India city data

Cities

City facts referenced across state and union territory pages.

Source: Curated city registry, Census 2011 population, and reference geography
Catalogue size: 81 cities on file
Coverage: Capital roles, districts, population, area, elevation, PIN codes, and vehicle registration codes

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Coverage at a glance

0181 cities on file across India's states and union territories — used as a shared reference for capital, district, and demographic fields across city and State/UT pages.
02Delhi (Delhi) is the largest city in the registry by Census 2011 population at 1,67,87,941.
0329 cities are tagged with a capital role — covering state capitals, union territory capitals, and constitutionally split-capital arrangements.
04Each row links to a city profile with PIN codes, vehicle registration codes, area, and elevation — the same fields linked from state pages.

Agartala

Tripura

State capital city, Largest city

Agra

Uttar Pradesh · Agra

Ahmedabad

Gujarat · Ahmedabad

Aizawl

Mizoram

State capital city, Largest city

Aligarh

Uttar Pradesh · Aligarh

Amaravati

Andhra Pradesh

Amritsar

Punjab · Amritsar

Andrott

Lakshadweep · Lakshadweep

Asansol

West Bengal · Paschim Bardhaman

Bengaluru

Karnataka

State capital city, Largest city

Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh · Bhopal

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

State capital city, Largest city

Chandigarh

Chandigarh · Chandigarh

Union territory capital, Largest city, Shared capital of Punjab and Haryana

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

State capital city, Largest city

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Maharashtra · Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu · Coimbatore

Daman

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu · Daman

Union territory capital

Dehradun

Uttarakhand · Dehradun

State capital city, Largest city

Delhi

Delhi · Delhi

Dhanbad

Jharkhand · Dhanbad

Dharamshala

Himachal Pradesh · Kangra

Dimapur

Nagaland

Dispur

Assam

Faridabad

Haryana · Faridabad

Gairsain

Uttarakhand · Chamoli

Gandhinagar

Gujarat · Gandhinagar

Gangtok

Sikkim

State capital city, Largest city

Ghaziabad

Uttar Pradesh · Ghaziabad

Guwahati

Assam

Gwalior

Madhya Pradesh · Gwalior

Howrah

West Bengal · Howrah

Hyderabad

Telangana

State capital city, Largest city

Imphal

Manipur

State capital city, Largest city

Indore

Madhya Pradesh · Indore

Itanagar

Arunachal Pradesh

State capital city, Largest city

Jabalpur

Madhya Pradesh · Jabalpur

Jaipur

Rajasthan · Jaipur

State capital city, Largest city

Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir · Jammu

Jamshedpur

Jharkhand

Jodhpur

Rajasthan · Jodhpur

Kalyan-Dombivli

Maharashtra · Thane

Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh · Kanpur Nagar

Kargil

Ladakh · Kargil

Kavaratti

Lakshadweep · Lakshadweep

Kohima

Nagaland

Kolkata

West Bengal

State capital city, Largest city

Kota

Rajasthan · Kota

Leh

Ladakh · Leh

Capital city, Largest city

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh · Lucknow

State capital city, Largest city

Ludhiana

Punjab · Ludhiana

Madurai

Tamil Nadu · Madurai

Meerut

Uttar Pradesh · Meerut

Mumbai

Maharashtra · Mumbai City

State capital city, Largest city

Nagpur

Maharashtra · Nagpur

Nashik

Maharashtra · Nashik

Navi Mumbai

Maharashtra · Thane

New Delhi

Delhi · New Delhi

National capital, Union territory capital

Panaji

Goa · North Goa

Patna

Bihar · Patna

Pimpri-Chinchwad

Maharashtra · Pune

Prayagraj

Uttar Pradesh · Prayagraj

Puducherry

Puducherry · Puducherry

Capital city, Largest city

Pune

Maharashtra · Pune

Raipur

Chhattisgarh · Raipur

State capital city, Largest city

Rajkot

Gujarat · Rajkot

Ranchi

Jharkhand

Shillong

Meghalaya

State capital city, Largest city

Shimla

Himachal Pradesh · Shimla

State capital city, Largest city

Silvassa

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu · Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Sri Vijaya Puram

