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{{location map~|India|label=[[Agra|23]]|lat=27.18|long=78.02}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Ahmedabad|7]]|lat=23.03|long=72.58}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Allahabad|41]]|lat=25.45|long=81.85}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Amritsar|44]]|lat=31.64|long=74.86}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Asansol|39]]|lat=23.68|long=86.99}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|43]]|position=top|lat=19.88|long=75.32}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Bangalore|5]]|lat=12.967|long=77.567}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Bareilly|55]]|lat=28.364|long=79.415}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Bhilai|50]]|position=top|lat=21.21|long=81.38}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Bhopal|20]]|lat=23.250|long=77.417}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Chandigarh|51]]|lat=30.75|long=76.78}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Chennai|4]]|lat=13.08389|long=80.27000}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Coimbatore|16]]|position=top|lat=11.01833|long=76.97250}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Delhi|2]]|position=left|lat=28.61|long=77.23}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Dhanbad|42]]|position=top|lat=23.8|long=86.45}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Faridabad|34]]|position=bottom|lat=28.4211|long=77.3078}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|14]]|position=right|lat=28.67|long=77.42}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Guwahati|56]]|lat=26.182077|long=91.750155}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Gwalior|49]]|lat=26.22|long=78.18}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Hubli|59]]|lat=15.350253|long=75.137631}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Hyderabad|6]]|lat=17.37|long=78.48}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Indore|15]]|lat=22.71667|long=75.84722}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Jabalpur|38]]|lat=23.167|long=79.933}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Jaipur|10]]|lat=26.9|long=75.8}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Jamshedpur|36]]|lat=22.783|long=86.200}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Jodhpur|45]]|lat=26.28|long=73.02}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Kannur|27]]|position=top|lat=11.8689|long=75.3555}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Kanpur|11]]|lat=26.449923|long=80.331874}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Kochi|17]]|position=right|lat=9.967|long=76.217}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Kolkata|3]]|position=bottom|lat=22.5726723|long=88.3638815}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Kollam|48]]|lat=8.88|long=76.60}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Kota, Rajasthan|53]]|lat=25.18|long=75.83}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Kozhikode|19]]|position=left|lat=11.25|long=75.77}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Lucknow|12]]|lat=26.8|long=80.9}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Ludhiana|28]]|position=bottom|lat=30.91|long=75.85}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Madurai|31]]|lat=9.93|long=78.12}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Malappuram|25]]|label_size=80|position=top|lat=11.041|long=76.083}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Meerut|33]]|position=top|lat=28.99|long=77.70}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Mumbai|1]]|position=left|lat=18.97500|long=72.82583}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Mysore|54]]|lat=12.305223|long=76.653872}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Nagpur|13]]|lat=21.15|long=79.09}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Nashik|29]]|lat=20.00|long=73.78}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Patna|18]]|lat=25.6|long=85.1}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Pune|8]]|lat=18.52028|long=73.85667}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Raipur|47]]|lat=21.25|long=81.63}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Rajkot|35]]|lat=22.3|long=70.78}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Ranchi|46]]|lat=23.36|long=85.33}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Salem, Tamil