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See also: List of urban agglomerations in India

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Urban agglomerations in India with a population of over one million

India is a country in South Asia and is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the most-populous country with more than 1.4 billion people, home to nearly 17.5 percent of the world's population.^[1] India consists of twenty-eight states and eight union territories.^[2]

The first official population census of India was conducted in 1872 and every ten years since 1951 by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs.^[3][4] The latest official census was conducted in 2011.^[5]

As per Government of India, an urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations that have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity.^[6] As per the 2011 census, there were 53 urban agglomerations or cities with population of 1 million and above.^[7]

List

Following is the list of urban agglomerations in India. The cities/urban agglomerations which are listed in bold are either the capital of the respective state or union territory or the capital is part of the respective urban agglomeration.

Town/UA	State/UT	Pop. (2023)[8]	Area (km^2) (2011)[9]	Pop. (2011)[7]	Pop. (2001)[9]	Pop. (1991)[9]
Delhi	Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh	31,190,000	1,139.48	16,314,838	12,877,470	8,419,084
Mumbai	Maharashtra	25,189,000	1,063.49	18,394,912	16,434,386	12,596,243
Kolkata	West Bengal	21,747,000	1,056.13	14,112,536	13,205,697	11,021,918
Bangalore	Karnataka	15,257,000	748.42	8,499,399	5,701,446	4,130,288
Chennai	Tamil Nadu	11,570,000	932.47	8,696,010	6,560,242	5,421,985
Hyderabad	Telangana	9,797,000	1,225.59	7,749,334	5,742,036	4,344,437
Ahmedabad	Gujarat	8,006,000	1,060.95	6,352,254	4,525,013	3,312,216
Pune	Maharashtra	6,819,000	502.78	5,049,968	3,760,636	2,493,987
Surat	Gujarat	6,601,000	431.01	4,585,367	2,811,614	1,518,950
Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	4,661,000	393.6	2,901,474	2,245,509	1,669,204
Jaipur	Rajasthan	4,360,000	484.16	3,073,350	2,322,575	1,518,235
Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	4,350,000	301.16	2,920,067	2,715,555	2,257,200
Indore	Madhya Pradesh	3,765,000	233.6	2,167,447	1,506,062	1,109,056
Nagpur	Maharashtra	3,493,000	229.2	2,497,777	2,129,500	1,664,006
Patna	Bihar	3,331,000	142.46	2,046,652	1,697,976	1,099,647
Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	3,229,000	118.68	1,435,113	1,203,961	1,030,863
Kozhikode	Kerala	3,049,000	909.79	2,030,519	880,247	801,190
Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	2,851,000	542.57	1,687,406	889,635	826,225
Agra	Uttar Pradesh	2,737,000	166.21	1,746,467	1,331,339	948,063
Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	2,562,000	336.06	1,883,381	1,458,416	1,062,771
Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	2,551,000	696.25	2,151,466	1,461,139	1,100,746
Prayagraj	Uttar Pradesh	2,438,000	115.46	1,216,719	1,042,229	844,546
Kochi	Kerala	2,381,000	843.84	2,117,990	1,355,972	1,140,605
Ludhiana	Punjab	2,205,000	159.37	1,613,878	1,398,467	1,042,740
Vadodara	Gujarat	2,182,000	420.2	1,817,191	1,692,000	1,100,000
Chandigarh	Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana	2,168,000	105.68	1,025,682	808,515	575,829
Madurai	Tamil Nadu	2,048,000	151.34	1,462,420	1,203,095	1,085,914
Meerut	Uttar Pradesh	2,011,000	186.61	1,424,908	1,161,716	849,799
Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	2,005,000	513.61	1,730,320	1,345,938	1,057,118
Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	1,925,000	184.07	1,337,131	1,104,713	829,171
Malappuram	Kerala	1,868,000	819.39	1,698,645	170,409	142,204
Nashik	Maharashtra	1,810,000	321.98	1,562,769	1,152,326	725,341
Asansol	West Bengal	1,720,000	369.34	1,243,008	1,067,369	763,939
Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh	1,660,000	44.93	911,223	669,087	480,520
Ranchi	Jharkhand	1,638,000	197.36	1,126,741	863,495	614,795
Thrissur	Kerala	1,578,000	990.91	1,854,783	330,122	0
Kollam	Kerala	1,576,000	364.51	1,110,005	380,091	362,572
Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh	1,533,000	237.16	1,267,564	1,098,000	888,916
Dhanbad	Jharkhand	1,503,000	240.66	1,195,298	1,065,327	815,005
Jodhpur	Rajasthan	1,497,000	132.97	1,137,815	860,818	666,279
Aurangabad	Maharashtra	1,490,000	148.12	1,189,376	892,483	592,709
Rajkot	Gujarat	1,487,000	185.38	1,390,933	1,003,015	654,490
Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	1,477,000	183.71	1,101,981	865,548	717,780
Raipur	Chhattisgarh	1,429,000	192.55	1,122,555	700,113	462,694
Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh	1,410,000	155.23	694,889	632,293	505,566
Kannur	Kerala	1,360,000	1,003.66	1,642,892	498,207	463,962
Bareilly	Uttar Pradesh	1,355,000	132.05	985,752	757,979	617,350
Guwahati	Assam	1,355,000	219.06	962,334	818,809	584,342
Moradabad	Uttar Pradesh	1,345,000	75	887,871	641,583	443,701
Amritsar	Punjab	1,313,000	136	1,183,705	1,003,919	708,835
Mysore	Karnataka	1,296,000	131.9	990,900	797,701	653,345
Durg-Bhilainagar	Chhattisgarh	1,293,000	335.63	1,064,222	927,864	705,076
Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh	1,232,000	283.58	1,491,202	1,039,518	845,756
Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir	1,212,000	304.27	1,273,312	988,210	NA
Salem	Tamil Nadu	1,189,000	126.09	917,414	751,438	577,260
Kota	Rajasthan	1,172,000	527.03	1,001,365	703,150	537,371
Jalandhar	Punjab	1,165,000	101.43	874,412	714,077	509,510
Saharanpur	Uttar Pradesh	1,152,000	46.74	705,478	455,754	374,945
Dehradun	Uttarakhand	1,136,000	125.22	706,124	530,263	368,053
Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	1,131,000	211.51	1,021,717	866,354	711,862
Bhubaneswar	Odisha	1,112,000	92.91	219,211	105,491	38,211
Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	1,103,000	198.28	657,314	612,163	NA
Solapur	Maharashtra	1,082,000	178.57	951,558	872,478	620,846
Hubli-Dharwad	Karnataka	1,062,000	213.42	943,788	786,195	648,298
Puducherry	Puducherry	1,024,000	77.26	401,437	505,959	657,209

See also

• List of cities in India by population
• List of metropolitan areas in India
• List of states and union territories of India by population
• Demographics of India

Notes

References

1. "World Population Prospects 2022". Population Division. United Nations. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
2. "States and union territories". Census of India. Government of India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
3. "Census Organisation of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
4. "Brief history of census". Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
5. "Census 2011 Provisional Population Totals" (PDF). The Hindu. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2013.
6. Circular, census catalog (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
7. Urban Agglomerations and Cities having population 1 lakh and above (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 (Report). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
8. World Urban Areas 13th Annual Edition (PDF) (Report). Demographia. August 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
9. INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011 (Report). Government of India (NIC). Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2012.

External links

• Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India