List of cities in Uttar Pradesh by population explained

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh borders with Nepal and the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and National Capital Territory of Delhi. The Himalayas lies in the north of the state and the Deccan Plateau is at the south. In between them, the river Ganges, Yamuna and Sarayu (ghaghra) flow eastwards. Uttar Pradesh can be divided into two distinct regions, Southern hills and Gangetic plain. Uttar Pradesh is divided into 75 districts under 18 divisions.[1] As of 2011, with an estimated population of 199,581,477. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India.[2] Uttar Pradesh occupies 6.88 percent of the India's land surface area but is home to 16.49 percent of the India's population.[3] [4] As of 2011, 64 cities in the state had a population of over 100,000 people. Kanpur is the largest city of Uttar Pradesh in terms of population whereas Lucknow is also the largest city of Uttar Pradesh in terms of area covering an area of 631Km Square which is the most among all cities in UP as per their Municipal Limits. The smallest city with a population over 100,000 people was Kasganj with a population of 101,241 people according to 2011 census figures.

List

This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits; the populations of other municipalities considered suburbs or outgrowths of a central city are listed separately, and unincorporated areas within urban agglomerations are not included. Therefore, a different ranking is evident when considering metropolitan area population of india The total geographical area of Uttar Pradesh is 240928km2.[2] As per census data 2011, the total population of Uttar Pradesh is: 199,581,477.[2]

