List of most populous metropolitan areas in India

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This article lists the top hundred metropolitan areas in India by population as of 2008. The combined population of these 100 metros accounts for approximately one-seventh of the national population.

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Rank	Metropolitan Area	State	Population[1]
1	Mumbai	Maharashtra	20,870,764
2	Delhi	Delhi	18,362,625
3	Kolkata	West Bengal	15,185,670
4	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	7,196,555
5	Bengaluru	Karnataka	6,370,130
6	Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh	6,196,939
7	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	5,255,003
8	Pune	Maharashtra	5,069,061
9	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	3,408,945
10	Surat	Gujarat	3,149,269
11	Jaipur	Rajasthan	2,997,114
12	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	2,915,756
13	Nagpur	Maharashtra	2,531,567
14	Patna	Bihar	2,516,346
15	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	1,994,909
16	Meerut	Uttar Pradesh	1,831,078
17	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	1,713,383
18	Vadodara	Gujarat	1,671,713
19	Ludhiana	Punjab	1,662,325
20	Nashik	Maharashtra	1,656,359
21	Bhubaneswar	Orissa	1,636,216
22	Agra	Uttar Pradesh	1,630,400
23	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	1,619,778
24	Kochi	Kerala	1,518,261
25	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	1,489,211
26	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	1,487,556
27	Rajkot	Gujarat	1,432,180
28	Madurai	Tamil Nadu	1,338,206
29	Asansol	West Bengal	1,287,931
30	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh	1,251,434
31	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh	1,243,649
32	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	1,234,188
33	Dhanbad	Jharkhand	1,192,242
34	Amritsar	Punjab	1,181,790
35	Maisuru	Karnataka	1,164,323
36	Aurangabad	Maharashtra	1,153,825
37	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh	1,132,644
38	Sholapur	Maharashtra	1,094,553
39	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir	1,088,067
40	Bhilai	Chhattisgarh	1,083,372
41	Ranchi	Jharkhand	1,039,692
42	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	1,027,403
43	Guwahati	Assam	1,012,811
44	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1,003,301
45	Kozhikode	Kerala	985,922
46	Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	972,578
47	Jodhpur	Rajasthan	971,407
48	Tiruchchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	948,915
49	Jalandhar	Punjab	934,511
50	Bareli	Uttar Pradesh	888,045
51	Hubli	Karnataka	879,506
52	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh	823,085
53	Kota	Rajasthan	807,920
54	Moradabad	Uttar Pradesh	785,105
55	Raipur	Chhattisgarh	783,282
56	Dehra Dun	Uttarakhand	709,240
57	Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh	707,516
58	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	680,651
59	Kakinada	Andhra Pradesh	646,541
60	Amravati	Maharashtra	646,416
61	Jamnagar	Gujarat	625,562
62	Bikaner	Rajasthan	612,699
63	Tiruppur	Tamil Nadu	608,004
64	Mangalore	Karnataka	603,269
65	Sangli	Maharashtra	601,214
66	Bhavnagar	Gujarat	600,559
67	Ajmer	Rajasthan	596,023
68	Bokaro	Jharkhand	579,990
69	Belgaum	Karnataka	567,060
70	Pondicherry	Pondicherry	566,478
71	Kannur	Kerala	558,032
72	Kolhapur	Maharashtra	557,336
73	Siliguri	West Bengal	555,729
74	Raurkela	Orissa	542,481
75	Guntur	Andhra Pradesh	540,011
76	Durgapur	West Bengal	538,306
77	Nanded	Maharashtra	529,145
78	Gulbarga	Karnataka	521,492
79	Jhansi	Uttar Pradesh	518,945
80	Saharanpur	Uttar Pradesh	513,300
81	Warangal	Andhra Pradesh	505,090
82	Kharagpur	West Bengal	503,701
83	Gaya	Bihar	493,964
84	Kollam	Kerala	491,131
85	Mathura	Uttar Pradesh	485,998
86	Firozabad	Uttar Pradesh	484,144
87	Tirunelveli	Tamil Nadu	483,461
88	Ujjain	Madhya Pradesh	482,415
89	Jalgaon	Maharashtra	479,992
90	Nellore	Andhra Pradesh	466,648
91	Rajahmundry	Andhra Pradesh	457,404
92	Ahmadnagar	Maharashtra	455,811
93	Malegaon	Maharashtra	455,228
94	Korba	Chhattisgarh	453,047
95	Akola	Maharashtra	451,270
96	Udaipur	Rajasthan	448,635
97	Davanagere	Karnataka	441,706
98	Erode	Tamil Nadu	438,169
99	Vellore	Tamil Nadu	434,855
100	Panipat	Haryana	396,515

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[edit] See also

• List of most populous cities in India
• Demographics of India