This article lists the hundred largest metropolitan areas in India, by population as of 2009. Their combined population accounts for approximately one-seventh of the national population. Note that the 2009 numbers are estimates; the last official census of Indian was conducted in 2001.

Contents 1 List 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

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Rank	Metropolitan Area	State/Territory	Population[1]
1	Mumbai	Maharashtra	21,347,412
2	Delhi	Delhi	18,639,762
3	Kolkata	West Bengal	15,414,859
4	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	7,305,169
5	Bangalore	Karnataka	6,466,271
6	Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh	6,290,397
7	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	5,334,314
8	Pune	Maharashtra	5,273,211
9	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	3,494,275
10	Surat	Gujarat	3,196,799
11	Jaipur	Rajasthan	3,102,808
12	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	2,991,280
13	Nagpur	Maharashtra	2,656,318
14	Patna	Bihar	2,569,775
15	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	2,049,193
16	Meerut	Uttar Pradesh	1,948,882
17	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	1,751,766
18	Nashik	Maharashtra	1,742,343
19	Ludhiana	Punjab	1,701,212
20	Vadodara	Gujarat	1,696,943
21	Agra	Uttar Pradesh	1,678,363
22	Bhubaneswar	Orissa	1,666,429
23	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	1,644,224
24	Kochi	Kerala	1,541,175
25	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	1,511,687
26	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	1,510,007
27	Rajkot	Gujarat	1,505,231
28	Madurai	Tamil Nadu	1,358,403
29	Asansol	West Bengal	1,317,369
30	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh	1,272,612
31	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh	1,270,321
32	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	1,252,815
33	Mysore	Karnataka	1,230,039
34	Dhanbad	Jharkhand	1,210,235
35	Amritsar	Punjab	1,206,918
36	Aurangabad	Maharashtra	1,195,592
37	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh	1,149,738
38	Solapur	Maharashtra	1,128,884
39	Bhilai	Chhattisgarh	1,107,012
40	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir	1,104,489
41	Ranchi	Jharkhand	1,066,449
42	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	1,047,560
43	Guwahati	Assam	1,038,071
44	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1,033,671
45	Kozhikode	Kerala	1,000,802
46	Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	987,654
47	Jodhpur	Rajasthan	971,407
48	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	963,237
49	Jalandhar	Punjab	958,854
50	Bareilly	Uttar Pradesh	902,087
51	Hubli	Karnataka	892,297
52	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh	846,395
53	Kota	Rajasthan	822,851
54	Moradabad	Uttar Pradesh	806,714
55	Raipur	Chhattisgarh	795,104
56	Dehra Dun	Uttarakhand	738,889
57	Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh	719,097
58	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	690,924
59	Amravati	Maharashtra	660,543
60	Warangal	Andhra Pradesh	656,298
61	Jamnagar	Gujarat	635,004
62	Bikaner	Rajasthan	624,577
63	Sangli	Maharashtra	617,495
64	Tirupur	Tamil Nadu	617,180
65	Mangalore	Karnataka	612,374
66	Bhavnagar	Gujarat	612,012
67	Ajmer	Rajasthan	604,670
68	Bokaro	Jharkhand	592,064
69	Belgaum	Karnataka	575,618
70	Pondicherry	Pondicherry	575,027
71	Siliguri	West Bengal	567,804
72	Kannur	Kerala	566,454
73	Kolhapur	Maharashtra	565,748
74	Rourkela	Orissa	550,668
75	Nanded	Maharashtra	544,125
76	Durgapur	West Bengal	543,922
77	Guntur	Andhra Pradesh	542,522
78	Gulbarga	Karnataka	534,417
79	Jhansi	Uttar Pradesh	526,777
80	Saharanpur	Uttar Pradesh	521,018
81	Kharagpur	West Bengal	511,303
82	Gaya	Bihar	499,874
83	Kollam	Kerala	491,131
84	Mathura	Uttar Pradesh	497,945
85	Jalgaon	Maharashtra	497,783
86	Firozabad	Uttar Pradesh	491,451
87	Tirunelveli	Tamil Nadu	490,758
88	Ujjain	Madhya Pradesh	489,696
89	Korba	Chhattisgarh	477,276
90	Nellore	Andhra Pradesh	475,627
91	Ahmednagar	Maharashtra	473,260
92	Rajahmundry	Andhra Pradesh	464,307
93	Malegaon	Maharashtra	461,292
94	Akola	Maharashtra	458,229
95	Udaipur	Rajasthan	456,994
96	Davangere	Karnataka	453,297
97	Erode	Tamil Nadu	444,782
98	Vellore	Tamil Nadu	441,418
99	Kakinada	Andhra Pradesh	406,254
100	Muzaffarnagar	Uttar Pradesh	404,583

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[edit] See also

• List of most populous cities in India
• List of states and union territories of India by population
• Demographics of India

[edit] External links

• Community Driven project for collecting updated data of cities of India