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Largest cities in India

Rankings depend on what you count. This list ranks each place by the figure people usually mean: the metro area (urban agglomeration) for a metro’s main city, the city itself otherwise. Both numbers are shown.

Largest cities in India
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1	Mumbai	Maharashtra	1,83,94,912	1,24,42,373	≈ 2.05 crore
2	Delhi	Delhi	1,63,49,831	1,10,34,555	≈ 2.19 crore
3	Kolkata	West Bengal	1,40,57,991	44,96,694	≈ 1.47 crore
4	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	86,53,521	46,46,732	≈ 98.4 lakh
5	Bengaluru	Karnataka	85,20,435	84,43,675	≈ 1.11 crore
6	Hyderabad	Telangana	76,77,018	67,31,790	≈ 88.8 lakh
7	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	63,57,693	55,77,940	≈ 78.4 lakh
8	Pune	Maharashtra	50,57,709	31,24,458	≈ 63.2 lakh
9	Surat	Gujarat	45,91,246	44,67,797	≈ 64 lakh
10	Jaipur	Rajasthan	–	30,46,163	≈ 40.3 lakh
11	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	29,20,496	27,65,348	≈ 31.5 lakh
12	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	29,02,920	28,17,105	≈ 38.1 lakh
13	Nagpur	Maharashtra	24,97,870	24,05,665	≈ 29 lakh
14	Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh	23,75,820	16,48,643	≈ 32.5 lakh
15	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	21,70,295	19,64,086	≈ 28.8 lakh
16	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	21,36,916	10,50,721	≈ 24.7 lakh
17	Kochi	Kerala	21,19,724	6,02,046	≈ 23.1 lakh
18	Patna	Bihar	20,49,156	16,84,222	≈ 25 lakh
19	Kozhikode	Kerala	20,28,399	4,31,560	≈ 22.3 lakh
20	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	18,86,100	17,98,218	≈ 25.3 lakh
21	Thrissur	Kerala	18,61,269	3,15,957	≈ 20.2 lakh
22	Thane	Maharashtra	–	18,41,488	≈ 26.3 lakh
23	Vadodara	Gujarat	18,22,221	16,70,806	≈ 21.6 lakh
24	Agra	Uttar Pradesh	17,60,285	15,85,704	≈ 22.9 lakh
25	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	–	17,28,128	≈ 19 lakh
26	Pimpri-Chinchwad	Maharashtra	–	17,27,692	≈ 28.4 lakh
27	Malappuram	Kerala	16,99,060	68,127	≈ 19.5 lakh
28	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	16,79,754	7,43,691	≈ 17.8 lakh
29	Kannur	Kerala	16,40,986	56,823	≈ 17.7 lakh
30	Ludhiana	Punjab	–	16,18,879	≈ 18.6 lakh
31	Nashik	Maharashtra	15,61,809	14,86,053	≈ 20.8 lakh
32	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh	14,76,931	10,34,358	≈ 15.9 lakh
33	Madurai	Tamil Nadu	14,65,625	10,17,865	≈ 16.1 lakh
34	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	14,32,280	11,98,491	≈ 17 lakh
