Main Cities by Population in India 2024

India is the world’s most populous country, accounting for one-sixth of the global population. With around 1.43 billion people, India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country in 2023.
Except for a brief dip between 1911 and 1921, India’s population has constantly increased since 1901. Uttar Pradesh is India’s most populous state, with almost 200 million people. Sikkim is the least populated state, with 6,07,688 people.

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10 Main Cities by Population in India 2024

SL. No.	City Name	Population
1	Mumbai	12,691,836
2	Delhi	10,927,986
3	Bengaluru	5,104,047
4	Kolkata	4,631,392
5	Chennai	4,328,063
6	Ahmedabad	3,719,710
7	Hyderabad	3,597,816
8	Pune	2,935,744
9	Surat	2,894,504
10	Kanpur	2,823,249

Population in India by cities 2024

SL. No.	City Name	Population
1	Agra	1,430,055
2	Ahmedabad	3,719,710
3	Aligarh	753,207
4	Allahabad	1,073,438
5	Amravati	603,837
6	Amritsar	1,092,450
7	Aurangabad	1,016,441
8	Bareilly	745,435
9	Bengaluru	5,104,047
10	Bhilai	625,138
11	Bhiwandi	707,035
12	Bhopal	1,599,914
13	Bhubaneshwar	762,243
14	Borivli	609,617
15	Chandigarh	960,787
16	Chennai	4,328,063
17	Cochin	604,696
18	Coimbatore	959,823
19	Delhi	10,927,986
20	Dombivli	1,193,000
21	Faridabad	1,220,229
22	Ghaziabad	1,199,191
23	Gorakhpur	1,324,570
24	Gorakhpur	674,246
25	Guwahati	899,094
26	Gwalior	882,458
27	Haora	1,027,672
28	Hubli	840,214
29	Hyderabad	3,597,816
30	Indore	1,837,041
31	Jabalpur	1,030,168
32	Jaipur	2,711,758
33	Jalandhar	785,178
34	Jamshedpur	616,338
35	Jodhpur	921,476
36	Kalyan	1,262,255
37	Kanpur	2,823,249
38	Kolkata	4,631,392
39	Kota	763,088
40	Lucknow	2,472,011
41	Ludhiana	1,545,368
42	Madurai	909,908
43	Meerut	1,223,184
44	Moradabad	721,139
45	Mumbai	12,691,836
46	Mysore	868,313
47	Nagpur	2,228,018
48	Nashik	1,289,497
49	Navi Mumbai	2,600,000
50	Nowrangapur	1,220,946
51	Patna	1,599,920
52	Pimpri	1,284,606
53	Pune	2,935,744
54	Raipur	679,995
55	Rajkot	1,177,362
56	Ranchi	846,454
57	Salem	778,396
58	Shivaji Nagar	1,000,000
59	Solapur	997,281
60	Srinagar	975,857
61	Surat	2,894,504
62	Teni	1,034,724
63	Thane	1,261,517
64	Thiruvananthapuram	784,153
65	Tiruchirappalli	775,484
66	Tirunelveli	1,435,844
67	Vadodara	1,409,476
68	Varanasi	1,164,404
69	Vijayawada	874,587
70	Visakhapatnam	1,063,178