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This article lists the top hundred metropolitan areas in India by population as of 2009. The combined population of these 100 metros accounts for approximately one-seventh of the national population.
| Rank |
Metropolitan Area |
State |
Population[1] |
| 1 |
Mumbai |
Maharashtra |
21,347,412 |
| 2 |
Delhi |
Delhi |
18,639,762 |
| 3 |
Kolkata |
West Bengal |
15,414,859 |
| 4 |
Chennai |
Tamil Nadu |
7,305,169 |
| 5 |
Bengaluru |
Karnataka |
6,466,271 |
| 6 |
Hyderabad |
Andhra Pradesh |
6,290,397 |
| 7 |
Ahmedabad |
Gujarat |
5,334,314 |
| 8 |
Pune |
Maharashtra |
5,273,211 |
| 9 |
Kanpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
3,494,275 |
| 10 |
Surat |
Gujarat |
3,196,799 |
| 11 |
Jaipur |
Rajasthan |
3,102,808 |
| 12 |
Lucknow |
Uttar Pradesh |
2,991,280 |
| 13 |
Nagpur |
Maharashtra |
2,656,318 |
| 14 |
Patna |
Bihar |
2,569,775 |
| 15 |
Indore |
Madhya Pradesh |
2,049,193 |
| 16 |
Meerut |
Uttar Pradesh |
1,948,882 |
| 17 |
Bhopal |
Madhya Pradesh |
1,751,766 |
| 18 |
Nashik |
Maharashtra |
1,742,343 |
| 19 |
Ludhiana |
Punjab |
1,701,212 |
| 20 |
Vadodara |
Gujarat |
1,696,943 |
| 21 |
Agra |
Uttar Pradesh |
1,678,363 |
| 22 |
Bhubaneswar |
Orissa |
1,666,429 |
| 23 |
Coimbatore |
Tamil Nadu |
1,644,224 |
| 24 |
Kochi |
Kerala |
1,541,175 |
| 25 |
Visakhapatnam |
Andhra Pradesh |
1,511,687 |
| 26 |
Varanasi |
Uttar Pradesh |
1,510,007 |
| 27 |
Rajkot |
Gujarat |
1,505,231 |
| 28 |
Madurai |
Tamil Nadu |
1,358,403 |
| 29 |
Asansol |
West Bengal |
1,317,369 |
| 30 |
Allahabad |
Uttar Pradesh |
1,272,612 |
| 31 |
Jabalpur |
Madhya Pradesh |
1,270,321 |
| 32 |
Jamshedpur |
Jharkhand |
1,252,815 |
| 33 |
Maisuru |
Karnataka |
1,230,039 |
| 34 |
Dhanbad |
Jharkhand |
1,210,235 |
| 35 |
Amritsar |
Punjab |
1,206,918 |
| 36 |
Aurangabad |
Maharashtra |
1,195,592 |
| 37 |
Vijayawada |
Andhra Pradesh |
1,149,738 |
| 38 |
Sholapur |
Maharashtra |
1,128,884 |
| 39 |
Bhilai |
Chhattisgarh |
1,107,012 |
| 40 |
Srinagar |
Jammu and Kashmir |
1,104,489 |
| 41 |
Ranchi |
Jharkhand |
1,066,449 |
| 42 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Kerala |
1,047,560 |
| 43 |
Guwahati |
Assam |
1,038,071 |
| 44 |
Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
1,033,671 |
| 45 |
Kozhikode |
Kerala |
1,000,802 |
| 46 |
Gwalior |
Madhya Pradesh |
987,654 |
| 47 |
Jodhpur |
Rajasthan |
971,407 |
| 48 |
Tiruchchirappalli |
Tamil Nadu |
963,237 |
| 49 |
Jalandhar |
Punjab |
958,854 |
| 50 |
Bareli |
Uttar Pradesh |
902,087 |
| 51 |
Hubli |
Karnataka |
892,297 |
| 52 |
Aligarh |
Uttar Pradesh |
846,395 |
| 53 |
Kota |
Rajasthan |
822,851 |
| 54 |
Moradabad |
Uttar Pradesh |
806,714 |
| 55 |
Raipur |
Chhattisgarh |
795,104 |
| 56 |
Dehra Dun |
Uttarakhand |
738,889 |
| 57 |
Gorakhpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
719,097 |
| 58 |
Jammu |
Jammu and Kashmir |
690,924 |
| 59 |
Amravati |
Maharashtra |
660,543 |
| 60 |
Warangal |
Andhra Pradesh |
656,298 |
| 61 |
Jamnagar |
Gujarat |
635,004 |
| 62 |
Bikaner |
Rajasthan |
624,577 |
| 63 |
Sangli |
Maharashtra |
617,495 |
| 64 |
Tiruppur |
Tamil Nadu |
617,180 |
| 65 |
Mangalore |
Karnataka |
612,374 |
| 66 |
Bhavnagar |
Gujarat |
612,012 |
| 67 |
Ajmer |
Rajasthan |
604,670 |
| 68 |
Bokaro |
Jharkhand |
592,064 |
| 69 |
Belgaum |
Karnataka |
575,618 |
| 70 |
Pondicherry |
Pondicherry |
575,027 |
| 71 |
Siliguri |
West Bengal |
567,804 |
| 72 |
Kannur |
Kerala |
566,454 |
| 73 |
Kolhapur |
Maharashtra |
565,748 |
| 74 |
Raurkela |
Orissa |
550,668 |
| 75 |
Nanded |
Maharashtra |
544,125 |
| 76 |
Durgapur |
West Bengal |
543,922 |
| 77 |
Guntur |
Andhra Pradesh |
542,522 |
| 78 |
Gulbarga |
Karnataka |
534,417 |
| 79 |
Jhansi |
Uttar Pradesh |
526,777 |
| 80 |
Saharanpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
521,018 |
| 81 |
Kharagpur |
West Bengal |
511,303 |
| 82 |
Gaya |
Bihar |
499,874 |
| 83 |
Kollam |
Kerala |
491,131 |
| 84 |
Mathura |
Uttar Pradesh |
497,945 |
| 85 |
Jalgaon |
Maharashtra |
497,783 |
| 86 |
Firozabad |
Uttar Pradesh |
491,451 |
| 87 |
Tirunelveli |
Tamil Nadu |
490,758 |
| 88 |
Ujjain |
Madhya Pradesh |
489,696 |
| 89 |
Korba |
Chhattisgarh |
477,276 |
| 90 |
Nellore |
Andhra Pradesh |
475,627 |
| 91 |
Ahmadnagar |
Maharashtra |
473,260 |
| 92 |
Rajahmundry |
Andhra Pradesh |
464,307 |
| 93 |
Malegaon |
Maharashtra |
461,292 |
| 94 |
Akola |
Maharashtra |
458,229 |
| 95 |
Udaipur |
Rajasthan |
456,994 |
| 96 |
Davanagere |
Karnataka |
453,297 |
| 97 |
Erode |
Tamil Nadu |
444,782 |
| 98 |
Vellore |
Tamil Nadu |
441,418 |
| 99 |
Kakinada |
Andhra Pradesh |
406,254 |
| 100 |
Muzaffarnagar |
Uttar Pradesh |
404,583 |
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