In this section we will
discuss about major cities population. Population of major Indian
cities include population of kolkata, population of Mumbai, of
Delhi, Chennai, and other important cities.
If we check census 2001 for Indian cities population, we will find
that Mumbai is the most populated city in the country. The city
ranks 3rd in the world after Tokyo and Mexico. Kolkata is 9th and
Delhi 14th according to the US Census Bureau.
Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai follows Mumbai in population.
The migration of rural population to urban areas has made the cities
of India densely populated. About 27% of the population live in
urban areas. There are 4,000 cities and towns in India. 300 cities
have population more than 1,00,000. Seven cities have population
more than 3 million.
| Major Cities |
Population
(Census 2001) |
| Greater Mumbai (Bombay) |
11,914,398 |
| Delhi |
9,817,439 |
| Kolkata (Calcutta) |
4,580,544 |
| Bangalore |
4,292,223 |
| Chennai (Madras) |
4,216,268 |
| Ahmedabad |
3,515,361 |
| Hyderabad |
3,449,878 |
| Pune |
2,540,069 |
| Kanpur |
2,532,138 |
| Surat |
2,433,787 |
| Jaipur |
2,324,319 |
| Lucknow |
2,207,340 |
| Nagpur |
2,051,320 |
| Indore |
1,597,441 |
| Bhopal |
1,433,875 |
| Ludhiana |
1,395,053 |
| Patna |
1,376,950 |
| Vadodara |
1,306,035 |
| Thane |
1,261,517 |
| Agra |
1,259,979 |
| Kalyan-Dombivali |
1,193,266 |
| Varanasi |
1,100,748 |
| Nashik |
1,076,967` |
| Meerut |
1,074,229 |
| Faridabad |
1,054,981 |
| Haora |
1,008,704 |
| Pimpri Chinchwad |
1,006,417 |
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