Nadu|60]]|lat=11.660031|long=78.159923}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Srinagar|37]]|lat=34.09000|long=74.79000}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Solapur|58]]|lat=17.670474|long=75.907327}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Surat|9]]|lat=21.18|long=72.83}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Thiruvananthapuram|26]]|lat=8.48750|long=76.95250}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Thrissur|21]]|position=left|lat=10.52|long=76.21}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Tiruchirappalli|52]]|lat=10.80500|long=78.68556}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Tiruppur|57]]|lat=11.108535|long=77.339798}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Vadodara|22]]|lat=22.30|long=73.19}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Varanasi|32]]|lat=25.28|long=82.96}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Vasai-Virar|40]]|lat=19.47|long=72.8}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Vijayawada|30]]|lat=16.5193|long=80.6305}}<br />
{{location map~|India|label=[[Visakhapatnam|24]]|lat=17.68833|long=83.21861}}<br />
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'''India''' is the [[List of countries and outlying territories by total area|seventh-largest]] country by geographical area, the [[List of countries and dependencies by population|most populous]] country with [[Demographics of India|over 1.4 billion people]]. India consists of twenty-eight [[State (country subdivision)|state]]s and nine [[Union Territory|union territories]].<ref name="official">{{cite web|url=http://www.india.gov.in/knowindia/state_uts.php|title=States and union territories|access-date=31 January 2011|publisher=Census of India|work=Government of India (2001)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127011318/http://india.gov.in/knowindia/state_uts.php|archive-date=27 January 2011}}</ref> It is home to 17.5&nbsp;percent of the [[World population|world's population]].<ref name="Area and Population">{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_And_You/area_and_population.aspx |title=Area and population |work=Government of India (2001) |publisher=Census of India |access-date=26 October 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113224501/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_And_You/area_and_population.aspx |archive-date=13 November 2013 }}</ref><br />
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The first population [[census]] in [[British India]] was conducted in 1872. Since 1951, a census has been carried out every 10 years.<ref name="Census Organisation of India">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/aboutus/Census_Organisation/about.html |title=Census Organisation of India |work=Government of India (2001) |publisher=Census of India |access-date=31 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201091131/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/aboutus/Census_Organisation/about.html |archive-date= 1 December 2008 }}</ref> The census in India is carried out by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]], and is one of the largest administrative tasks conducted by a federal government.<ref name="Brief history of census">{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_And_You/brief_history_of_census.aspx |title=Brief history of census |work=Government of India (2001) |publisher=Census of India |access-date=31 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113224445/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_And_You/brief_history_of_census.aspx |archive-date=13 November 2013 }}</ref><br />
