States & Union Territories
The population development of the Indian states and union territories according to census results and latest projections.
| Name | Abbr. | Status | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (Cf) 1991-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2001-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2011-03-01 | Population Projection (P) 2023-03-01 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | IND | Rep | New Delhi | 3,166,620 | 846,387,888 | 1,028,737,436 | 1,210,854,977 | 1,387,284,900 | → | ||
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | ANI | UTerr | Port Blair | 8,249 | 280,661 | 356,152 | 380,581 | 403,000 | 824900 | → | |
| Andhra Pradesh | AND | St | Amaravati / Visākhapatnam | 162,970 | 40,419,034 | 45,397,069 | 49,577,103 | 53,156,000 | 16297000 | → | |
| Arunāchal Pradesh | ARU | St | Itānagar | 83,743 | 864,558 | 1,097,968 | 1,383,727 | 1,562,000 | 8374300 | → | |
| Assam | ASS | St | Dispur | 78,438 | 22,414,322 | 26,655,528 | 31,205,576 | 35,713,000 | 7843800 | → | |
| Bihār | BIH | St | Patna | 94,163 | 64,530,554 | 82,998,509 | 104,099,452 | 126,756,000 | 9416300 | → | |
| Chandīgarh | CHA | UTerr | Chandīgarh | 114 | 642,015 | 900,635 | 1,055,450 | 1,231,000 | 11400 | → | |
| Chhattīsgarh | CHH | St | Raipur | 135,192 | 17,614,928 | 20,833,803 | 25,545,198 | 30,180,000 | 13519200 | → | |
| Dādra & Nagar Haveli & Damān & Diu | DDD | UTerr | Damān | 602 | 240,063 | 378,694 | 586,956 | ... | 60200 | → | |
| Delhi | DEL | UTerr | Delhi | 1,483 | 9,420,644 | 13,850,507 | 16,787,941 | 21,359,000 | 148300 | → | |
| Goa | GOA | St | Panaji | 3,702 | 1,169,793 | 1,347,668 | 1,458,545 | 1,575,000 | 370200 | → | |
| Gujarāt | GUJ | St | Gāndhinagar | 196,244 | 41,309,582 | 50,671,017 | 60,439,692 | 71,507,000 | 19624400 | → | |
| Haryāna | HAR | St | Chandīgarh | 44,212 | 16,463,648 | 21,144,564 | 25,351,462 | 30,209,000 | 4421200 | → | |
| Himāchal Pradesh | HIM | St | Shimla | 55,673 | 5,170,877 | 6,077,900 | 6,864,602 | 7,468,000 | 5567300 | → | |
| Jammu & Kashmīr | JAM | UTerr | Srīnagar / Jammu | 42,241 | 7,656,000 | 9,907,161 | 12,267,013 | 13,603,000 | 4224100 | → | |
| Jhārkhand | JHA | St | Rānchi | 79,716 | 21,843,911 | 26,945,829 | 32,988,134 | 39,466,000 | 7971600 | → | |
| Karnātaka | KAR | St | Bengaluru | 191,791 | 44,977,201 | 52,850,562 | 61,095,297 | 67,692,000 | 19179100 | → | |
| Kerala | KER | St | Thiruvananthapuram | 38,852 | 29,098,518 | 31,841,374 | 33,406,061 | 35,776,000 | 3885200 | → | |
| Ladakh | LAD | UTerr | Leh | 59,146 | 179,400 | 236,539 | 274,289 | 300,000 | 5914600 | → | |
| Lakshadweep | LAK | UTerr | Kavaratti | 30 | 51,707 | 60,650 | 64,473 | 69,000 | 3000 | → | |
| Madhya Pradesh | MAD | St | Bhopāl | 308,252 | 48,566,242 | 60,348,023 | 72,626,809 | 86,579,000 | 30825200 | → | |
| Mahārāshtra | MAH | St | Mumbai | 307,713 | 78,937,187 | 96,878,627 | 112,374,333 | 126,385,000 | 30771300 | → | |
| Manipur | MAN | St | Imphāl | 22,327 | 1,837,149 | 2,293,896 | 2,855,794 | 3,223,000 | 2232700 | → | |
| Meghālaya | MEG | St | Shillong | 22,429 | 1,774,778 | 2,318,822 | 2,966,889 | 3,349,000 | 2242900 | → | |
| Mizorām | MIZ | St | Āīzawl | 21,081 | 689,756 | 888,573 | 1,097,206 | 1,238,000 | 2108100 | → | |
| Nāgāland | NAG | St | Kohīma | 16,579 | 1,209,546 | 1,990,036 | 1,978,502 | 2,233,000 | 1657900 | → | |
| Odisha (Orissa) | OSA | St | Bhubaneswar | 155,707 | 31,659,736 | 36,804,660 | 41,974,218 | 46,276,000 | 15570700 | → | |
| Puducherry (Pondicherry) | PCH | UTerr | Puducherry | 490 | 807,785 | 974,345 | 1,247,953 | 1,377,000 | 49000 | → | |
| Punjab | PUN | St | Chandīgarh | 50,362 | 20,281,969 | 24,358,999 | 27,743,338 | 30,730,000 | 5036200 | → | |
| Rājasthān | RAJ | St | Jaipur | 342,239 | 44,005,990 | 56,507,188 | 68,548,437 | 81,025,000 | 34223900 | → | |
| Sikkim | SIK | St | Gangtok | 7,096 | 406,457 | 540,851 | 610,577 | 689,000 | 709600 | → | |
| Tamil Nādu | TAM | St | Chennai | 130,060 | 55,858,946 | 62,405,679 | 72,147,030 | 76,860,000 | 13006000 | → | |
| Telangana | TEL | St | Hyderābād | 112,077 | 26,089,074 | 30,812,938 | 35,003,674 | 38,090,000 | 11207700 | → | |
| Tripura | TRI | St | Agartala | 10,486 | 2,757,205 | 3,199,203 | 3,673,917 | 4,147,000 | 1048600 | → | |
| Uttarākhand (Uttaranchal) | UAR | St | Dehra Dūn | 53,483 | 7,113,483 | 8,489,349 | 10,086,292 | 11,637,000 | 5348300 | → | |
| Uttar Pradesh | UTT | St | Lucknow | 240,928 | 131,998,804 | 166,197,921 | 199,812,341 | 235,687,000 | 24092800 | → | |
| West Bengal | WES | St | Kolkata | 88,752 | 68,077,965 | 80,176,197 | 91,276,115 | 99,084,000 | 8875200 | → |
- Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner.
