List of Metropolitan Cities in India

City        Population in 2011        Population in 2001                 State

1    Mumbai    12,478,447             11,978,450                             Maharashtra

2    Delhi        11,007,835              9,879,172                                        Delhi

3    Bangalore    8,425,970             5,438,065                                  Karnataka

4    Hyderabad    6,809,970            3,637,483                                    Andhra Pradesh

5    Ahmedabad    5,570,585            3,520,085                                   Gujarat

6    Chennai    4,681,087                 4,343,645                                        Tamil Nadu

7    Kolkata        4,486,679               4,572,876                                      West Bengal

8    Surat        4,462,002                 2,433,835                                              Gujarat

9    Pune        3,115,431                2,538,473                                            Maharashtra

10    Jaipur        3,073,350                2,322,575                                         Rajasthan

11    Lucknow    2,815,601                2,185,927                                  Uttar Pradesh

12    Kanpur        2,767,031               2,551,337                                  Uttar Pradesh

13    Nagpur        2,405,421              2,052,066                                   Maharashtra

14    Indore        1,960,631               1,474,968                                  Madhya Pradesh

15    Thane        1,818,872              1,262,551                                     Maharashtra

16    Bhopal        1,795,648              1,437,354                                  Madhya Pradesh

17    Visakhapatnam    1,730,320           982,904                         Andhra Pradesh

18    Pimpri-Chinchwad 1,729,359            1,012,472                   Maharashtra

19    Patna           1,683,200              1,366,444                                       Bihar

20    Vadodara    1,666,703            1,306,227                                   Gujarat

21    Ghaziabad    1,636,068            968,256                                   Uttar Pradesh

22    Ludhiana    1,613,878            1,398,467                                    Punjab

23    Agra        1,574,542            1,275,134                                         Uttar Pradesh

24    Nashik        1,486,973            1,077,236                                     Maharashtra

25    Faridabad    1,404,653            1,055,938                                    Haryana

26    Meerut        1,309,023            1,068,772                               Uttar Pradesh

27    Rajkot        1,286,995            967,476                                           Gujarat

28    Kalyan-Dombivali 1,246,381            1,193,512                         Maharashtra

29    Vasai-Virar    1,221,233            Not Available                             Maharashtra

30    Varanasi    1,201,815            1,091,918                                   Uttar Pradesh

31    Srinagar    1,192,792            898,440                                       Jammu and Kashmir

32    Aurangabad    1,171,330            873,311                                   Maharashtra

33    Dhanbad    1,161,561            99,258                                              Jharkhand

34    Amritsar    1,132,761               966,862                                           Punjab

35    Navi Mumbai    1,119,477            704,002                                 Maharashtra

36    Allahabad    1,117,094            975,393                                     Uttar Pradesh

37    Ranchi        1,073,440            847,093                                         Jharkhand

38    Howrah    1,072,161            1,007,532                                       West Bengal

39    Coimbatore    1,061,447            930,882                                     Tamil Nadu

40    Jabalpur    1,054,336            932,484                                 Madhya Pradesh

41    Gwalior    1,053,505            827,026                                  Madhya Pradesh

42    Vijayawada    1,048,240            851,282                             Andhra Pradesh

43    Jodhpur    1,033,918            851,051                                         Rajasthan

44    Madurai    1,016,885            928,869                                        Tamil Nadu

45    Raipur        1,010,087            605,747                                         Chhattisgarh

46    Kota        1,001,365            694,316                                                  Rajasthan

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10 Responses to List of Metropolitan Cities in India

  1. hi,
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  3. apnaujjain says:

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  5. Are there no cities from Kerala?
    Pop. of Kochi is over 2 million

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    • Unnikrishnan TK says:

      The list certainly wrong. If you consider Coimbatore and other cities, where is Kochi, Trivandrum, Calicut represent from Kerala and what about Madurai from TN. Also, is tgis list included Mysore. ?

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  6. H Uday Simha says:

    Hyderabad is currently 4 th largest city in indian 2016 census ,after Delhi Mumbai and Kolkata if u take total Metro population currently Hyderabad is bigger city in terms of nation than Chennai and Bangalore with 13.5 million I mean 1,35,00,000 population Hyderabad has today check in internet also if u want

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  7. Harshal says:

    Good rashid

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  8. Unnikrishnan TK says:

    The list certainly wrong. If you consider Coimbatore and other cities, where is Kochi, Trivandrum, Calicut represent from Kerala and what about Madurai from TN. Also, is tgis list included Mysore. ?

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