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The latest population figures are based on data from the [[2011 Census of India]].<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00517/India_Census_2011___517160a.pdf | location=Chennai, India | title=Census 2011 Provisional Population Totals | work=The Hindu | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103133244/http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00517/India_Census_2011___517160a.pdf | archive-date=3 November 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> India has 641,000 inhabited villages and 72.2&nbsp;percent of the total population reside in these rural areas.<ref name="thehindu2"/> Of them 145,000 villages have population size of 500–999 persons; 130,000&nbsp;villages have population size of 1000–1999 and 128,000&nbsp;villages have population size of 200–499. There are 3,961&nbsp;villages that have a population of 10,000&nbsp;persons or more.<ref name="Area and Population" /> India's 27.8&nbsp;percent urban population lives in more than 5,100&nbsp;towns and over 380&nbsp;urban agglomerations.<ref name="Urban Agglomerations (UAs) & towns">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/A_Series/Urban_agglomerations.htm|title=Urban Agglomerations (UAs) & towns|work=Government of India (2001)|publisher=Census of India|access-date=4 December 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113154457/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/A_Series/Urban_agglomerations.htm|archive-date=13 November 2013}}</ref> In the decade of 1991–2001, migration to major cities caused rapid increase in urban population.<ref name="Migration rate to city will dip">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Pune/Migration_rate_to_city_will_dip/articleshow/3478265.cms|title=Migration rate to city will dip|date=13 September 2008|publisher=Times of India|access-date=8 December 2008|first1=Swati|last1=Shinde|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111222439/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Pune/Migration_rate_to_city_will_dip/articleshow/3478265.cms|archive-date=11 January 2009}}</ref><ref name="Develop towns to stop migration to urban areas: economist ">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/03/stories/2005120302910500.htm|title=Develop towns to stop migration to urban areas: economist|date=3 December 2005|access-date=8 December 2008|location=Chennai, India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105002042/http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/03/stories/2005120302910500.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=5 November 2013}}</ref> The number of Indians living in urban areas has grown by 31.2% between 1991 and 2001.{{Sfn|Garg|2005}} Yet, in 2001, over 70% lived in rural areas.{{Sfn|Dyson|Visaria|2005|pp=115–129}}{{Sfn|Ratna|2007|pp=271–272}} According to the 2011 census, there were 317 [[List of cities in India by population|cities in India with population more than 100000]], with [[Mumbai]], [[Delhi]] and [[Kolkata]] having populations over 10 million<ref name=times/> About 20 percent of the population of India lives in these cities.<ref name=2011UA>{{cite web|title=Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|work=Censusindia|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=18 October 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=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|archive-date=13 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/interactives/cities-since-1901/|title=How India's cities have grown and shrunk over the last 116 years|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506030709/http://www.hindustantimes.com/interactives/cities-since-1901/|archive-date=6 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=times>{{cite web|title=Delhi topples Mumbai as maximum city|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-20/india/30302508_1_delhi-topples-mumbai-urban-population-lives-navi|work=[[The Times of India]]|publisher=[[The Times Group|Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd]]|access-date=7 February 2012|author=Rukmini Shrinivasan|author2=Hemali Chhapia|location=India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217011539/http://citypopulation.de/India-Agglo.html|archive-date=17 December 2014}}</ref><br />
