List of urban agglomerations in India explained

See also: List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India.

India is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people. India consists of twenty-eight states and nine union territories.[1] It is home to 17.5 percent of the world's population.[2]

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. 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. Yet, in 2001, over 70% lived in rural areas. According to the 2011 census, there were 317 cities in India with population more than 100000, with Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata having populations over 10 million About 20 percent of the population of India lives in these cities.[9] [10] [11]

List

width=5%RankUAState/territoryPopulation (2011)[12] Population (2001)Population (1991)
1MumbaiMaharashtra18,394,91216,434,38612,596,243
2DelhiDelhi16,349,83112,877,4708,419,084
3KolkataWest Bengal14,112,53613,205,69711,021,918
4ChennaiTamil Nadu8,696,0106,560,2425,421,985
5BangaloreKarnataka8,520,4355,701,4464,130,288
6HyderabadTelangana7,749,3345,742,0364,344,437
7AhmedabadGujarat6,361,0844,525,0133,312,216
8PuneMaharashtra5,057,7093,760,6362,493,987
9SuratGujarat4,591,2462,811,6141,518,950
10JaipurRajasthan3,073,3502,322,5751,518,235
11KanpurUttar Pradesh2,920,4962,715,5552,029,889
12LucknowUttar Pradesh2,902,9202,245,5091,669,204
13NagpurMaharashtra2,497,8702,129,5001,664,006
14GhaziabadUttar Pradesh2,375,820968,256511,759
15IndoreMadhya Pradesh2,170,2951,506,0621,109,056
16CoimbatoreTamil Nadu2,136,9161,461,1391,100,746
17KochiKerala2,119,7241,355,9721,140,605
18PatnaBihar2,049,1561,697,9761,099,647
19KozhikodeKerala2,030,519880,247801,190
20 BhopalMadhya Pradesh1,886,1001,458,4161,062,771
21ThrissurKerala1,861,269330,122275,053
22VadodaraGujarat1,822,2211,491,0451,126,824
23AgraUttar Pradesh1,760,2851,331,339948,063
24VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh1,728,1281,345,9381,057,118
25MalappuramKerala1,699,060170,409142,204
26ThiruvananthapuramKerala1,687,406889,635826,225
27KannurKerala1,642,892498,207463,962
28LudhianaPunjab1,618,8791,398,4671,042,740
29NashikMaharashtra1,562,7691,152,326725,341
30VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh1,491,2021,039,518845,756
31MaduraiTamil Nadu1,465,6251,203,0951,085,914
32VaranasiUttar Pradesh1,435,1131,203,9611,030,863
33MeerutUttar Pradesh1,420,9021,161,716849,799
34FaridabadHaryana1,414,0501,055,938617,717
35RajkotGujarat1,390,9331,003,015654,490
36JamshedpurJharkhand1,339,4381,104,713829,171
37SrinagarJammu and Kashmir1,273,312988,210
38JabalpurMadhya Pradesh1,267,5641,098,000888,916
39AsansolWest Bengal1,243,4141,067,369763,939
40Vasai-VirarMaharashtra1,222,390
41PrayagrajUttar Pradesh1,216,719 1,042,229844,546
42DhanbadJharkhand1,196,2141,065,327815,005
43AurangabadMaharashtra1,193,167892,483592,709
44AmritsarPunjab1,183,7051,003,919708,835
45JodhpurRajasthan1,138,300860,818666,279
46RanchiJharkhand1,126,741863,495614,795
47RaipurChhattisgarh1,123,558700,113462,694
48KollamKerala1,110,668380,091362,572
49Gwalior Madhya Pradesh1,102,884865,548717,780
50BhilaiChhattisgarh1,064,222927,864685,474
51ChandigarhChandigarh1,026,459808,515575,829
52TiruchirappalliTamil Nadu1,022,518866,354711,862
53KotaRajasthan1,001,694703,150537,371
54MysoreKarnataka990,900799,228653,345
55BareillyUttar Pradesh985,752748,353617,350
56GuwahatiAssam968,549818,809584,342
57TiruppurTamil Nadu963,173550,826306,237
58SolapurMaharashtra951,558872,478620,846
59Hubli-DharwadKarnataka943,857786,195648,298
60SalemTamil Nadu919,150751,438578,291
61AligarhUttar Pradesh911,223669,087480,520
62GurugramHaryana902,112228,820135,884
63MoradabadUttar Pradesh889,810641,583443,701
64BhubaneswarOdisha885,363658,220411,542
65JalandharPunjab874,412714,077509,510
66WarangalTelangana759,594579,216467,757
67BhiwandiMaharashtra737,411621,427392,214
68DehradunUttarakhand714,223530,263368,053
69SiliguriWest Bengal705,579472,374216,950
70SaharanpurUttar Pradesh705,478455,754374,945
71GorakhpurUttar Pradesh694,889622,701505,566
72GunturAndhra Pradesh673,952514,461471,051
73CuttackOdisha663,188587,182440,295
74JammuJammu and Kashmir657,314612,163
75PuducherryPuducherry657,209505,959401,437
76AmravatiMaharashtra647,057549,510421,576
77BikanerRajasthan647,804529,690416,289
78NoidaUttar Pradesh642,381305,058146,516
79MangaloreKarnataka623,841539,387426,341
80BelagaviKarnataka610,350506,480402,412
81BhavnagarGujarat606,282517,708405,225
82FirozabadUttar Pradesh604,214432,866270,536
83JamnagarGujarat600,943556,956381,646
84DurgapurWest Bengal581,409493,405425,836
85MalegaonMaharashtra576,642497,780398,890
86BokaroJharkhand564,319505,541418,538
87NelloreAndhra Pradesh564,148404,775316,606
88KolhapurMaharashtra561,841505,541418,538
89RaurkelaOdisha552,970484,874398,864
90AjmerRajasthan551,360490,520402,700
91NandedMaharashtra550,564430,733309,316
92JhansiUttar Pradesh549,391460,278368,154
93GulbargaKarnataka543,147430,265310,920
94ErodeTamil Nadu521,891389,906361,755
95UjjainMadhya Pradesh515,215431,162362,633
96SangliMaharashtra513,961447,774363,751
97TirunelveliTamil Nadu498,984433,352366,869
98MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh495,543331,668247,624
99VelloreTamil Nadu484,690386,746310,776
100KurnoolAndhra Pradesh484,327342,973275,360

