🌆 Largest Cities in India
The 100 most populous Indian cities at the 2011 census.
Mumbai8.1%
Delhi7.2%
Bengaluru5.5%
Hyderabad4.6%
Chennai4.4%
Ahmedabad3.6%
Kolkata2.9%
Surat2.9%
Pune
Jaipur
Lucknow
Kanpur1.8%
Nagpur
Indore
Thane
Bhopal
Visakhapatnam
Pimpri-Chinchwad
Patna
Vadodara
Ghaziabad
Ludhiana
Agra
Nashik
Faridabad
Meerut
Rajkot
Kalyan-Dombivli
Vasai-Virar
Varanasi
Srinagar
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Dhanbad
Amritsar
Navi Mumbai
Prayagraj
60 others27%
1
MumbaiMaharashtra
12,442,373
2
DelhiDelhi
11,034,555
3
BengaluruKarnataka
8,443,675
4
HyderabadTelangana
6,993,262
5
ChennaiTamil Nadu
6,748,026
6
AhmedabadGujarat
5,577,940
7
KolkataWest Bengal
4,496,694
8
SuratGujarat
4,467,797
9
PuneMaharashtra
3,124,458
10
JaipurRajasthan
3,046,163
11
LucknowUttar Pradesh
2,817,105
12
KanpurUttar Pradesh
2,765,348
13
NagpurMaharashtra
2,405,665
14
IndoreMadhya Pradesh
1,964,086
15
ThaneMaharashtra
1,841,488
16
BhopalMadhya Pradesh
1,798,218
17
VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh
1,728,128
18
Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra
1,727,692
19
PatnaBihar
1,684,222
20
VadodaraGujarat
1,670,806
21
GhaziabadUttar Pradesh
1,648,643
22
LudhianaPunjab
1,618,879
23
AgraUttar Pradesh
1,585,704
24
NashikMaharashtra
1,486,053
25
FaridabadHaryana
1,414,050
26
MeerutUttar Pradesh
1,305,429
27
RajkotGujarat
1,286,678
28
Kalyan-DombivliMaharashtra
1,247,327
29
Vasai-VirarMaharashtra
1,222,390
30
VaranasiUttar Pradesh
1,198,491
31
SrinagarJammu and Kashmir
1,180,570
32
Chhatrapati SambhajinagarMaharashtra
1,175,116
33
DhanbadJharkhand
1,162,472
34
AmritsarPunjab
1,132,383
35
Navi MumbaiMaharashtra
1,120,547
36
PrayagrajUttar Pradesh
1,112,544
37
HowrahWest Bengal
1,077,075
38
RanchiJharkhand
1,073,427
39
JabalpurMadhya Pradesh
1,055,525
40
GwaliorMadhya Pradesh
1,054,420
41
CoimbatoreTamil Nadu
1,050,721
42
VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh
1,034,358
43
JodhpurRajasthan
1,033,756
44
MaduraiTamil Nadu
1,017,865
45
RaipurChhattisgarh
1,010,433
46
KotaRajasthan
1,001,694
47
ChandigarhChandigarh
961,587
48
GuwahatiAssam
957,352
49
SolapurMaharashtra
951,558
50
Hubli–DharwadKarnataka
943,788
51
BareillyUttar Pradesh
903,668
52
MysoreKarnataka
893,062
53
MoradabadUttar Pradesh
887,871
54
GurgaonHaryana
876,969
55
AligarhUttar Pradesh
874,408
56
JalandharPunjab
862,886
57
TiruchirappalliTamil Nadu
847,387
58
BhubaneswarOdisha
843,402
59
SalemTamil Nadu
829,267
60
Mira-BhayandarMaharashtra
809,378
61
ThiruvananthapuramKerala
743,691
62
BhiwandiMaharashtra
711,329
63
SaharanpurUttar Pradesh
705,478
64
GorakhpurUttar Pradesh
673,446
65
GunturAndhra Pradesh
647,508
66
AmravatiMaharashtra
647,057
67
BikanerRajasthan
644,406
68
Noida (town)Uttar Pradesh
637,272
69
JamshedpurJharkhand
631,364
70
BhilaiChhattisgarh
625,700
71
WarangalTelangana
615,998
72
CuttackOdisha
610,189
73
FirozabadUttar Pradesh
604,214
74
KochiKerala
602,046
75
BhavnagarGujarat
593,368
76
DehradunUttarakhand
569,578
77
DurgapurWest Bengal
566,517
78
AsansolWest Bengal
563,917
79
Nanded WaghalaMaharashtra
550,439
80
KolhapurMaharashtra
549,236
81
AjmerRajasthan
542,321
82
KalaburagiKarnataka
533,587
83
LoniUttar Pradesh
516,082
84
UjjainMadhya Pradesh
515,215
85
SiliguriWest Bengal
513,264
86
UlhasnagarMaharashtra
506,098
87
JhansiUttar Pradesh
505,693
88
Sangli-Miraj & KupwadMaharashtra
502,793
89
JammuJammu and Kashmir
502,197
90
NelloreAndhra Pradesh
499,575
91
MangaloreKarnataka
488,968
92
BelgaumKarnataka
488,157
93
JamnagarGujarat
479,920
94
TirunelveliTamil Nadu
473,637
95
MalegaonMaharashtra
471,312
96
GayaBihar
468,614
97
AmbatturTamil Nadu
466,205
98
JalgaonMaharashtra
460,228
99
UdaipurRajasthan
451,100
100
MaheshtalaWest Bengal
448,317
Highlights
Within India, Mumbai ranks first in 2011 with 12,442,373, followed by Delhi (11,034,555) and Bengaluru (8,443,675).
Across 100 entries, values run from 12,442,373 (Mumbai) to 448,317 (Maheshtala), with a median of 923,728.
Source: Census of India 2011 (via Wikipedia), 2011. Unit: people.
Source: Census of India 2011 (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026