List of North Indian cities by population
North India, according to combined definition by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Geological Survey of India and Ministry of Culture refers to the northern region of India comprising the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan , 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
Jaipur
Lucknow
Kanpur
Ghaziabad
Ludhiana
Agra
Allahabad
Faridabad
Meerut
Varanasi
Srinagar
Amritsar
Jodhpur
Chandigarh
Kota
Location of 1 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 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 3,046,189 | |
| 3 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 2,817,105 | |
| 4 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 2,767,348 | |
| 5 | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh | 2,358,525 | |
| 6 | Ludhiana | Punjab |
1,618,879 | |
| 7 | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 1,585,704 | |
| 8 | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh | 1,540,544 | |
| 9 | Faridabad | Haryana | 1,404,653 | |
| 10 | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | 1,226,709 | |
| 11 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 1,201,815 | |
| 12 | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | 1,180,570 | |
| 13 | Amritsar | Punjab |
1,132,76 | |
| 14 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan |
1,056,191 | |
| 15 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
1,025,682 | |
| 16 | Kota | Rajasthan | 1,001,694 | |
| 17 | Bareilly | Uttar Pradesh | 898,167 | |
| 18 | Moradabad | Uttar Pradesh | 889,810 | |
| 19 | Gurgaon | Haryana | 876,824 | |
| 20 | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | 872,575 | |
| 21 | Jalandhar | Punjab | 862,196 |
See also
- List of most populous metropolitan areas in India
- List of cities in Uttar Pradesh by population
- List of cities in India
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.