List of towns in India by population explained

The entire work of this article is based on the 2011 Census of India, conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under Ministry of Home Affairs (India), Government of India.

Categorization

Census of India (2011) states the following criteria in defining towns. They are:

Statutory Town (ST): All places with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board, or notified town area committee, etc.
Census Town (CT): Those which have a population greater than 5000. Other definitions include percentage of non-agriculture working population and population density.^[1]

Abbreviations

Capital city of a state	C.B: Cantonment Board / Cantonment
C.M.C: City Municipal Council	C.T: Census town
E.O: Estate Office	G.P: Gram Panchayat
I.N.A: Industrial Notified Area	I.T.S: Industrial Township
M: Municipality	M.B: Municipal board
M.C: Municipal Committee	M.Cl: Municipal council
M.Corp: Municipal Corporation / Corporation	N.A: Notified area
N.A.C: Notified area committee / Notified Area Council	N.P: Nagar Panchayat
N.P.P: Nagar Palika Parishad	N.Pd: Nagar Parishad
N.T: Notified Town	N.T.A: Notified Town Area
O.G.: Out Growth	S.T.C: Small Town Committee
T.C: Town Committee / Town Area Committee	T.M.C: Town Municipal Council
T.P: Town Panchayat (T.P.)	T.S.: Township

Sources:

Abbreviation reference^[2]

