List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India

India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people. India consists of twenty-eight states and nine union territories.[1] It is a home to 17.5 percent of the world's population.[2]

Urban agglomerations in India with a population of over one million

The first population census in British India was conducted in 1872. Since 1951, a census has been carried out every 10 years.[3] The census in India is carried out by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs, and is one of the largest administrative tasks conducted by a federal government.[4]

The latest population figures are based on data from the 2011 census of India.[5] India has 641,000 inhabited villages and 72.2 percent of the total population reside in these rural areas.[5] Of them 145,000 villages have population size of 500–999 persons; 130,000 villages have population size of 1000–1999 and 128,000 villages have population size of 200–499. There are 3,961 villages that have a population of 10,000 persons or more.[2] India's 27.8 percent urban population lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations.[6] In the decade of 1991–2001, migration to major cities caused rapid increase in urban population.[7][8] The number of Indians living in urban areas has grown by 31.2% between 1991 and 2001.[9] Yet, in 2001, over 70% lived in rural areas.[10][11] According to the 2011 census, there were 46 million-plus cities in India, with Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata having populations over 10 million.

There are 53 urban agglomerations in India with a population of 1 million or more as of 2011 against 35 in 2001.[12] About 43 percent of the urban population of India lives in these cities.[13][14][12]

List
Rank UA[lower-alpha 1] State/Territory Population (2011)[16] Population (2001)[15] Population (1991)[15]
1 Mumbai Maharashtra 18,394,912 16,434,386 12,596,243
2 Delhi Delhi 16,349,831 12,877,470 8,419,084
3 Kolkata West Bengal 14,057,991 13,205,697 11,021,918
4 Chennai Tamil Nadu 8,653,521 6,560,242 5,421,985
5 Bangalore Karnataka 8,520,435 5,701,446 4,130,288
6 Hyderabad Telangana 7,677,018 5,742,036 4,344,437
7 Ahmedabad Gujarat 6,357,693 4,525,013 3,312,216
8 Pune Maharashtra 5,057,709 3,760,636 2,493,987
9 Surat Gujarat 4,591,246 2,811,614 1,518,950
10 Jaipur Rajasthan 3,046,163 2,322,575 1,518,235
11 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 2,920,496 2,715,555 2,029,889
12 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 2,902,920 2,245,509 1,669,204
13 Nagpur Maharashtra 2,497,870 2,129,500 1,664,006
14 Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh 2,375,820 968,256 511,759
15 Indore Madhya Pradesh 2,170,295 1,506,062 1,109,056
16 Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 2,136,916 1,461,139 1,100,746
17 Kochi Kerala 2,119,724 1,355,972 1,140,605
18 Patna Bihar 2,049,156 1,697,976 1,099,647
19 Kozhikode Kerala 2,028,399 880,247 801,190
20 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 1,886,100 1,458,416 1,062,771
21 Thrissur Kerala 1,861,269 330,122 275,053
22 Vadodara Gujarat 1,822,221 1,491,045 1,126,824
23 Agra Uttar Pradesh 1,760,285 1,331,339 948,063
24 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 1,728,128 1,345,938 1,057,118
25 Malappuram Kerala 1,699,060 170,409 142,204
26 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 1,679,754 889,635 826,225
27 Kannur Kerala 1,640,986 498,207 463,962
28 Ludhiana Punjab 1,618,879 1,398,467 1,042,740
29 Nashik Maharashtra 1,561,809 1,152,326 725,341
30 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh 1,476,931 1,039,518 845,756
31 Madurai Tamil Nadu 1,465,625 1,203,095 1,085,914
32 Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 1,432,280 1,203,961 1,030,863
33 Meerut Uttar Pradesh 1,420,902 1,161,716 849,799
34 Faridabad Haryana 1,414,050 1,055,938 617,717
35 Rajkot Gujarat 1,390,640 1,003,015 654,490
36 Jamshedpur Jharkhand 1,339,438 1,104,713 829,171
37 Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir 1,264,202 988,210
38 Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh 1,268,848 1,098,000 888,916
39 Asansol West Bengal 1,243,414 1,067,369 763,939
40 Vasai-Virar Maharashtra 1,222,390
41 Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 1,212,395 1,042,229 844,546
42 Dhanbad Jharkhand 1,196,214 1,065,327 815,005
43 Aurangabad Maharashtra 1,193,167 892,483 592,709
44 Amritsar Punjab 1,183,549 1,003,919 708,835
45 Jodhpur Rajasthan 1,138,300 860,818 666,279
46 Ranchi Jharkhand 1,120,374 863,495 614,795
47 Raipur Chhattisgarh 1,123,558 700,113 462,694
48 Kollam Kerala 1,110,668 380,091 362,572
49 Gwalior Madhya Pradesh 1,102,884 865,548 717,780
50 Bhilai Chhattisgarh 1,064,222 927,864 685,474
51 Chandigarh Chandigarh 1,026,459 808,515 575,829
52 Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu 1,022,518 866,354 711,862
53 Kota Rajasthan 1,001,694 703,150 537,371

See also

Notes
  1. The population figures of cities in Kerala are inflated as the definition of urban agglomeration was revised in the 2011 census. The population of urban agglomerations in Kerala is not comparable with other cities in the country.[15]

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