List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India

See also: List of urban agglomerations in India

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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 52 ^[12] (don't be confused - as per provisional census 53) million-plus cities in India (independent city is taken only if it is not a part of any urban agglomeration, otherwise urban agglomeration is taken), with Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata having populations over 10 million.

There are 52 ^[12] (don't be confused - as per provisional census 53) town/urban agglomerations (independent town is taken only if it is not a part of any urban agglomeration) in India with a population of 1 million or more as of 2011 against 35 in 2001 before revision of population of Towns/Urban Agglomerations in Kerala ^[12].^[13] About 43 percent of the urban population of India lives in these cities.^[14][15][13]

List

• The cities/Urban Agglomerations (U.A.) which are listed in bold are either the capital of the respective state / union territory or the capital is part of the respective Town/U.A. - example Gandhinagar, a state capital is a part of the Ahmedadbad U.A.^[12] U.A. is added after the name of Urban Agglomeration (U.A.) but it is not added after the independent town which is not a part of any U.A.. The mentioned final figures are slightly different from provisional figures.

Rank	Town/UA ^[12] ^[a]	State/Union Territory	Town Status ^[12]	Level ^[17]	Area Sqkm (2011) ^[12]	Population (2011)^[12]	Population (2001)^[16]	Population (1991)^[16]
1	Greater Mumbai U.A.	Maharashtra		U.A.	437.71	18,394,912	16,434,386	12,596,243
2	Delhi U.A.	Delhi		U.A.	1397.3	16,349,831	12,877,470	8,419,084
3	Kolkata U.A.	West Bengal		U.A.	1886.	14,057,991	13,205,697	11,021,918
4	Chennai U.A.	Tamil Nadu		U.A.	932.47	8,653,521	6,560,242	5,421,985
5	Bruhat Bangalore U.A.	Karnataka		U.A.	748.42	8,520,435	5,701,446	4,130,288
6	Hyderabad U.A.	Andhra Pradesh during census, now Telangana		U.A.	1,225.59	7,677,018	5,742,036	4,344,437
7	Ahmedabad U.A.	Gujarat		U.A.	1060.95	6,357,693	4,525,013	3,312,216
8	Pune U.A.	Maharashtra		U.A.	502.78	5,057,709	3,760,636	2,493,987
9	Surat U.A.	Gujarat		U.A.	431.01	4,591,246	2,811,614	1,518,950
10	Vadodara U.A.	Gujarat		U.A.	420	3,552,163	1,822,575	1,118,235
11	Jaipur U.A.	Rajasthan		U.A.	484.16	3,020,496	2,715,555	2,029,889
12	Lucknow U.A.	Uttar Pradesh		U.A.	393.60	2,902,920	2,245,509	1,669,204
13	Kanpur U.A.	Uttar Pradesh		U.A.	350	2,767,000	25,53,000	22,57,200
14	Nagpur U.A.	Maharashtra		U.A.	229.20	2,497,870	2,129,500	1,664,006
15	Ghaziabad U.A.	Uttar Pradesh		U.A.	263.29	2,375,820	968,256	511,759
16	Visakhapatnam (GVMC)	Andhra Pradesh		U.A.	681.96	2,358,412	1,345,938	1,057,118
17	Indore U.A.	Madhya Pradesh		U.A.	233.60	2,170,295	1,506,062	1,109,056
18	Coimbatore U.A.	Tamil Nadu		U.A.	696.25	2,136,916	1,461,139	1,100,746
19	Kochi U.A.	Kerala		U.A.	843.84	2,119,724	1,355,972 (Revised 1,410,666 ^[12])	1,140,605 (Revised 1,242,115)
20	Patna U.A.	Bihar		U.A.	142.46	2,049,156	1,697,976	1,099,647
21	Kozhikode U.A.	Kerala		U.A.	909.79	2,028,399	880,247 (Revised 1,101,157 ^[12])	801,190 (Revised 945,802)
22	Bhopal U.A.	Madhya Pradesh		U.A.	336.06	1,886,100	1,458,416	1,062,771
23	Thrissur U.A.	Kerala		U.A.	990.91	1,861,269	330,122
24	Agra U.A.	Uttar Pradesh		U.A.	166.21	1,760,285	1,331,339	948,063
25	Malappuram U.A.	Kerala		U.A.	819.39	1,699,060	170,409 (Revised 311,558 ^[12])	142,204 (Revised 243,427)
26	Thiruvananthapuram U.A.	Kerala		U.A.	542.57	1,679,754	889,635 (Revised 1,050,933 ^[12])	826,225 (Revised 959,256)
