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Are you looking for a list of cities in India? Do you know how many cities are in India? If yes then this is the well-curated brief information on various Indian cities. This article aims to provide you with the concise but the best piece of information on various cities and towns across the country. If you are looking for a complete list of Indian cities then this article is just for you.

Brief Information on Indian Cities

India, officially the Republic of India, is a vast country in South Asia. It is the second-largest city by population after China, and the seventh-largest county by area in the world. Plus, it is the most populous democracy in the world. Divided into 5 different regions – Eastern, Western, Central, Northern, and Southern – the country is known for its amazing geographical and cultural diversity. Different cultures and traditions in the different parts of the country thrive together in perfect harmony. You can see different cultures and traditions in different villages, towns, and cities of India.

India is home to more than 4000 cities and towns. About 300 Indian cities have a population of more than 1 lakh (100000). These cities are categorized as Class-I towns or Cities. The 52 cities have a population of more than 1 million which are categorized as Million Plus UAs or Cities. 

Among the Million Plus UAs/Cities, there are three very large UAs with more than 10 million persons in the country, known as Megacities. These are Greater Mumbai UA (18.4 million), Delhi UA (16.3 million), and Kolkata UA (14.1 million).

List of Class-I towns or Cities in India by Population

This list does not include urban agglomerations such as Greater Mumbai UA, Delhi UA and Kolkata UA.