Andaman and Nicobar Islands · South Andaman

Union territory capital, Largest city

Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir · Srinagar

Surat

Gujarat · Surat

Thane

Maharashtra · Thane

Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala

State capital city, Largest city

Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu · Tiruchirappalli

Vadodara

Gujarat · Vadodara

Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh · Varanasi

Vasai-Virar

Maharashtra · Palghar

Vasco da Gama

Goa · South Goa

Vijayawada

Andhra Pradesh · NTR

Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

		District	Roles
Agartala City	Tripura	—	State capital city, Largest city	4,00,004 2011 · Wikipedia: Agartala	76.504 km²	12.8 m
Agra Metropolis	Uttar Pradesh	—	—	15,85,704 2011 · Wikipedia: Agra	121 km²	170 m
Ahmedabad Metropolis	Gujarat	—	Largest city	56,33,927 2011 · Wikipedia: Ahmedabad	505 km²	69.65 m
Aizawl City	Mizoram	—	State capital city, Largest city	2,93,416 2011 · Wikipedia: Aizawl	129.91 km²	1,132 m
Aligarh Metropolis	Uttar Pradesh	—	—	8,74,408 2011 · Wikipedia: Aligarh	40 km²	178 m
Amaravati City	Andhra Pradesh	—	Capital city	13,400 2011 · Wikipedia: Amaravati	217.23 km²	49 m
Amritsar Metropolis	Punjab	—	—	11,32,383 2011 · Wikipedia: Amritsar	139 km²	—
Andrott City	Lakshadweep	Lakshadweep	Largest city	11,191 2011 · Census 2011	4.9 km²	0 m
Asansol Metropolis	West Bengal	Paschim Bardhaman	—	5,63,917 2011 · Wikipedia: Asansol	326 km²	111 m
Bengaluru Metropolis	Karnataka	—	State capital city, Largest city	84,43,675 2011 · Wikipedia: Bengaluru	741 km²	920 m
Bhopal Metropolis	Madhya Pradesh	—	State capital city	17,98,218 2011 · Wikipedia: Bhopal	463 km²	518.73 m
Bhubaneswar Metropolis	Odisha	—	State capital city, Largest city	8,37,737 2011 · Wikipedia: Bhubaneswar	186 km²	45 m
Chandigarh City	Chandigarh	—	Union territory capital, Largest city, Shared capital of Punjab and Haryana	9,60,787 2011 · Wikipedia: Chandigarh	114 km²	321 m
Chennai Metropolis	Tamil Nadu	—	State capital city, Largest city	46,46,732 2011 · Wikipedia: Chennai	426 km²	7 m
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Metropolis	Maharashtra	—	—	11,75,116 2011 · Wikipedia: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar	141 km²	568 m
Coimbatore Metropolis	Tamil Nadu	—	—	10,50,721 2011 · Wikipedia: Coimbatore	257.04 km²	427 m
Daman City	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	—	Union territory capital	44,282 2011 · Wikipedia: Daman, India	6.5 km²	5 m
Dehradun City	Uttarakhand	—	State capital city, Largest city	5,78,420 2011 · Wikipedia: Dehradun	196.48 km²	640 m
Delhi Metropolis	Delhi	—	Largest city	1,67,87,941 2011 · Census 2011	1,484 km²	216 m
Dhanbad Metropolis	Jharkhand	—	—	11,62,472 2011 · Wikipedia: Dhanbad	275 km²	69 m
Dharamshala City	Himachal Pradesh	Kangra	Winter capital	30,764 2011 · Wikipedia: Dharamshala	27.6 km²	1,457 m
Dimapur City	Nagaland	—	Largest city	1,22,834 2011 · Wikipedia: Dimapur	18.13 km²	145 m
