| no. | name | census 1991 | census 2001 | calculation 2013 | parent division |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bombay | 9 925 891 | 11 978 450 | 14 472 081 | Maharashtra |
| 2 | Delhi | 7 206 704 | 9 879 172 | 11 396 015 | Delhi |
| 3 | Bangalore | 2 908 018 | 4 301 326 | 6 582 533 | Karnataka |
| 4 | Madras | 3 857 529 | 4 343 645 | 4 724 323 | Tamil Nadu |
| 5 | Calcutta | 4 399 819 | 4 572 876 | 4 452 476 | Bangla |
| 6 | Ahmadābād | 2 966 312 | 3 520 085 | 4 100 984 | Gujarat |
| 7 | Sūrat | 1 498 817 | 2 433 835 | 4 081 239 | Gujarat |
| 8 | Hyderabad | 3 059 262 | 3 637 483 | 3 926 380 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 9 | Pune | 1 702 376 | 2 538 473 | 3 772 866 | Maharashtra |
| 10 | Jaipur | 1 518 235 | 2 322 575 | 3 526 024 | Rajasthan |
| 11 | Kānpur | 1 879 420 | 2 551 337 | 3 293 016 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 12 | Lakhnau | 1 619 115 | 2 185 927 | 2 937 833 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 13 | Nāgpur | 1 624 752 | 2 052 066 | 2 504 745 | Maharashtra |
| 14 | Patna | 917 243 | 1 366 444 | 2 087 459 | Bihar |
| 15 | Pimpri | 517 083 | 1 012 472 | 2 026 504 | Maharashtra |
| 16 | Indore | 1 091 674 | 1 474 968 | 2 018 530 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 17 | Thāna | 803 389 | 1 262 551 | 2 004 742 | Maharashtra |
| 18 | Bhopāl | 1 062 771 | 1 437 354 | 1 962 058 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 19 | Ludhiāna | 1 042 740 | 1 398 467 | 1 837 586 | Punjab |
| 20 | Āgra | 891 790 | 1 275 134 | 1 817 535 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 21 | Ghāziābād | 542 992 | 968 256 | 1 784 166 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 22 | Nāshik | 656 925 | 1 077 236 | 1 760 581 | Maharashtra |
| 23 | Rājkot | 559 407 | 967 476 | 1 673 488 | Gujarat |
| 24 | Farīdābad | 617 717 | 1 055 938 | 1 644 796 | Haryana |
| 25 | Navi Mumbai | 307 724 | 704 002 | 1 633 971 | Maharashtra |
| 26 | Vadodara | 1 046 009 | 1 306 227 | 1 627 835 | Gujarat |
| 27 | Mira Bhayandar | 175 605 | 520 388 | 1 514 945 | Maharashtra |
| 28 | Mīrat | 753 778 | 1 068 772 | 1 493 354 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 29 | Kalyān | 1 014 557 | 1 193 512 | 1 345 507 | Maharashtra |
| 30 | Aurangābād | 573 272 | 873 311 | 1 326 544 | Maharashtra |
| 31 | Amritsar | 708 835 | 966 862 | 1 293 440 | Punjab |
| 32 | Sholāpur | 604 215 | 872 478 | 1 230 519 | Maharashtra |
| 33 | Vārānasī | 940 778 | 1 091 918 | 1 228 768 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 34 | Srīnagar | 702 478 | 898 440 | 1 213 493 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 35 | Rānchi | 626 262 | 847 093 | 1 191 672 | Jharkhand |
| 36 | Allahābād | 792 858 | 975 393 | 1 180 002 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 37 | Maisūru | 493 927 | 755 379 | 1 164 305 | Karnataka |
| 38 | Koyampattur | 816 321 | 930 882 | 1 135 003 | Tamil Nadu |
| 39 | Jabalpur | 764 586 | 932 484 | 1 127 392 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 40 | Guwāhāti | 590 114 | 809 895 | 1 094 785 | Assam |
| 41 | Visakhapatnam | 875 175 | 982 904 | 1 078 998 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 42 | Jodhpur | 666 279 | 851 051 | 1 065 343 | Rajasthan |
| 43 | Salem | 499 024 | 696 760 | 1 053 576 | Tamil Nadu |
| 44 | Bhubaneswar | 411 542 | 648 032 | 1 039 745 | Orissa |
| 45 | Hāora | 950 435 | 1 007 532 | 1 031 689 | Bangla |
| 46 | Vijayawāda | 701 827 | 851 282 | 1 018 194 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 47 | Chandīgarh | 569 374 | 808 515 | 987 054 | Chandigarh |