(2023) National Commission on Population (adapted by Unique Identification Authority of India).
Major Agglomerations
| Name | Adm. | Population Census (Cf) 2011-03-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumbai | MAH | 18,394,912 |
| 2 | Delhi | DEL | 16,349,831 |
| 3 | Kolkata | WES | 14,057,991 |
| 4 | Chennai | TAM | 8,653,521 |
| 5 | Bengaluru | KAR | 8,520,435 |
| 6 | Hyderābād | TEL | 7,677,018 |
| 7 | Ahmadābād | GUJ | 6,357,693 |
| 8 | Pune | MAH | 5,057,709 |
| 9 | Sūrat | GUJ | 4,591,246 |
| 10 | Jaipur | RAJ | 3,046,163 |
Contents: Agglomerations & Cities
The population development of all urban agglomerations and single cities in India with more than 150,000 inhabitants by census years.
In some cases, revised definitions of urban agglomerations (especially in Kerala) led to results for 2011 that are not comparable with previous census results.
| Name | Status | Adm. | Population Census (Cf) 1991-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2001-03-01 | Population Census (Cf) 2011-03-01 | Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ādoni | CityOG | AND | 136,182 | 162,458 | 184,625 | 2971 | → | |
| Agartala (incl. Jogendranagar, Pratapgarh, Badharghat) | City | TRI | 233,896 | 299,398 | 400,004 | 3953 | → | |
| Āgra [Agra] | Aggl | UTT | 948,063 | 1,331,339 | 1,760,285 | 14937 | → | |
| Ahmadābād [Ahmedabad] | Aggl | GUJ | 3,312,216 | 4,525,013 | 6,357,693 | 47148 | → | |
| Ahmadnagar (Ahmednagar) | Aggl | MAH | 222,088 | 347,549 | 379,845 | 5119 | → | |
| Āīzawl | Town | MIZ | 155,240 | 228,280 | 293,416 | 12900 | → | |
| Ajmer | Aggl | RAJ | 402,700 | 490,520 | 551,101 | 22348 | → | |
| Akola | City | MAH | 328,034 | 400,520 | 425,817 | 2344 | → | |
| Alappuzha (Alleppey) | CityOG | KER | 264,969 | 282,675 | 240,991 | 6557 | → | |
| Alīgarh | Aggl | UTT | 480,520 | 669,087 | 911,223 | 4043 | → | |
| Allahābād [Allahabad] | Aggl | UTT | 844,546 | 1,042,229 | 1,212,395 | 8169 | → | |
| Alwar | Aggl | RAJ | 210,146 | 266,203 | 341,422 | 4840 | → | |
| Amaravati | AND | ... | ... | ... | 0 | |||
| Ambāla | City | HAR | 119,338 | 139,279 | 195,153 | 1694 | → | |
| Ambāla Sadar | Aggl | HAR | 139,889 | 168,316 | 205,418 | 4426 | → | |
| Amrāvati | City | MAH | 421,576 | 549,510 | 647,057 | 12165 | → | |
| Amritsar | Aggl | PUN | 708,835 | 1,003,917 | 1,183,549 | 13600 | → | |
| Amroha | City | UTT | 137,061 | 165,129 | 198,471 | 632 | → | |
| Ānand | Aggl | GUJ | 174,480 | 218,486 | 288,095 | 6026 | → | |
| Anantapur | Aggl | AND | 174,924 | 243,143 | 340,613 | 5128 | → | |
| Anantnāg | Aggl | JAM | ... | 97,896 | 159,838 | 3930 | → | |
| Ara (Arrah) | City | BIH | 157,082 | 203,380 | 261,430 | 3097 | → | |
| Āsansol | Aggl | WES | 763,939 | 1,067,369 | 1,243,414 | 34013 | → | |
| Aurangābād [Aurangabad] | Aggl | MAH | 592,709 | 892,483 | 1,193,167 | 14812 | → | |
| Bahādurgarh | City | HAR | 56,524 | 131,925 | 170,767 | 2965 | → | |
| Baharampur (Berhampore) | Aggl | WES | 126,400 | 170,322 | 304,487 | 2267 | → | |
| Bahraich | City | UTT | 135,400 | 168,323 | 186,223 | 1330 | → | |
| Bāleshwar (Balasore) | Aggl | OSA | 101,829 | 156,430 | 177,751 | 6870 | → | |
| Bālurghāt | Aggl | WES | 126,225 | 143,321 | 164,816 | 1046 | → | |
| Bānda | CityOG | UTT | 96,795 | 139,436 | 160,473 | 1629 | → | |
| Bardhamān (Burdwan) | Aggl | WES | 245,079 | 285,602 | 346,639 | 2304 | → | |
| Bareilly | Aggl | UTT | 617,350 | 748,353 | 985,752 | 12603 | → | |
| Batāla | CityOG | PUN | 103,367 | 147,872 | 158,621 | 875 | → | |
