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INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India
as per Census 2011
The Census 2011, released by the Registrar General of India, has shown that Mumbai continues to be India's largest populated city among its four metros with 10 million plus population. Mumbai has a population of
18,414,288, followed by Delhi
- 16,314,838 and Kolkata- 14,112,536.
However, when the metros along with their extended suburbs are considered, Delhi NCR, which includes Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad emerged as the largest Urban Agglomeration with a population of 21,753,486, Mumbai Metropolitan Region which comprises of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Vasai-Virar, Bhiwandi, and Panvel emerges second largest with a population of 20,748,395. Urban Agglomeration means an extended city comprising built up area of central core and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
Chennai, Hyderabad emerge as the next largest cities followed by Bangalore, Ahmedabad, and Pune. The Census findings show that Surat has added 1.7 million people during the past decade, and Jaipur has pipped Kanpur to the 10th spot. The full table of cities, and their urban agglomerations along with the 2001 Census figures is given below:
|
|
UA
2011
|
Extended UA
2011
|
2001 Census
|
1
|
Delhi
|
16,314,838
|
21,753,486
|
12,877,470
|
2
|
Greater Mumbai
|
18,414,288
|
20,748,395
|
16,434,386
|
3
|
Kolkata
|
14,112,536
|
14,617,882
|
13,205,697
|
4
|
Chennai
|
8,696,010
|
8,917,749
|
6,560,242
|
5
|
Bangalore
|
8,499,399
|
8,728,906
|
5,701,446
|
6
|
Hyderabad
|
|
7,749,334
|
5,742,036
|
7
|
Ahmedabad
|
6,240,201
|
6,352,254
|
4,525,013
|
8
|
Pune
|
|
5,049,968
|
3,760,636
|
9
|
Surat
|
|
4,585,367
|
2,811,614
|
10
|
Jaipur
|
|
3,073,350
|
2,322,575
|
11
|
Kanpur
|
|
2,920,067
|
2,715,555
|
12
|
Lucknow
|
|
2,901,474
|
2,245,509
|
13
|
Nagpur
|
2,497,777
|
2,583,911
|
2,129,500
|
14
|
Ghaziabad (NCR)
|
2,358,525
|
(NCR)
|
968,256
|
15
|
Indore
|
|
2,167,447
|
1,506,062
|
16
|
Coimbatore
|
|
2,151,466
|
1,461,139
|
17
|
Kochi
|
|
2,117,990
|
1,355,972
|
18
|
Patna
|
|
2,046,652
|
1,697,976
|
19
|
Kozhikode*
|
|
2,030,519
|
880,247
|
20
|
Bhopal
|
|
1,883,381
|
1,458,416
|
21
|
Thrissur *
|
|
1,854,783
|
330,122
|
22
|
Vadodara
|
|
1,817,191
|
1,491,045
|
23
|
Agra
|
|
1,746,467
|
1,331,339
|
24
|
Vishakhapatnam
|
|
1,730,320
|
1,345,938
|
25
|
Malappuram*
|
|
1,698,645
|
170,409
|
26
|
Thiruvananthapuram*
|
|
1,687,406
|
889,635
|
27
|
Ludhiana
|
|
1,613,878
|
1,398,467
|
28
|
Kannur*
|
|
1,642,892
|
498,207
|
29
|
Nashik
|
|
1,562,769
|
1,152,326
|
30
|
Vijayawada
|
|
1,491,202
|
1,039,518
|
31
|
Madurai
|
|
1,462,420
|
1,203,095
|
32
|
Varanasi
|
|
1,435,113
|
1,203,961
|
33
|
Meerut
|
|
1,424,908
|
1,161,716
|
34
|
Faridabad (NCR)
|
1,404,653
|
(NCR)
|
1,055,938
|
35
|
Rajkot
|
|
1,390,933
|
1,003,015
|
36
|
Jamshedpur
|
|
1,337,131
|
1,104,713
|
37
|
Srinagar
|
|
1,273,312
|
988,210
|
38
|
Jabalpur
|
|
1,267,564
|
1,098,000
|
39
|
Asansol
|
|
1,243,008
|
1,067,369
|
40
|
Vasai - Virar (MMR)
|
1,221,233
|
(MMR)
|
…
|
41
|
Allahabad
|
|
1,216,719
|
1,042,229
|
42
|
Dhanbad
|
|
1,195,298
|
1,065,327
|
43
|
Aurangabad
|
|
1,189,376
|
892,483
|
44
|
Amritsar
|
|
1,183,705
|
1,003,917
|
45
|
Jodhpur
|
|
1,137,815
|
860,818
|
46
|
Ranchi
|
|
1,126,741
|
863,495
|
47
|
Raipur
|
|
1,122,555
|
700,113
|
48
|
Kollam*
|
|
1,110,005
|
380,091
|
49
|
Gwalior
|
|
1,101,981
|
865,548
|
50
|
Durg-Bhilainagar
|
|
1,064,077
|
927,864
|
51
|
Chandigarh
|
|
1,025,682
|
808,515
|
52
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
|
1,021,717
|
866,354
|
53
|
Kota
|
|
1,001,365
|
703,150
|
*As per new definition of Urban Agglomeration in Kerala