35	Meerut	Uttar Pradesh	14,20,902	13,05,429	≈ 17.4 lakh
36	Faridabad	Haryana	–	14,14,050	≈ 19.9 lakh
37	Rajkot	Gujarat	13,90,640	12,86,678	≈ 20.3 lakh
38	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	13,39,438	6,31,364	≈ 16.5 lakh
39	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh	12,68,848	10,55,525	≈ 15 lakh
40	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir	12,64,202	11,80,570	≈ 14.2 lakh
41	Kalyan-Dombivli	Maharashtra	–	12,47,327	≈ 16.1 lakh
42	Asansol	West Bengal	12,43,414	5,63,917	≈ 13.9 lakh
43	Vasai-Virar	Maharashtra	–	12,22,390	≈ 15.8 lakh
44	Prayagraj	Uttar Pradesh	12,12,395	11,12,544	≈ 14.8 lakh
45	Dhanbad	Jharkhand	11,96,214	11,62,472	≈ 13.5 lakh
46	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar	Maharashtra	11,93,167	11,75,116	≈ 15.7 lakh
47	Amritsar	Punjab	11,83,549	11,32,383	≈ 13.5 lakh
48	Jodhpur	Rajasthan	11,38,300	10,33,756	≈ 14.4 lakh
49	Ranchi	Jharkhand	11,26,720	10,73,427	≈ 15 lakh
50	Raipur	Chhattisgarh	11,23,558	10,10,433	≈ 14.7 lakh
51	Navi Mumbai	Maharashtra	–	11,20,547	≈ 14.4 lakh
52	Kollam	Kerala	11,10,668	3,48,657	≈ 11.8 lakh
53	Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	11,02,884	10,54,420	≈ 14.5 lakh
54	Howrah	West Bengal	–	10,77,075	≈ 11.3 lakh
55	Durg	Chhattisgarh	10,64,222	2,68,806	≈ 12.2 lakh
56	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	10,22,518	8,47,387	≈ 11 lakh
57	Kota	Rajasthan	–	10,01,694	≈ 12.4 lakh
58	Mysuru	Karnataka	9,90,900	8,93,062	≈ 11.9 lakh
59	Bareilly	Uttar Pradesh	9,85,752	9,03,668	≈ 13 lakh
60	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	9,70,602	9,61,587	≈ 11.7 lakh
61	Tiruppur	Tamil Nadu	9,63,173	4,44,352	≈ 12.2 lakh
62	Guwahati	Assam	9,62,334	9,57,352	≈ 11.4 lakh
63	Solapur	Maharashtra	–	9,51,558	≈ 10.3 lakh
64	Hubballi-Dharwad	Karnataka	–	9,43,788	≈ 11 lakh
65	Salem	Tamil Nadu	9,17,414	8,29,267	≈ 10.1 lakh
66	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh	9,11,223	8,74,408	≈ 12.6 lakh
67	Gurugram	Haryana	9,02,112	8,76,969	≈ 13 lakh
68	Moradabad	Uttar Pradesh	–	8,87,871	≈ 11.1 lakh
69	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	8,85,363	8,43,402	≈ 9.8 lakh
70	Jalandhar	Punjab	8,74,412	8,62,886	≈ 9.7 lakh
71	Mira-Bhayandar	Maharashtra	–	8,09,378	≈ 12.3 lakh
72	Warangal	Telangana	7,53,438	6,15,998	≈ 8 lakh
73	Bhiwandi	Maharashtra	7,35,681	7,09,665	≈ 8.6 lakh
74	Dehradun	Uttarakhand	7,06,124	5,69,578	≈ 9 lakh
75	Saharanpur	Uttar Pradesh	–	7,05,478	≈ 8.5 lakh
76	Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh	6,94,889	6,73,446	≈ 7.7 lakh
