List of cities in Uttar Pradesh by population

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh borders with Nepal and the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and National Capital Territory of Delhi. The Himalayas lies in the north of the state and the Deccan Plateau is at the south. In between them, the river Ganges, Yamuna and Sarayu (ghaghra) flow eastwards. Uttar Pradesh can be divided into two distinct regions, Southern hills and Gangetic plain. Uttar Pradesh is divided into 75 districts under 18 divisions. As of 2011, with an estimated population of 199,581,477. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India. Uttar Pradesh occupies 6.88 per cent of the India's land surface area but is home to 16.49 per cent of the India's population. As of 2011, 64 cities in the state had a population of over 100,000 people. Kanpur is the largest city of Uttar Pradesh in terms of population whereas Lucknow is also the largest city of Uttar Pradesh in terms of area (as per municipal limits) covering an area of 631 km². The smallest city with a population over 100,000 people was Kasganj with a population of 101,241 people according to 2011 census figures.

List

This list refers only to the population of individual municipalities within their defined limits; the populations of other municipalities considered suburbs or outgrowths of a central city are listed separately, and unincorporated areas within urban agglomerations are not included. Therefore, a different ranking is evident when considering metropolitan area population of India. The total geographical area of Uttar Pradesh is . As per census data from 2011, the total population of Uttar Pradesh is 199,581,477.

Name District Type* Category Population as of 2011 Literacy Rate Total Male Female Children under 5 yrsKanpurKanpurUANagar Nigam2,817,1051,484,9671,474,100266,33682LucknowLucknowUANagar Nigam2,767,3481,618,9511,582,523289,37588.98GhaziabadGhaziabadUANagar Nigam1,729,000864,500864,500308,71780AgraAgraCityNagar Nigam1,585,7041,042,441963,402210,03678PrayagrajPrayagrajCityNagar Nigam15,36,218961,060874,053157,48286.36MeerutMeerutCityNagar Nigam1,226,709 6,54,8575,70,051176,77078.29VaranasiVaranasiCityNagar Nigam1,201,815755,734660,985112,02380.31BareillyBareillyUANagar Nigam913,668722,385557,548104,56070.97AligarhAligarhUANagar Nigam909,559482,828426,731118,77870.54MoradabadMoradabadCityNagar Nigam889,810466,432432,378110,37670.65SaharanpurSaharanpurCityNagar Nigam703,345371,858331,48788,50177.94GorakhpurGorakhpurCityNagar Nigam692,519365,148327,37165,07885.64NoidaGautam Buddha NagarCityNagar Nigam642,381320,482321,89963,56788.58FirozabadFirozabadCityNagar Nigam603,797320,012283,78583,53075.01JhansiJhansiUANagar Nigam549,391292,497256,89456,23084.41MuzaffarnagarMuzaffarnagarCityNagar Palika494,792261,338233,45464,69680.99Mathura-VrindavanMathuraUANagar Nigam454,937244,333210,60456,26777.11BudaunBadaunUANagar Palika366,001196,416169,58556,89087.00RampurRampurUANagar Palika359,062182,325166,73741,76969.56ShahjahanpurShahjahanpurUANagar Nigam356,103183,087163,01638,73679.81Farrukhabad-FatehgarhFarrukhabadCityNagar Palika318,540164,630145,91039,94475.60AyodhyaAyodhyaUANagar Palika290,799140,799120,00025,78978.78Maunath BhanjanMauCityNagar Palika279,060143,273135,78740,65178.60HapurHapurCityNagar Palika262,801139,694123,10736,71475.34EtawahEtawahCityNagar Palika256,790135,829120,96128,92282.89Mirzapur-VindhyachalMirzapurUANagar Palika245,817131,534114,28329,61977.85BulandshahrBulandshahrUANagar Palika235,310125,549111,76130,88678.37SambhalSambhalCityNagar Palika221,334116,008105,32634,27949.51AmrohaAmrohaCityNagar Palika198,471102,80494,33126,85563.88HardoiHardoiUANagar Palika197,046104,20192,84521,71983.27FatehpurFatehpurCityNagar Palika193,801101,62092,18122,07877.69RaebareliRaebareliCityNagar Palika191,62599,84491,21218,86682.97OraiJalaunUANagar Palika190,625101,43489,19120,42483.35SitapurSitapurUANagar Palika188,23099,12989,10119,72183.02BahraichBahraichCityNagar Palika186,24198,52987,71222,82875.3ModinagarGhaziabadUANagar Palika182,81197,33585,47621,44187.03UnnaoUnnaoCityNagar Palika178,68194,08084,60118,60483.72JaunpurJaunpurCityNagar Palika168,12888,70479,42418,03382.11LakhimpurLakhimpur KheriUANagar Palika 164,925 88,90877,01718,17483.80HathrasHathrasUANagar Palika161,28986,02875,26120,27978.05BandaBandaUANagar Palika160,43285,47374,95918,31783.61PilibhitPilibhitUANagar Palika160,14684,54675,60016,08972.30BarabankiBarabankiUANagar Palika154,69277,76669,06516,09381.15KhurjaBulandshahrUANagar Palika142,63675,38467,25220,07272.75GondaGondaUANagar Palika138,92971,47567,45415,60880.32MainpuriMainpuriCITYNagar Palika133,07869,78863,29016,37185.66LalitpurLalitpurCityNagar Palika133,04169,54863,49316,19383.96EtahEtahUANagar Palika131,02369,44661,57715,89085.62DeoriaDeoriaCityNagar Palika129,57067,75461,81613,82193.73GhazipurGhazipurUANagar Palika121,13663,68957,44713,98684.97SultanpurSultanpurUANagar Palika116,21161,06255,14912,36887.61AzamgarhAzamgarhUANagar Palika116,16560,67855,48713,28786.27BijnorBijnorUANagar Palika115,38160,65654,72514,49977.90SahaswanBudaunUANagar Palika114,92159,42155,50015,64471.00BastiBastiCityNagar Palika114,65160,12654,52512,56885.29ChandausiSambhalCityNagar Palika114,25460,23854,01614,41772.63AkbarpurAmbedkar NagarCityNagar Palika111,59457,56054,03414,03776.94BalliaBalliaUANagar Palika111,28759,34051,94711,52286.65TandaAmbedkar NagarCity Nagar Palika109,53955,94653,59316,14769.25Greater NoidaGautam Budh NagarCityNotified Area107,67658,66249,01415,51786.54ShikohabadFirozabadCityNagar Palika107,30057,01750,28312,95681.68ShamliShamliCityNagar Palika147,23357,23649,99713,72481.97AwagarhEtahCityNagar Palika102,10654,33548,77113,38671.44KasganjKasganjCityNagar Palika101,24153,50747,73413,04378.56* UA = Urban agglomeration, CT = Census Town

See also Divisions of Uttar Pradesh Districts of Uttar Pradesh List of urban agglomerations in Uttar Pradesh List of metropolitan areas in India List of states and union territories of India by population

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