List of cities in Vidarbha

Vidarbha is an easternmost region of Indian state of Maharashtra comprising Nagpur Division and Amravati Division. It occupies 31.6% of total area and holds 21.3% of total population of Maharashtra.

Nagpur is the largest city of Vidarbha as well as in central India followed by Amravati. A total of 4 cities of Vidarbha region have municipal corporations.

List of cities

Following is the list of top 25 cities with their populations according to 2011. District headquarters are shown in bold letters.

Rank. Name. District. Type. Population.
1 Nagpur Nagpur Million Plus City 2,495,665
2 Amravati Amravati City 847,057
3 Akola Akola City 577,098
4 Chandrapur Chandrapur City 3,21,036
5 Yavatmal Yavatmal City 2,70,303
7 Gondia Gondia City 182,821
11 Achalpur Amravati City 137,311
6 Wardha Wardha City 211,118
8 Hinganghat Wardha City 125,342
13 Khamgaon Buldhana City 109,191
14 Akot Akola City 107,637
10 Bhandara Bhandara City 116,845
12 Ballarpur Chandrapur City 112,452
9 Kamptee Nagpur U.A 144,793
15 Washim Washim City 100,387
16 Buldhana Buldhana City 90,431
17 Bhadravati Chandrapur City 84,065
18 Karanja Lad Washim City 83,907
19 Malkapur Buldhana City 75,740
20 Pusad Yavatmal City 73,046
21 Shegaon Buldhana City 67,672
22 Wani Yavatmal City 66,840
23 Anjangaon Amravati City 66,380
24 Gadchiroli Gadchiroli district City 54,152

Note – Nagpur is categorised as Million Plus UA/City while Kamptee and Yavatmal are categorised as Class1 UAs/Towns. So, their population is shown including outgrowths. .[1] Dhamangaon is at 14 with population of 75,218 according to CSE survey and included in the city with highest development rate

References
  1. "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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