List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India

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India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion
people. India consists of twenty-nine states and seven union territories.[1] It is a home to 17.5 percent of the world's population.[2]

Contents
1 Urban areas
2 Gallery
3 List
4 See also
5 References
6 References
7 External links

Urban areas
The first population census in British India was conducted in 1872. Since 1951, a census has been carried out every 10 years.[3] The census in
India is carried out by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs, and is one of the
largest administrative tasks conducted by a federal government.[4]
The latest population figures are based on data from the 2011 census of India.[5] India has 641,000 inhabited villages and 72.2 percent of the
total population reside in these rural areas.[5] Of them 145,000 villages have population size of 500999 persons; 130,000 villages have
population size of 10001999 and 128,000 villages have population size of 200499. There are 3,961 villages that have a population of
10,000 persons or more.[2] India's 27.8 percent urban population lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations.[6] In the

decade of 19912001, migration to major cities caused rapid increase in urban population.[7][8] The number of Indians living in urban areas
has grown by 31.2% between 1991 and 2001.[9] Yet, in 2001, over 70% lived in rural areas.[10][11] According to the 2001 census, there are 27
million-plus cities in India,[9] with Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Chennai being the largest.
There are 53 urban agglomerations in India with a population of 1 million or more as of 2011 against 35 in 2001.[12] About 43 percent of the
urban population of India lives in these cities.[13] Among these cities Srinagar, has become the first agglomeration in Jammu and Kashmir to
cross onw million. Kerala has added six new million-plus agglomerations in addition to Kochi, the only such area in 2001, and Jharkhand has
three such areas.[12]

Gallery

1. Mumbai (Bombay)

2. Delhi

3. Kolkata (Calcutta)

4. Chennai (Madras)

5. Bangalore

6. Hyderabad

7. Ahmedabad

8. Pune

9. Surat

10. Jaipur

List
The cities which are listed in bold are the capital of the respective state / union territory.
Rank

UA

State/Territory

Population (2011)[14]

Population (2001)[15]

