List of cities in Karnataka by population

The following is a list of the most populous cities in Karnataka state of India as per the 2011 census. There are 26 cities in Karnataka which have a population over 100,000.

List of cities

Rank (2011)	City	District	Population 2011	Population 2001	Population 1991
1	Bengaluru	Bangalore Urban	8,495,492	5,688,985	3,302,296
2	Hubballi-Dharwad	Dharwad	943,788	786,195	648,298
3	Mysuru	Mysore	920,550	762,408	606,755
4	Kalaburagi	Gulbarga	543,147	430,265	304,099
5	Mangaluru	Dakshina Kannada	499,487	411,327	273,304
6	Belagavi	Belgaum	490,045	404,237	326,399
7	Davanagere	Davanagere	434,971	364,523	266,082
8	Ballari	Ballari	410,445	316,766	245,391
9	Vijayapura	Vijayapura	327,427	253,891	186,939
10	Shimoga	Shimoga	322,650	274,352	193,028
11	Tumakuru	Tumakuru	302,143	248,929	179,877
12	Raichur	Raichur	234,073	207,421	170,577
13	Bidar	Bidar	216,020	174,257	108,016
14	Hospet	Vijaynagara	206,167	164,240	96,322
15	Gadag-Betageri	Gadag	172,612	154,982	134,051
16	Robertsonpet	Kolar	162,230	157,084	68,230
17	Hassan	Hassan	155,006	121,874	90,803
18	Bhadravati	Shimoga	151,102	160,662	67,019
19	Chitradurga	Chitradurga	145,853	125,170	87,069
20	Udupi	Udupi	144,960	127,124	78,094
21	Kolar	Kolar	138,462	113,907	83,287
22	Mandya	Mandya	137,358	131,179	120,265
23	Chikmagalur	Chikmagalur	118,401	101,251	60,816
24	Gangavati	Koppal	114,642	101,392	81,156
25	Bagalkot	Bagalkot	111,933	90,988	76,903
26	Ranebennuru	Haveri	106,406	89,618	67,442

See also

• List of districts of Karnataka
• List of urban agglomerations in Karnataka
• List of most populous metropolitan areas in India
• List of most populous cities in India
• List of states and union territories of India by population
• Demographics of India