| no. | name | census 1991 | census 2001 | estimate 2005 | calculation 2013 | parent division |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumbai | 13 575 525 | 17 665 491 | 19 499 453 | 23 413 188 | |
| 2 | Dilli | 16 392 976 | 19 826 912 | |||
| 3 | Kolkata | 13 556 794 | 16 396 618 | |||
| 4 | Chennai | 6 424 624 | 7 770 429 | |||
| 5 | Bengalūru | 6 878 102 | ||||
| 6 | Haidarābād | 5 533 640 | 5 911 831 | 6 672 774 | ||
| 7 | Pune | 2 463 897 | 3 811 052 | 4 510 148 | 6 208 578 | |
| 8 | Ahmadābād | 4 691 330 | 5 674 051 | |||
| 9 | Kānpur | 2 132 126 | 2 842 652 | 3 179 147 | 3 912 475 | |
| 10 | Jaipur | 1 518 235 | 2 322 575 | 3 526 024 | Rajasthan | |
| 11 | Sūrat | 2 811 466 | 3 400 401 | |||
| 12 | Lakhnau | 1 794 560 | 2 417 045 | 2 704 748 | 3 336 555 | |
| 13 | Patna | 1 707 429 | 3 284 688 | |||
| 14 | Nāgpur | 2 260 021 | 2 733 441 | |||
| 15 | Mīrat | 1 167 399 | 1 528 199 | 2 464 550 | ||
| 16 | Indore | 1 639 044 | 1 861 740 | 2 367 984 | ||
| 17 | Nāshik | 1 152 048 | 2 125 008 | |||
| 18 | Bhopāl | 1 454 830 | 1 911 267 | |||
| 19 | Āgra | 946 416 | 1 319 501 | 1 881 103 | ||
| 20 | Ludhiāna | 1 042 740 | 1 398 467 | 1 837 586 | Punjab | |
| 21 | Rājkot | 1 002 160 | 1 829 649 | |||
| 22 | Vadodara | 1 492 398 | 1 805 020 | |||
| 23 | Bhubaneswar | 1 427 395 | 1 790 910 | |||
| 24 | Nāshik | 656 925 | 1 077 236 | 1 760 581 | Maharashtra | |
| 25 | Koyampattur | 1 446 034 | 1 748 944 | |||
| 26 | Kochi | 1 355 406 | 1 639 331 | |||
| 27 | Visakhapatnam | 1 329 472 | 1 607 965 | |||
| 28 | Vārānasī | 1 327 995 | 1 606 178 | |||
| 29 | Maisuru | 1 525 655 | ||||
| 30 | Madurai | 1 194 665 | 1 444 919 | |||
| 31 | Asansol | 1 090 171 | 1 439 827 | |||
| 32 | Allahābād | 1 049 579 | 1 393 209 | |||
| 33 | Aurangābād | 891 841 | 1 374 735 | |||
| 34 | Jabalpur | 1 117 200 | 1 351 227 | |||
| 35 | Jamshedpur | 1 101 804 | 1 332 606 | |||
| 36 | Amritsar | 1 011 327 | 1 311 079 | |||
| 37 | Dhanbad | 1 064 357 | 1 287 314 | |||
| 38 | Sholāpur | 604 215 | 872 478 | 1 230 519 | Maharashtra | |
| 39 | Vijayawāda | 1 011 152 | 1 222 964 | |||
| 40 | Bhilai | 923 559 | 1 205 127 | |||
| 41 | Rānchi | 641 751 | 862 850 | 1 178 403 | ||
| 42 | Srīnagar | 971 357 | 1 174 833 | |||
| 43 | Guwāhāti | 621 887 | 845 506 | 1 145 144 | ||
| 44 | Thiruvananthapuram | 889 191 | 1 130 816 | |||
| 45 | Kozhikkod | 880 168 | 1 064 542 | |||
| 46 | Jalandhar | 568 591 | 774 068 | 1 061 542 | ||
| 47 | Jodhpur | 856 034 | 1 055 747 | |||
| 48 | Gwalior | 717 780 | 865 800 | 1 048 231 | ||
| 49 | Tiruchchirāppalli | 847 131 | 1 024 585 | |||
| 50 | Chandīgarh | 569 374 | 808 515 | 987 054 | Chandigarh | |
| 51 | Bareli | 653 163 | 788 818 | 958 445 | ||
| 52 | Hubli | 648 298 | 786 195 | 957 959 | Karnataka | |
| 53 | Alīgarh | 480 520 | 669 087 | 933 119 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 54 | Morādābād | 465 210 | 641 583 | 887 774 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 55 | Kota | 704 731 | 884 374 | |||
| 56 | Dehra Dūn | 527 859 | 629 705 | 881 268 | ||
| 57 | Raipur | 699 264 | 845 743 | |||
| 58 | Gorakhpur | 505 566 | 622 701 | 753 576 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 59 | Jammu | 607 642 | 734 928 | |||