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<gallery mode="packed" heights="125" perrow="5"><br />
File:Mumbai Skyline at Night.jpg|1. [[Mumbai|Mumbai (Bombay)]]<br />
Skyline at Rajiv Chowk.JPG|2. [[Delhi]]<br />
File:Urbana Residential Complex - 783 Anandapur Road - Kolkata 2017-07-15 1527.JPG|3. [[Kolkata|Kolkata (Calcutta)]]<br />
File:Chennai Skyline.jpg|4. [[Chennai|Chennai (Madras)]]<br />
File:Ubcity2.jpg|5. [[Bengaluru]]<br />
MindSpace campus in Hyderabad, India.jpg|6. [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]<br />
Amdavad Aerial.jpg|7. [[Ahmedabad]]<br />
[[File:Calicut beach skyline.jpg|thumb|Kozhikode beach skyline]]<br />
[[File:Calicut Bypass Skyline 2.jpg|thumb|Calicut Bypass Skyline]]<br />
[[File:Kochi Skyline.jpg|thumb|[[Marine Drive, Kochi|Kochi Marine Drive]] Skyline]]<br />
GauravPath1.jpg|9. [[Surat]]<br />
HawaMahal.jpg|10. [[Jaipur]]<br />
</gallery><br />
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The cities which are listed in '''bold''' are the capital of the respective [[states and territories of India|state / union territory]].<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;" style="text-align:center;"<br />
|-<br />
! width=5%| Rank<br />
! style="width:15%;"| UA{{efn|The population figures of cities in Kerala are inflated as the definition of urban agglomeration was revised in the 2011 census. The population of urban agglomerations in Kerala is not comparable with other cities in the country.<ref name=ua2011>{{cite web|title=INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011|url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2011IS3|work=Press Information Bureau, Mumbai|publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] (NIC)|access-date=7 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630112755/http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2011IS3|archive-date=30 June 2015}}</ref>}}<br />
! style="width:25%;"| State/territory<br />
! style="width:20%;"| Population (2025)<ref>https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/india</ref><ref>https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/undesa_pd_2025_data-booklet_world_cities_in_2025.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.worldometers.info/population/largest-cities-in-india/</ref><br />
! style="width:20%;"| Population (2011)<ref name="censusindia 2011">{{cite web|title=India: Major Agglomerations|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/India-Agglo.html|publisher=.citypopulation.de|access-date=14 December 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217011539/http://citypopulation.de/India-Agglo.html|archive-date=17 December 2014}}</ref><br />
! style="width:30%;"| Population (2001)<ref name=ua2011 /><br />
! style="width:30%;"| Population (1991)<ref name=ua2011 /><br />
|-<br />
| 1<br />
| '''[[Delhi]]'''<br />
| [[Delhi]]<br />
| 30,222,405<br />
| 16,349,831<br />
| 12,877,470<br />
| 8,419,084<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| '''[[Kolkata]]'''<br />
| [[West Bengal]]<br />
| 22,549,738<br />
| 14,112,536<br />
| 13,205,697<br />
| 11,021,918<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| '''[[Mumbai]]'''<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| 20,203,056<br />
| 18,394,912<br />
| 16,434,386<br />
| 12,596,243<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| '''[[Bengaluru]]'''<br />
| [[Karnataka]]<br />
| 13,187,098<br />
| 8,520,435<br />
| 5,701,446<br />
| 4,130,288<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| '''[[Chennai]]'''<br />
| [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| 11,153,205<br />
| 8,696,010<br />
| 6,560,242<br />
| 5,421,985<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| '''[[Hyderabad]]'''<br />
