List of most populous metropolitan areas in India

This article lists the hundred largest metropolitan areas in India, by population as of 2010. Their combined population accounts for approximately one-seventh of the national population. Note that the 2010 numbers are private calculations made by Stefan Helders who is not a demography expert, but this calculations is a hobby^[1][2]; the last official census of India was conducted in 2011.

List

1. Mumbai (Bombay)

2. Delhi

3. Kolkata (Calcutta)

4. Chennai (Madras)

5. Bengaluru (Bangalore)

5. Hyderabad

7. Pune

8. Ahmedabad

9. Kanpur

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10. Surat

11. Jaipur

12. Lucknow

Rank	Metropolitan Area	State/Territory	2010 Estimate
1	Mumbai	Maharashtra	21,900,967
2	Delhi	Delhi	18,916,890
3	Kolkata	West Bengal	15,644,040
4	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	7,413,779
5	Bangalore	Karnataka	6,562,408
6	Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh	6,383,850
7	Pune	Maharashtra	5,518,688
8	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	5,413,622
9	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	3,627,313
10	Surat	Gujarat	3,244,328
11	Jaipur	Rajasthan	3,210,570
12	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	3,089,651
13	Patna	Bihar	2,803,131
14	Nagpur	Maharashtra	2,390,179
15	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	2,167,460
16	Meerut	Uttar Pradesh	2,086,194
17	Nashik	Maharashtra	1,832,195
18	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	1,790,574
19	Ludhiana	Punjab	1,740,247
20	Agra	Uttar Pradesh	1,727,275
21	Vadodara	Gujarat	1,722,172
22	Bhubaneswar	Orissa	1,696,807
23	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	1,668,670
24	Rajkot	Gujarat	1,581,498
25	Kochi	Kerala	1,564,089
26	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	1,534,162
27	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	1,532,457
28	Madurai	Tamil Nadu	1,378,599
29	Asansol	West Bengal	1,347,152
30	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh	1,301,931
31	Mysore	Karnataka	1,299,026
32	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh	1,289,208
33	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	1,271,441
34	Aurangabad	Maharashtra	1,238,523
35	Amritsar	Punjab	1,232,286
36	Dhanbad	Jharkhand	1,228,229
37	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh	1,166,832
38	Solapur	Maharashtra	1,163,734
39	Bhilai	Chhattisgarh	1,130,896
40	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir	1,120,910
41	Ranchi	Jharkhand	1,093,610
42	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	1,067,861
43	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1,064,711
44	Guwahati	Assam	1,063,756
45	Kozhikode	Kerala	1,015,681
46	Jodhpur	Rajasthan	1,004,484
47	Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	1,002,697
48	Jalandhar	Punjab	983,608
49	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	977,558
50	Bareilly	Uttar Pradesh	916,101
51	Hubli-Dharwad	Karnataka	904,916
52	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh	869,941
53	Kota	Rajasthan	837,864
54	Moradabad	Uttar Pradesh	828,506
55	Raipur	Chhattisgarh	806,925
56	Dehra Dun	Uttarakhand	778,593
57	Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh	730,486
58	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	701,196
59	Amravati	Maharashtra	674,673
60	Warangal	Andhra Pradesh	666,056
61	Jamnagar	Gujarat	644,445
62	Bikaner	Rajasthan	636,423
63	Sangli	Maharashtra	634,055
64	Tirupur	Tamil Nadu	626,356
65	Bhavnagar	Gujarat	623,543
66	Mangalore	Karnataka	621,478
67	Ajmer	Rajasthan	613,293
68	Bokaro	Jharkhand	612,313
69	Belgaum	Karnataka	584,177
70	Pondicherry	Pondicherry	583,576
71	Siliguri	West Bengal	579,821
72	Kannur	Kerala	574,876
73	Kolhapur	Maharashtra	574,159
74	Nanded	Maharashtra	559,268
75	Rourkela	Orissa	558,855
76	Durgapur	West Bengal	549,283
77	Gulbarga	Karnataka	547,526
78	Guntur	Andhra Pradesh	544,712
79	Jhansi	Uttar Pradesh	534,609
80	Saharanpur	Uttar Pradesh	528,572
81	Kharagpur	West Bengal	518,905
82	Gaya	Bihar	518,082
83	Jalgaon	Maharashtra	515,985
84	Mathura	Uttar Pradesh	510,047
85	Kollam	Kerala	508,656
86	Korba	Chhattisgarh	501,568
87	Firozabad	Uttar Pradesh	498,758
88	Tirunelveli	Tamil Nadu	498,054
89	Ujjain	Madhya Pradesh	496,976
90	Ahmednagar	Maharashtra	491,236
91	Nellore	Andhra Pradesh	484,666
92	Ramagundam	Andhra Pradesh	473,796
93	Rajahmundry	Andhra Pradesh	471,210
94	Malegaon	Maharashtra	467,197
95	Udaipur	Rajasthan	465,291
96	Akola	Maharashtra	465,082
97	Davangere	Karnataka	464,963
98	Erode	Tamil Nadu	451,395
99	Vellore	Tamil Nadu	447,981
100	Gajuwaka	Andhra Pradesh	425,267