| Bathinda (Bhatinda) | City | PUN | 159,114 | 217,256 | 285,788 | 11000 | → | |
| Beāwar | CityOG | RAJ | 106,721 | 125,981 | 151,152 | 1769 | → | |
| Begusarāi | City | BIH | 84,018 | 107,623 | 252,008 | 898 | → | |
| Belgaum | Aggl | KAR | 402,412 | 506,480 | 610,350 | 17323 | → | |
| Bellary | City | KAR | 245,391 | 316,766 | 410,445 | 7945 | → | |
| Bengaluru [Bangalore] | Aggl | KAR | 4,130,288 | 5,701,446 | 8,520,435 | 53985 | → | |
| Bettiah | Aggl | BIH | 92,653 | 116,670 | 155,518 | 801 | → | |
| Bhadrāvati | City | KAR | 149,257 | 160,662 | 151,102 | 6682 | → | |
| Bhāgalpur | Aggl | BIH | 260,119 | 350,133 | 412,209 | 3084 | → | |
| Bharatpur | CityOG | RAJ | 156,880 | 205,235 | 252,838 | 5683 | → | |
| Bharūch (Broach) | Aggl | GUJ | 139,029 | 176,364 | 223,647 | 2008 | → | |
| Bhāvnagar (Bhaunagar) | CityOG | GUJ | 405,225 | 517,708 | 605,882 | 9100 | → | |
| Bhilai (Bhilai Nagar) | Aggl | CHH | 685,474 | 927,864 | 1,064,222 | 34075 | → | |
| Bhīlwāra | City | RAJ | 183,965 | 280,128 | 359,483 | 11849 | → | |
| Bhind | City | MAD | 109,755 | 153,752 | 197,585 | 1718 | → | |
| Bhiwandi | Aggl | MAH | 392,214 | 621,427 | 735,681 | 2821 | → | |
| Bhiwāni | City | HAR | 121,629 | 169,531 | 196,057 | 2764 | → | |
| Bhopāl [Bhopal] | Aggl | MAD | 1,062,771 | 1,458,416 | 1,886,100 | 29848 | → | |
| Bhubaneswar | CityOG | OSA | 411,542 | 658,220 | 885,363 | 14810 | → | |
| Bhuj | Aggl | GUJ | 121,009 | 136,429 | 188,236 | 0 | → | |
| Bhusāwal | Aggl | MAH | 159,799 | 187,564 | 203,774 | 2480 | → | |
| Bīdar | CityOG | KAR | 132,408 | 174,257 | 216,020 | 5987 | → | |
| Bihār (Bihar Sharif) | City | BIH | 201,323 | 232,071 | 297,268 | 2350 | → | |
| Bijāpur | City | KAR | 193,131 | 253,891 | 327,427 | 10259 | → | |
| Bīkāner | City | RAJ | 416,289 | 529,690 | 644,406 | 16575 | → | |
| Bilāspur | Aggl | CHH | 229,615 | 335,293 | 453,946 | 5011 | → | |
| Bokāro Steel City | Aggl | JHA | 398,890 | 497,780 | 564,319 | 18755 | → | |
| Brahmapur (Berhampur) | City | OSA | 210,418 | 307,792 | 356,598 | 7980 | → | |
| Budaun | City | UTT | 116,695 | 148,029 | 159,285 | 439 | → | |
| Bulandshahr | Aggl | UTT | 127,201 | 176,425 | 234,945 | 1222 | → | |
| Burhānpur | City | MAD | 172,710 | 193,725 | 210,886 | 1267 | → | |
| Chandīgarh [Chandigarh] | CityOG | CHA | 575,829 | 808,515 | 1,026,459 | 7934 | → | |
| Chandrapur | City | MAH | 226,105 | 289,450 | 320,379 | 5635 | → | |
| Chāpra | Aggl | BIH | 136,877 | 179,190 | 213,714 | 1696 | → | |
| Chennai [Madras] | Aggl | TAM | 5,421,985 | 6,560,242 | 8,653,521 | 78869 | → | |
| Cherthala (Shertallai) | Aggl | KER | 81,771 | 141,558 | 455,722 | 0 | → | |
| Chhindwāra | Aggl | MAD | 96,858 | 153,552 | 190,041 | 2201 | → | |
| Chīrāla | Aggl | AND | 142,778 | 166,294 | 162,471 | 4810 | → | |
| Chittoor | Aggl | AND | 133,462 | 152,654 | 175,647 | 3357 | → | |
| Coimbatore | Aggl | TAM | 1,100,746 | 1,461,139 | 2,136,916 | 64212 | → | |
| Cuddalore | City | TAM | 144,561 | 158,634 | 173,636 | 2769 | → | |
| Cuttack | Aggl | OSA | 440,295 | 587,182 | 663,188 | 19521 | → | |
| Damān (Damão) | City | DDD | 26,905 | 35,770 | 44,282 | 650 | → | |
| Dankuni | Aggl | WES | ... | 51,943 | 249,015 | 1214 | → | |
| Darbhanga | Aggl | BIH | 218,391 | 267,348 | 308,011 | 1918 | → | |
| Dāvanagere | City | KAR | 287,233 | 364,523 | 434,971 | 7712 | → | |
| Dehra Dūn | Aggl | UAR | 368,053 | 530,263 | 706,124 | 10277 | → | |
| Delhi | Aggl | DEL | 8,419,084 | 12,877,470 | 16,349,831 | 78234 | → | |
| Deoghar | City | JHA | 85,902 | 112,525 | 203,123 | 2226 | → | |