| 60 | Warangal | 577 190 | 698 098 | |||
| 61 | Amrāvati | 421 576 | 549 510 | 694 537 | Maharashtra | |
| 62 | Sangli-Miraj | 362 007 | 494 421 | 685 997 | ||
| 63 | Jāmnagar | 558 462 | 675 446 | |||
| 64 | Bhāvnagar | 411 760 | 521 807 | 659 331 | ||
| 65 | Tiruppur | 542 787 | 656 488 | |||
| 66 | Bīkāner | 416 289 | 529 690 | 653 849 | Rajasthan | |
| 67 | Bokāro | 497 855 | 547 385 | 653 436 | ||
| 68 | Mangaluru | 538 560 | 651 375 | |||
| 69 | Ajmer | 444 910 | 534 308 | 639 535 | ||
| 70 | Shilīguri | 364 167 | 472 374 | 616 040 | Bangla | |
| 71 | Belgaum | 506 235 | 612 279 | |||
| 72 | Pondicherry | 505 715 | 611 650 | |||
| 73 | Korba | 124 501 | 315 690 | 606 902 | Chhattisgarh | |
| 74 | Kannur | 498 175 | 602 531 | |||
| 75 | Kolhāpur | 497 554 | 601 780 | |||
| 76 | Nānded | 309 316 | 430 733 | 590 080 | Maharashtra | |
| 77 | Gulbarga | 435 631 | 588 416 | |||
| 78 | Raurkela | 484 292 | 585 740 | |||
| 79 | Byatarayanapura | 54 036 | 181 744 | 580 189 | Karnataka | |
| 80 | Rāmagundam | 250 286 | 336 676 | 568 096 | ||
| 81 | Durgāpur | 425 836 | 493 405 | 562 342 | Bangla | |
| 82 | Jhānsi | 463 281 | 560 327 | |||
| 83 | Jālgaon | 242 193 | 368 618 | 557 173 | Maharashtra | |
| 84 | Gaya | 313 367 | 414 080 | 555 760 | ||
| 85 | Ahmadnagar | 347 396 | 548 466 | |||
| 86 | Mathura | 306 953 | 406 492 | 547 615 | ||
| 87 | Guntūr | 471 051 | 514 461 | 546 525 | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 88 | Kharagpur | 449 672 | 543 868 | |||
| 89 | Sahāranpur | 374 945 | 455 754 | 543 641 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 90 | Kollam | 430 411 | 535 848 | |||
| 91 | Fīrozābād | 432 213 | 522 751 | |||
| 92 | Tirunelveli | 431 603 | 522 014 | |||
| 93 | Ujjain | 430 669 | 520 884 | |||
| 94 | Nellur | 404 922 | 512 686 | |||
| 95 | Gajuvaka | 48 306 | 259 180 | 507 594 | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 96 | Davanagere | 266 082 | 364 523 | 504 362 | Karnataka | |
| 97 | Mahadevapura | 7 924 | 135 794 | 501 750 | Karnataka | |
| 98 | Rājamahendri | 408 341 | 493 879 | |||
| 99 | Udaipur | 308 571 | 389 438 | 481 320 | Rajasthan | |
| 100 | Erode | 391 169 | 473 110 | |||
| 101 | Mālegaon | 342 595 | 409 403 | 472 450 | Maharashtra | |
| 102 | Akola | 328 034 | 400 520 | 470 869 | Maharashtra | |
| 103 | Velluru | 388 211 | 469 532 | |||
| 104 | Brahmapur | 210 418 | 307 792 | 466 164 | Orissa | |
| 105 | Alappuzha | 294 673 | 311 502 | 361 521 | 457 463 | |
| 106 | Lātūr | 197 408 | 299 985 | 452 909 | Maharashtra | |
| 107 | Muzaffarnagar | 259 202 | 336 051 | 441 163 | ||
| 108 | Singrauli | 60 207 | 185 190 | 434 831 | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 109 | Pānīpat | 353 983 | 428 134 | |||
| 110 | Bhīlwāra | 183 965 | 280 128 | 426 671 | Rajasthan | |
| 111 | Shimoga | 179 258 | 274 352 | 425 304 | Karnataka | |
| 112 | Bhāgalpur | 349 709 | 422 965 | |||
| 113 | Shāhjahānpur | 277 262 | 339 736 | 418 751 | ||
| 114 | Tumkūr | 138 903 | 248 929 | 413 357 | Karnataka | |
| 115 | Ambāla | 350 109 | 413 292 | |||
| 116 | Kākināda | 372 801 | 393 623 | 410 097 | ||
| 117 | Dhule | 278 317 | 341 755 | 406 282 | Maharashtra | |
| 118 | Patiāla | 254 858 | 320 808 | 403 272 | ||