List

List of towns in India by population! Town! State! ! !
		N.P.	22,781
		C.T.	11,957
		M	29,171
		C.T.	7,034
		C.T.	14,956
		T.P.	27,088
		M.Cl.	92,637
		C.T.	20,212
		M	65,232
		M	65,232
		N.P.P	34,122
		M	24,110
		M	53,231
		M.Cl.	95,994
		G.P.	13,400
		M.Cl.	73,975
		M	86,519
		M	44,390
		M	87,183
		M.Cl	56,380
		M	73,928
		M	78,395
		N.P.	79,021
		M	66,175
		T.M.C.	51,336
		M	87,722
		M.Cl	42,822
		N.P.	51,849
		C.T.	6,327
		M	81,828
		T.M.C.	45,858
		M	45,858
		M	37,346
		C.T.	16,715
		N.P	2,438
		T.M.C	27,011
		N.P.P	9,079
		C.T.	11,380
		N.P.P	25,524
		M	151,416
		M	98,238
		M	70,777
		N.P.P.	41,877
		M	66,540
		M	80,625
		Np	50,080
		M	61,470
		M	43,032
		N.P	6,720
		M.B	42,649
		M	55,841
		M.Cl	19,996
		N.P	50,179
		C.T	50,087
		M	49,764
		M	57,537
		M	69,045
		M	52,110
		N.P	7,722
		N.P.P	6,309
		M	19,980
		M	53,339
		NPP	36,926
		M	56,819
		M	77,553
Bongaigaon City		MB	67,322
		M	28,454
		M.Cl	26,172
		M	48,911
		T.P	15,542
		N.P.P	69,565
		N.P.P	56,531
		N.P.P	49,985
		M	49,985
		M	49,525
		C.M.C	55,194
		N.P	27,771
		N.P.P	21,447
		N.P	4,801
		M	47,685
		N.P.P	27,760
		N.P.	20,653
		M	23,456
		M	79,885
		M	45,827
		C.T	10,147
		T	62,153
		C.M.C	63,652
		C.M.C	76,068
		M	87,200
		NP	45,508
		M.Corp.	69,307
		C.T	7,113
		M	32,298
		M	36,930
		M	44,363
		M.Cl.	55,562
		N.P	78,396
		N.P	52,364
		M	34,315
		N.P	2,152
		M	82,111
		N.P	7,039
		M.Cl.	30,785
		M	67,414
		M	59,272
		M	84,545
		M.B	63,388
		M.Cl	55,225
		N.P	6,522
		N.P	11,343
		T.C	61,797
		N.P.P	2,422
		N.P	8,709
		N.A.C	47,584
		N.A.C	53,618
		N.P	2,749
		N. P	29,208
		M.C.	32,795
		M.Cl	85,435
		C.T.	45,675
		M Cl	70,777
		M.Cl	76,492
		M	50,475
		C.B	53,199
		M.B.	32,905
		N.P.P	19,301
		M	96,877
		M	56,175
		N.P	95
		M	46,059
		C.T	10,029
		N.P.	23,430
		M.B	53,430
		M	59,523
		M.Cl.	73,130
		N.P	8,864
		M.C	65,708
		M.B	41,989	^[3]
		C.M.C	79,121
		C.T	48,658
		N.P	67,339
		C.M.C	37,947
		M	60,625
		C.T	6,371
		M	60,000
		C.T	48,141
		M.Cl	75,549
		M	20,510
		M.Cl	86,770
		N.P	9,782
		M.Corp	81,137
		M	99,329
		M&F	19,600
		C.T	7,461
		M	54,340
		M	53,530
		M.Cl	65,240
		M	96,470
		C.B	47,845
		NP	46,069
		N.P	87,357
		M	52,394
		N.P.P	50,523
		M	55,925
		M	25,922
		N.P	11,186
		M	61,712
		M	97,730
		N.P	87,867
		MB	71,782
		N.P.P	16,709
		M	22,583
		M	73,228
		M	89,429
		M	57,583
		N.P	20,279
		N.P	7,611
		M	53,530
		M	42,998
		M	52,508
		NPP	51,670
		M	80,315
		M	37,420
		M	32,450
		M	57,246
		M	73,342
		M	56,823
		M	49,308
		M	86,838
		M.B	56,854
		M.Cl	29,663
		N.P	8,297
		M	72,634
		M	70,980
		M	54,172
		M.Cl	51,991
		M	82,336
		M	68,634
		N.P	612
		N.P	10,929
		M	47,006
		M	60,590
		M	76,193
		M	38,298