| [[Telangana]]<br />
| 9,190,795<br />
| 7,749,334<br />
| 5,742,036<br />
| 4,344,437<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| [[Ahmedabad]]<br />
| [[Gujarat]]<br />
| 7,632,408<br />
| 6,361,084<br />
| 4,525,013<br />
| 3,312,216<br />
|-<br />
| 8<br />
| [[Surat]]<br />
| [[Gujarat]]<br />
| 6,908,925<br />
| 4,591,246<br />
| 2,811,614<br />
| 1,518,950<br />
|-<br />
| 9<br />
| [[Pune]]<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| 6,817,951<br />
| 5,057,709<br />
| 3,760,636<br />
| 2,493,987<br />
|-<br />
| 10<br />
| [[Kozhikode]]<br />
| [[Kerala]]<br />
| 6,123,872<br />
| 2,030,519<br />
| 880,247<br />
| 801,190<br />
|-<br />
| 11<br />
| [[Kochi]]<br />
| [[Kerala]]<br />
| 5,077,670<br />
| 2,119,724<br />
| 1,355,972<br />
| 1,140,605<br />
|-<br />
| 12<br />
| '''[[Lucknow]]'''<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 5,052,444<br />
| 2,902,920<br />
| 2,245,509<br />
| 1,669,204<br />
|-<br />
| 13<br />
| [[Malappuram]]<br />
| [[Kerala]]<br />
| 4,487,920<br />
| 1,699,060<br />
| 170,409<br />
| 142,204<br />
|-<br />
| 14<br />
| [[Kanpur]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 4,329,973<br />
| 2,920,496<br />
| 2,715,555<br />
| 2,029,889<br />
|-<br />
| 15<br />
| '''[[Jaipur]]'''<br />
| [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| 4,071,754<br />
| 3,073,350<br />
| 2,322,575<br />
| 1,518,235<br />
|-<br />
| 16<br />
| [[Varanasi]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 3,858,863<br />
| 1,435,113<br />
| 1,203,961<br />
| 1,030,863<br />
|-<br />
| 17<br />
| [[Indore]]<br />
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| 3,476,423<br />
| 2,170,295<br />
| 1,506,062<br />
| 1,109,056<br />
|-<br />
| 18<br />
| '''[[Patna]]'''<br />
| [[Bihar]]<br />
| 3,309,383<br />
| 2,049,156<br />
| 1,697,976<br />
| 1,099,647<br />
|-<br />
| 19<br />
| [[Nagpur]]<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| 3,257,841<br />
| 2,497,870<br />
| 2,129,500<br />
| 1,664,006<br />
|-<br />
| 20<br />
| [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| <br />
| 2,375,820<br />
| 968,256<br />
| 511,759<br />
|-<br />
| 21<br />
| [[Kollam]]<br />
| [[Kerala]]<br />
| 3,074,562<br />
| 1,110,668<br />
| 380,091<br />
| 362,572<br />
|-<br />
| 22<br />
| '''[[Thiruvananthapuram]]'''<br />
| [[Kerala]]<br />
| 2,946,119<br />
| 1,687,406<br />
| 889,635<br />
| 826,225<br />
|-<br />
| 23<br />
| [[Coimbatore]]<br />
| [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| 2,882,988<br />
| 2,136,916<br />
| 1,461,139<br />
| 1,100,746<br />
|-<br />
| 24<br />
| [[Visakhapatnam]]<br />
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| 2,841,957<br />
| 1,728,128<br />
| 1,345,938<br />
| 1,057,118<br />
|-<br />
| 25<br />
| [[Agra]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 2,786,762<br />
| 1,760,285<br />
| 1,331,339<br />
| 948,063<br />
|-<br />
| 26<br />
| [[Kannur]]<br />
| [[Kerala]]<br />
| 2,524,680<br />
| 1,642,892<br />
| 498,207<br />
| 463,962<br />
|-<br />
| 27<br />
|''' [[Bhopal]]'''<br />
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| 2,487,205<br />
| 1,886,100<br />
| 1,458,416<br />
| 1,062,771<br />
|-<br />
| 28<br />
| [[Vijayawada]]<br />
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| 2,409,770<br />
| 1,491,202<br />
| 1,039,518<br />
| 845,756<br />
|-<br />
| 29<br />
|[[Ponnani]]<br />
| [[Kerala]]<br />
| 2,409,567<br />
| 1,861,269<br />
| 330,122<br />
| 275,053<br />
|-<br />
| 30<br />
|[[Thrissur]]<br />
| [[Kerala]]<br />
| 2,382,988<br />
| 1,861,269<br />
| 330,122<br />
| 275,053<br />
|-<br />
| 31<br />
| [[Prayagraj]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 2,347,869<br />
| 1,216,719 <br />
| 1,042,229<br />
| 844,546<br />
|-<br />
| 32<br />
| [[Vadodara]]<br />
| [[Gujarat]]<br />
| 2,270,298<br />
| 1,822,221<br />
| 1,491,045<br />
| 1,126,824<br />
|-<br />
| 33<br />
| [[Ludhiana]]<br />
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| 2,245,106<br />
| 1,618,879<br />
| 1,398,467<br />