| Dewās | City | MAD | 164,364 | 231,672 | 289,550 | 10022 | → | |
| Dhanbād [Dhanbad] | Aggl | JHA | 815,005 | 1,065,327 | 1,196,214 | 22306 | → | |
| Dhule | City | MAH | 278,317 | 341,755 | 375,559 | 4646 | → | |
| Dhuliān | Aggl | WES | 62,242 | 72,850 | 239,019 | 2345 | → | |
| Dibrugarh | Aggl | ASS | 125,667 | 137,661 | 154,296 | 1613 | → | |
| Dindigul | Aggl | TAM | 182,477 | 196,955 | 292,512 | 0 | → | |
| Durgāpur | Aggl | WES | 425,836 | 493,405 | 580,990 | 15420 | → | |
| Elūru | Aggl | AND | 212,866 | 215,804 | 250,834 | 1455 | → | |
| Erode | Aggl | TAM | 361,755 | 389,906 | 521,891 | 13047 | → | |
| Etāwah | City | UTT | 124,072 | 210,453 | 256,838 | 4094 | → | |
| Faizābād | Aggl | UTT | 176,922 | 208,162 | 256,624 | 6339 | → | |
| Farīdābād (New Township) | City | HAR | 617,717 | 1,055,938 | 1,414,050 | 19875 | → | |
| Farrukhābād (Farrukhābād-cum-Fatehgarh) | Aggl | UTT | 208,727 | 242,997 | 291,374 | 2340 | → | |
| Fatehpur | City | UTT | 117,675 | 152,078 | 193,193 | 5698 | → | |
| Fīrozābād | City | UTT | 270,536 | 432,866 | 604,214 | 2976 | → | |
| Gadag-Betigeri | City | KAR | 134,051 | 154,982 | 172,612 | 5457 | → | |
| Gāndhīdhām | City | GUJ | 104,585 | 151,693 | 247,992 | 2958 | → | |
| Gangānagar (Sri Gangānagar) | Aggl | RAJ | 161,482 | 222,858 | 249,914 | 2087 | → | |
| Gangtok (incl. Upper Tādong) | City | SIK | 25,024 | 43,711 | 100,286 | 0 | → | |
| Gayā | Aggl | BIH | 294,427 | 394,945 | 475,987 | 5149 | → | |
| Ghāziābād | Aggl | UTT | 511,759 | 968,256 | 2,375,820 | 0 | → | |
| Godhra | Aggl | GUJ | 100,662 | 131,172 | 162,436 | 2333 | → | |
| Gorakhpur | Aggl | UTT | 505,566 | 622,701 | 694,889 | 14213 | → | |
| Gulbarga (Gulburga) | CityOG | KAR | 310,920 | 430,265 | 543,147 | 6448 | → | |
| Guna | City | MAD | 100,490 | 137,175 | 180,935 | 4575 | → | |
| Guntūr | CityOG | AND | 471,051 | 514,461 | 670,073 | 4579 | → | |
| Gurgaon | Aggl | HAR | 135,884 | 228,820 | 902,112 | 4164 | → | |
| Guwāhāti [Gauhati] | CityOG | ASS | 584,342 | 818,809 | 962,334 | 21679 | → | |
| Gwalior | Aggl | MAD | 717,780 | 865,548 | 1,102,884 | 18016 | → | |
| Hābra | Aggl | WES | 196,970 | 239,209 | 299,782 | 4418 | → | |
| Haldīa | City | WES | 100,347 | 170,673 | 200,827 | 10490 | → | |
| Haldwāni | Aggl | UAR | 104,195 | 158,896 | 232,095 | 1061 | → | |
| Hanumāngarh | City | RAJ | 82,733 | 129,556 | 150,958 | 1342 | → | |
| Hāpur | City | UTT | 146,262 | 211,983 | 262,983 | 1420 | → | |
| Hardoī | CityOG | UTT | 88,651 | 112,486 | 197,029 | 642 | → | |
| Hardwār (Haridwar) | Aggl | UAR | 187,392 | 220,767 | 310,796 | 4201 | → | |
| Hassan | Aggl | KAR | 108,706 | 133,262 | 173,008 | 2957 | → | |
| Hāthras | Aggl | UTT | 113,285 | 126,355 | 160,909 | 0 | → | |
| Hazārībāg | Aggl | JHA | 97,824 | 135,473 | 153,595 | 2722 | → | |
| Hindupur | City | AND | 104,651 | 125,074 | 151,677 | 3816 | → | |
| Hisār | CityOG | HAR | 181,255 | 263,186 | 307,024 | 4943 | → | |
| Hoshiārpur | City | PUN | 122,705 | 149,668 | 168,653 | 3500 | → | |
| Hospet | City | KAR | 134,799 | 164,240 | 206,167 | 4970 | → | |
| Hosūr | Aggl | TAM | 41,739 | 99,651 | 229,528 | 2880 | → | |
| Hubli-Dhārwār (Hubli-Dharwad) [Hubli-Dharwar] | City | KAR | 648,298 | 786,195 | 943,788 | 21342 | → | |
| Hyderābād [Hyderabad] | Aggl | TEL | 4,344,437 | 5,742,036 | 7,677,018 | 0 | → | |
| Ichalkaranji (Ichaikaroji) | Aggl | MAH | 235,979 | 285,860 | 325,499 | 3831 | → | |
| Imphāl | Aggl | MAN | 202,839 | 250,234 | 418,739 | 5139 | → | |
| Indore | Aggl | MAD | 1,109,056 | 1,506,062 | 2,170,295 | 16517 | → | |