		M	83,715
		M	12,715
		M.Cl	74,460
		N.P.P	15,093
		M.Cl	18,526
		N.P.P	41,965
		N.P	1,517
		M	33,935
		M.C	99,039
		M.C	34,193
		NP	26,359
		M	66,504
		M.Cl	91,979
		N.P.P	28,859
		M	79,819
		M	55,374
		M	39,667
		N.P	20,096
		M	54,071
		C.T	32,385
		C.T	3,920
		M	53,392
		M	65,575
		M.C	28,887
		N.P	35,674
		N.P.P	61,990
		M	29,572
		N.P	99,979
		N.P	21,760
		T.M.C	36,754
		N.P	28,288
		N.A.C	37000
		T.P	23,740
		N.P	21,142
		N.P	7,644
		M	34,363
		N.P	18,370
		M.B	36,805
		N.P	28,307
		M	21,173
		N.P	22,888
		M	42,769
		T.M.C	35,411
		M.Cl	20,148
		N.P	7,926
		M.Cl	24,125
		M.Cl	23,416
		M.Cl	57,698
		M.Cl	23,851
		M	28,504
		M.B	31,347
		M	36,954
		N.T	57,011
		M	49,221
		T.M.C	26,521
		M	45,031
		M	66,340
		T.M.C	26,304
		M	47,326
		T.M.C	32,496
		T.M.C	25,031
		M.Cl	24,276
		T.M.C	30,858
		N.A	20,860
		NP	21,490
		M	85,650
		M	36,828
		M	30,758
		M.C	24,323
		M	37,370
		N.P	7,326
		N.P	12,584
		M	34,342
		C.T	27,106
		N.A	30,109
		UA	91,853
		M	23,218
		M	32,296
		T.M.C	35,851
		N.A.C	23,114
		M.Cl	61,012
		M.Cl	70,765
		UA	27,360
		T.M.C	27,815
		T.P	25,931
		N.P	22,623
		M	27,563
		M	25,467
		M	20,169
		M	66,596
		M	47,638
		M	20,830
		M.C	53,811
		M	59,654
		UA	60,542
		M	42,355
		N.A	30,082
		M.B	23,920
		M.Cl	21,706
		N.P.P.	52,971
		UA	56,320
		M	21,842
		M.Cl	27,815
		N.A	21,803
		M.Cl	44,029
		C.T	28,780
		M.Cl	72,401
		M.Cl	72,627
		M	27,922
		C.T	32,893
		T.M.C	37,613
		M.Cl	29,218
		M.Cl	40,487
		UA	94,383
		C.T	24,049
		N.A	24,548
		T.C	20,997
		T.C	20,811
		M	58,462
		N.Pd	63,248
		M	21,107
		M	47,078
		N.P	23,024
		M	28,439
		C.T	27,845
		N.P	20,532
		N.P	41,945
		M	57,715
		M	30,768
		M	36,207
		M	40,252
		M.Cl	20,500
Mhow Cantonment		UA	92,364
		N.P	20,523
		N.A	33,236
		N.A	23,576
		UA	91,359
		M	54,135
		M	56,615
		T.C	31,214
		C.T	20,846
		M.Cl	22,635
		M.Cl	33,607
		N.A	21,957
		M	22,152
		T.M.C	29,893
		T.M.C	25,713
		T.M.C	28,219
		T.M.C	42,461
		M.Cl	21,384
		M.Cl	25,933
		M.Cl	83,655
		M.Cl	22,330
		T.M.C	44,033
		N.P	21,423
		N.P	30,000
		T.P	20,363
		UA	31,613
		N.P	10,620
		N.A	22,936
		M	36,947
		M.Cl	38,554
		C.T	33,980
		N.P.P	30,118
		M	29,246
		M	29,960
		M.Cl	67,972
		M	26,411
		M	25,572
		M	62,253
		C.T	26,801
		N.P.P	95,246
		C.T	22,258
		M.Cl	28,899
		N.T	36,158
		M	65,000
		M	40,561
		N.P.P	41,377
		M	22,607
		M.B	88,535
		M.Cl	36,973
		N.P.P	22,712
		M.B	27,839
		T.P	21,250
		M	55,145
		N.P	1,641
		N.P	11,517
		T.P	44,098
		M.Cl	42,167
		M.Cl	41,172
		T.M.C	50,598
		C.T	32,689
		N.P.P	48,337
		M	58,770
		N.P	22,775
		N.P	41,752
		N.P.P	6,049
		T.M.C	36,291
		N.Pd	49,507
		M.Cl	21,127
		M.Cl	74,581
		C.T	6,735
		M	32,329
		C.T	33,757
		M.Cl	62,090