Mumbai

Maharashtra

18,414,288

16,434,386

Delhi

Delhi

16,314,838

13,850,507

Kolkata

West Bengal

14,112,536

13,205,697

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

8,696,010

6,560,242

Bangalore

Karnataka

8,499,399

5,701,446

Hyderabad

Telangana

7,749,334

5,742,036

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

6,352,254

4,525,013

Pune

Maharashtra

5,049,968

3,760,636

Surat

Gujarat

4,585,367

2,811,614

10

Jaipur

Rajasthan

3,073,350

2,322,575

11

Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh

2,920,067

2,715,555

12

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

2,901,474

2,245,509

13

Nagpur

Maharashtra

2,497,777

2,129,500

14

Ghaziabad

Uttar Pradesh

2,358,525

968,256

15

Indore

Madhya Pradesh

2,167,447

1,506,062

16

Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu

2,151,466

1,461,139

17

Kochi

Kerala

2,117,990

1,355,972

18

Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

2,091,811

1,345,938

19

Patna

Bihar

2,046,652

1,697,976

20

Kozhikode

Kerala

2,030,519

21

Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh

1,883,381

1,458,416

22

Thrissur

Kerala

1,854,783

330,122

23

Vadodara

Gujarat

1,817,191

1,491,045

24

Agra

Uttar Pradesh

1,746,467

1,331,339

25

Malappuram

Kerala

1,698,645

170,409

26

Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala

1,687,406

889,635

27

Kannur

Kerala

1,642,892

498,207

28

Ludhiana

Punjab

1,613,878

1,398,467

29

Nashik

Maharashtra

1,562,769

1,152,326

30

Vijayawada

Andhra Pradesh

1,491,202

1,039,518

31

Madurai

Tamil Nadu

1,462,420

1,203,095

32

Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh

1,435,113

1,203,961

33

Meerut

Uttar Pradesh

1,424,908

1,161,716

34

Faridabad

Haryana

1,404,653

1,055,938

35

Rajkot

Gujarat

1,390,933

1,003,015

36

Jamshedpur

Jharkhand

1,337,131

1,104,713

37

Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir

1,273,312

988,210

38

Jabalpur

Madhya Pradesh

1,267,564

1,098,000

39

Asansol

West Bengal

1,243,008

1,067,369

40

Bhiwandi

Maharashtra

1,125,897

711,329

41

Vasai-Virar

Maharashtra

1,221,233

693,350

42

Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh

1,216,719

1,042,229

43

Dhanbad

Jharkhand

1,195,298

1,065,327

44

Aurangabad

Maharashtra

1,189,376

892,483

45

Amritsar

Punjab

1,183,705

1,003,917

46

Jodhpur

Rajasthan

1,137,815

860,818

47

Ranchi

Jharkhand

1,126,741

863,495

48

Raipur

Chhattisgarh

1,122,555

700,113

49

Kollam

Kerala

1,110,005

380,091

50

Gwalior

Madhya Pradesh

1,101,981

1,053,505

51

Durg-Bhilainagar

Chhattisgarh

1,064,077

927,864

52

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

1,025,682

808,515

53

Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu

1,021,717

866,354

54

Kota

Rajasthan

1,001,365

703,150

See also
List of most populous cities in India
List of most populous metropolitan areas in India
List of states and union territories of India by population
Demographics of India

References
1. ^ "States and union territories" (http://www.india.gov.in/knowindia/state_uts.php). Government of India (2001). Census of India. Retrieved 31 January
2011.
2. ^ a b "Area and population" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_And_You/area_and_population.aspx). Government of India (2001). Census of
India. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
3. ^ "Census Organisation of India" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/aboutus/Census_Organisation/about.html). Government of India (2001). Census of
India. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
4. ^ "Brief history of census" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_And_You/brief_history_of_census.aspx). Government of India (2001). Census of
India. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
5. ^ a b The Hindu (Chennai, India) http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/00517/India_Census_2011___517160a.pdf |url= missing title (help).
6. ^ "Urban Agglomerations (UAs) & towns"
(http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/A_Series/Urban_agglomerations.htm). Government of India (2001). Census of
India. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
7. ^ Shinde, Swati (13 Sep 2008). "Migration rate to city will dip"
(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Pune/Migration_rate_to_city_will_dip/articleshow/3478265.cms). Times of India. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
8. ^ "Develop towns to stop migration to urban areas: economist" (http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/03/stories/2005120302910500.htm). Chennai, India:

Hindu. Dec 3, 2005. Retrieved 2008-12-08.

9. ^ a b Garg 2005.
10. ^ Dyson & Visaria 2005, pp. 115129.
11. ^ Ratna 2007, pp. 271272.
12. ^ a b Rukmini Shrinivasan; Hemali Chhapia. "Delhi topples Mumbai as maximum city" (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-1020/india/30302508_1_delhi-topples-mumbai-urban-population-lives-navi). The Times of India. India: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 7
February 2012.
13. ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-provresults/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf). Censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner,
India. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
14. ^ "censusindia 2011: Major Agglomerations" (http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-provresults/paper2/data_files/india2/Million_Plus_UAs_Cities_2011.pdf). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
15. ^ "INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011" (http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2011IS3). Press
Information Bureau, Mumbai. National Informatics Centre (NIC). Retrieved 7 February 2012.

References
Dyson, T.; Visaria, P. (7 July 2005), "Migration and Urbanisation: Retrospect and Prospects" (http://books.google.com/books?
id=bqU9T5c0wlYC), in Dyson, T.; Casses, R.; Visaria, L., Twenty-First Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development,
and the Environment, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199283828
Garg, S. C. (19 April 2005), Mobilizing Urban Infrastructure Finance in India
(http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMF/Resources/339747-1105651852282/Garg.pdf) (PDF), World Bank, retrieved 27 January
2010
Ratna, U. (2007), "Interface Between Urban and Rural Development in India" (http://books.google.com/books?id=QDmZeW1H37IC),
in Dutt, A. K.; Thakur, B., City, Society, and Planning 1, Concept, ISBN 978-8180694592

External links
Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/)

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