List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India

List of Indian town/urban agglomerations with population more than one million

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Urban agglomerations in India with a population of over one million

India is a country in South Asia and is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the most-populous country with more than 1.4 billion people, home to nearly 17.5 percent of the world's population.[1] India consists of twenty-eight states and eight union territories.[2]

The first official population census of India was conducted in 1872 and every ten years since 1951 by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs.[3][4] The latest official census was conducted in 2011.[5]

As per Government of India, an urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), 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 should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations that have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity.[6] As per the 2011 census, there were 53 urban agglomerations or cities with population of 1 million and above.[7]

List

Following is the list of urban agglomerations in India. The cities/urban agglomerations which are listed in bold are either the capital of the respective state or union territory or the capital is part of the respective urban agglomeration.

Town/UA State/UT Pop.
(2023)[8] 		Area
(km2)
(2011)[9] 		Pop.
(2011)[7] 		Pop.
(2001)[9] 		Pop.
(1991)[9]
Delhi Delhi, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh 		31,190,000 1,139.48 16,314,838 12,877,470 8,419,084
Mumbai Maharashtra 25,189,000 1,063.49 18,394,912 16,434,386 12,596,243
Kolkata West Bengal 21,747,000 1,056.13 14,112,536 13,205,697 11,021,918
Bangalore Karnataka 15,257,000 748.42 8,499,399 5,701,446 4,130,288
Chennai Tamil Nadu 11,570,000 932.47 8,696,010 6,560,242 5,421,985
Hyderabad Telangana 9,797,000 1,225.59 7,749,334 5,742,036 4,344,437
Ahmedabad Gujarat 8,006,000 1,060.95 6,352,254 4,525,013 3,312,216
Pune Maharashtra 6,819,000 502.78 5,049,968 3,760,636 2,493,987
Surat Gujarat 6,601,000 431.01 4,585,367 2,811,614 1,518,950
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 4,661,000 393.6 2,901,474 2,245,509 1,669,204
Jaipur Rajasthan 4,360,000 484.16 3,073,350 2,322,575 1,518,235
Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 4,350,000 301.16 2,920,067 2,715,555 2,257,200
Indore Madhya Pradesh 3,765,000 233.6 2,167,447 1,506,062 1,109,056
Nagpur Maharashtra 3,493,000 229.2 2,497,777 2,129,500 1,664,006
Patna Bihar 3,331,000 142.46 2,046,652 1,697,976 1,099,647
Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 3,229,000 118.68 1,435,113 1,203,961 1,030,863
Kozhikode Kerala 3,049,000 909.79 2,030,519 880,247 801,190
Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 2,851,000 542.57 1,687,406 889,635 826,225
Agra Uttar Pradesh 2,737,000 166.21 1,746,467 1,331,339 948,063
Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 2,562,000 336.06 1,883,381 1,458,416 1,062,771
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 2,551,000 696.25 2,151,466 1,461,139 1,100,746
Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh 2,438,000 115.46 1,216,719 1,042,229 844,546
Kochi Kerala 2,381,000 843.84 2,117,990 1,355,972 1,140,605
Ludhiana Punjab 2,205,000 159.37 1,613,878 1,398,467 1,042,740
Vadodara Gujarat 2,182,000 420.2 1,817,191 1,692,000 1,100,000
Chandigarh Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana 2,168,000 105.68 1,025,682 808,515 575,829
Madurai Tamil Nadu 2,048,000 151.34 1,462,420 1,203,095 1,085,914
Meerut Uttar Pradesh 2,011,000 186.61 1,424,908 1,161,716 849,799
Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 2,005,000 513.61 1,730,320 1,345,938 1,057,118
Jamshedpur Jharkhand 1,925,000 184.07 1,337,131 1,104,713 829,171
Malappuram Kerala 1,868,000 819.39 1,698,645 170,409 142,204
Nashik Maharashtra 1,810,000 321.98 1,562,769 1,152,326 725,341
Asansol West Bengal 1,720,000 369.34 1,243,008 1,067,369 763,939
Aligarh Uttar Pradesh 1,660,000 44.93 911,223 669,087 480,520
Ranchi Jharkhand 1,638,000 197.36 1,126,741 863,495 614,795
Thrissur Kerala 1,578,000 990.91 1,854,783 330,122 0
Kollam Kerala 1,576,000 364.51 1,110,005 380,091 362,572
Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh 1,533,000 237.16 1,267,564 1,098,000 888,916
Dhanbad Jharkhand 1,503,000 240.66 1,195,298 1,065,327 815,005
Jodhpur Rajasthan 1,497,000 132.97 1,137,815 860,818 666,279
Aurangabad Maharashtra 1,490,000 148.12 1,189,376 892,483 592,709
Rajkot Gujarat 1,487,000 185.38 1,390,933 1,003,015 654,490
Gwalior Madhya Pradesh 1,477,000 183.71 1,101,981 865,548 717,780
Raipur Chhattisgarh 1,429,000 192.55 1,122,555 700,113 462,694
Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh 1,410,000 155.23 694,889 632,293 505,566
Kannur Kerala 1,360,000 1,003.66 1,642,892 498,207 463,962
Bareilly Uttar Pradesh 1,355,000 132.05 985,752 757,979 617,350
Guwahati Assam 1,355,000 219.06 962,334 818,809 584,342
Moradabad Uttar Pradesh 1,345,000 75 887,871 641,583 443,701
Amritsar Punjab 1,313,000 136 1,183,705 1,003,919 708,835
Mysore Karnataka 1,296,000 131.9 990,900 797,701 653,345
Durg-Bhilainagar Chhattisgarh 1,293,000 335.63 1,064,222 927,864 705,076
Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh 1,232,000 283.58 1,491,202 1,039,518 845,756
Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir 1,212,000 304.27 1,273,312 988,210 NA
Salem Tamil Nadu 1,189,000 126.09 917,414 751,438 577,260
Kota Rajasthan 1,172,000 527.03 1,001,365 703,150 537,371
Jalandhar Punjab 1,165,000 101.43 874,412 714,077 509,510
Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh 1,152,000 46.74 705,478 455,754 374,945
Dehradun Uttarakhand 1,136,000 125.22 706,124 530,263 368,053
Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu 1,131,000 211.51 1,021,717 866,354 711,862
Bhubaneswar Odisha 1,112,000 92.91 219,211 105,491 38,211
Jammu Jammu and Kashmir 1,103,000 198.28 657,314 612,163 NA
Solapur Maharashtra 1,082,000 178.57 951,558 872,478 620,846
Hubli-Dharwad Karnataka 1,062,000 213.42 943,788 786,195 648,298
Puducherry Puducherry 1,024,000 77.26 401,437 505,959 657,209

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "World Population Prospects 2022". Population Division. United Nations. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ "States and union territories". Census of India. Government of India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Census Organisation of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Brief history of census". Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Census 2011 Provisional Population Totals" (PDF). The Hindu. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2013.
  6. ^ Circular, census catalog (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b Urban Agglomerations and Cities having population 1 lakh and above (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 (Report). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  8. ^ World Urban Areas 13th Annual Edition (PDF) (Report). Demographia. August 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  9. ^ a b c INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011 (Report). Government of India (NIC). Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2012.


External links

  • Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India