77	Guntur	Andhra Pradesh	6,70,073	6,47,508	≈ 8.5 lakh
78	Cuttack	Odisha	6,63,188	6,10,189	≈ 7 lakh
79	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	6,57,314	5,02,197	≈ 6.9 lakh
80	Puducherry	Puducherry	6,57,209	2,44,377	≈ 9.4 lakh
81	Amravati	Maharashtra	–	6,47,057	≈ 7.6 lakh
82	Bikaner	Rajasthan	–	6,44,406	≈ 7.9 lakh
83	Bhilai	Chhattisgarh	–	6,25,700	≈ 7 lakh
84	Mangaluru	Karnataka	6,23,841	4,88,968	≈ 7 lakh
85	Belagavi	Karnataka	6,10,350	4,88,157	≈ 7.1 lakh
86	Bhavnagar	Gujarat	6,05,882	5,93,368	≈ 7.3 lakh
87	Firozabad	Uttar Pradesh	–	6,04,214	≈ 7.3 lakh
88	Jamnagar	Gujarat	6,00,943	4,79,920	≈ 7.1 lakh
89	Durgapur	West Bengal	5,80,990	5,66,517	≈ 6.6 lakh
90	Malegaon	Maharashtra	5,76,642	4,71,312	≈ 6.9 lakh
91	Chas	Jharkhand	5,64,319	1,41,640	≈ 6.5 lakh
92	Kolhapur	Maharashtra	5,61,837	5,49,236	≈ 6.2 lakh
93	Nellore	Andhra Pradesh	5,58,548	4,99,575	≈ 7.5 lakh
94	Rourkela	Odisha	5,52,239	2,72,721	≈ 5.9 lakh
95	Ajmer	Rajasthan	5,51,101	5,42,321	≈ 6.2 lakh
96	Nanded	Maharashtra	–	5,50,439	≈ 6.3 lakh
97	Jhansi	Uttar Pradesh	5,47,638	5,05,693	≈ 6.4 lakh
98	Kalaburagi	Karnataka	5,43,147	5,33,587	≈ 6.6 lakh
99	Erode	Tamil Nadu	5,21,891	1,57,101	≈ 5.8 lakh
100	Loni	Uttar Pradesh	–	5,16,082	≈ 7.1 lakh
101	Ujjain	Madhya Pradesh	–	5,15,215	≈ 6.3 lakh
102	Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad	Maharashtra	5,13,961	5,02,793	≈ 5.9 lakh
103	Siliguri	West Bengal	–	5,13,264	≈ 5.5 lakh
104	Ulhasnagar	Maharashtra	–	5,06,098	≈ 5.4 lakh
105	Tirunelveli	Tamil Nadu	4,97,826	4,73,637	≈ 5.3 lakh
106	Muzaffarnagar	Uttar Pradesh	4,95,543	3,92,768	≈ 5.9 lakh
107	Vellore	Tamil Nadu	4,84,690	1,85,803	≈ 5.3 lakh
108	Kurnool	Andhra Pradesh	4,84,327	4,30,214	≈ 6.6 lakh
109	Rajamahendravaram	Andhra Pradesh	4,76,873	3,41,831	≈ 5.4 lakh
110	Gaya	Bihar	4,75,987	4,68,614	≈ 5.8 lakh
111	Udaipur	Rajasthan	4,74,531	4,51,100	≈ 5.9 lakh
112	Ambattur	Tamil Nadu	–	4,66,205	≈ 5.7 lakh
113	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh	4,61,900	2,87,482	≈ 5.1 lakh
114	Jalgaon	Maharashtra	–	4,60,228	≈ 5.7 lakh
115	Mathura	Uttar Pradesh	4,56,706	3,49,909	≈ 5.6 lakh
116	Cherthala	Kerala	4,55,722	45,827	≈ 4.8 lakh
117	Bilaspur	Chhattisgarh	4,53,946	3,31,030	≈ 5.9 lakh
118	Maheshtala	West Bengal	–	4,48,317	≈ 5 lakh
119	Patiala	Punjab	4,46,246	4,06,192	≈ 5.2 lakh
120	Panipat	Haryana	4,44,524	2,94,292	≈ 5.8 lakh
121	Kakinada	Andhra Pradesh	4,43,028	3,12,538	≈ 5.1 lakh
122	Davanagere	Karnataka	–	4,34,971	≈ 5 lakh
123	Kayamkulam	Kerala	4,27,967	68,634	≈ 4.5 lakh