| 48 | Gwalior | 690 765 | 827 026 | 976 090 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 49 | Bhiwandi | 379 070 | 598 741 | 958 176 | Maharashtra |
| 50 | Hubli | 648 298 | 786 195 | 957 959 | Karnataka |
| 51 | Jalandhar | 509 510 | 706 043 | 954 815 | Punjab |
| 52 | Madurai | 940 989 | 928 869 | 942 984 | Tamil Nadu |
| 53 | Alīgarh | 480 520 | 669 087 | 933 119 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 54 | Raipur | 438 639 | 605 747 | 923 515 | Chhattisgarh |
| 55 | Tiruchchirāppalli | 660 405 | 752 066 | 911 606 | Tamil Nadu |
| 56 | Morādābād | 465 210 | 641 583 | 887 774 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 57 | Dasarahalli | 55 893 | 264 940 | 879 697 | Karnataka |
| 58 | Kota | 537 371 | 694 316 | 879 456 | Rajasthan |
| 59 | Bareli | 587 211 | 718 395 | 864 054 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 60 | Bhilai | 396 698 | 556 366 | 849 530 | Chhattisgarh |
| 61 | Thiruvananthapuram | 636 928 | 744 983 | 843 248 | Kerala |
| 62 | Rājpur | 107 918 | 336 707 | 803 860 | Bangla |
| 63 | Gorakhpur | 505 566 | 622 701 | 753 576 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 64 | Jamshedpur | 460 577 | 573 096 | 730 966 | Jharkhand |
| 65 | Kataka | 403 418 | 534 654 | 722 406 | Orissa |
| 66 | Amrāvati | 421 576 | 549 510 | 694 537 | Maharashtra |
| 67 | Bīkāner | 416 289 | 529 690 | 653 849 | Rajasthan |
| 68 | Bhāvnagar | 402 338 | 511 085 | 652 000 | Gujarat |
| 69 | Noida | 146 514 | 305 058 | 651 141 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 70 | Dehra Dūn | 293 808 | 426 674 | 648 286 | Uttarakhand |
| 71 | Jammu | 214 737 | 369 959 | 631 474 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 72 | Shilīguri | 364 167 | 472 374 | 616 040 | Bangla |
| 73 | Warangal | 454 291 | 530 636 | 608 780 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 74 | Korba | 124 501 | 315 690 | 606 902 | Chhattisgarh |
| 75 | Gulbarga | 304 099 | 422 569 | 601 753 | Karnataka |
| 76 | Ulhāsnagar | 369 077 | 473 731 | 596 345 | Maharashtra |
| 77 | Sangli-Miraj | 314 790 | 436 781 | 590 416 | Maharashtra |
| 78 | Nānded | 309 316 | 430 733 | 590 080 | Maharashtra |
| 79 | Byatarayanapura | 54 036 | 181 744 | 580 189 | Karnataka |
| 80 | Jāmnagar | 341 637 | 443 518 | 577 440 | Gujarat |
| 81 | Kolhāpur | 406 370 | 493 167 | 575 500 | Maharashtra |
| 82 | South Dum Dum | 272 713 | 392 444 | 573 754 | Bangla |
| 83 | Ajmer | 402 702 | 485 575 | 567 270 | Rajasthan |
| 84 | Bhātpāra | 344 898 | 442 385 | 567 170 | Bangla |
| 85 | Durgāpur | 425 836 | 493 405 | 562 342 | Bangla |
| 86 | Tiruppur | 235 661 | 344 543 | 559 739 | Tamil Nadu |
| 87 | Jālgaon | 242 193 | 368 618 | 557 173 | Maharashtra |
| 88 | Guntūr | 471 051 | 514 461 | 546 525 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 89 | Maheshtala | 276 128 | 385 266 | 545 616 | Bangla |
| 90 | Qutubullapur | 106 591 | 231 108 | 545 534 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 91 | Sahāranpur | 374 945 | 455 754 | 543 641 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 92 | Tirunelveli | 345 772 | 411 831 | 526 102 | Tamil Nadu |
| 93 | Gaya | 291 675 | 385 432 | 521 634 | Bihar |
| 94 | Nalasopara | 67 732 | 184 538 | 511 844 | Maharashtra |
| 95 | Gajuvaka | 48 306 | 259 180 | 507 594 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 96 | Ujjain | 362 266 | 430 427 | 506 337 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 97 | Davanagere | 266 082 | 364 523 | 504 362 | Karnataka |
| 98 | Asansol | 437 121 | 475 439 | 503 431 | Bangla |
| 99 | Mahadevapura | 7 924 | 135 794 | 501 750 | Karnataka |
