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| Rank | City | Population (2007 estimate)[1] |
Population (2001 census)[2] |
State |
| 1 | Mumbai | 13 662 885 | 11 978 450 | Maharashtra |
| 2 | Delhi | 11 954 217 | 9 879 172 | Delhi |
| 3 | Bangalore | 5 180 533 | 4 301 326 | Karnataka |
| 4 | Kolkata | 5 021 458 | 4 572 876 | West Bengal |
| 5 | Chennai | 4 562 843 | 4 343 645 | Tamil Nadu |
| 6 | Hyderabad | 3 980 938 | 3 637 483 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 7 | Ahmedabad | 3 867 336 | 3 520 085 | Gujarat |
| 8 | Pune | 3 230 322 | 2 538 473 | Maharashtra |
| 9 | Surat | 3 124 249 | 2 433 835 | Gujarat |
| 10 | Kanpur | 3 067 663 | 2 551 337 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 11 | Jaipur | 2 997 114 | 2 322 575 | Rajasthan |
| 12 | Lucknow | 2 621 063 | 2 185 927 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 13 | Nagpur | 2 359 331 | 2 052 066 | Maharashtra |
| 14 | Indore | 1 768 303 | 1 474 968 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 15 | Patna | 1 753 543 | 1 366 444 | Bihar |
| 16 | Bhopal | 1 712 355 | 1 437 354 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 17 | Thane | 1 673 465 | 1 262 551 | Maharashtra |
| 18 | Ludhiana | 1 662 325 | 1 398 467 | Punjab |
| 19 | Agra | 1 590 073 | 1 275 134 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 20 | Vadodara | 1 487 956 | 1 306 227 | Gujarat |
| 21 | Pimpri Chinchwad | 1 471 494 | 1,006,417 | Maharashtra |
| 22 | Nashik | 1 459 589 | 1 077 236 | Maharashtra |
| 23 | Faridabad | 1 407 265 | 1 055 938 | Haryana |
| 24 | Ghaziabad | 1 371 673 | 968 256 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 25 | Rajkot | 1 335 397 | 967 476 | Gujarat |
| 26 | Meerut | 1 325 929 | 1 068 772 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 27 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 1 312 595 | 1 193 512 | Maharashtra |
| 28 | Varanasi | 1 188 704 | 1 091 918 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 29 | Amritsar | 1 165 066 | 966 862 | Punjab |
| 30 | Aurangabad | 1 427 755 | 873 311 | Maharashtra |
| 31 | Navi Mumbai | 1 110 110 | 704 002 | Maharashtra |
| 32 | Allahabad | 1 107 072 | 975 393 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 33 | Solapur | 1 094 553 | 872 478 | Maharashtra |
| 34 | Jabalpur | 1 050 875 | 932 484 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 35 | Visakhapatnam | 1 050 380 | 982 904 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 36 | Srinagar | 1 040 263 | 898 440 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 37 | Howrah | 1 033 158 | 1 007 532 | West Bengal |
| 38 | Ranchi | 1 021 628 | 847 093 | Jharkhand |
| 39 | Chandigarh | 1 003 301 | 808 515 | Chandigarh |
See also
Hyderabad 70,01,346
Notes
References
- ^ "India - largest cities (per geographical entity)", World Gazetter last accessed October 8, 2007.
- Indian Census
- Archives from the India Census, 2001
- World's most populous cities
