradesh | 126,882 | 0% |
| 399 | Jorhat | Assam | 126,736 | 0% |
| 400 | Lalitpur | Uttar Pradesh | 126,475 | 0% |
| 401 | Guntakal | Andhra Pradesh | 126,270 | 0% |
| 402 | Pithampur | Madhya Pradesh | 126,200 | 0% |
| 403 | Mothīhāri | Bihar | 126,158 | 0% |
| 404 | Kanhangad | Kerala | 125,564 | 0% |
| 405 | Jagdalpur | Chhattisgarh | 125,463 | 0% |
| 406 | Jagādhri | Haryana | 124,894 | 0% |
| 407 | Dārjiling | West Bengal | 123,797 | 0% |
| 408 | Kurichchi | Tamil Nadu | 123,667 | 0% |
| 409 | Dam Dam | West Bengal | 122,719 | 0% |
| 410 | Hardoī | Uttar Pradesh | 122,635 | 0% |
| 411 | Puruliya | West Bengal | 122,533 | 0% |
| 412 | Dharmavaram | Andhra Pradesh | 121,874 | 0% |
| 413 | Bhadreswar | West Bengal | 121,662 | 0% |
| 414 | Nagaon | Assam | 121,628 | 0% |
| 415 | Vejalpur | Gujarat | 121,610 | 0% |
| 416 | Chikmagalūr | Karnataka | 121,484 | 0% |
| 417 | Bhadrak | Odisha | 121,338 | 0% |
| 418 | Sawai Madhopur | Rajasthan | 121,106 | 0% |
| 419 | Ambikāpur | Chhattisgarh | 121,071 | 0% |
| 420 | Satara | Maharashtra | 120,195 | 0% |
| 421 | Chūru | Rajasthan | 120,157 | 0% |
| 422 | Gangāpur | Rajasthan | 120,115 | 0% |
| 423 | Madhavaram | Tamil Nadu | 119,105 | 0% |
| 424 | Dohad | Gujarat | 118,846 | 0% |
| 425 | Barshi | Maharashtra | 118,722 | 0% |
| 426 | Ādilābād | Telangana | 118,526 | 0% |
| 427 | Jhunjhunūn | Rajasthan | 118,473 | 0% |
| 428 | Jetpur | Gujarat | 118,302 | 0% |
| 429 | Uppal Kalan | Telangana | 118,259 | 0% |
| 430 | Gudivāda | Andhra Pradesh | 118,167 | 0% |
| 431 | Bārān | Rajasthan | 117,992 | 0% |
| 432 | Narmadapuram | Madhya Pradesh | 117,988 | 0% |
| 433 | Amreli | Gujarat | 117,967 | 0% |
| 434 | Pudukkottai | Tamil Nadu | 117,630 | 0% |
| 435 | Narasaraopet | Andhra Pradesh | 117,489 | 0% |
| 436 | Rishra | West Bengal | 117,014 | 0% |
| 437 | Baripāda | Odisha | 116,849 | 0% |
| 438 | Muktsar | Punjab | 116,747 | 0% |
| 439 | Azamgarh | Uttar Pradesh | 116,644 | 0% |
| 440 | Barnāla | Punjab | 116,449 | 0% |
| 441 | Yelahanka | Karnataka | 116,447 | 0% |
| 442 | Chittorgarh | Rajasthan | 116,406 | 0% |
| 443 | Tinsukia | Assam | 116,322 | 0% |
| 444 | Khargone | Madhya Pradesh | 116,150 | 0% |
| 445 | Baidyabāti | West Bengal | 115,504 | 0% |
| 446 | Bastī | Uttar Pradesh | 115,115 | 0% |
| 447 | Gangavati | Karnataka | 114,642 | 0% |
| 448 | Ambur | Tamil Nadu | 114,608 | 0% |
| 449 | Giridih | Jharkhand | 114,533 | 0% |
| 450 | Wardha | Maharashtra | 113,759 | 0% |
| 451 | Tadepalligudem | Andhra Pradesh | 112,655 | 0% |
| 452 | Chanduasi | Uttar Pradesh | 112,635 | 0% |
| 453 | Bagaha | Bihar | 112,634 | 0% |
| 454 | Achalpur | Maharashtra | 112,311 | 0% |
| 455 | Gondal | Gujarat | 112,197 | 0% |
| 456 | Dharashiv | Maharashtra | 112,085 | 0% |
| 457 | Port Blair | Andaman and Nicobar | 112,050 | 0% |
| 458 | Bagalkot | Karnataka | 111,933 | 0% |
| 459 | Suriāpet | Telangana | 111,729 | 0% |
| 460 | Bangaon | West Bengal | 111,693 | 0% |
| 461 | Ashoknagar Kalyangarh | West Bengal | 111,475 | 0% |
| 462 | Deesa | Gujarat | 111,160 | 0% |
| 463 | Navadwīp | West Bengal | 111,123 | 0% |
| 464 | Nandurbar | Maharashtra | 111,037 | 0% |
| 465 | Sultānpur | Uttar Pradesh | 110,368 | 0% |
| 466 | Firozpur | Punjab | 110,313 | 0% |
