List of most populous cities in India

Rank	City	Population (2011) [1]	Population (2001)[2]	State/Territory
1	Mumbai	12,478,447	11,978,450	Maharashtra
2	Delhi	11,007,835	9,879,172	Delhi
3	Bangalore	8,425,970[N 1]	5,438,065	Karnataka
4	Hyderabad	6,809,970[N 2]	3,637,483	Andhra Pradesh
5	Ahmedabad	5,570,585	3,520,085	Gujarat
6	Chennai	4,681,087[N 3]	4,343,645	Tamil Nadu
7	Kolkata	4,486,679	4,572,876	West Bengal
8	Surat	4,462,002	2,433,835	Gujarat
9	Pune	3,115,431	2,538,473	Maharashtra
10	Jaipur	3,073,350	2,322,575	Rajasthan
11	Lucknow	2,815,601	2,185,927	Uttar Pradesh
12	Kanpur	2,767,031	2,551,337	Uttar Pradesh
13	Nagpur	2,405,421	2,052,066	Maharashtra
14	Indore	1,960,631	1,474,968	Madhya Pradesh
15	Thane	1,818,872	1,262,551	Maharashtra
16	Bhopal	1,795,648	1,437,354	Madhya Pradesh
17	Visakhapatnam	1,730,320	982,904	Andhra Pradesh
18	Pimpri-Chinchwad	1,729,359	1,012,472	Maharashtra
19	Patna	1,683,200	1,366,444	Bihar
20	Vadodara	1,666,703	1,306,227	Gujarat
21	Ghaziabad	1,636,068	968,256	Uttar Pradesh
22	Ludhiana	1,613,878	1,398,467	Punjab
23	Agra	1,574,542	1,275,134	Uttar Pradesh
24	Nashik	1,486,973	1,077,236	Maharashtra
25	Faridabad	1,404,653	1,055,938	Haryana
26	Meerut	1,309,023	1,068,772	Uttar Pradesh
27	Rajkot	1,286,995	967,476	Gujarat
28	Kalyan-Dombivali	1,246,381	1,193,512	Maharashtra
28	Vasai-Virar	1,221,233	Not Available	Maharashtra
29	Varanasi	1,201,815	1,091,918	Uttar Pradesh
30	Srinagar	1,192,792	898,440	Jammu and Kashmir
31	Aurangabad	1,171,330	873,311	Maharashtra
32	Dhanbad	1,161,561	99,258	Jharkhand
33	Amritsar	1,132,761	966,862	Punjab
34	Navi Mumbai	1,119,477	704,002	Maharashtra
35	Allahabad	1,117,094	975,393	Uttar Pradesh
36	Ranchi	1,073,440	847,093	Jharkhand
37	Howrah	1,072,161	1,007,532	West Bengal
38	Coimbatore	1,061,447[N 4]	930,882	Tamil Nadu
39	Jabalpur	1,054,336	932,484	Madhya Pradesh
40	Gwalior	1,053,505	827,026	Madhya Pradesh
41	Vijayawada	1,048,240	851,282	Andhra Pradesh
42	Jodhpur	1,033,918	851,051	Rajasthan
43	Madurai	1,016,885[N 5]	928,869	Tamil Nadu
44	Raipur	1,010,087	605,747	Chhattisgarh
45	Kota	1,001,365	694,316	Rajasthan
46	Guwahati	963,429	809,895	Assam
47	Chandigarh	960,787	808,515	Chandigarh
48	Solapur	951,118	872,478	Maharashtra
49	Hubballi-Dharwad	943,857	786,195	Karnataka
50	Bareilly	898,167	718,395	Uttar Pradesh
51	Moradabad	889,810	641,583	Uttar Pradesh
52	Mysore	887,446	755,379	Karnataka
53	Aligarh	872,575	669,087	Uttar Pradesh
54	Jalandhar	862,196	706,043	Punjab
55	Tiruchirappalli	846,915[N 6]	752,066	Tamil Nadu
56	Bhubaneswar	837,737	648,032	Orissa
57	Salem	831,038	696,760	Tamil Nadu
58	Mira-Bhayandar	814,655	520,388	Maharashtra
59	Thiruvananthapuram	752,490	744,983	Kerala
60	Bhiwandi	711,329	598,741	Maharashtra