| Ingrāj Bāzār (English Bāzār, Maldah) | Aggl | WES | 177,164 | 224,415 | 313,681 | 2263 | → | |
| Itānagar | Town | ARU | 16,545 | 35,022 | 59,490 | 0 | → | |
| Jabalpur | Aggl | MAD | 888,916 | 1,098,000 | 1,268,848 | 20515 | → | |
| Jaipur | City | RAJ | 1,518,235 | 2,322,575 | 3,046,163 | 48464 | → | |
| Jalandhar [Jullundur] | Aggl | PUN | 509,510 | 714,077 | 874,412 | 10200 | → | |
| Jālgaon | City | MAH | 242,193 | 368,618 | 460,228 | 6824 | → | |
| Jālna | City | MAH | 174,985 | 235,795 | 285,577 | 8164 | → | |
| Jalpāiguri | Aggl | WES | 68,732 | 100,348 | 169,002 | 1250 | → | |
| Jammu | Aggl | JAM | ... | 612,163 | 657,314 | 20159 | → | |
| Jāmnagar | CityOG | GUJ | 381,646 | 556,956 | 600,943 | 3550 | → | |
| Jamshedpur | Aggl | JHA | 829,171 | 1,104,713 | 1,339,438 | 15955 | → | |
| Jaunpur | City | UTT | 136,062 | 160,055 | 180,362 | 2525 | → | |
| Jhānsi | Aggl | UTT | 368,154 | 460,278 | 547,638 | 7254 | → | |
| Jīnd | City | HAR | 85,315 | 135,855 | 167,592 | 1530 | → | |
| Jodhpur | Aggl | RAJ | 666,279 | 860,818 | 1,138,300 | 7860 | → | |
| Jorhāt | Aggl | ASS | 112,030 | 137,814 | 153,889 | 7593 | → | |
| Jūnāgadh | City | GUJ | 167,110 | 252,108 | 319,462 | 362 | → | |
| Kadapa (Cuddapah) | CityOG | AND | 215,866 | 262,506 | 344,893 | 3379 | → | |
| Kākināda | Aggl | AND | 327,541 | 376,861 | 443,028 | 6709 | → | |
| Kānchipuram [Kancheepuram] | Aggl | TAM | 171,129 | 188,733 | 221,715 | 2737 | → | |
| Kanhangad (Kānnangād) | Aggl | KER | 118,214 | 129,367 | 229,168 | 0 | → | |
| Kannur (Cannanore) | Aggl | KER | 463,962 | 498,207 | 1,640,986 | 0 | → | |
| Kānpur [Kanpur] | Aggl | UTT | 2,029,889 | 2,715,555 | 2,920,496 | 30009 | → | |
| Kāraikudi | Aggl | TAM | 110,926 | 125,717 | 181,851 | 4290 | → | |
| Karīmnagar | Aggl | TEL | 148,583 | 218,302 | 297,447 | 2382 | → | |
| Karnāl | CityOG | HAR | 176,131 | 221,236 | 302,140 | 2510 | → | |
| Karūr | Aggl | TAM | 113,669 | 153,365 | 234,191 | 0 | → | |
| Kāsaragod | Aggl | KER | 50,126 | 75,968 | 192,856 | 0 | → | |
| Katihār | CityOG | BIH | 154,367 | 190,873 | 240,838 | 2454 | → | |
| Kavaratti | Town | LAK | 8,677 | 10,119 | 11,210 | 363 | → | |
| Kāyamkulam | Aggl | KER | 67,151 | 68,585 | 427,967 | 0 | → | |
| Khammam (Khammamett) | Aggl | TEL | 149,077 | 198,620 | 262,255 | 1853 | → | |
| Khandwa | City | MAD | 145,133 | 172,242 | 200,738 | 3577 | → | |
| Kharagpur | Aggl | WES | 264,842 | 272,865 | 299,683 | 12302 | → | |
| Kishangarh | City | RAJ | 81,948 | 116,222 | 154,886 | 2510 | → | |
| Kochi [Cochin] | Aggl | KER | 1,140,605 | 1,355,972 | 2,119,724 | 0 | → | |
| Kohīma | City | NAG | 51,418 | 77,030 | 99,039 | 2300 | → | |
| Kolhāpur [Kolhapur] | Aggl | MAH | 418,538 | 505,541 | 561,837 | 6723 | → | |
| Kolkata [Calcutta] | Aggl | WES | 11,021,918 | 13,205,697 | 14,057,991 | 102740 | → | |
| Kollam (Quilon) | Aggl | KER | 362,572 | 380,091 | 1,110,668 | 0 | → | |
| Korba | CityOG | CHH | 124,501 | 315,690 | 365,253 | 21502 | → | |
| Kotā | City | RAJ | 537,371 | 703,150 | 1,001,694 | 22587 | → | |
| Kottayam | Aggl | KER | 166,552 | 172,878 | 357,302 | 0 | → | |
| Kozhikode [Calicut] | Aggl | KER | 801,190 | 880,247 | 2,028,399 | 0 | → | |
| Krishnanagar | Aggl | WES | 121,110 | 148,194 | 182,010 | 1848 | → | |
| Kumārapālayam | Aggl | TAM | 97,160 | 104,646 | 195,071 | 0 | → | |
| Kumbakonam | Aggl | TAM | 150,540 | 160,767 | 167,155 | 1760 | → | |
| Kurnool | Aggl | AND | 275,360 | 342,973 | 484,327 | 1801 | → | |
| Lakhīmpur | Aggl | UTT | 79,951 | 121,486 | 165,085 | 699 | → | |