| 467 | Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | 109,650 | 0% |
| 468 | Sehore | Madhya Pradesh | 109,118 | 0% |
| 469 | Kanpur Cantonment | Uttar Pradesh | 108,534 | 0% |
| 470 | Bānsbāria | West Bengal | 108,474 | 0% |
| 471 | Tadpatri | Andhra Pradesh | 108,171 | 0% |
| 472 | Jalpāiguri | West Bengal | 107,832 | 0% |
| 473 | Mangalagiri | Andhra Pradesh | 107,197 | 0% |
| 474 | Ranebennur | Karnataka | 106,406 | 0% |
| 475 | Khurja | Uttar Pradesh | 105,909 | 0% |
| 476 | Kishanganj | Bihar | 105,782 | 0% |
| 477 | Ponnāni | Kerala | 105,512 | 0% |
| 478 | Hindaun | Rajasthan | 105,452 | 0% |
| 479 | Jamālpur | Bihar | 105,434 | 0% |
| 480 | Nāgaur | Rajasthan | 105,218 | 0% |
| 481 | Ambala Sadar | Haryana | 104,974 | 0% |
| 482 | Bhiwadi | Rajasthan | 104,921 | 0% |
| 483 | Būndi | Rajasthan | 104,919 | 0% |
| 484 | Miryalaguda | Telangana | 104,918 | 0% |
| 485 | Soyībug | Jammu and Kashmir | 104,000 | 0% |
| 486 | Jagtiāl | Telangana | 103,930 | 0% |
| 487 | Roorkee | Uttarakhand | 103,894 | 0% |
| 488 | Udgīr | Maharashtra | 103,550 | 0% |
| 489 | Nagda | Madhya Pradesh | 103,501 | 0% |
| 490 | Betūl | Madhya Pradesh | 103,330 | 0% |
| 491 | Jahānābād | Bihar | 103,202 | 0% |
| 492 | Kashipur | Uttarakhand | 103,138 | 0% |
| 493 | Ghazīpur | Uttar Pradesh | 103,095 | 0% |
| 494 | Amaravati | Andhra Pradesh | 103,000 | 0% |
| 495 | Nagapattinam | Tamil Nadu | 102,905 | 0% |
| 496 | Buxar | Bihar | 102,861 | 0% |
| 497 | Mormugao | Goa | 102,345 | 0% |
| 498 | Seoni | Madhya Pradesh | 102,343 | 0% |
| 499 | Aurangābād | Bihar | 102,244 | 0% |
| 500 | Hinganghāt | Maharashtra | 101,805 | 0% |
| 501 | Dhamtari | Chhattisgarh | 101,677 | 0% |
| 502 | Chilakalūrupet | Andhra Pradesh | 101,398 | 0% |
| 503 | Malappuram | Kerala | 101,386 | 0% |
| 504 | Bānswāra | Rajasthan | 101,017 | 0% |
| 505 | Chirmiri | Chhattisgarh | 100,800 | 0% |
| 506 | Itārsi | Madhya Pradesh | 100,574 | 0% |
| 507 | Vasco da Gama | Goa | 100,485 | 0% |
| 508 | Gangtok | Sikkim | 100,286 | 0% |
| 509 | Datia | Madhya Pradesh | 100,284 | 0% |
| 510 | Phagwāra | Punjab | 100,146 | 0% |
| 511 | Airoli | Maharashtra | 100,000 | 0% |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the largest city in India?
Mumbai, with about 12,691,836 inhabitants (city proper).
What is the capital of India?
GeoNames lists no capital-class city for India in this dataset.
How many cities in India have over one million people?
53: Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Surat, Pune, Jaipur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Nagpur, Coimbatore, Indore, Thāne, Vadodara, Bhopal, Rasapūdipalem, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Patna, Kallakurichi, Ludhiana, Nashik, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Agra, Faridabad, Rājkot, Jamshedpur, Pimpri, Kalyān, Dombivali, Meerut, Virār, Nowrangapur, Srinagar, Ghāziābād, Dhanbad, Aurangabad, Varanasi, Amritsar, Vijayawada, Ranchi, Jabalpur, Prayagraj, Visakhapatnam, Jodhpur, Gwalior, Howrah, Raipur, Tiruchirappalli, Kota.
Are these metropolitan-area populations?
No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.
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