124	Akola	Maharashtra	–	4,25,817	≈ 4.5 lakh
125	Rajpur Sonarpur	West Bengal	–	4,24,368	≈ 5 lakh
126	Imphal	Manipur	4,18,739	2,68,243	≈ 4.6 lakh
127	Bhagalpur	Bihar	4,12,209	4,00,146	≈ 4.9 lakh
128	Thoothukudi	Tamil Nadu	4,11,628	2,37,830	≈ 4.2 lakh
129	Ballari	Karnataka	–	4,10,445	≈ 5.1 lakh
130	South Dum Dum	West Bengal	–	4,03,316	≈ 4.4 lakh
131	Rajarhat Gopalpur	West Bengal	–	4,02,844	≈ 4.4 lakh
132	Agartala	Tripura	–	4,00,004	≈ 4.6 lakh
133	Muzaffarpur	Bihar	3,96,590	3,54,462	≈ 5.1 lakh
134	Bhatpara	West Bengal	–	3,83,762	≈ 3.8 lakh
135	Yamunanagar	Haryana	3,83,353	2,16,677	≈ 4.7 lakh
136	Latur	Maharashtra	–	3,82,940	≈ 4.8 lakh
137	Ahilyanagar	Maharashtra	3,79,845	3,50,859	≈ 4.2 lakh
138	Panihati	West Bengal	–	3,77,347	≈ 4 lakh
139	Dhule	Maharashtra	–	3,75,559	≈ 4.1 lakh
140	Rohtak	Haryana	–	3,74,292	≈ 4.4 lakh
141	Sagar	Madhya Pradesh	3,70,208	2,73,296	≈ 4.5 lakh
142	Korba	Chhattisgarh	3,65,253	3,63,390	≈ 4.2 lakh
143	Bhilwara	Rajasthan	–	3,59,483	≈ 4.6 lakh
144	Kottayam	Kerala	3,57,302	55,374	≈ 3.8 lakh
145	Brahmapur	Odisha	–	3,56,598	≈ 3.8 lakh
146	Shillong	Meghalaya	3,54,759	1,43,229	≈ 4 lakh
147	Rampur	Uttar Pradesh	3,49,258	3,25,313	≈ 4.3 lakh
148	Shahjahanpur	Uttar Pradesh	3,47,852	3,29,736	≈ 3.8 lakh
149	Bardhaman	West Bengal	3,46,639	3,14,265	≈ 3.8 lakh
150	Avadi	Tamil Nadu	–	3,45,996	≈ 4.2 lakh
151	Aizawl	Mizoram	–	2,93,416	≈ 3.5 lakh
152	Gandhinagar	Gujarat	–	2,06,167	≈ 2.7 lakh
153	Shimla	Himachal Pradesh	1,71,640	1,69,578	≈ 1.9 lakh
154	Panaji	Goa	1,14,759	40,017	≈ 1.3 lakh
155	Sri Vijaya Puram	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	–	1,08,058	≈ 1.2 lakh
156	Gangtok	Sikkim	–	1,00,286	≈ 1.2 lakh
157	Kohima	Nagaland	–	99,039	≈ 1.28 lakh
158	Itanagar	Arunachal Pradesh	–	59,490	≈ 76 thousand
159	Daman	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	–	44,282	≈ 62 thousand
160	Leh	Ladakh	–	30,870	≈ 33 thousand

* 2026: our estimates (method M1) on 2011 boundaries, for the metro area where one exists.

20 largest, Census 2011 (metro where applicable)

Mumbai 1.84 crore
Delhi 1.63 crore
Kolkata 1.41 crore
Chennai 86.54 lakh
Bengaluru 85.2 lakh
Hyderabad 76.77 lakh
Ahmedabad 63.58 lakh
Pune 50.58 lakh
Surat 45.91 lakh
Jaipur 30.46 lakh
Kanpur 29.2 lakh
Lucknow 29.03 lakh
Nagpur 24.98 lakh
Ghaziabad 23.76 lakh
Indore 21.7 lakh
Coimbatore 21.37 lakh
Kochi 21.2 lakh
Patna 20.49 lakh
Kozhikode 20.28 lakh
Bhopal 18.86 lakh

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Data updated: 4 October 2026 · Report a correction