| 119 | Thrissūr | 320 020 | 346 347 | 367 023 | 402 136 | |
| 120 | Muzaffarpur | 241 107 | 305 525 | 394 302 | Bihar | |
| 121 | Karnūl | 320 619 | 387 781 | |||
| 122 | Yamunānagar | 306 640 | 332 154 | 385 144 | ||
| 123 | Bellary | 266 036 | 316 766 | 380 417 | Karnataka | |
| 124 | Sāgar | 309 164 | 373 926 | |||
| 125 | Bilāspur | 221 442 | 274 917 | 371 328 | Chhattisgarh | |
| 126 | Hisār | 263 070 | 371 299 | |||
| 127 | Tirupati | 302 678 | 366 082 | |||
| 128 | Rohtak | 294 537 | 363 896 | |||
| 129 | Etāwah | 124 072 | 210 453 | 360 821 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 130 | Chandrapur | 226 105 | 289 450 | 357 424 | Maharashtra | |
| 131 | Parbhani | 190 255 | 259 329 | 347 790 | Maharashtra | |
| 132 | Ichalkaranji | 285 795 | 345 662 | |||
| 133 | Munger | 283 970 | 344 428 | |||
| 134 | Nizāmābād | 241 034 | 288 722 | 341 063 | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 135 | Mau | 136 697 | 212 657 | 334 985 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 136 | Dewās | 164 364 | 231 672 | 331 379 | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 137 | Darbhanga | 218 391 | 267 348 | 330 015 | Bihar | |
| 138 | Barddhamān | 245 079 | 285 602 | 327 728 | Bangla | |
| 139 | Shillong | 267 881 | 323 996 | |||
| 140 | Āīzawl | 155 240 | 228 280 | 322 615 | Mizoram | |
| 141 | Alwar | 265 850 | 321 539 | |||
| 142 | Satna | 229 323 | 321 380 | |||
| 143 | Rāmpur | 243 742 | 281 494 | 316 238 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 144 | Cuddapah | 260 899 | 315 551 | |||
| 145 | Thūthukkudi | 242 860 | 265 874 | 314 733 | ||
| 146 | Hāpur | 146 262 | 211 983 | 313 572 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 147 | Jālna | 174 985 | 235 795 | 312 528 | Maharashtra | |
| 148 | Surendranagar | 155 901 | 218 156 | 309 200 | ||
| 149 | Bijāpur | 253 307 | 307 018 | |||
| 150 | Jūnāgadh | 252 138 | 304 955 | |||
| 151 | Behta Hajipur | 30 361 | 94 298 | 303 051 | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 152 | Imphāl | 245 967 | 297 491 | |||
| 153 | Hospet | 96 322 | 164 240 | 296 695 | Karnataka | |
| 154 | Bathinda | 159 114 | 217 256 | 294 542 | Punjab | |
| 155 | Anantapur | 243 359 | 294 337 | |||
| 156 | Karīmnagar | 158 268 | 213 641 | 293 637 | ||
| 157 | Farrukhābād | 242 558 | 293 368 | |||
| 158 | Pūrnia | 196 757 | 225 390 | 291 454 | ||
| 159 | Bīdar | 108 016 | 172 877 | 286 260 | Karnataka | |
| 160 | Ratlām | 233 480 | 282 388 | |||
| 161 | Navsāri | 232 420 | 281 106 | |||
| 162 | Bharatpur | 148 519 | 204 587 | 279 509 | Rajasthan | |
| 163 | Rāichūr | 157 551 | 207 421 | 278 271 | Karnataka | |
| 164 | Sambalpur | 226 966 | 274 510 | |||
| 165 | Ingrāj Bāzār | 224 392 | 271 397 | |||
| 166 | Gangānagar | 222 833 | 269 511 | |||
| 167 | Karnāl | 222 017 | 268 524 | |||
| 168 | Arrah | 157 082 | 203 380 | 268 169 | Bihar | |
| 169 | Bihār | 201 323 | 232 071 | 267 326 | Bihar | |
| 170 | Haridwār | 220 433 | 266 608 | |||
| 171 | Rewa | 128 981 | 183 274 | 265 404 | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 172 | Ānand | 218 064 | 263 743 | |||
| 173 | Faizābād | 190 672 | 224 249 | 263 621 | ||
| 174 | Elūru | 215 343 | 260 452 |