| 1,042,740<br />
|-<br />
| 34<br />
| [[Meerut]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 2,209,886<br />
| 1,420,902<br />
| 1,161,716<br />
| 849,799<br />
|-<br />
| 35<br />
| [[Madurai]]<br />
| [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| 2,138,746<br />
| 1,465,625<br />
| 1,203,095<br />
| 1,085,914<br />
|-<br />
| 36<br />
| [[Dhanbad]]<br />
| [[Jharkhand]]<br />
| 2,020,181<br />
| 1,196,214<br />
| 1,065,327<br />
| 815,005<br />
|-<br />
| 37<br />
| [[Faridabad]]<br />
| [[Haryana]]<br />
| <br />
| 1,414,050<br />
| 1,055,938<br />
| 617,717<br />
|-<br />
| 38<br />
| [[Nashik]]<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| 1,996,763<br />
| 1,562,769<br />
| 1,152,326<br />
| 725,341<br />
|-<br />
| 39<br />
| [[Jamshedpur]]<br />
| [[Jharkhand]]<br />
| 1,956,840<br />
| 1,339,438<br />
| 1,104,713<br />
| 829,171<br />
|-<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Rajkot]]<br />
| [[Gujarat]]<br />
| 1,581,235<br />
| 1,390,933<br />
| 1,003,015<br />
| 654,490<br />
|-<br />
| 37<br />
|'''[[Srinagar]]'''<br />
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
| 1,126,638<br />
| 1,273,312<br />
| 988,210<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 38<br />
| [[Jabalpur]]<br />
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| 1,582,131<br />
| 1,267,564<br />
| 1,098,000<br />
| 888,916<br />
|-<br />
| 39<br />
| [[Asansol]]<br />
| [[West Bengal]]<br />
| 2,924,741<br />
| 1,243,414<br />
| 1,067,369<br />
| 763,939<br />
|-<br />
| 40<br />
| [[Vasai-Virar]]<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| 1,542,177<br />
| 1,222,390<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 43<br />
| [[Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]]<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| 1,567,020<br />
| 1,193,167<br />
| 892,483<br />
| 592,709<br />
|-<br />
| 44<br />
| [[Amritsar]]<br />
| [[Punjab]]<br />
| 1,303,330<br />
| 1,183,705<br />
| 1,003,919<br />
| 708,835<br />
|-<br />
| 45<br />
| [[Jodhpur]]<br />
| [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| 1,515,910<br />
| 1,138,300<br />
| 860,818<br />
| 666,279<br />
|-<br />
| 46<br />
| '''[[Ranchi]]'''<br />
| [[Jharkhand]]<br />
| 1,819,944<br />
| 1,126,741<br />
| 863,495<br />
| 614,795<br />
|-<br />
| 47<br />
| '''[[Raipur]]'''<br />
| [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
| 1,478,688<br />
| 1,123,558<br />
| 700,113<br />
| 462,694<br />
|-<br />
| 49<br />
| [[Gwalior ]]<br />
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| 1,554,246<br />
| 1,102,884<br />
| 865,548<br />
| 717,780<br />
|-<br />
| 50<br />
| [[Bhilai]]<br />
| [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
| <br />
| 1,064,222<br />
| 927,864<br />
| 685,474<br />
|-<br />
| 51<br />
| '''[[Chandigarh]]'''<br />
| [[Chandigarh]]<br />
| 2,437,733<br />
| 1,026,459<br />
| 808,515<br />
| 575,829<br />
|-<br />
| 52<br />
| [[Tiruchirappalli]]<br />
| [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| 1,349,040<br />
| 1,022,518<br />
| 866,354<br />
| 711,862<br />
|-<br />
| 53<br />
| [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]]<br />
| [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| 1,232,364<br />
| 1,001,694<br />
| 703,150<br />
| 537,371<br />
|-<br />
| 54<br />
| [[Mysuru]]<br />
| [[Karnataka]]<br />
| 1,342,126<br />
| 990,900<br />
| 799,228<br />
| 653,345<br />
|-<br />
| 55<br />
| [[Bareilly]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 1,635,214<br />
| 985,752<br />
| 748,353<br />
| 617,350<br />
|-<br />
|56<br />
| [[Guwahati]]<br />
| [[Assam]]<br />
| 1,314,019<br />
| 968,549<br />
| 818,809<br />
| 584,342<br />
|-<br />
| 57<br />
| [[Tiruppur]]<br />
| [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| 1,242,837<br />
| 963,173<br />
| 550,826<br />
| 306,237<br />
|-<br />
| 58<br />
| [[Solapur]]<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| 1,102,702<br />
| 951,558<br />
| 872,478<br />
| 620,846<br />
|-<br />
| 59<br />
| [[Hubli-Dharwad]]<br />
