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.
List
| Rank |
Metropolitan Area |
State |
Population1 |
| 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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