| 100 | Ambattur | 215 424 | 310 967 | 501 502 | Tamil Nadu |
| 101 | Ahmadnagar | 189 002 | 307 615 | 500 433 | Maharashtra |
| 102 | Belgaum | 326 399 | 399 653 | 493 338 | Karnataka |
| 103 | Lalbahadur Nagar | 155 514 | 268 689 | 491 998 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 104 | Udaipur | 308 571 | 389 438 | 481 320 | Rajasthan |
| 105 | Gopalpur | 159 965 | 271 811 | 480 308 | Bangla |
| 106 | Kukatpalle | 186 963 | 292 289 | 477 379 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 107 | Bokāro | 333 683 | 393 805 | 473 780 | Jharkhand |
| 108 | Mālegaon | 342 595 | 409 403 | 472 450 | Maharashtra |
| 109 | Akola | 328 034 | 400 520 | 470 869 | Maharashtra |
| 110 | Brahmapur | 210 418 | 307 792 | 466 164 | Orissa |
| 111 | Jhānsi | 311 851 | 383 644 | 462 650 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 112 | Mangaluru | 347 917 | 399 565 | 456 920 | Karnataka |
| 113 | Kollam | 281 417 | 361 560 | 454 306 | Kerala |
| 114 | Lātūr | 197 408 | 299 985 | 452 909 | Maharashtra |
| 115 | Nellur | 316 606 | 378 428 | 446 637 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 116 | Pānihāti | 275 990 | 348 438 | 438 747 | Bangla |
| 117 | Singrauli | 60 207 | 185 190 | 434 831 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 118 | Kozhikkod | 419 831 | 436 556 | 433 290 | Kerala |
| 119 | Bhīlwāra | 183 965 | 280 128 | 426 671 | Rajasthan |
| 120 | Shimoga | 179 258 | 274 352 | 425 304 | Karnataka |
| 121 | Muzaffarnagar | 240 609 | 316 729 | 413 729 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 122 | Tumkūr | 138 903 | 248 929 | 413 357 | Karnataka |
| 123 | Dhule | 278 317 | 341 755 | 406 282 | Maharashtra |
| 124 | Bhāgalpur | 288 390 | 340 767 | 404 383 | Bihar |
| 125 | Mathura | 226 691 | 302 770 | 403 375 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 126 | Muzaffarpur | 241 107 | 305 525 | 394 302 | Bihar |
| 127 | Bellary | 266 036 | 316 766 | 380 417 | Karnataka |
| 128 | Patiāla | 238 368 | 303 151 | 379 076 | Punjab |
| 129 | Bally | 184 474 | 260 906 | 373 853 | Bangla |
| 130 | Hisar | 172 677 | 256 689 | 371 545 | Haryana |
| 131 | Bilāspur | 221 442 | 274 917 | 371 328 | Chhattisgarh |
| 132 | Kāmārhāti | 266 889 | 314 507 | 365 768 | Bangla |
| 133 | Rohtak | 216 096 | 286 807 | 365 558 | Haryana |
| 134 | Loni | 36 561 | 120 945 | 364 465 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 135 | Etāwah | 124 072 | 210 453 | 360 821 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 136 | Fīrozābād | 215 128 | 279 102 | 359 514 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 137 | Chandrapur | 226 105 | 289 450 | 357 424 | Maharashtra |
| 138 | Serilungampalle | 72 320 | 153 364 | 354 558 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 139 | Shāhjahānpur | 243 588 | 296 662 | 354 518 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 140 | Pānīpat | 191 212 | 261 740 | 349 264 | Haryana |
| 141 | Parbhani | 190 255 | 259 329 | 347 790 | Maharashtra |
| 142 | Naihāti | 138 465 | 215 303 | 344 344 | Bangla |
| 143 | Nizāmābād | 241 034 | 288 722 | 341 063 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 144 | Navghar | 35 113 | 116 723 | 340 791 | Maharashtra |
| 145 | Ozhukarai | 157 131 | 217 707 | 336 617 | Puducherry |
| 146 | Durg | 175 703 | 232 517 | 335 391 | Chhattisgarh |
| 147 | Mau | 136 697 | 212 657 | 334 985 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 148 | Dewās | 164 364 | 231 672 | 331 379 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 149 | Thrissūr | 292 529 | 317 526 | 331 156 | Kerala |