| [[Karnataka]]<br />
| 965,667<br />
| 943,857<br />
| 786,195<br />
| 648,298<br />
|-<br />
| 60<br />
| [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]]<br />
| [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| 1,337,000<br />
| 919,150<br />
| 751,438<br />
| 578,291<br />
|-<br />
| 61<br />
| [[Aligarh]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 1,729,663<br />
| 911,223<br />
| 669,087<br />
| 480,520<br />
|-<br />
| 62<br />
| [[Gurugram]]<br />
| [[Haryana]]<br />
| <br />
| 902,112<br />
| 228,820<br />
| 135,884<br />
|-<br />
| 63<br />
| [[Moradabad]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 1,484,611<br />
| 889,810<br />
| 641,583<br />
| 443,701<br />
|-<br />
| 64<br />
| '''[[Bhubaneswar]]'''<br />
| [[Odisha]]<br />
| 1,146,434<br />
| 885,363<br />
| 658,220<br />
| 411,542<br />
|-<br />
| 65<br />
| [[Jalandhar]]<br />
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| 1,192,763<br />
| 874,412<br />
| 714,077<br />
| 509,510<br />
|-<br />
| 66<br />
| [[Warangal]]<br />
| [[Telangana]]<br />
| 837,561<br />
| 759,594<br />
| 579,216<br />
| 467,757<br />
|-<br />
| 67<br />
| [[Bhiwandi]]<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| <br />
| 737,411<br />
| 621,427<br />
| 392,214<br />
|-<br />
| 68<br />
| [[Dehradun]]<br />
| [[Uttarakhand]]<br />
| 1,219,198<br />
| 714,223<br />
| 530,263<br />
| 368,053<br />
|-<br />
| 69<br />
| [[Siliguri]]<br />
| [[West Bengal]]<br />
| 658,183<br />
| 705,579<br />
| 472,374<br />
| 216,950<br />
|-<br />
| 70<br />
| [[Saharanpur]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 1,275,279<br />
| 705,478<br />
| 455,754<br />
| 374,945<br />
|-<br />
| 71<br />
| [[Gorakhpur]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 1,519,206<br />
| 694,889<br />
| 622,701<br />
| 505,566<br />
|-<br />
| 72<br />
| [[Guntur]]<br />
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| 862,068<br />
| 673,952<br />
| 514,461<br />
| 471,051<br />
|-<br />
| 73<br />
| [[Cuttack]]<br />
| [[Odisha]]<br />
| <br />
| 663,188<br />
| 587,182<br />
| 440,295<br />
|-<br />
| 74<br />
| [[Jammu]]<br />
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
| 1,154,466<br />
| 657,314<br />
| 612,163<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 75<br />
| '''[[Puducherry (city)|Puducherry]]'''<br />
| [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]<br />
| 998,290<br />
| 657,209<br />
| 505,959<br />
| 401,437<br />
|-<br />
| 76<br />
| [[Amravati]]<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| 771,610<br />
| 647,057<br />
| 549,510<br />
| 421,576<br />
|-<br />
| 77<br />
| [[Bikaner]]<br />
| [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| 882,222<br />
| 647,804<br />
| 529,690<br />
| 416,289<br />
|-<br />
| 78<br />
| [[Noida]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| <br />
| 642,381<br />
| 305,058<br />
| 146,516<br />
|-<br />
| 79<br />
| [[Mangaluru]]<br />
| [[Karnataka]]<br />
| 993,566<br />
| 623,841<br />
| 539,387<br />
| 426,341<br />
|-<br />
| 80<br />
| [[Belagavi]]<br />
| [[Karnataka]]<br />
| 800,130<br />
| 610,350<br />
| 506,480<br />
| 402,412<br />
|-<br />
| 81<br />
| [[Bhavnagar]]<br />
| [[Gujarat]]<br />
| 739,115<br />
| 606,282<br />
| 517,708<br />
| 405,225<br />
|-<br />
| 82<br />
| [[Firozabad]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 878,282<br />
| 604,214<br />
| 432,866<br />
| 270,536<br />
|-<br />
| 83<br />
| [[Jamnagar]]<br />
| [[Gujarat]]<br />
| 680,589 <br />
| 600,943<br />
| 556,956<br />
| 381,646<br />
|-<br />
| 84<br />
| [[Durgapur]]<br />
| [[West Bengal]]<br />
| 222,089<br />
| 581,409<br />
| 493,405<br />
| 425,836<br />
|-<br />
| 85<br />
| [[Malegaon]]<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| 618,133<br />
| 576,642<br />
| 497,780<br />
| 398,890<br />
|-<br />
| 86<br />
| [[Bokaro Steel City|Bokaro]]<br />
| [[Jharkhand]]<br />
| 862,593<br />
| 564,319<br />
| 505,541<br />
| 418,538<br />
|-<br />
| 87<br />
| [[Nellore]]<br />