Sl. No. City Name Population (2011) States & UTs
1 Mumbai 12,478,447 Maharashtra
2 Delhi 11,034,555 Delhi
3 Bangalore 8,436,675 Karnataka
4 Hyderabad 6,809,970 Telangana
5 Ahmedabad 5,570,585 Gujarat
6 Chennai 4,681,087 Tamil Nadu
7 Kolkata 4,486,679 West Bengal
8 Surat 4,467,797 Gujarat
9 Pune 3,124,458 Maharashtra
10 Jaipur 3,046,163 Rajasthan
11 Visakhapatnam 2,964,086 Andhra Pradesh
12 Kanpur 2,765,348 Uttar Pradesh
13 Nagpur 2,405,665 Maharashtra
14 Lucknow 2,817,105 Uttar Pradesh
15 Thane 1,841,488 Maharashtra
16 Bhopal 1,798,218 Madhya Pradesh
17 Indore 1,664,086 Madhya Pradesh
18 Pimpri-Chinchwad 1,727,692 Maharashtra
19 Patna 1,684,222 Bihar
20 Vadodara 1,670,806 Gujarat
21 Ghaziabad 1,648,643 Uttar Pradesh
22 Ludhiana 1,618,879 Punjab
23 Agra 1,585,704 Uttar Pradesh
24 Nashik 1,486,053 Maharashtra
25 Faridabad 1,414,050 Haryana
26 Meerut 1,305,429 Uttar Pradesh
27 Rajkot 1,286,678 Gujarat
28 Kalyan-Dombivli 1,247,327 Maharashtra
29 Vasai-Virar 1,222,390 Maharashtra
30 Varanasi 1,201,815 Uttar Pradesh
31 Srinagar 1,180,570 Jammu and Kashmir
32 Aurangabad 1,175,116 Maharashtra
33 Dhanbad 1,162,472 Jharkhand
34 Amritsar 1,132,383 Punjab
35 Navi Mumbai 1,120,547 Maharashtra
36 Allahabad 1,112,544 Uttar Pradesh[6]
37 Howrah 1,077,075 West Bengal
38 Ranchi 1,073,427 Jharkhand
39 Gwalior 1,069,276 Madhya Pradesh
40 Jabalpur 1,055,525 Madhya Pradesh
41 Coimbatore 1,050,721 Tamil Nadu
42 Vijayawada 1,034,358 Andhra Pradesh
43 Jodhpur 1,033,918 Rajasthan
44 Madurai 1,017,865 Tamil Nadu
45 Raipur 1,010,087 Chhattisgarh
46 Chandigarh 1,028,667 Chandigarh
47 Guntur 961,587 Andhra Pradesh
48 Guwahati 957,352 Assam
49 Solapur 951,558 Maharashtra
50 HubliтАУDharwad 943,788 Karnataka
51 Tiruchirappalli 916,674 Tamil Nadu
52 Bareilly 898,167 Uttar Pradesh
53 Moradabad 889,810 Uttar Pradesh
54 Mysore 887,446 Karnataka
55 Tiruppur 877,778 Tamil Nadu
56 Gurgaon 876,824 Haryana
57 Aligarh 872,575 Uttar Pradesh
58 Jalandhar 862,196 Punjab
59 Bhubaneswar 837,737 Odisha
60 Salem 831,038 Tamil Nadu
61 Mira-Bhayandar 814,655 Maharashtra
62 Warangal 811,844 Telangana
63 Jalgaon 798,514 Maharashtra
64 Kota 743,556 Rajasthan
65 Bhiwandi 711,329 Maharashtra
66 Saharanpur 703,345 Uttar Pradesh
67 Gorakhpur 671,048 Uttar Pradesh
68 Bikaner 647,804 Rajasthan
69 Amravati 646,801 Maharashtra
70 Noida 642,381 Uttar Pradesh
71 Jamshedpur 631,364 Jharkhand
72 Bhilai 625,697 Chhattisgarh
73 Cuttack 606,007 Odisha
74 Firozabad 603,797 Uttar Pradesh
75 Kochi 601,574 Kerala
76 Nellore 600,869 Andhra Pradesh
77 Bhavnagar 593,768 Gujarat
78 Dehradun 578,420 Uttarakhand
79 Durgapur 566,937 West Bengal
80 Asansol 564,491 West Bengal
81 Rourkela 552,734 Odisha
82 Nanded 550,564 Maharashtra
83 Kolhapur 549,283 Maharashtra
84 Ajmer 542,580 Rajasthan
85 Akola 537,149 Maharashtra
86 Gulbarga 532,031 Karnataka
87 Jamnagar 529,308 Gujarat
88 Ujjain 515,215 Madhya Pradesh
89 Loni 512,296 Uttar Pradesh
90 Siliguri 509,709 West Bengal
91 Jhansi 507,293 Uttar Pradesh
92 Ulhasnagar 506,937 Maharashtra
93 Jammu 503,690 Jammu and Kashmir
94 Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad 502,697 Maharashtra
95 Mangalore 499,486 Karnataka
96 Erode 498,129 Tamil Nadu
97 Belgaum 488,292 Karnataka
98 Ambattur 478,134 Tamil Nadu
99 Tirunelveli 473,637 Tamil Nadu
100 Malegaon 471,006 Maharashtra
101 Gaya 463,454 Bihar
102 Thiruvananthapuram 957,730 Kerala
103 Udaipur 451,735 Rajasthan
104 Maheshtala 449,423 West Bengal
105 Davanagere 435,128 Karnataka
106 Kozhikode 432,097 Kerala
107 Kurnool 430,214 Andhra Pradesh
108 Rajpur Sonarpur 423,806 West Bengal
109 Rajahmundry 419,818 Andhra Pradesh
110 Bokaro 413,934 Jharkhand
111 South Dumdum 410,524 West Bengal
112 Bellary 409,644 Karnataka
113 Patiala 405,164 Punjab
114 Gopalpur 404,991 West Bengal
115 Agartala 399,688 Tripura
116 Bhagalpur 398,138 Bihar
117 Muzaffarnagar 392,451 Uttar Pradesh
118 Bhatpara 390,467 West Bengal
119 Panihati 383,522 West Bengal
120 Latur 382,754 Maharashtra
121 Dhule 376,093 Maharashtra
122 Tirupati 374,260 Andhra Pradesh
123 Rohtak 373,133 Haryana
124 Korba 363,210 Chhattisgarh
125 Bhilwara 360,009 Rajasthan
126 Berhampur 355,823 Odisha
127 Muzaffarpur 351,838 Bihar
128 Ahmednagar 350,905 Maharashtra
129 Mathura 349,336 Uttar Pradesh
130 Kollam 349,033 Kerala
131 Avadi 344,701 Tamil Nadu
132 Kadapa 343,054 Andhra Pradesh
133 Kamarhati 336,579 West Bengal
134 Sambalpur 335,761 Odisha
135 Bilaspur 330,106 Chhattisgarh
136 Shahjahanpur 327,975 Uttar Pradesh
137 Satara 326,789 Maharashtra
138 Bijapur 326,360 Karnataka
139 Kakinada 325,985 Andhra Pradesh
140 Rampur 325,248 Uttar Pradesh
141 Shimoga 322,428 Karnataka
142 Chandrapur 321,036 Maharashtra
143 Junagadh 320,250 Gujarat
144 Thrissur 315,596 Kerala
145 Alwar 315,310 Rajasthan
146 Bardhaman 314,638 West Bengal
147 Kulti 313,977 West Bengal
148 Nizamabad 310,467 Telangana
149 Parbhani 307,191 Maharashtra
150 Tumkur 305,821 Karnataka
151 Khammam 305,000 Telangana