| 150 | Satna | 156 630 | 225 464 | 330 694 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 151 | Kulti | 250 280 | 289 903 | 330 340 | Bangla |
| 152 | Darbhanga | 218 391 | 267 348 | 330 015 | Bihar |
| 153 | Barddhamān | 245 079 | 285 602 | 327 728 | Bangla |
| 154 | Alwar | 205 086 | 260 593 | 324 718 | Rajasthan |
| 155 | Āīzawl | 155 240 | 228 280 | 322 615 | Mizoram |
| 156 | Rāmpur | 243 742 | 281 494 | 316 238 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 157 | Avadi | 183 215 | 229 403 | 314 388 | Tamil Nadu |
| 158 | Sonīpat | 143 922 | 214 974 | 313 772 | Haryana |
| 159 | Hāpur | 146 262 | 211 983 | 313 572 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 160 | Jālna | 174 985 | 235 795 | 312 528 | Maharashtra |
| 161 | Gāndhīnagar | 123 359 | 195 985 | 312 015 | Gujarat |
| 162 | Kapra | 87 747 | 159 002 | 307 753 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 163 | Malkajgiri | 127 178 | 193 863 | 307 666 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 164 | Behta Hajipur | 30 361 | 94 298 | 303 051 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 165 | Kākināda | 279 980 | 296 329 | 302 784 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 166 | Deoli | 33 214 | 119 468 | 301 289 | Delhi |
| 167 | Karnūl | 236 808 | 269 122 | 300 322 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 168 | Tirupati | 174 369 | 228 202 | 298 996 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 169 | Hospet | 96 322 | 164 240 | 296 695 | Karnataka |
| 170 | Ichalkaranji | 214 950 | 257 610 | 296 448 | Maharashtra |
| 171 | Bathinda | 159 114 | 217 256 | 294 542 | Punjab |
| 172 | Tirūvottiyūr | 168 642 | 212 281 | 292 755 | Tamil Nadu |
| 173 | Shrīrāmpur | 137 028 | 197 857 | 289 696 | Bangla |
| 174 | Karīmnagar | 148 583 | 205 653 | 286 595 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 175 | Bīdar | 108 016 | 172 877 | 286 260 | Karnataka |
| 176 | Bijāpur | 186 939 | 228 175 | 281 789 | Karnataka |
| 177 | Rājamahendri | 334 961 | 315 251 | 280 688 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 178 | Bidhannagar | 100 048 | 164 221 | 279 602 | Bangla |
| 179 | Bharatpur | 148 519 | 204 587 | 279 509 | Rajasthan |
| 180 | Rāichūr | 157 551 | 207 421 | 278 271 | Karnataka |
| 181 | Baranagar | 224 821 | 250 768 | 273 660 | Bangla |
| 182 | Bommanahalli | 152 727 | 201 652 | 273 600 | Karnataka |
| 183 | Sāgar | 195 346 | 232 133 | 273 586 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 184 | Anantapur | 174 924 | 218 808 | 272 431 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 185 | Dhanbad | 151 789 | 199 258 | 269 886 | Jharkhand |
| 186 | Mango | 108 108 | 166 125 | 269 106 | Jharkhand |
| 187 | Gangānagar | 161 482 | 210 713 | 268 193 | Rajasthan |
| 188 | Arrah | 157 082 | 203 380 | 268 169 | Bihar |
| 189 | Ratlām | 183 375 | 222 202 | 268 023 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 190 | Pūrnia | 114 912 | 171 687 | 267 956 | Bihar |
| 191 | Nāngloi Jāt | 76 063 | 150 948 | 267 344 | Delhi |
| 192 | Bihār | 201 323 | 232 071 | 267 326 | Bihar |
| 193 | Rewa | 128 981 | 183 274 | 265 404 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 194 | North Dum Dum | 181 496 | 220 042 | 264 468 | Bangla |
| 195 | Ulubāria | 155 172 | 202 135 | 263 915 | Bangla |
| 196 | Farrukhābād | 194 567 | 228 333 | 261 404 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 197 | Virār | 57 600 | 118 928 | 259 310 | Maharashtra |
| 198 | Pondicherry | 203 065 | 220 865 | 258 306 | Puducherry |
| 199 | Rajendranagar | 84 548 | 143 240 | 256 796 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 200 | Rāmagundam | 214 384 | 236 600 | 254 456 | Andhra Pradesh |
