List of most populous cities in India
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The following is a list of the most populous cities in India. Population statistics indicated in this article are estimates for the year 2009[1]. Note that this is a list of city populations and does not indicate urban agglomeration populations.
| Rank | City | Population (2009 estimate)[1] |
Population (2001 census)[2] |
State/UT |
| 1 | Mumbai | 13,922,125 | 11,978,450 | Maharashtra |
| 2 | Delhi | 12,259,230 | 9,879,172 | Delhi |
| 3 | Bangalore | 5,310,318 | 4,301,326 | Karnataka |
| 4 | Kolkata | 5,080,519 | 4,572,876 | West Bengal |
| 5 | Chennai | 4,590,267 | 4,343,645 | Tamil Nadu |
| 6 | Hyderabad | 4,025,335 | 3,637,483 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 7 | Ahmedabad | 3,913,793 | 3,520,085 | Gujarat |
| 8 | Pune | 3,337,481 | 2,538,473 | Maharashtra |
| 9 | Surat | 3,233,988 | 2,433,835 | Gujarat |
| 10 | Kanpur | 3,144,267 | 2,551,337 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 11 | Jaipur | 3,102,808 | 2,322,575 | Rajasthan |
| 12 | Lucknow | 2,685,528 | 2,185,927 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 13 | Nagpur | 2,403,239 | 2,052,066 | Maharashtra |
| 14 | Patna | 1,814,012 | 1,366,444 | Bihar |
| 15 | Indore | 1,811,513 | 1,474,968 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 16 | Bhopal | 1,752,244 | 1,437,354 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 17 | Thane | 1,739,697 | 1,262,551 | Maharashtra |
| 18 | Ludhiana | 1,701,212 | 1,398,467 | Punjab |
| 19 | Agra | 1,638,209 | 1,275,134 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 20 | Pimpri Chinchwad | 1,553,538 | 1,012,472 | Maharashtra |
| 21 | Nashik | 1,521,675 | 1,077,236 | Maharashtra |
| 22 | Vadodara | 1,513,758 | 1,306,227 | Gujarat |
| 23 | Faridabad | 1,464,121 | 1,055,938 | Haryana |
| 24 | Ghaziabad | 1,437,855 | 968,256 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 25 | Rajkot | 1,395,026 | 967,476 | Gujarat |
| 26 | Meerut | 1,365,086 | 1,068,772 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 27 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 1,327,927 | 1,193,512 | Maharashtra |
| 28 | Varanasi | 1,200,558 | 1,091,918 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 29 | Amritsar | 1,194,740 | 966,862 | Punjab |
| 30 | Navi Mumbai | 1,187,581 | 704,002 | Maharashtra |
| 31 | Aurangabad | 1,167,649 | 873,311 | Maharashtra |
| 32 | Solapur | 1,128,884 | 872,478 | Maharashtra |
| 33 | Allahabad | 1,125,045 | 975,393 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 34 | Jabalpur | 1,066,965 | 932,484 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 35 | Srinagar | 1,060,871 | 898,440 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 36 | Visakhapatnam | 1,058,151 | 982,904 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 37 | Ranchi | 1,047,490 | 847,093 | Jharkhand |
| 38 | Howrah | 1,034,372 | 1,007,532 | West Bengal |
| 39 | Chandigarh | 1,033,671 | 808,515 | Chandigarh |
| 40 | Coimbatore | 1,008,274 | 930,882 | Tamil Nadu |
| 41 | Mysore | 1,007,847 | 755,379 | Karnataka |
| 42 | Jodhpur | 1,006,652 | 851,051 | Rajasthan |
[edit] See also
- List of most populous metropolitan areas in India
- List of most populous cities in South India
- List of states and union territories of India by population
- Demographics of India
