List of North Indian cities by population
North India, according to the Geological Survey of India, refers to the northern region of India comprising the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and the Union Territories of Delhi and Chandigarh.[1]
List
The following is the list of cities in North India, sorted by their population. The population statistics indicated in this article are for the year 2011, in accordance with the 15th Indian Census.[2]
Delhi
Lucknow
Kanpur
Ghaziabad
Ludhiana
Agra
Faridabad
Meerut
Varanasi
Srinagar
Amritsar
Allahabad
Location of 12 million-plus cities in North India. Red dots represent capital cities of their respective states
- The cities which are listed in bold are the capital of the respective state / union territory / country.
| Rank | City | State | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delhi | Delhi | 11,007,835 | |
| 2 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 2,817,105 | |
| 3 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 2,767,348 | |
| 4 | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh | 2,358,525 | |
| 5 | Ludhiana | Punjab |
1,618,879 | |
| 6 | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 1,585,704 | |
| 7 | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh | 1,540,544 | |
| 8 | Faridabad | Haryana | 1,404,653 | |
| 9 | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | 1,226,709 | |
| 10 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 1,201,815 | |
| 11 | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | 1,180,570 | |
| 12 | Amritsar | Punjab |
1,132,761 | |
| 13 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
1,025,682 | |
| 14 | Bareilly | Uttar Pradesh | 898,167 | |
| 15 | Moradabad | Uttar Pradesh | 889,810 | |
| 16 | Gurgaon | Haryana | 876,824 | |
| 17 | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | 872,575 | |
| 18 | Jalandhar | Punjab | 862,196 |
References
- ^ "Northern Region - Geological Survey of India". Geological Survey of India, MOI, Government of India. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "censusindia 2011: Major Agglomerations" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2014.