27	Kannur U.A.	Kerala		U.A.	1003.66	1,640,986	498,207 (Revised 1,212,898 ^[12])	463,962 (Revised 1,145,476)
28	Ludhiana	Punjab	M.Corp.	Town & City	159.37	1,618,879	1,398,467	1,042,740
29	Nashik U.A.	Maharashtra		U.A.	321.98	1,561,809	1,152,326	725,341
30	Vijayawada U.A.	Andhra Pradesh		U.A.	283.58	1,476,931	1,039,518	845,756
31	Madurai U.A.	Tamil Nadu		U.A.	151.34	1,465,625	1,203,095	1,085,914
32	Varanasi U.A.	Uttar Pradesh		U.A.	118.68	1,432,280	1,203,961	1,030,863
33	Meerut U.A.	Uttar Pradesh		U.A.	186.61	1,420,902	1,161,716	849,799
34	Faridabad	Haryana	M.Corp.	Town & City	204.00	1,414,050	1,055,938	617,717
35	Rajkot U.A.	Gujarat		U.A.	185.38	1,390,640	1,003,015	654,490
36	Jamshedpur U.A.	Jharkhand		U.A.	184.07	1,339,438	1,104,713	829,171
37	Jabalpur U.A.	Madhya Pradesh		U.A.	237.16	1,268,848	1,098,000	888,916
38	Srinagar U.A.	Jammu and Kashmir		U.A.	304.27	1,264,202	988,210
39	Asansol U.A.	West Bengal		U.A.	369.34	1,243,414	1,067,369	763,939
40	Vasai-Virar City	Maharashtra	M.Corp.	Town & City	319.39	1,222,390	518,601	215,762
41	Allahabad U.A.	Uttar Pradesh		U.A.	115.46	1,212,395	1,042,229	844,546
42	Dhanbad U.A.	Jharkhand		U.A.	240.66	1,196,214	1,065,327	815,005
43	Aurangabad U.A.	Maharashtra		U.A.	148.12	1,193,167	892,483	592,709
44	Amritsar U.A.	Punjab		U.A.	N.A.	1,183,549	1,003,919	708,835
45	Jodhpur U.A.	Rajasthan		U.A.	132.97	1,138,300	860,818	666,279
46	Ranchi U.A.	Jharkhand		U.A.	197.36	1,126,720	863,495	614,795
47	Raipur U.A.	Chhattisgarh		U.A.	192.55	1,123,558	700,113	462,694
48	Kollam U.A.	Kerala		U.A.	364.51	1,110,668	380,091	362,572
49	Gwalior U.A.	Madhya Pradesh		U.A.	183.71	1,102,884	865,548	717,780
50	Durg -Bhilainagar U.A.	Chhattisgarh		U.A.	335.63	1,064,222	927,864	685,474
51*	Tiruchirappalli U.A.	Tamil Nadu		U.A.	211.51	1,022,518	866,354	711,862
52^*	Kota (M.Corp.)	Rajasthan	M.Corp.	Town & City	527.03	1,001,694	703,150	537,371
*	Chandigarh U.A.	Chandigarh		U.A.		970,602^*	808,515	575,829

Source: ^[12]

Note: * Chandigarh U.A. was in the list of million plus populous Town/U.A. as per provisional census having 51st rank but finally, it was excluded from the list of million plus populous Town/U.A. with 55th rank after two less than million populous Town/U.A - Mysore U.A., Bareilly U.A. and as a result of it, number of million plus populous Town/U.A. is 52 though as per provisional census it was 53. As a result, the rank of Tiruchirappalli changed from 52 to 51 and that of Kota 53 to 52.

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

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.^[16]

References

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11. Ratna 2007, pp. 271–272.
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14. "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
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Further reading

• Dyson, T.; Visaria, P. (7 July 2005), "Migration and Urbanisation: Retrospect and Prospects", in Dyson, T.; Casses, R.; Visaria, L. (eds.), Twenty-First Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development, and the Environment, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199283828
• Garg, S. C. (19 April 2005), Mobilizing Urban Infrastructure Finance in India (PDF), World Bank, retrieved 27 January 2010
• Ratna, U. (2007), "Interface Between Urban and Rural Development in India", in Dutt, A. K.; Thakur, B. (eds.), City, Society, and Planning, vol. 1, Concept, ISBN 978-8180694592

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