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| 732,235<br />
| 564,148<br />
| 404,775<br />
| 316,606<br />
|-<br />
| 88<br />
| [[Kolhapur]]<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| 819,671<br />
| 561,841<br />
| 505,541<br />
| 418,538<br />
|-<br />
| 89<br />
| [[Rourkela]]<br />
| [[Odisha]]<br />
| 776,631<br />
| 552,970<br />
| 484,874<br />
| 398,864<br />
|-<br />
| 90<br />
| [[Ajmer]]<br />
| [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| 631,176<br />
| 551,360<br />
| 490,520<br />
| 402,700<br />
|-<br />
| 91<br />
| [[Nanded]]<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| 770,215<br />
| 550,564<br />
| 430,733<br />
| 309,316<br />
|-<br />
| 92<br />
| [[Jhansi]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 662,059<br />
| 549,391<br />
| 460,278<br />
| 368,154<br />
|-<br />
| 93<br />
| [[Kalaburagi]]<br />
| [[Karnataka]]<br />
| 753,963<br />
| 543,147<br />
| 430,265<br />
| 310,920<br />
|-<br />
| 94<br />
| [[Erode]]<br />
| [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| 892,758<br />
| 521,891<br />
| 389,906<br />
| 361,755<br />
|-<br />
| 95<br />
| [[Ujjain]]<br />
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| 583,405<br />
| 515,215<br />
| 431,162<br />
| 362,633<br />
|-<br />
| 96<br />
| [[Sangli]]<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| 761,451<br />
| 513,961<br />
| 447,774<br />
| 363,751<br />
|-<br />
| 97<br />
| [[Tirunelveli]]<br />
| [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| 376,005<br />
| 498,984<br />
| 433,352<br />
| 366,869<br />
|-<br />
| 98<br />
| [[Muzaffarnagar]]<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| 849,004<br />
| 495,543<br />
| 331,668<br />
| 247,624<br />
|-<br />
| 99<br />
| [[Vellore]]<br />
| [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| 820,103<br />
| 484,690<br />
| 386,746<br />
| 310,776<br />
|-<br />
| 100<br />
| [[Kurnool]]<br />
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| 468,997<br />
| 484,327<br />
| 342,973<br />
| 275,360<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[List of cities in India by population]]<br />
* [[List of metropolitan areas in India]]<br />
* [[List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India]]<br />
* [[List of states and union territories of India by population]]<br />
* [[Demographics of India]]<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
==Further reading==<br />
* {{Citation<br />
|last1=Dyson<br />
|first1=T.<br />
|last2=Visaria<br />
|first2=P.<br />
|editor-last=Dyson<br />
|editor-first=T.<br />
|editor2-last=Casses<br />
|editor2-first=R.<br />
|editor3-last=Visaria<br />
|editor3-first=L.<br />
|date=7 July 2005<br />
|title=Twenty-First Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development, and the Environment|chapter=Migration and Urbanisation: Retrospect and Prospects<br />
|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]<br />
|isbn=978-0199283828<br />
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqU9T5c0wlYC<br />
}}<br />
* {{Citation|last=Garg|first=S. C.|date=19 April 2005|title=Mobilizing Urban Infrastructure Finance in India|publisher=[[World Bank]]|url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMF/Resources/339747-1105651852282/Garg.pdf|access-date=27 January 2010}}<br />
* {{Citation<br />
|last=Ratna<br />
|first=U.<br />
|editor-last=Dutt<br />
|editor-first=A. K.<br />
|editor2-last=Thakur<br />
|editor2-first=B.<br />
|year=2007<br />
|title=City, Society, and Planning<br />
|chapter=Interface Between Urban and Rural Development in India<br />
|volume=1<br />
|publisher=Concept<br />
|isbn=978-8180694592<br />
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QDmZeW1H37IC<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070514045222/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India]<br />
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[[Category:Lists of cities in India|Urban]]<br />
[[Category:Urbanisation in India]]</div>
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