61	Saharanpur	703,345	455,754	Uttar Pradesh
62	Gorakhpur	671,048	622,701	Uttar Pradesh
63	Guntur	651,382	514,461	Andhra Pradesh
64	Bikaner	647,804	529,690	Rajasthan
65	Amravati	646,801	549,510	Maharashtra
66	Noida	642,381	305,058	Uttar Pradesh
67	Bhilai	625,697	556,366	Chhattisgarh
68	Jamshedpur	629,659	573,096	Jharkhand
69	Warangal	620,116	530,636	Andhra Pradesh
70	Cuttack	606,007	534,654	Orissa
71	Firozabad	603,797	279,102	Uttar Pradesh
72	Kochi (Cochin)	601,574	596,473	Kerala
73	Bhavnagar	593,768	511,085	Gujarat
74	Dehradun	578,420	426,674	Uttarakhand
75	Durgapur	566,937	493,405	West Bengal
76	Asansol	564,491	475,439	West Bengal
77	Nanded	550,564	430,733	Maharashtra
78	Kolhapur	549,283	493,167	Maharashtra
79	Ajmer	542,580	485,575	Rajasthan
80	Gulbarga	532,031	422,569	Karnataka
81	Jamnagar	529,308	443,518	Gujarat
82	Ujjain	515,215	430,427	Madhya Pradesh
83	Loni	512,296	120,945	Uttar Pradesh
84	Siliguri	509,709	472,374	West Bengal
85	Jhansi	507,293	383,644	Uttar Pradesh
86	Ulhasnagar	506,937	473,731	Maharashtra
87	Nellore	505,258	378,428	Andhra Pradesh
88	Jammu	503,690	369,959	Jammu and Kashmir
89	Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad	502,697	436,781	Maharashtra
90	Belgaum	488,292	399,653	Karnataka
91	Mangalore	484,785	399,565	Karnataka
92	Ambattur	478,134	310,967	Tamil Nadu
93	Tirunelveli	474,838	411,831	Tamil Nadu
94	Malegaon	471,006	409,403	Maharashtra
95	Gaya	463,454	385,432	Bihar
96	Jalgaon	460,468	368,618	Maharashtra
97	Udaipur	451,735	389,438	Rajasthan
98	Maheshtala	449,423	385,266	West Bengal
99	Tirupur	444,543	344,543	Tamil Nadu
100	Davanagere	435,128	364,523	Karnataka
101	Kozhikode (Calicut)	432,097	436,556	Kerala
102	Akola	427,146	400,520	Maharashtra
103	Kurnool	424,920	269,122	Andhra Pradesh
104	Rajpur Sonarpur	423,806	336,707	West Bengal
105	Bokaro	413,934	393,805	Jharkhand
106	South Dumdum	410,524	392,444	West Bengal
107	Bellary	409,644	316,766	Karnataka
108	Patiala	405,164	303,151	Punjab
109	Gopalpur	404,991	271,811	West Bengal
110	Bhagalpur	398,138	340,767	Bihar
111	Tumakuru (Tumkur)	396,604	248,929	Karnataka
112	Muzaffarnagar	392,451	316,729	Uttar Pradesh
113	Bhatpara	390,467	442,385	West Bengal
114	Panihati	383,522	348,438	West Bengal
115	Latur	382,754	299,985	Maharashtra
116	Dhule	376,093	341,755	Maharashtra
117	Rohtak	373,133	286,807	Haryana
118	Korba	363,210	315,690	Chhattisgarh
119	Bhilwara	360,009	280,128	Rajasthan
120	Brahmapur	355,823	307,792	Orissa
121	Muzaffarpur	351,838	305,525	Bihar
122	Ahmednagar	350,905	307,615	Maharashtra
123	Mathura	349,336	302,770	Uttar Pradesh
124	Kollam (Quilon)	349,033	361,560	Kerala
125	Avadi	344,701	229,403	Tamil Nadu
126	Rajahmundry	343,903	315,251	Andhra Pradesh