152 Ozhukarai 300,028 Puducherry
153 Bihar Sharif 296,889 Bihar
154 Panipat 294,150 Haryana
155 Darbhanga 294,116 Bihar
156 Bally 291,972 West Bengal
157 Aizawl 291,822 Mizoram
158 Dewas 289,438 Madhya Pradesh
159 Ichalkaranji 287,570 Maharashtra
160 Karnal 286,974 Haryana
161 Bathinda 285,813 Punjab
162 Jalna 285,349 Maharashtra
163 Eluru 283,648 Andhra Pradesh
164 Barasat 283,443 West Bengal
165 Kirari Suleman Nagar 282,598 Delhi
166 Purnia 280,547 Bihar
167 Satna 280,248 Madhya Pradesh
168 Mau 279,060 Uttar Pradesh
169 Sonipat 277,053 Haryana
170 Farrukhabad 275,750 Uttar Pradesh
171 Sagar 273,357 Madhya Pradesh
172 Durg 268,679 Chhattisgarh
173 Imphal 264,986 Manipur
174 Ratlam 264,810 Madhya Pradesh
175 Hapur 262,801 Uttar Pradesh
176 Arrah 261,099 Bihar
177 Anantapur 261,004 Andhra Pradesh
178 Karimnagar 260,899 Telangana
179 Etawah 256,838 Uttar Pradesh
180 Ambarnath 254,003 Maharashtra
181 North Dumdum 253,625 West Bengal
182 Bharatpur 252,109 Rajasthan
183 Begusarai 251,136 Bihar
184 New Delhi 249,998 Delhi
185 Gandhidham 248,705 Gujarat
186 Baranagar 248,466 West Bengal
187 Tiruvottiyur 248,059 Tamil Nadu
188 Pondicherry 241,773 Puducherry
189 Sikar 237,579 Rajasthan
190 Thoothukudi 237,374 Tamil Nadu
191 Rewa 235,422 Madhya Pradesh
192 Mirzapur 233,691 Uttar Pradesh
193 Raichur 232,456 Karnataka
194 Pali 229,956 Rajasthan
195 Ramagundam 229,644 Telangana
196 Haridwar 228,832 Uttarakhand
197 Vijayanagaram 228,025 Andhra Pradesh
198 Tenali 225,982 Andhra Pradesh
199 Nagercoil 224,849 Tamil Nadu
200 Sri Ganganagar 224,773 Rajasthan
201 Karawal Nagar 224,666 Delhi
202 Mango 223,805 Jharkhand
203 Thanjavur 222,943 Tamil Nadu
204 Bulandshahr 222,519 Uttar Pradesh
205 Uluberia 222,240 West Bengal
206 Katni 221,883 Madhya Pradesh
207 Sambhal 220,813 Uttar Pradesh
208 Singrauli 220,257 Madhya Pradesh
209 Nadiad 218,095 Gujarat
210 Secunderabad 217,910 Telangana
211 Naihati 217,900 West Bengal
212 Yamunanagar 216,677 Haryana
213 Bidhannagar 215,514 West Bengal
214 Pallavaram 215,417 Tamil Nadu
215 Bidar 214,373 Karnataka
216 Munger 213,303 Bihar
217 Panchkula 211,355 Haryana
218 Burhanpur 210,886 Madhya Pradesh
219 Raurkela Industrial Township 210,317 Odisha
220 Kharagpur 207,604 West Bengal
221 Dindigul 207,327 Tamil Nadu
222 Gandhinagar 206,167 Gujarat
223 Hospet 206,167 Karnataka
224 Nangloi Jat 205,596 Delhi
225 Malda 205,521 West Bengal
226 Ongole 204,746 Andhra Pradesh
227 Deoghar 203,123 Jharkhand
228 Chapra 202,352 Bihar
229 Haldia 200,827 West Bengal
230 Khandwa 200,738 Madhya Pradesh
231 Nandyal 200,516 Andhra Pradesh
232 Morena 200,482 Madhya Pradesh
233 Amroha 198,471 Uttar Pradesh
234 Anand 198,282 Gujarat
235 Bhind 197,585 Madhya Pradesh
236 Bhalswa Jahangir Pur 197,148 Delhi
237 Madhyamgram 196,127 West Bengal
238 Bhiwani 196,057 Haryana
239 Berhampore 195,223 West Bengal
240 Ambala 195,153 Haryana
241 Morbi 194,947 Gujarat
242 Fatehpur 193,193 Uttar Pradesh
243 Raebareli 191,316 Uttar Pradesh
244 Mahaboobnagar 190,400 Telangana
245 Chittoor 189,332 Andhra Pradesh
246 Bhusawal 187,421 Maharashtra
247 Orai 187,137 Uttar Pradesh
248 Bahraich 186,223 Uttar Pradesh
249 Vellore 185,803 Tamil Nadu
250 Mehsana 184,991 Gujarat
251 Raiganj 183,612 West Bengal
252 Sirsa 182,534 Haryana
253 Danapur 182,429 Bihar
254 Serampore 181,842 West Bengal
255 Sultan Pur Majra 181,554 Delhi
256 Guna 180,935 Madhya Pradesh
257 Jaunpur 180,362 Uttar Pradesh
258 Panvel 180,020 Maharashtra
259 Shivpuri 179,977 Madhya Pradesh
260 Surendranagar Dudhrej 177,851 Gujarat
261 Unnao 177,658 Uttar Pradesh
262 Chinsurah 177,259 West Bengal
263 Alappuzha 174,164 Kerala
264 Kottayam 172,878 Kerala
265 Machilipatnam 169,892 Andhra Pradesh
266 Shimla 169,578 Himachal Pradesh
267 Adoni 166,537 Andhra Pradesh
268 Udupi 165,401 Karnataka
269 Katihar 164,937 Bihar
270 Proddatur 163,600 Andhra Pradesh
271 Saharsa 155,175 Bihar
272 Hindupur 151,835 Andhra Pradesh
273 Sasaram 147,396 Bihar
274 Hajipur 147,126 Bihar
275 Bhimavaram 142,280 Andhra Pradesh
276 Kumbakonam 140,056 Tamil Nadu
277 Dehri 137,068 Bihar
278 Madanapalle 135,669 Andhra Pradesh
279 Siwan 134,458 Bihar
280 Bettiah 132,896 Bihar
281 Guntakal 126,270 Andhra Pradesh
282 Srikakulam 125,939 Andhra Pradesh
283 Motihari 125,183 Bihar
284 Dharmavaram 121,874 Andhra Pradesh
285 Gudivada 118,167 Andhra Pradesh
286 Phagwara 117,966 Punjab
287 Narasaraopet 116,250 Andhra Pradesh
288 Suryapet 115,250 Telangana
289 Miryalaguda 109,891 Telangana
290 Tadipatri 108,171 Andhra Pradesh
291 Karaikudi 106,714 Tamil Nadu
292 Kishanganj 105,782 Bihar
293 Jamalpur 105,221 Bihar
294 Ballia 104,271 Uttar Pradesh
295 Kavali 104,000 Andhra Pradesh
296 Tadepalligudem 103,906 Andhra Pradesh
297 Amaravati 103,000 Andhra Pradesh
298 Buxar 102,591 Bihar
299 Jehanabad (Jahanabad) 102,456 Bihar
300 Aurangabad 101,520 Bihar
301 Gangtok 100,286 Sikkim
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List of Million-plus Urban Agglomerations (UAs) in India

