Number of Cities and Towns by City Size Class
The number of towns and cities have increased to 4378, as detailed below:
Urban Agglomerations/Towns by Class/Category : Census of India 2001
|
Class |
Population Size |
No.of UAs/Towns |
|
Class I |
1,00,000 and above |
393 |
Class II |
50,000 - 99,999 |
401 |
|
Class III |
20,000 - 49,999 |
1,151 |
|
Class IV |
10,000 - 19,999 |
1,344 |
|
Class V |
5,000 - 9,999 |
888 |
|
Class VI |
Less than 5,000 |
191 |
Unclassified |
10* |
|
All
classes |
4378 |
Note : Data is provisional
* Population Census 2001 could not be held in these towns/cities of Gujarat State on account of national calamity. Source: Office of the Registrar General of India. (Population totals for India & States for the census of India – 2001).
The number of metropolitan cities having million plus population has increased to 35 as per 2001 census. The names of such cities are as follows:
Cities having million (+) Population in 2001
|
Rank |
Urban Agglomeration/City |
Population (Lakhs) |
|
1 |
Greater Mumbai |
163.7 |
|
2 |
Kolkata |
132.2 |
|
3 |
Delhi |
127.9 |
|
4 |
Chennai |
64.2 |
|
5 |
Bangalore |
56.9 |
|
6 |
Hyderabad |
55.3 |
|
7 |
Ahmedabad |
45.2 |
|
8 |
Pune |
37.5 |
|
9 |
Surat |
28.1 |
|
10 |
Kanpur |
26.9 |
|
11 |
Jaipur |
23.2 |
|
12 |
Lucknow |
22.7 |
|
13 |
Nagpur |
21.2 |
|
14 |
Patna |
17.1 |
|
15 |
Indore |
16.4 |
|
16 |
Vadodara |
14.9 |
|
17 |
Bhopal |
14.5 |
|
18 |
Coimbatore |
14.5 |
|
19 |
Ludhiana |
14.0 |
|
20 |
Kochi |
13.5 |
|
21 |
Visakhapatnam |
13.3 |
|
22 |
Agra |
13.2 |
|
23 |
Varanasi |
12.1 |
|
24 |
Madurai |
11.9 |
|
25 |
Meerut |
11.7 |
|
26 |
Nashik |
11.5 |
|
27 |
Jabalpur |
11.2 |
|
28 |
Jamshedpur |
11.0 |
|
29 |
Asansol |
10.9 |
|
30 |
Dhanbad |
10.6 |
|
31 |
Faridabad |
10.5 |
|
32 |
Allahabad |
10.5 |
|
33 |
Amritsar |
10.1 |
|
34 |
Vijaywada |
10.1 |
|
35 |
Rajkot |
10.0 |
|
Total |
1078.8 |