		C.B	50,804
		T.P	23,660
		M	42,016
		N.P	49,069
		N.P	32,954
			7,500
		N.P.P	33,753
		T.M.C	24,613
		N.P.P	39,241
		N.Pd	98,029
		M.Cl	46,024
		M.Cl	34,207
		M	60,161
		G.P	28,607
		M	36,231
		N.P.P	47,834
		T.M.C	37,232
		M	46,678
		M	29,682
		M	70,850
		M	43,809
		M.Cl	36,172
		C.T	46,366
		M	61,949
		M	88,433
		N.P	23,724
		N.P	9,205
		M	49,835
		N.P	27,302
		M	62,699
		T.C	28,742
		N.P.P	38,806
		M.B	59,814
		M	40,580
Nowrozabad (Khodargama)		N.P	21,883
		M	58,590
		T.P	21,943
		M	30,064
		N.P	14,786
		M	53,792
		C.T	51,297
		C.T	16,677
		T.P	23,331
		T.P	23,331
		M.Cl	45,333
		N.P	20,939
		T.P	22,781
		M	20,075
		UA	39,205
		M.B	44,383
		M.Cl	34,518
		M	36,029
		M	22,640
		M	67,231
		N.P	49,899
		M.Cl	52,677
		M	20,942
		M.B	35,029
		M	51,944
		T.P	30,016
		C.T	24,326
		T.P	20,771
		M	69,088
		M	25,199
		T.P	25,501
Panaji		UA	99,677
		N.A	10,032
		C.T	22,051
		M.Cl	26,572
		M.Cl	91,379
		M	40,931
		C.T	27,161
		UA	52,057
		C.T	20,863
		M	55,346
		C.T	33,273
		N.A.C	73,625
		M	84,321
		T.P	20,912
		C.T	21,206
		M	38,652
		M	25,275
		M	43,097
		M.Cl	88,537
		M.Cl	29,012
		M	49,714
		M	29,565
		C.T	31,198
		C.T	21,965
		M	38,009
		M.Cl	22,827
		M.Cl	32,001
		N.P	22,175
		C.T	32,134
		M	37,527
		M.Cl	34,444
		M	65,533
		M.Cl	20,538
		M.Cl	22,587
		N.P.P	25,440
		T.P	28,068
		M	72,111
		N.P	29,613
		M	45,520
		M.C	33,564
		M.Cl	30,201
		T.P	37,631
		T.P	21,045
		C.T	37,699
		M	44,612
		M	42,012
		T.P	32,024
		T.P	41,499
		M	26,547
		M	51,147
		UA	44,868
		M.Cl	50,800
		M.Cl	22,302
		N.A.C	33,890
		M	21,643
		N.P	20,986
		M.B	27,545
		C.T	60,253
		UA	40,590
		M	33,608
		M.B	66,907
		M	20,765
		M	32,735
		N.A	25,811
		CT	14,924
		N.P	68,080
		M	50,103
		N.P.P	56,044
		T.P	25,505
		M	87,495
		T.P	24,309
		M	57,640
		M	33,103
Port Blair		M.Cl	99,984
		N.P	23,406
		M	22,282
		M	35,422
		C.T	26,837
		N.P	22,535
		C.T	20,901
		M.B	20,107
		M.Cl	36,522
		M	66,000
		M	47,235
		M.B	40,987
		T.P	20,309
		N.P	44,314
		M.B	37,233
		M.Cl	33,225
		UA	23,599
		N.P	21,271
		M.Cl	67,116
		T.M.C	48,070
		M	18,850
		C.T	29,436
		M.Cl.	21,899
		M	71,873
		CMC	70,248
		M	32,191
		N.A	24,992
		N.T.A	8,842
		M	49,173
		M	21,932
		N.P	25,215
		M.Cl	34,476
		M.Cl	24,769
		M	47,294
		M	35,702
		M	27,736
		M	43,594
		M	28,349
		M	22,836
		C.T	23,424
		N.A.C	41,552
		N.P	28,890
		M	25,009
		UA	51,640
		N.P	23,937
		N.A	33,738
		M	34,923
		M.Cl	82,956
		M	55,687
		M	32,395
		M.Cl	25,843
		M	41,370
		N.P.P	54,787
		CMC	79,394
		M	62,050
		UA	36,649
		T.P	37,968
		M	30,973
		M	28,458
		N.A	38,554
		M.B	46,205
		N.P	24,844
		UA	44,665
		M	50,613
		M.Cl	22,516
		UA	29,645
		M.B	25,151
		M.C	20,961
		CMC	89,618
		M	23,057
