List of North Indian cities by population

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North India, according to combined definition by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Geological Survey of India and Ministry of Culture refers to the northern region of India comprising the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and the Union Territories of Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh.[1][2][3]

List[]

The following is the list cities in North India, sorted by their population. The population statistics indicated in this article are for the year 2011, in accordance with the 15th Indian Census.[4]

List of North Indian cities by population is located in India
Delhi
Delhi
'Jaipur
Jaipur
'Lucknow
Lucknow
Kanpur
Kanpur
Meerut
Meerut
Ludhiana
Ludhiana
Agra
Agra
Allahabad
Allahabad
Faridabad
Faridabad
Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad
Varanasi
Varanasi
Srinagar
Srinagar
Amritsar
Amritsar
Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
Kota
Kota
Location of 1 million-plus cities in North India. Red dots represent capital cities of their respective states
  • The cities which are listed in bold are the capital of the respective state / union territory / country.
Rank City State/UT Population
1 Delhi Delhi 11,007,835
2 Jaipur Rajasthan 3,046,189
3 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 2,817,105
4 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 2,767,348
5 Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh 2,358,525
6 Ludhiana Punjab

1,618,879

7 Agra Uttar Pradesh 1,585,704
8 Faridabad Haryana 1,404,653
9 Meerut Uttar Pradesh 1,226,709
10 Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 1,201,815
11 Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir 1,180,570
12 Amritsar Punjab

1,132,76

13 Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 1,112,544
14 Jodhpur Rajasthan

1,056,191

15 Chandigarh Chandigarh

1,025,682

16 Kota Rajasthan 1,001,694
17 Bareilly Uttar Pradesh 898,167
18 Moradabad Uttar Pradesh 889,810
19 Gurgaon Haryana 876,824
20 Aligarh Uttar Pradesh 872,575
21 Jalandhar Punjab 862,196
22 Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh 705,478
23 Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh 673,446
24 Bikaner Rajasthan 644,406
25 Noida Uttar Pradesh 637,272
26 Firozabad Uttar Pradesh 603,797
27 Dehradun Uttarakhand 578,420
28 Ajmer Rajasthan 542,580
29 Loni Uttar Pradesh 516,082
30 Jhansi Uttar Pradesh 505,693
31 Jammu Jammu and Kashmir 502,197

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Northern Region - Geological Survey of India". Geological Survey of India, MOI, Government of India. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Genesis | ISCS". Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. ^ http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/iscs/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/states_reorganisation_act.pdf
  4. ^ "censusindia 2011: Major Agglomerations" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
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