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Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Area and population . Government of India (2001) . Census of India . 26 October 2008 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131113224501/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_And_You/area_and_population.aspx . 13 November 2013 .
  3. Web site: Census Organisation of India . Government of India (2001) . Census of India . 31 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081201091131/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/aboutus/Census_Organisation/about.html . 1 December 2008 .
  4. Web site: Brief history of census . Government of India (2001) . Census of India . 31 January 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131113224445/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_And_You/brief_history_of_census.aspx . 13 November 2013 .
  5. News: Census 2011 Provisional Population Totals . Chennai, India . The Hindu . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103133244/http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00517/India_Census_2011___517160a.pdf . 3 November 2013 . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Urban Agglomerations (UAs) & towns. Government of India (2001). Census of India. 4 December 2008. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131113154457/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/A_Series/Urban_agglomerations.htm. 13 November 2013.
  7. News: Migration rate to city will dip. 13 September 2008. Times of India. 8 December 2008. Swati. Shinde. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20090111222439/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Pune/Migration_rate_to_city_will_dip/articleshow/3478265.cms. 11 January 2009.
  8. News: Develop towns to stop migration to urban areas: economist. 3 December 2005. 8 December 2008. Chennai, India. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131105002042/http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/03/stories/2005120302910500.htm. The Hindu. 5 November 2013.
  9. Web site: Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above. Censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 18 October 2011. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20111113152754/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf. 13 November 2011.
  10. Web site: How India's cities have grown and shrunk over the last 116 years. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170506030709/http://www.hindustantimes.com/interactives/cities-since-1901/. 6 May 2017.
  11. Web site: Delhi topples Mumbai as maximum city. The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 7 February 2012. Rukmini Shrinivasan. Hemali Chhapia. India. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141217011539/http://citypopulation.de/India-Agglo.html. 17 December 2014.
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