Sl. No. Urban Agglomerations Population (2011) State/Territory
1 Mumbai 18,394,912 Maharashtra
2 Delhi 16,349,831 Delhi
3 Kolkata 14,035,959 West Bengal
4 Chennai 8,653,521 Tamil Nadu
5 Bangalore 8,520,435 Karnataka
6 Hyderabad 7,674,689 Telangana
7 Ahmedabad 6,361,084 Gujarat
8 Pune 5,057,709 Maharashtra
9 Surat 4,591,246 Gujarat
10 Jaipur 3,046,163 Rajasthan
11 Kanpur 2,920,496 Uttar Pradesh
12 Lucknow 2,902,920 Uttar Pradesh
13 Nagpur 2,497,870 Maharashtra
14 Ghaziabad 2,375,820 Uttar Pradesh
15 Indore 2,170,295 Madhya Pradesh
16 Coimbatore 2,136,916 Tamil Nadu
17 Kochi 2,119,724 Kerala
18 Patna 2,049,156 Bihar
19 Visakhapatnam 2,035,922 Andhra Pradesh
20 Kozhikode 2,028,399 Kerala
21 Bhopal 1,886,100 Madhya Pradesh
22 Thiruvananthapuram 1,861,269 Kerala
23 Vadodara 1,822,221 Gujarat
24 Agra 1,760,285 Uttar Pradesh
25 Thrissur 1,679,754 Kerala
26 Kannur 1,640,986 Kerala
27 Ludhiana 1,618,879 Punjab
28 Nashik 1,561,809 Maharashtra
29 Vijayawada 1,476,931 Andhra Pradesh
30 Madurai 1,465,625 Tamil Nadu
31 Varanasi 1,432,280 Uttar Pradesh
32 Meerut 1,420,902 Uttar Pradesh
33 Faridabad 1,414,050 Haryana
34 Rajkot 1,390,640 Gujarat
35 Jamshedpur 1,339,438 Jharkhand
36 Jabalpur 1,268,848 Madhya Pradesh
37 Srinagar 1,264,202 Jammu and Kashmir
38 Gwalior 1,250,740 Madhya Pradesh
39 Vasai-Virar 1,222,390 Maharashtra
40 Allahabad 1,216,719 Uttar Pradesh
41 Dhanbad 1,196,214 Jharkhand
42 Aurangabad 1,193,167 Maharashtra
43 Kollam 1,187,158 Kerala
44 Amritsar 1,183,549 Punjab
45 Jodhpur 1,138,300 Rajasthan
46 Raipur 1,123,558 Chhattisgarh
47 Ranchi 1,120,374 Jharkhand
48 Asansol 1,117,740 West Bengal
49 Bhilai 1,064,222 Chhattisgarh
50 Chandigarh 1,055,450 Chandigarh
51 Tiruchirappalli 1,022,518 Tamil Nadu
52 Kota 1,001,694 Rajasthan
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Largest Indian Cities List by Area

