India is a country in South Asia and is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the most-populous country with more than 1.4 billion people, home to nearly 17.5 percent of the world's population. India consists of twenty-eight states and eight union territories.
Census The first official population census of India was conducted in 1872 and every ten years since 1951 by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The last official census was conducted in 2011. The next census due in 2021 was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is scheduled for 2024.
As per Government of India, an urban agglomeration (U.A.) is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations that have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity.
Following is the list of urban agglomerations in India with a population of more than one million as per the 2011 census. As per the 2011 census, there were 52 (according to provisional census results, 53) urban agglomerations or cities with population of one million and above.
+List of million-plus urban agglomerations/ towns Town/UA Level (2011) State/UT Area(km2)(2011) Pop.(2011) Area(km2)(2001) Pop.(2001) Area(km2)(1991) Pop.(1991)MumbaiU.A.MaharashtraDelhiU.A.DelhiKolkataU.A.West BengalChennaiU.A.Tamil NaduBengaluruU.A.KarnatakaHyderabadU.A.TelanganaAhmedabadU.A.GujaratPuneU.A.MaharashtraSuratU.A.GujaratJaipurU.A.RajasthanKanpurU.A.Uttar PradeshLucknowU.A.Uttar PradeshNagpurU.A.MaharashtraGhaziabadU.A.Uttar PradeshIndoreU.A.Madhya PradeshCoimbatoreU.A.Tamil NaduKochiU.A.KeralaPatnaU.A.BiharKozhikodeU.A.KeralaBhopalU.A.Madhya PradeshThrissurU.A.KeralaVadodaraU.A.GujaratAgraU.A.Uttar PradeshVisakhapatnamTownAndhra PradeshMalappuramU.A.KeralaThiruvananthapuramU.A.KeralaKannurU.A.KeralaLudhianaTownPunjabNashikU.A.MaharashtraVijayawadaU.A.Andhra PradeshMaduraiU.A.Tamil NaduVaranasiU.A.Uttar PradeshMeerutU.A.Uttar Pradesh FaridabadTown Haryana RajkotU.A.GujaratJamshedpurU.A.JharkhandJabalpurU.A.Madhya PradeshSrinagarU.A.Jammu and KashmirNANAAsansolTownWest Bengal Vasai-VirarTown Maharashtra AllahabadU.A.Uttar PradeshDhanbadU.A.JharkhandAurangabadU.A.MaharashtraAmritsarU.A.PunjabJodhpurU.A.RajasthanRanchiU.A.JharkhandRaipurU.A.ChhattisgarhKollamU.A.KeralaGwaliorU.A.Madhya PradeshDurg-BhilainagarU.A.ChhattisgarhTiruchirappalliU.A.Tamil NaduKotaTownRajasthan
Notes: Chandigarh was included in the list of million plus populous urban agglomerations as per provisional census, however, did not feature in the final census. Cities in bold represent the urban agglomerations which incorporate a capital of a state or union territory
Demographia
As per Demographia, an urban built-up area consists of all continuous and non-continuous urban areas within a metropolitan area. As per the 2023 report, there were 65 urban areas with more than one million inhabitants in India.
Town/UA State/UT Pop.(2023)DelhiDelhi, Haryana,Uttar PradeshMumbaiMaharashtraKolkataWest BengalBengaluruKarnatakaChennaiTamil NaduHyderabadTelanganaAhmedabadGujaratPuneMaharashtraSuratGujaratLucknowUttar PradeshJaipurRajasthanKanpurUttar PradeshIndoreMadhya PradeshNagpurMaharashtraPatnaBiharVaranasiUttar PradeshKozhikodeKeralaThiruvananthapuramKeralaAgraUttar PradeshBhopalMadhya PradeshCoimbatoreTamil NaduPrayagrajUttar PradeshKochiKeralaRanchiJharkhandLudhianaPunjabVadodaraGujaratChandigarhChandigarh, Punjab, HaryanaMaduraiTamil NaduMeerutUttar PradeshVisakhapatnamAndhra PradeshJamshedpurJharkhandThrissurKeralaNashikMaharashtraAsansolWest BengalMalappuramKeralaAligarhUttar PradeshKannurKeralaJabalpurMadhya PradeshDhanbadJharkhandJodhpurRajasthanAurangabadMaharashtraRajkotGujaratGwaliorMadhya PradeshRaipurChhattisgarhGorakhpurUttar PradeshKollamKeralaBareillyUttar PradeshGuwahatiAssamMoradabadUttar PradeshAmritsarPunjabMysoreKarnatakaDurg-BhilainagarChhattisgarhVijayawadaAndhra PradeshSrinagarJammu and KashmirSalemTamil NaduKotaRajasthanJalandharPunjabSaharanpurUttar PradeshDehradunUttarakhandTiruchirappalliTamil NaduBhubaneswarOdishaJammuJammu and KashmirSolapurMaharashtraHubli-DharwadKarnatakaPuducherryPuducherry
Notes:
Bold represents the capital of the respective state or union territory or the capital is part of the respective urban agglomeration - example - Gandhinagar, a state capital is a part of the Ahmedadbad U.A.
See also List of cities in India by population List of metropolitan areas in India List of states and union territories of India by population List of urban agglomerations in India Demographics of India
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References
External links Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India