NameDistrictType*CategoryPopulation as of 2011 [5] [6] Literacy Rate [7]
TotalMaleFemaleChildren
under 5 yrs
KanpurKanpurUANagar Nigam2,817,1051,484,9671,474,100266,33682
LucknowLucknowUANagar Nigam2,767,3481,618,9511,582,523289,37588.98
GhaziabadGhaziabadUANagar Nigam1,729,000864,500864,500308,71780
AgraAgraCityNagar Nigam1,585,7041,042,441963,402210,03678
MeerutMeerutCityNagar Nigam1,226,7096,54,8575,70,051176,77078.29
VaranasiVaranasiCityNagar Nigam1,201,815755,734660,985112,02380.31
PrayagrajPrayagrajCityNagar Nigam1,112,544961,060874,053157,48286.36
BareillyBareillyUANagar Nigam913,668722,385557,548104,56070.97
AligarhAligarhUANagar Nigam909,559482,828426,731118,77870.54
MoradabadMoradabadCityNagar Nigam889,810466,432432,378110,37670.65
SaharanpurSaharanpurCityNagar Nigam703,345371,858331,48788,50177.94
GorakhpurGorakhpurCityNagar Nigam692,519365,148327,37165,07885.64
NoidaGautam Buddha NagarCityNagar Nigam642,381320,482321,89963,56788.58
FirozabadFirozabadCityNagar Nigam603,797320,012283,78583,53075.01
JhansiJhansiUANagar Nigam549,391292,497256,89456,23084.41
MuzaffarnagarMuzaffarnagarCityNagar Palika494,792261,338233,45464,69680.99
Mathura-VrindavanMathuraUANagar Nigam454,937244,333210,60456,26777.11
BudaunBadaunUANagar Palika366,001196,416169,58556,89087.00
RampurRampurUANagar Palika359,062182,325166,73741,76969.56
ShahjahanpurShahjahanpurUANagar Nigam356,103183,087163,01638,73679.81
Farrukhabad-FatehgarhFarrukhabadCityNagar Palika318,540164,630145,91039,94475.60
AyodhyaAyodhyaUANagar Palika290,799140,799120,00025,78978.78
Maunath BhanjanMauCityNagar Palika279,060143,273135,78740,65178.60
HapurHapurCityNagar Palika262,801139,694123,10736,71475.34
EtawahEtawahCityNagar Palika256,790135,829120,96128,92282.89
Mirzapur-VindhyachalMirzapurUANagar Palika245,817131,534114,28329,61977.85
BulandshahrBulandshahrUANagar Palika235,310125,549111,76130,88678.37
SambhalSambhalCityNagar Palika221,334116,008105,32634,27949.51
AmrohaAmrohaCityNagar Palika198,471102,80494,33126,85563.88
HardoiHardoiUANagar Palika197,046104,20192,84521,71983.27
FatehpurFatehpurCityNagar Palika193,801101,62092,18122,07877.69
RaebareliRaebareliCityNagar Palika191,62599,84491,21218,86682.97
OraiJalaunUANagar Palika190,625101,43489,19120,42483.35
SitapurSitapurUANagar Palika188,23099,12989,10119,72183.02
BahraichBahraichCityNagar Palika186,24198,52987,71222,82875.3
ModinagarGhaziabadUANagar Palika182,81197,33585,47621,44187.03
UnnaoUnnaoCityNagar Palika178,68194,08084,60118,60483.72
JaunpurJaunpurCityNagar Palika168,12888,70479,42418,03382.11
LakhimpurLakhimpur KheriUANagar Palika 164,925 88,90877,01718,17483.80
HathrasHathrasUANagar Palika161,28986,02875,26120,27978.05
BandaBandaUANagar Palika160,43285,47374,95918,31783.61
PilibhitPilibhitUANagar Palika160,14684,54675,60016,08972.30
BarabankiBarabankiUANagar Palika154,69277,76669,06516,09381.15
KhurjaBulandshahrUANagar Palika142,63675,38467,25220,07272.75
GondaGondaUANagar Palika138,92971,47567,45415,60880.32
MainpuriMainpuriCITYNagar Palika133,07869,78863,29016,37185.66
LalitpurLalitpurCityNagar Palika133,04169,54863,49316,19383.96
EtahEtahUANagar Palika131,02369,44661,57715,89085.62
DeoriaDeoriaCityNagar Palika129,57067,75461,81613,82193.73
GhazipurGhazipurUANagar Palika121,13663,68957,44713,98684.97
SultanpurSultanpurUANagar Palika116,21161,06255,14912,36887.61
AzamgarhAzamgarhUANagar Palika116,16560,67855,48713,28786.27
BijnorBijnorUANagar Palika115,38160,65654,72514,49977.90
SahaswanBudaunUANagar Palika114,92159,42155,50015,64471.00
BastiBastiCityNagar Palika114,65160,12654,52512,56885.29
ChandausiSambhalCityNagar Palika114,25460,23854,01614,41772.63
AkbarpurAmbedkar NagarCityNagar Palika111,59457,56054,03414,03776.94
BalliaBalliaUANagar Palika111,28759,34051,94711,52286.65
TandaAmbedkar NagarCity Nagar Palika109,53955,94653,59316,14769.25
Greater NoidaGautam Budh NagarCityNotified Area107,67658,66249,01415,51786.54
ShikohabadFirozabadCityNagar Palika107,30057,01750,28312,95681.68
ShamliShamliCityNagar Palika147,23357,23649,99713,72481.97
AwagarhEtahCityNagar Palika102,10654,33548,77113,38671.44
KasganjKasganjCityNagar Palika101,24153,50747,73413,04378.56

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State division of Uttar Pradesh. Government of India. 22 July 2012.
  2. Web site: Uttar Pradesh Population 2011. census2011.co.in (This is a scraper site, and is not an Indian government website.) . 8 October 2012.
  3. Web site: Ranking of States and Union territories by population size : 1991 and 2001. Government of India (2001). Census of India. 5–6. 12 December 2008.
  4. Web site: Size, Growth rate and population distribution. Government of India. 2011 Census of India. 8 October 2012.
  5. Web site: District Census 2011. census2011.co.in (This is a scraper site, and is not an Indian government website.) . 8 October 2012.
  6. Web site: List of towns: Census of India 2001. Government of India. 2001 Census of India. 8 October 2012.
  7. Web site: District Census 2011. census2011.co.in (This is a scraper site, and is not an Indian government website.) . 8 October 2012.

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