The below Indian cities list shows you the top 15 largest cities of India by area.

Sl. No. City State / UT Area (km2)
1 Delhi Delhi NCR 1484
2 Bengaluru Karnataka 709
3 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 682
4 Ranchi Jharkhand 652
5 Hyderabad Telangana 650
6 Mumbai Maharashtra 603
7 Indore Madhya Pradesh 530
8 Jaipur Rajasthan 485
9 Ahmedabad Gujarat 464
10 Chennai Tamil Nadu 426
11 Bhubaneswar Odisha 422
12 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 403
13 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 349
14 Pune Maharashtra 331
15 Surat Gujarat 326.5
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List of Metropolitan Areas in India with Population and Area

Sl. No. Metropolitan Area State/Territory Population Area (km2)
1 National Capital Region Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan 46,069,000 (2011) 54,984
2 Delhi Metropolitan Area (DMA) aka Central National Capital Region (CNCR) Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh 25,735,000 (2016) 2,163
3 Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) Maharashtra 20,748,395 (2005) 4,354
4 Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) West Bengal 14,112,536 (2011) 1,886
5 Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) Tamil Nadu 13,300,253 (2018) 1,189
6 Bangalore Metropolitan Region (BMR) Karnataka 10,576,167 (2013) 8,005
7 Hyderabad Metropolitan Region (HMR) Telangana 9,580,000 (2011) 7,257
8 Ahmedabad Metropolitan Region (AMR) Gujarat 8,345,326 (2019) 1,866
9 Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) Maharashtra 7,276,000 (2015) 7,256
10 Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region (VMR) Andhra Pradesh 5,018,000 (2011) 4,873
11 Surat metropolitan Region (SMR) Gujarat 4,467,797 (2015) 3,261
12 Jaipur Metropolitan Region (JMR) Rajasthan 3,812,262 (2015) 4,873

To know the cities of India in detail, you can check the same through Indian City Information available.

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