| Lātūr | City | MAH | 197,408 | 299,985 | 382,940 | 2100 | → | |
| Leh | City | LAD | ... | 28,639 | 30,870 | 920 | → | |
| Lucknow | Aggl | UTT | 1,669,204 | 2,245,509 | 2,902,920 | 33750 | → | |
| Ludhiāna [Ludhiana] | City | PUN | 1,042,740 | 1,398,467 | 1,618,879 | 15937 | → | |
| Machilīpatnam (Masulipatnam) | City | AND | 159,110 | 179,353 | 169,892 | 2667 | → | |
| Madanapalle | CityOG | AND | 73,820 | 107,449 | 180,180 | 1250 | → | |
| Madurai | Aggl | TAM | 1,085,914 | 1,203,095 | 1,465,625 | 14343 | → | |
| Mahbūbnagar | Aggl | TEL | 116,833 | 139,662 | 210,258 | 1370 | → | |
| Mahesāna (Mehsāna) | CityOG | GUJ | 109,950 | 141,453 | 190,753 | 0 | → | |
| Malappuram | Aggl | KER | 142,204 | 170,409 | 1,699,060 | 0 | → | |
| Mālegaon | Aggl | MAH | 342,595 | 409,403 | 576,642 | 2504 | → | |
| Mancherial | Aggl | TEL | 52,657 | 118,195 | 163,552 | 8594 | → | |
| Mangalore | Aggl | KAR | 426,341 | 539,387 | 623,841 | 20061 | → | |
| Mathura | Aggl | UTT | 235,922 | 323,315 | 456,706 | 3643 | → | |
| Mau (Maunath Bhanjan) | City | UTT | 136,697 | 212,657 | 278,745 | 2561 | → | |
| Medinīpur (Midnapore) | City | WES | 125,498 | 149,769 | 169,264 | 1478 | → | |
| Meerut | Aggl | UTT | 849,799 | 1,161,716 | 1,420,902 | 18364 | → | |
| Mirzāpur (Mirzāpur-cum-Vindhyāchal) | Aggl | UTT | 169,336 | 205,053 | 246,920 | 4068 | → | |
| Modinagar | Aggl | UTT | 123,279 | 139,929 | 183,075 | 0 | → | |
| Moga | CityOG | PUN | 110,958 | 135,279 | 163,397 | 1610 | → | |
| Morādābād | City | UTT | 443,701 | 641,583 | 887,871 | 8868 | → | |
| Morena | City | MAD | 147,124 | 150,959 | 200,482 | 1200 | → | |
| Morvi | Aggl | GUJ | 120,117 | 178,055 | 251,859 | 0 | → | |
| Mughalsarāi | Aggl | UTT | 91,505 | 116,308 | 152,091 | 3003 | → | |
| Mumbai [Bombay] | Aggl | MAH | 12,596,243 | 16,434,386 | 18,394,912 | 113511 | → | |
| Munger (Monghyr) | City | BIH | 150,112 | 188,050 | 213,303 | 1750 | → | |
| Murwāra | City | MAD | 163,431 | 187,029 | 221,883 | 6857 | → | |
| Muzaffarnagar | Aggl | UTT | 247,624 | 331,668 | 495,543 | 1205 | → | |
| Muzaffarpur | Aggl | BIH | 241,107 | 305,525 | 396,590 | 2643 | → | |
| Mysore | Aggl | KAR | 653,345 | 799,228 | 990,900 | 13190 | → | |
| Nadiād | CityOG | GUJ | 170,217 | 196,793 | 225,071 | 2954 | → | |
| Nāgercoil | City | TAM | 190,084 | 208,179 | 224,849 | 2427 | → | |
| Nāgpur [Nagpur] | Aggl | MAH | 1,664,006 | 2,129,500 | 2,497,870 | 22920 | → | |
| Nalgonda | CityOG | TEL | 84,910 | 111,380 | 154,326 | 1185 | → | |
| Nānded (Nanded Waghala) | City | MAH | 309,316 | 430,733 | 550,439 | 4600 | → | |
| Nandyāl | CityOG | AND | 119,813 | 157,120 | 211,424 | 1546 | → | |
| Nāshik [Nasik] | Aggl | MAH | 725,341 | 1,152,326 | 1,561,809 | 32198 | → | |
| Navadvip (Nabadwip) | Aggl | WES | 155,905 | 125,341 | 175,479 | 1659 | → | |
| Navi Mumbai (Raigad District) | Town | MAH | 42,732 | 81,855 | 195,373 | 4186 | → | |
| Navsāri | Aggl | GUJ | 190,946 | 232,411 | 282,791 | 3087 | → | |
| Nellore | Aggl | AND | 316,606 | 404,775 | 558,548 | 8785 | → | |
| Neyveli | Aggl | TAM | 126,889 | 138,035 | 179,150 | 14518 | → | |
| Nizāmābād | City | TEL | 241,034 | 288,722 | 311,152 | 3050 | → | |
| Noida | Town | UTT | 146,516 | 305,058 | 637,272 | 9043 | → | |
| Ongole | CityOG | AND | 128,648 | 153,829 | 208,344 | 2720 | → | |
| Orai | CityOG | UTT | 98,716 | 139,318 | 190,575 | 2029 | → | |
| Ottappālam | Aggl | KER | 44,186 | 49,242 | 237,970 | 0 | → | |
| Palakkad (Pālghāt) | Aggl | KER | 180,033 | 197,369 | 293,533 | 0 | → | |
| Pāli | City | RAJ | 136,842 | 187,641 | 230,075 | 15900 | → | |
