List of North Indian cities by population
The term North India officially refers to the states of Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the Union Territories of Delhi and Chandigarh, Rajasthan.[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]
- 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 | 3,073,350 | |
| 3 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 2,815,601 | |
| 4 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 2,767,031 | |
| 5 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 1,960,631 | |
| 6 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 1,795,648 | |
| 6* | Patna | Bihar | 1,683,200 | |
| 7 | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh | 1,636,068 | |
| 8 | Ludhiana | Punjab |
1,613,878 | |
| 9 | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 1,574,542 | |
| 10 | Faridabad | Haryana | 1,404,653 | |
| 11 | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | 1,309,023 | |
| 12 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 1,201,815 | |
| 13 | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | 1,192,792 | |
| 14 | Amritsar | Punjab |
1,132,761 | |
| 15 | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh | 1,117,094 | |
| 16 | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh | 1,054,336 | |
| 17 | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | 1,053,505 | |
| 18 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan | 1,033,918 | |
| 19 | Kota | Rajasthan | 1,001,365 | |
| 20 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
960,787 | |
| 21 | Bareilly | Uttar Pradesh | 898,167 | |
| 22 | Moradabad | Uttar Pradesh | 889,810 | |
| 23 | Gurgaon | Haryana | 876,824 | |
| 24 | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | 872,575 |
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.