Dispur City	Assam	—	State capital city	9,57,352 2011 · Wikipedia: Guwahati	104.7 km²	55 m
Faridabad Metropolis	Haryana	—	Largest city	14,14,050 2011 · Wikipedia: Faridabad	189.9 km²	198 m
Gairsain City	Uttarakhand	Chamoli	Summer capital	7,138 2011 · Wikipedia: Gairsain	7.53 km²	1,650 m
Gandhinagar City	Gujarat	—	State capital city	2,06,167 2011 · Wikipedia: Gandhinagar	326 km²	81 m
Gangtok City	Sikkim	—	State capital city, Largest city	1,00,286 2011 · Wikipedia: Gangtok	19.3 km²	1,650 m
Ghaziabad Metropolis	Uttar Pradesh	—	—	16,48,643 2011 · Wikipedia: Ghaziabad	210 km²	—
Guwahati Metropolis	Assam	—	Largest city	9,57,352 2011 · Wikipedia: Guwahati	216 km²	50 m
Gwalior Metropolis	Madhya Pradesh	—	—	10,54,420 2011 · Wikipedia: Gwalior	414 km²	247.04 m
Howrah Metropolis	West Bengal	—	—	10,77,075 2011 · Wikipedia: Howrah	63.55 km²	12 m
Hyderabad Metropolis	Telangana	—	State capital city, Largest city	68,09,970 2011 · Wikipedia: Hyderabad	650 km²	536 m
Imphal City	Manipur	—	State capital city, Largest city	2,64,986 2011 · Wikipedia: Imphal	94 km²	786 m
Indore Metropolis	Madhya Pradesh	—	Largest city	19,94,397 2011 · Wikipedia: Indore	530 km²	550 m
Itanagar City	Arunachal Pradesh	—	State capital city, Largest city	59,490 2011 · Wikipedia: Itanagar	51.69 km²	320 m
Jabalpur Metropolis	Madhya Pradesh	—	—	10,55,525 2011 · Wikipedia: Jabalpur	263.49 km²	412 m
Jaipur Metropolis	Rajasthan	—	State capital city, Largest city	30,46,163 2011 · Wikipedia: Jaipur	467 km²	431 m
Jammu City	Jammu and Kashmir	—	Winter capital	5,02,197 2011 · Wikipedia: Jammu	240 km²	300 m
Jamshedpur Metropolis	Jharkhand	—	Largest city	6,29,659 2011 · Wikipedia: Jamshedpur	224 km²	159 m
Jodhpur Metropolis	Rajasthan	—	—	10,33,756 2011 · Wikipedia: Jodhpur	233 km²	241 m
Kalyan-Dombivli Metropolis	Maharashtra	Thane	—	12,47,327 2011 · Wikipedia: Kalyan-Dombivli	137.15 km²	—
Kanpur Metropolis	Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur Nagar	—	27,65,348 2011 · Wikipedia: Kanpur	260 km²	126 m
Kargil City	Ladakh	—	Capital city	16,338 2011 · Census 2011	2.14 km²	2,676 m
Kavaratti City	Lakshadweep	Lakshadweep	Capital city	11,210 2011 · Census 2011	4.22 km²	5 m
Kohima City	Nagaland	—	State capital city	99,039 2011 · Wikipedia: Kohima	20 km²	1,444 m
Kolkata Metropolis	West Bengal	—	State capital city, Largest city	44,96,694 2011 · Wikipedia: Kolkata	206.08 km²	9 m
Kota Metropolis	Rajasthan	—	—	10,01,694 2011 · Wikipedia: Kota	527 km²	271 m
Leh City	Ladakh	—	Capital city, Largest city	30,870 2011 · Census 2011	9.15 km²	3,500 m
Lucknow Metropolis	Uttar Pradesh	—	State capital city, Largest city	28,17,105 2011 · Wikipedia: Lucknow	631 km²	123 m
Ludhiana Metropolis	Punjab	—	Largest city	16,18,879 2011 · Wikipedia: Ludhiana	159.37 km²	262 m
Madurai Metropolis	Tamil Nadu	—	—	10,17,865 2011 · Wikipedia: Madurai	147.97 km²	134 m
Meerut Metropolis	Uttar Pradesh	—	—	13,05,429 2011 · Wikipedia: Meerut	450 km²	247 m