		M	46,330
		M.B	29,238
		M	63,486
		M.B	55,950
		M.C	23,826
		M.Cl	70,383
		N.P	20,855
		M.Cl	25,993
		M	34,690
		M	28,387
		M	41,610
		C.T	72,297
		M	54,125
		M	57,759
		M	22,932
		M	25,890
		C.T	23,862
		UA	66,597
		N.P	22,082
		M	42,539
		M	34,042
		UA	78,805
		M.Cl	27,516
		M.B	32,243
		T.P	21,643
		M	27,492
		M.B	36,776
		N.P.P	9,313
		N.P	26,683
		M.Cl	49,159
		UA	34,039
		N.P	31,742
		M	36,334
		M	24,413
		M	22,326
		M.C	27,541
		N.P	22,378
		T.M.C	50,131
		M	31,127
		N.P	22,606
		M.B	58,184
		N.P	20,470
		M	80,154
		N.P	25,107
		N.P	21,568
		N.T	19,731
		M.Cl	39,851
		M	44,601
		T.M.C	23,176
		N.P	20,213
		M	26,875
		M	48,354
		M	16,354
		M.C	29,866
		M	53,602
		M.Cl	46,592
		M	22,293
		N.P	25,327
		M.B	20,217
		M	32,417
		M	34,114
		M	25,884
		C.T	8,142
		G.P	4,630
		T.M.C.	23,234
		M.B	23,234
		M.B	48,899
		T.P	27,614
		M.Cl	61,958
		M	57,113
		M	34,537
		M.Cl	28,116
		M.Cl	77,989
		M	70,574
		T.P	27,454
		T.M.C	32,511
		M	32,294
		M	81,394
		M.B	48,314
		M	95,012
			18,596
		M.Cl	26,689
		M.Cl	32,561
		M	33,722
		C.T.	6,393
		M	51,404
		M	31,443
		C.T	85,075
		T.M.C	38,155
		N.P	24,312
		M	73,774
		T.M.C	35,563
		M.Cl	26,712
		M.Cl	22,901
		T.M.C	31,539
		UA	92,518
		M	48,941
		UA	47,575
		M	89,801
		M	26,202
		UA	66,550
		M.B	67,751
		N.P	32,370
		M.Cl	49,696
		M.C	37,289
		M	78,624
		M.B	24,602
		T.M.C	38,907
		M	28,174
		M	27,792
		UA	57,818
		N.P	6,309
		N.P	21,507
		M.B	90,055
		M.B	27,338
		N.P	23,596
		M.Cl	52,423
		M	43,113
		M.Cl	21,083
		M	26,838
		M	24,789
		N.A	21,262
		UA	58,342
		N.A	32,526
		M.B	52,880
		T.P	24,327
		T.M.C	31,516
		M.B	33,187
		M.B	88,161
		M.Cl	26,184
		M.Cl	61,694
		M.Cl	26,999
		N.P	20,684
		T.P	21,638
		T.P	26,652
		M	42,029
		T.M.C	43,622
		M.Cl	26,324
		UA	88,761
		T.M.C	23,729
		M	42,461
		M.B	38,999
		M.B	53,854
		M	61,809
		M	54,331
		UA	58,194
		T.M.C	41,098
		G. P	3,359
		M	46,960
		M	37,870
		N.P	21,783
		M.B	37,938
		M.B	69,867
		N.A	20,177
		T.C	22,516
		M.Cl	43,867
Silvassa		C.T	21,893
		N.A	33,981
		T.M.C	27,732
		T.M.C	61,262
		T.P	11,376
		M.Cl	31,630
		T.M.C	50,088
		M	65,314
		M.Cl	49,825
		M	32,228
		M	35,544
		M	42,179
		UA	28,212
		UA	65,335
		N.P	21,373
		T.P	42,919
		UA	87,279
		N.P.P	29,965
		UA	40,220
		T.P	20,380
		N.P	22,339
		M.C	27,570
		M	38,883
		M.Cl	34,206
		M	27,354
		N.A	33,490
		M	22,431
		UA	66,963
		N.A.C	27,794
		M.B	26,678
		C.T	21,819
		M	51,000
		M	70,854
		N.P.P	20,115
		T.P	22,959
		C.T	23,273
			19,500
		M	73,183
		M.B	26,149
		N.A	31,432
		M	83,846
		M.Cl	21,815
		N.A	41,958
		N.P	9,881
		M	75,925
		M	31,482
		N.P	24,661
		N.A.C	58,884
		UA	56,251
		M	38,421
		M.Cl	23,986
		M	54,085
		T.P	28,146
		M	58,119
