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The following tables are the list of cities in India by population. Often cities are bifurcated into multiple regions (municipalities) which results in creation of cities within cities which may figure in the list. The entire work of this article is based on the census of India using data from the 2001 census of India and the 2011 census of India, conducted by the Office of the Registrar ...
List of cities in India by area. This list is about the area of largest cities in India. The cities are ranked by the area governed by local political bodies such as municipal corporations. For the list of largest metropolitan areas, see List of metropolitan areas in India . Greater Jaipur and Heritage Jaipur became two separate municipal ...
This is a list of metropolitan areas by population in India.As per the Constitution of India, a metropolitan area is defined as an area having a population of 10 lakh or more, comprised in one or more districts, and consisting of two or more municipalities or panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by a public notification to be a Metropolitan area.
Mumbai ( / mʊmˈbaɪ / ⓘ, Marathi: [ˈmumbəi], ISO: Muṁbaī; formerly known as Bombay[ a]) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore ). [ 20] Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the ...
Chennai ( / ˈtʃɛnaɪ / ⓘ, Tamil: [ˈt͡ɕenːaɪ̯], ISO: Ceṉṉai ), formerly known as Madras, [ b] is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is the state's primate city and is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city ...
India has 641,000 inhabited villages and 72.2 percent of the total population reside in these rural areas. [ 5] Of them 145,000 villages have population size of 500–999 persons; 130,000 villages have population size of 1000–1999 and 128,000 villages have population size of 200–499. There are 3,961 villages that have a population of 10,000 ...
Hyderabad ( / ˈhaɪdərəbæd / ⓘ; [ 5] Telugu: [ˈɦaɪ̯daraːbaːd], Urdu: [ˈɦɛːdəɾaːbaːd], ISO: Haidarābād) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies 650 km 2 (250 sq mi) on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India.
The city is also home to the oldest shipyard and the only natural harbour on the east coast of India. [30] Visakhapatnam Port is the fifth-busiest cargo port in India. The city is a major tourist destination and is known for its beaches, ancient Buddhist sites, and the natural environment of the surrounding Eastern Ghats. [31]