A detailed guide on 70 Most Populated cities in India with a population of over 1 Million is presented below.
Most Populated Cities in India 2024
Interested in knowing most populated cities and urban agglomeration in India? We have extracted a list of most populated cities based on their annual growth in India. The below list has been complied to give an order of most densely populated metro cities in India based on data from Census of India, World Population prospects and other credible Government sources.
List of Most Populated Indian Cities
A comprehensive list of India’s most populated cities with estimated population in current year (2024), along with data from the last two (2011 and 2001) Census of India.
| Rank | City* | Population in Year | State or union territory | ||
| 2024** | 2011 | 2001 | |||
| 1 | Mumbai | 24,433,357 | 12,442,373 | 11,978,450 | Maharashtra |
| 2 | Delhi | 20,591,874 | 11,007,835 | 9,879,172 | Delhi |
| 3 | Bangalore | 14,254,786 | 8,436,675 | 4,301,326 | Karnataka |
| 4 | Hyderabad | 13,871,587 | 6,809,970 | 3,637,483 | Telangana |
| 5 | Ahmedabad | 11,450,000 | 5,570,585 | 3,520,085 | Gujarat |
| 6 | Chennai | 9,722,974 | 4,681,087 | 4,343,645 | Tamil Nadu |
| 7 | Kolkata | 14,974,000 | 4,486,679 | 4,572,876 | West Bengal |
| 8 | Surat | 7,567,538 | 4,467,797 | 2,433,835 | Gujarat |
| 9 | Pune | 6,853,140 | 3,115,431 | 2,538,473 | Maharashtra |
| 10 | Jaipur | 4,067,826 | 3,046,163 | 2,322,575 | Rajasthan |
| 11 | Lucknow | 3,790,274 | 2,815,601 | 2,185,927 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 12 | Kanpur | 3,203,932 | 2,767,031 | 2,551,337 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 13 | Nagpur | 2,940,000 | 2,405,665 | 2,052,066 | Maharashtra |
| 14 | Indore | 2,463,588 | 1,960,631 | 1,474,968 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 15 | Thane | 2,492,487 | 1,818,872 | 1,262,551 | Maharashtra |
| 16 | Bhopal | 2,446,882 | 1,795,648 | 1,437,354 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 17 | Visakhapatnam | 2,358,412 | 1,730,320 | 1,345,938 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 18 | Pimpri-Chinchwad | 1,727,692 | 1,012,472 | Maharashtra | |
| 19 | Patna | 1,684,222 | 1,366,444 | Bihar | |
| 20 | Vadodara | 1,670,806 | 1,306,227 | Gujarat | |
| 21 | Ghaziabad | 1,910,118 | 1,648,643 | 968,256 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 22 | Ludhiana | 1,779,796 | 1,618,879 | 1,398,467 | Punjab |
| 23 | Agra | 1,585,704 | 1,275,134 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 24 | Nashik | 1,486,053 | 1,077,236 | Maharashtra | |
| 25 | Ranchi | 1,456,528 | 1,079,968 | Jharkhand | |
| 26 | Faridabad | 2,001,523 | 1,414,050 | 1,055,938 | Haryana |
| 27 | Meerut | 1,852,456 | 1,305,429 | 1,039,405 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 28 | Rajkot | 1,826,000 | 1,286,678 | 967,476 | Gujarat |
| 29 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 1,247,327 | 1,193,512 | Maharashtra | |
| 30 | Vasai-Virar | 1,222,390 | 693,350 | Maharashtra | |
| 31 | Varanasi | 1,701,000 | 1,201,815 | 1,091,918 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 32 | Srinagar | 1,180,570 | 898,440 | Jammu and Kashmir | |
| 33 | Aurangabad | 1,667,000 | 1,175,116 | 873,311 | Maharashtra |
| 34 | Dhanbad | 1,162,472 | 1,065,327 | Jharkhand | |
| 35 | Gurgaon | 1,153,000 | 870,539 | Haryana | |
| 36 | Amritsar | 1,329,681 | 1,132,383 | 966,862 | Punjab |
| 37 | Navi Mumbai | 1,120,547 | 704,002 | Maharashtra | |
| 38 | Allahabad | 1,112,544 | 975,393 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 39 | Howrah | 1,077,075 | 1,007,532 | West Bengal | |
| 40 | Gwalior | 1,069,276 | 827,026 | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 41 | Jabalpur | 1,055,525 | 932,484 | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 42 | Coimbatore | 1,050,721 | 930,882 | Tamil Nadu | |
| 43 | Vijayawada | 1,034,358 | 851,282 | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 44 | Jodhpur | 1,033,918 | 851,051 | Rajasthan | |
| 45 | Madurai | 1,017,865 | 928,869 | Tamil Nadu | |
| 46 | Raipur | 1,010,087 | 605,747 | Chhattisgarh | |
| 47 | Kota | 1,650,281 | 1,001,694 | 694,316 | Rajasthan |
| 48 | Chandigarh | 1,593,324 | 960,787 | 808,515 | Chandigarh |
| 49 | Guwahati | 957,352 | 809,895 | Assam | |
| 50 | Solapur | 951,558 | 872,478 | Maharashtra | |
| 51 | Hubli-Dharwad | 943,788 | 786,195 | Karnataka | |
| 52 | Mysore | 1,204,759 | 920,550 | 762,408 | Karnataka |
| 53 | Tiruchirappalli | 916,674 | 752,066 | Tamil Nadu | |
| 54 | Bareilly | 898,167 | 718,395 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 55 | Aligarh | 889,810 | 672,315 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 56 | Tiruppur | 877,778 | 344,543 | Tamil Nadu | |
| 57 | Moradabad | 872,575 | 669,087 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 58 | Jalandhar | 862,196 | 706,043 | Punjab | |
| 59 | Bhubaneswar | 837,737 | 648,032 | Odisha | |
| 60 | Salem | 831,038 | 696,760 | Tamil Nadu | |
| 61 | Warangal | 830,281 | 530,636 | Telangana | |
| 62 | Mira-Bhayandar | 814,655 | 520,388 | Maharashtra | |
| 63 | Jalgaon | 1,141,403 | 798,514 | 462,280 | Maharashtra |
| 64 | Guntur | 670,073 | 514,461 | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 65 | Thiruvananthapuram | 752,490 | 368,618 | Kerala | |
| 66 | Bhiwandi | 711,329 | 598,741 | Maharashtra | |
| 67 | Tirupati | 705,000 | 487,985 | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 68 | Saharanpur | 703,345 | 455,754 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 69 | Gorakhpur | 671,048 | 622,701 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 70 | Bikaner | 647,804 | 529,690 | Rajasthan | |
| 71 | Amravati | 646,801 | 549,510 | Maharashtra | |
- Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects
*Refers to the urban agglomeration.
**Refers to Projected Population.