| Panaji (Panjim, Pangim) | Aggl | GOA | 85,515 | 99,677 | 114,759 | 7629 | → | |
| Panchkula (Urban Estate) | City | HAR | 70,375 | 140,925 | 211,355 | 2550 | → | |
| Pānīpat | Aggl | HAR | 191,212 | 354,148 | 444,524 | 4381 | → | |
| Panvel | City | MAH | 58,986 | 104,058 | 180,020 | 1217 | → | |
| Parbhani | City | MAH | 190,255 | 259,329 | 307,170 | 5760 | → | |
| Pathānkot | Aggl | PUN | 128,198 | 168,485 | 160,509 | 2210 | → | |
| Patiāla | CityOG | PUN | 253,706 | 323,884 | 446,246 | 6500 | → | |
| Patna | Aggl | BIH | 1,099,647 | 1,697,976 | 2,049,156 | 13519 | → | |
| Phusro | Aggl | JHA | 142,585 | 174,402 | 185,555 | 8575 | → | |
| Pīlībhīt | Aggl | UTT | 106,605 | 124,245 | 156,263 | 0 | → | |
| Porbandar | Aggl | GUJ | 160,671 | 197,382 | 217,203 | 1780 | → | |
| Port Blair | City | ANI | 74,955 | 99,984 | 108,058 | 1770 | → | |
| Proddatūr | Aggl | AND | 133,914 | 150,309 | 217,786 | 2106 | → | |
| Puducherry (Pondicherry) | Aggl | PCH | 401,437 | 505,959 | 657,209 | 7224 | → | |
| Pune [Poona] | Aggl | MAH | 2,493,987 | 3,760,636 | 5,057,709 | 66927 | → | |
| Puri | City | OSA | 125,199 | 157,837 | 200,564 | 1684 | → | |
| Pūrnia (Purnea) | Aggl | BIH | 136,918 | 197,211 | 312,669 | 6026 | → | |
| Rāe Bareli | City | UTT | 129,904 | 169,333 | 191,316 | 5012 | → | |
| Rāichūr | City | KAR | 170,577 | 207,421 | 234,073 | 4385 | → | |
| Rāiganj | Aggl | WES | 159,266 | 175,047 | 199,690 | 1658 | → | |
| Raigarh | CityOG | CHH | 90,265 | 115,908 | 150,019 | 2068 | → | |
| Raipur | Aggl | CHH | 462,694 | 700,113 | 1,123,558 | 11603 | → | |
| Rājahmundry | Aggl | AND | 401,397 | 413,616 | 476,873 | 7037 | → | |
| Rājkot [Rajkot] | Aggl | GUJ | 654,490 | 1,003,015 | 1,390,640 | 16314 | → | |
| Rāj Nāndgaon | City | CHH | 129,371 | 143,770 | 163,114 | 7809 | → | |
| Rāmagundam | Aggl | TEL | 214,384 | 237,686 | 252,308 | 11750 | → | |
| Rāmpur | Aggl | UTT | 243,742 | 281,494 | 349,258 | 2020 | → | |
| Rānāghāt | Aggl | WES | 127,035 | 145,285 | 234,499 | 2196 | → | |
| Rānchi [Ranchi] | Aggl | JHA | 614,795 | 863,495 | 1,120,374 | 18209 | → | |
| Rānippettai (Ranipet) | Aggl | TAM | 114,760 | 126,671 | 264,330 | 4990 | → | |
| Ratlām | Aggl | MAD | 195,776 | 234,419 | 273,998 | 4087 | → | |
| Raurkela (Rourkela) | Aggl | OSA | 398,864 | 484,874 | 552,239 | 15717 | → | |
| Rewa | City | MAD | 128,981 | 183,274 | 235,654 | 5499 | → | |
| Robertson Pet | CityOG | KAR | Kolār | 157,084 | 162,230 | 5975 | → | |
| Rohtak | City | HAR | 216,096 | 294,577 | 374,292 | 2958 | → | |
| Roorkee | Aggl | UAR | 91,139 | 115,278 | 238,422 | 2264 | → | |
| Rudrapur | CityOG | UAR | 61,280 | 88,676 | 154,554 | 1243 | → | |
| S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali, Ajitgarh) | Aggl | PUN | 78,457 | 123,484 | 176,170 | 2386 | → | |
| Sāgar | Aggl | MAD | 257,119 | 308,922 | 370,208 | 5894 | → | |
| Sahāranpur | City | UTT | 374,945 | 455,754 | 705,478 | 2575 | → | |
| Saharsa | Town | BIH | 80,149 | 125,167 | 156,540 | 2113 | → | |
| Salem | Aggl | TAM | 578,291 | 751,438 | 917,414 | 11526 | → | |
| Sambalpur | Aggl | OSA | 193,297 | 226,469 | 266,271 | 8950 | → | |
| Sambhal | City | UTT | 150,869 | 182,478 | 220,813 | 1565 | → | |
| Sāngli (Sāngli-Miraj Kupwad) [Sangali] | Aggl | MAH | 363,751 | 447,774 | 513,961 | 12077 | → | |
| Sāntipur (Shāntipur) | Aggl | WES | 109,956 | 138,235 | 290,345 | 5528 | → | |
| Satna | CityOG | MAD | 160,500 | 229,307 | 282,977 | 7901 | → | |
| Shāhjahānpur | Aggl | UTT | 260,403 | 321,885 | 347,852 | 2215 | → | |