Mumbai Metropolis	Maharashtra	Mumbai City	State capital city, Largest city	1,24,42,373 2011 · Wikipedia: Mumbai	603.4 km²	14 m
Nagpur Metropolis	Maharashtra	—	Winter capital	24,05,665 2011 · Wikipedia: Nagpur	227.4 km²	310 m
Nashik Metropolis	Maharashtra	—	—	14,86,053 2011 · Wikipedia: Nashik	267 km²	602.48 m
Navi Mumbai Metropolis	Maharashtra	Thane	—	11,20,547 2011 · Wikipedia: Navi Mumbai	109.59 km²	14 m
New Delhi City	Delhi	—	National capital, Union territory capital	2,49,998 2011 · Wikipedia: New Delhi	42.7 km²	216 m
Panaji City	Goa	North Goa	State capital city	40,017 2011 · Wikipedia: Panaji	8.27 km²	7 m
Patna Metropolis	Bihar	—	State capital city	16,84,222 2011 · Wikipedia: Patna	250 km²	53 m
Pimpri-Chinchwad Metropolis	Maharashtra	Pune	—	17,27,692 2011 · Wikipedia: Pimpri-Chinchwad	181 km²	530 m
Prayagraj Metropolis	Uttar Pradesh	—	—	11,12,544 2011 · Wikipedia: Prayagraj	365 km²	98 m
Puducherry City	Puducherry	—	Capital city, Largest city	2,44,377 2011 · Census 2011	19.54 km²	3 m
Pune Metropolis	Maharashtra	—	—	31,24,458 2011 · Wikipedia: Pune	516.18 km²	570.62 m
Raipur Metropolis	Chhattisgarh	—	State capital city, Largest city	10,10,087 2011 · Wikipedia: Raipur	226 km²	298.15 m
Rajkot Metropolis	Gujarat	—	—	12,86,678 2011 · Wikipedia: Rajkot	170 km²	134.42 m
Ranchi Metropolis	Jharkhand	—	State capital city	10,73,427 2011 · Wikipedia: Ranchi	175.12 km²	651 m
Shillong City	Meghalaya	—	State capital city, Largest city	1,43,229 2011 · Wikipedia: Shillong	64.36 km²	1,495 m
Shimla City	Himachal Pradesh	—	State capital city, Largest city	1,69,578 2011 · Wikipedia: Shimla	35.34 km²	2,206 m
Silvassa City	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Largest city	98,265 2011 · Wikipedia: Silvassa	16 km²	32 m
Sri Vijaya Puram City	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	South Andaman	Union territory capital, Largest city	1,00,608 2011 · Wikipedia: Port Blair	41 km²	16 m
Srinagar City	Jammu and Kashmir	—	Summer capital	11,80,570 2011 · Wikipedia: Srinagar	294 km²	1,585 m
Surat Metropolis	Gujarat	—	—	44,67,797 2011 · Wikipedia: Surat	461.6 km²	34.68 m
Thane Metropolis	Maharashtra	—	—	18,41,488 2011 · Wikipedia: Thane	147 km²	7 m
Thiruvananthapuram Metropolis	Kerala	—	State capital city, Largest city	9,57,730 2011 · Wikipedia: Thiruvananthapuram	214 km²	38.93 m
Tiruchirappalli Metropolis	Tamil Nadu	—	—	9,16,857 2011 · Wikipedia: Tiruchirappalli	167.23 km²	81 m
Vadodara Metropolis	Gujarat	—	—	16,70,806 2011 · Wikipedia: Vadodara	420.33 km²	35.5 m
Varanasi Metropolis	Uttar Pradesh	—	—	11,98,491 2011 · Wikipedia: Varanasi	82 km²	80.71 m
Vasai-Virar Metropolis	Maharashtra	Palghar	—	12,22,390 2011 · Wikipedia: Vasai-Virar	319.39 km²	11 m
Vasco da Gama City	Goa	South Goa	Largest city	1,00,000 2011 · Wikipedia: Vasco da Gama, Goa	27.36 km²	43 m
Vijayawada Metropolis	Andhra Pradesh	NTR	—	10,34,358 2011 · Wikipedia: Vijayawada	61.88 km²	11 m
Visakhapatnam Metropolis	Andhra Pradesh	—	Largest city	17,28,128 2011 · Wikipedia: Visakhapatnam	640 km²	45 m