127	Kamarhati	336,579	314,507	West Bengal
128	Bilaspur	330,106	274,917	Chhattisgarh
129	Shahjahanpur	327,975	296,662	Uttar Pradesh
130	Bijapur	326,360	228,175	Karnataka
131	Rampur	325,248	281,494	Uttar Pradesh
132	Shivamogga (Shimoga)	322,428	274,352	Karnataka
133	Chandrapur	321,036	289,450	Maharashtra
134	Thrissur	315,596	317,526	Kerala
135	Alwar	315,310	260,593	Rajasthan
136	Bardhaman	314,638	285,602	West Bengal
137	Kulti	313,977	289,903	West Bengal
138	Kakinada	312,255	296,329	Andhra Pradesh
139	Nizamabad	310,467	288,722	Andhra Pradesh
140	Parbhani	307,191	259,329	Maharashtra
141	Hisar	301,249	256,689	Haryana
142	Ozhukarai	300,028	217,707	Pondicherry
143	Bihar Sharif	296,889	232,071	Bihar
144	Panipat	294,150	261,740	Haryana
145	Darbhanga	294,116	267,348	Bihar
146	Bally	291,972	260,906	West Bengal
147	Aizawl	291,822	228,280	Mizoram
148	Dewas	289,438	231,672	Madhya Pradesh
149	Ichalkaranji	287,570	257,610	Maharashtra
150	Tirupati	287,035	228,202	Andhra Pradesh
151	Bathinda	285,813	217,256	Punjab
152	Jalna	285,349	235,795	Maharashtra
153	Purnia	280,547	171,687	Bihar
154	Satna	280,248	225,464	Madhya Pradesh
155	Mau	279,060	212,657	Uttar Pradesh
156	Sonipat	277,053	214,974	Haryana
157	Farrukhabad	275,750	228,333	Uttar Pradesh
158	Sagar	273,357	232,133	Madhya Pradesh
159	Durg	268,679	232,517	Chhattisgarh
160	Imphal	264,986	221,492	Manipur
161	Ratlam	264,810	222,202	Madhya Pradesh
162	Hapur	262,801	211,983	Uttar Pradesh
163	Anantapur	262,340	218,808	Andhra Pradesh
164	Arrah	261,099	203,380	Bihar
165	Karimnagar	260,899	205,653	Andhra Pradesh
166	Etawah	256,790	210,453	Uttar Pradesh
167	Ambernath	254,003	203,795	Maharashtra
168	North Dumdum	253,625	220,042	West Bengal
169	Bharatpur	252,109	204,587	Rajasthan
170	New Delhi	249,998	302,147	Delhi
171	Baranagar	248,466	250,768	West Bengal
172	Tiruvottiyur	248,059	212,281	Tamil Nadu
173	Rewa	235,422	183,274	Madhya Pradesh
174	Mirzapur	233,691	205,053	Uttar Pradesh
175	Raichur	232,456	207,421	Karnataka
176	Pali	229,956	187,641	Rajasthan
177	Ramagundam	229,632	236,600	Andhra Pradesh
178	Sri Ganganagar	224,773	210,713	Rajasthan
179	Uluberia	222,175	202,135	West Bengal
180	Naihati	221,762	215,303	West Bengal
181	Singrauli	220,295	185,190	Madhya Pradesh
182	Bidhan Nagar	218,323	164,221	West Bengal
183	Secunderabad	213,698	204,182	Andhra Pradesh
184	Bidar	211,944	172,877	Karnataka
185	Burhanpur	210,944	193725	Madhya Pradesh
186	Gandhinagar	208,299	195,985	Gujarat
187	Hosapete	206,159	164,240	Karnataka
188	Nangloi Jat	205,497	150,948	Delhi
189	Puri	201,026	157,610	Orissa
190	Serampore	183,339	17,715	West Bengal
191	Panvel	180,464	204,336	Maharashtra
192	Deoli	169,410	119,432	Delhi
193	Erode	156,953	151,184	Tamilnadu