| Shiliguri (Siliguri) | Aggl | WES | 216,950 | 472,374 | 705,579 | 4190 | → | |
| Shillong | Aggl | MEG | 223,366 | 267,662 | 354,759 | 2705 | → | |
| Shimla (Simla) | Aggl | HIM | 110,360 | 144,975 | 171,640 | 2990 | → | |
| Shimoga | City | KAR | 193,028 | 274,352 | 322,650 | 7671 | → | |
| Shivpurī | City | MAD | 108,277 | 146,892 | 179,977 | 8111 | → | |
| Sīkar | CityOG | RAJ | 148,272 | 185,925 | 244,497 | 2257 | → | |
| Silchar | Aggl | ASS | 115,483 | 184,105 | 229,136 | 2688 | → | |
| Singrauli | City | MAD | 60,207 | 185,190 | 220,257 | 28446 | → | |
| Sirsa | City | HAR | 112,841 | 160,735 | 182,534 | 2643 | → | |
| Sītāpur | Aggl | UTT | 121,842 | 151,908 | 188,115 | 2590 | → | |
| Sivakāsi | Aggl | TAM | 102,175 | 121,358 | 234,704 | 4814 | → | |
| Solāpur [Sholapur] | City | MAH | 620,846 | 872,478 | 951,558 | 17857 | → | |
| Sonīpat | Aggl | HAR | 143,922 | 225,074 | 293,025 | 4775 | → | |
| Srīnagar [Srinagar] | Aggl | JAM | ... | 988,210 | 1,264,202 | 24261 | → | |
| Sūrat [Surat] | Aggl | GUJ | 1,518,950 | 2,811,614 | 4,591,246 | 27816 | → | |
| Surendranagar | Aggl | GUJ | 166,466 | 219,585 | 253,606 | 5700 | → | |
| Tenāli | City | AND | 143,726 | 153,756 | 164,937 | 1511 | → | |
| Thānesar | City | HAR | 81,255 | 122,319 | 155,152 | 3570 | → | |
| Thanjāvūr | Aggl | TAM | 202,013 | 215,314 | 291,067 | 7431 | → | |
| Thiruvananthapuram [Trivandrum] | Aggl | KER | 826,225 | 889,635 | 1,679,754 | 0 | → | |
| Thoothukkudi (Tuticorin) | Aggl | TAM | 280,091 | 243,415 | 411,628 | 6366 | → | |
| Thrissur (Trichūr) | Aggl | KER | 275,053 | 330,122 | 1,861,269 | 0 | → | |
| Tiruchirāppalli (Tiruchchirāppalli) [Tiruchirappalli] | Aggl | TAM | 711,862 | 866,354 | 1,022,518 | 19855 | → | |
| Tirunelveli | Aggl | TAM | 366,869 | 433,352 | 497,826 | 13526 | → | |
| Tirupati | Aggl | AND | 188,904 | 303,521 | 461,900 | 5077 | → | |
| Tiruppūr (Tirupper) [Tirupur] | Aggl | TAM | 306,237 | 550,826 | 963,173 | 19776 | → | |
| Tonk | City | RAJ | 100,079 | 135,689 | 165,294 | 6050 | → | |
| Tumkūr | City | KAR | 179,877 | 248,929 | 302,143 | 6427 | → | |
| Udaipur | Aggl | RAJ | 308,571 | 389,438 | 474,531 | 5692 | → | |
| Udhagamandalam (Ooty) | Aggl | TAM | 81,763 | 93,987 | 233,426 | 25310 | → | |
| Udupi (Udipi) | Aggl | KAR | 117,674 | 127,124 | 165,401 | 7301 | → | |
| Ujjain | City | MAD | 362,633 | 431,162 | 515,215 | 9293 | → | |
| Unnāo | City | UTT | 107,425 | 144,662 | 177,658 | 2120 | → | |
| Vadodara (Baroda) | Aggl | GUJ | 1,126,824 | 1,491,045 | 1,822,221 | 15388 | → | |
| Valsād (Bulsār) | Aggl | GUJ | 111,775 | 145,592 | 170,060 | 1192 | → | |
| Vāpi (Wāpi) | City | GUJ | 31,533 | 71,406 | 163,630 | 767 | → | |
| Vārānasi [Benares] | Aggl | UTT | 1,030,863 | 1,203,961 | 1,432,280 | 11236 | → | |
| Vāsai-Virār | City | MAH | ... | ... | 1,222,390 | 0 | → | |
| Vellore | Aggl | TAM | 310,776 | 386,746 | 484,690 | 14064 | → | |
| Verāval | Aggl | GUJ | 120,178 | 158,032 | 185,797 | 4101 | → | |
| Vidisha | City | MAD | 92,922 | 125,453 | 155,951 | 583 | → | |
| Vijayawāda [Vijayawada] | Aggl | AND | 845,756 | 1,039,518 | 1,476,931 | 7890 | → | |
| Visākhapatnam [Vishakhapatnam] | City | AND | 1,057,118 | 1,345,938 | 1,728,128 | 31866 | → | |
| Vizianagaram | Aggl | AND | 177,022 | 195,801 | 239,909 | 2969 | → | |
| Warangal | Aggl | TEL | 467,757 | 579,216 | 753,438 | 9680 | → | |
| Yamunānagar | Aggl | HAR | 219,754 | 306,740 | 383,353 | 4642 | → |
- (2001) (2011) Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Delimitation Commission of India, Population Census India.