In the 2011 Census of India, an urban agglomeration was defined as "An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths, or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census."[1] [2] [3]
Below is a list of urban agglomerations in the state of Telangana, with a population of above 100,000 and above. This statistical data is based on the Census of India (2011).
| Rank | Name | District | Population (2011) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyderabad | Hyderabad Medchal-Malkajgiri Rangareddy Sangareddy | 7,677,018 | |
| 2 | Warangal | Hanamkonda | 753,438 | |
| 3 | Nizamabad | Nizamabad | 311,152 | |
| 4 | Karimnagar | Karimnagar | 297,447 | |
| 5 | Khammam | Khammam | 262,255 | |
| 6 | Ramagundam | Peddapalli | 252,308 | |
| 7 | Mahabubnagar | Mahabubnagar | 210,258 | |
| 8 | Mancherial | Mancherial | 163,552 | |
| 9 | Nalgonda | Nalgonda | 154,326 | |
| 10 | Adilabad | Adilabad | 139,383 | |
| 11 | Kottagudem | Bhadradri Kottagudem | 119,501 | |
| 12 | Siddipet | Siddipet | 114,091 | |
| 13 | Suryapet | Suryapet | 106,805 | |
| 14 | Miryalaguda | Nalgonda | 104,918 | |
| 15 | Jagtial | Jagtial | 103,930 |