		M	61,806
		T.P	21,923
		G.P.	15,000
		M	95,558
		M	12,000
		M	16,729
		M	38,263
		M	27,822
		M	40,841
		M.Cl	56,435
		M	44,247
		M.Cl	26,363
		C.T	19,485
		M	65,306
		N.P.P	17,626
		M.B	95,516
		M	65,115
		M	72,348
		M	30,947
		N.P	24,908
		M	32,640
		M.C.	25,944
		N.A.C.	8,334
		T.M.C.	35,942
		M.Cl	66,847
		M.Cl	37,945
		N.P.P.	24,014
		T.P.	26,224
		M	70,545
		C.T.	22,080
		T.M.C.	26,088
		M.B.	58,559
		N.P.P.	44,255
		T.P.	21,503
		N.P.	36,669
		M	42,351
		M	27,954
		T.P	30,222
		T.P	23,191
		M	94,453
		M	38,887
		M	51,194
		T.P	14,989
		M	24,404
		M	52,883
		M	56,074
		M	58,301
		M	52,045
		M.Cl	45,947
		M	61,632
-			M	61,632
		M	32,439
		M	79,106
		M	32,331
		N.P.P.	61,444
		T.M.C.	31,693
		M	72,796
		M.B.	99,448
		C.M.C	59,543
		M.Cl	25,181
		TP	32,171
		M	95,335
		T.P	29,391
		T.P	30,212
		T.P	25,980
		M	64,125
		U.A	64,725
		M	56,058
		M	44,781
		M	37,802
		M	37,802
		N.P	24,082
		NAC	31,258
		T.P	22,894
		M	22,977
		M	23,559
		M.C	63,871
		T.C	36,774
		M.Cl	34,011
		N.P	24,488
		M.Cl	44,869
		NPP	50,423
		M	53,425
		M	74,858
		C.T	31,238
		M.Cl	32,758
		M	29,236
		M	88,430
		UA	35,507
		M	61,133
		N.P.P.	62,039
		M.Cl	35,477
		M	33,114
		M.Cl	47,458
		M	27,859
		M.Cl	53,971
		M	33,762
		M	58,528
		M	57,108
		T.P	23,656
		M	58,775
		M.Cl	30,439
		M.Cl	67,391
		C.T	35,565
		M.Cl	23,419
		M	35,219
		T.P	29,050
		T.P	25,194
		N.P.P.	32,145
		N.P.P.	17,475
		T.P.	29,417
		T.P.	39,514
		M.Cl.	25,651
		T.P	23,350
		M	27,790
		M.Cl	41,296
		M	23,234
		M	70,859
		M	31,320
		M	95,061
		I.N.A	34,162
		T.P	27,343
		M	40,728
		M	99,999
		M	75,295
		M	34,266
		M	40,359
		M	51,708
		M	32,124
		M	25,558
		N.P.	16,964
		T.M.C.	34,866
		M	53,143
		N.P.P.	13,927
		M	47,241
		M	96,253
		M	59,725
		M	55,821
		M	73,585
		M	72,296
		M	63,073
		C.T	25,555
		M.Cl	48,289
		M.B	63,005
		M.Cl	46,689
		M	39,789
		C.T.	40,884
		M	75,755
		T.M.C.	37,988
		M.Cl.	36,025
		M	60,949
		M.Cl.	58,840
		M	43,881
		M	25,103
		N.P.	23,456
		N.P.	34,056
		M.Cl.	46,532
		M.Cl.	6,386
		M.Cl.	78,387
		T.C.	35,004
		C.M.C	74,294
		M	55,626
		M.Cl	36,706
		M	33,732
		M	95,149
		C.T	32,574
		M.Cl	49,826
		N.P	34,443
		N.P	33,243
	Punjab		M.Cl.	36,732
		M.Cl.	95,553
		T.C	37,447

External links

Indian Census

Notes and References

Web site: Concepts and definitions by census India. censusindia.gov.in. 26 May 2014. PDF.
Web site: Abbreviations used . censusindia.gov.in . 26 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070617234445/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Metadata/Metada.htm . 17 June 2007 .
Web site: District Census Handbook, Golaghat. Directorate of Census Operations Assam. 11 July 2014.