India

Official name:
the Republic of India
Name in native language:
India
Capital:
New Delhi
ISO country code
IN
Nat. statistical agency:
The Office of Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India
Region:
South-central Asia

Census Results

1872-02-21 :
1881-02-17 :
1891-02-26 :
1901-03-01 : 238,396,327
1911-03-10 : 252,093,390
1921-03-18 : 251,321,213
1931-02-26 : 278,977,238
1941-03-01 : 318,660,580
1951-03-01 : 361,088,090
1961-03-01 : 439,234,771
1971-04-01 : 548,159,652
1981-03-01 : 683,329,097
1991-03-01 : 843,387,888
2001-03-01 : 1,028,610,328
2011-03-01 : 1,210,193,422

the Republic of India

Administrative units

codeadministrative unitscapitalarea (sq.km.)population
2001-03-01
census		population
2011-03-01
census
source: Census of India.
note: 2011 data refers to preliminary results from the 2011 population census.
note: Chandigarh is both the capital of Haryana and Punjab, and a separate Union Territory of itself.
note: UT - Union Territory.
in-35 »Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT)Port Blair8,249356,152379,944
in-28 »Andhra PradeshHyderabad275,06976,210,00784,665,533
in-12 »Arunachal PradeshItanagar83,7431,097,9681,382,611
in-18 »AssamDispur78,43826,655,52831,169,272
in-10 »BiharPatna94,16382,998,509103,804,637
in-04  Chandigarh (UT)Chandigarh114900,6351,054,686
in-22 »ChhattisgarhRaipur135,19120,833,80325,540,196
in-26 »Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT)Silvassa491220,490342,853
in-25 »Daman & Diu (UT)Daman112158,204242,911
in-30 »GoaPanaji3,7021,347,6681,457,723
in-24 »GujaratGandhinagar196,02250,671,01760,383,628
in-06 »HaryanaChandigarh44,21221,144,56425,353,081
in-02 »Himachal PradeshSimla55,6736,077,9006,856,509
in-01 »Jammu & KashmirSrinagar101,38710,143,70012,548,926
in-20 »JharkhandRanchi79,71426,945,82932,966,238
in-29 »KarnatakaBangalore191,79152,850,56261,130,704
in-32 »KeralaThiruvananthapuram38,86331,841,37433,387,677
in-31 »Lakshadweep (UT)Kavaratti3260,65064,429
in-23 »Madhya PradeshBhopal308,24560,348,02372,597,565
in-27 »MaharashtraMumbai307,71396,878,627112,372,972
in-14 »ManipurImphal22,3272,293,8962,721,756
in-17 »MeghalayaShillong22,4292,318,8222,964,007
in-15 »MizoramAizawl21,081888,5731,091,014
in-13 »NagalandKohima16,5791,990,0361,980,602
in-07 »NCT of Delhi (UT)Delhi1,48313,850,50716,753,235
in-21 »OrissaBhubaneswar155,70736,804,66041,947,358
in-34 »Puducherry (UT)Puducherry480974,3451,244,464
in-03 »PunjabChandigarh50,36224,358,99927,704,236
in-08 »RajasthanJaipur342,23956,507,18868,621,012
in-11 »SikkimGangtok7,096540,851607,688
in-33 »Tamil NaduChennai130,05862,405,67972,138,958
in-16 »TripuraAgartala10,4863,199,2033,671,032
in-09 »Uttar PradeshLucknow240,928166,197,921199,581,477
in-05 »UttarakhandDehra Dun53,4838,489,34910,116,752
in-19 »West BengalCalcutta88,75280,176,19791,347,736
 total 3,166,4141,028,610,3281,210,193,422

Agglomerations

namepopulation
1991-03-01
census		population
2001-03-01
census		population
2011-03-01
census
Greater Mumbai [EN Bombay]12,596,24316,368,08418,414,288
Delhi8,419,08412,791,45816,314,838
Kolkata [EN Calcutta]11,021,91813,216,54614,112,536
Chennai [EN Madras]5,421,9856,424,6248,696,010
Bangalore4,130,2885,686,8448,499,399
Hyderabad4,344,4375,533,6407,749,334
Ahmadabad3,312,2164,519,2786,352,254
Pune2,493,9873,755,5255,049,968
Surat1,518,9502,811,4664,585,367
Jaipur..2,324,3193,073,350
Kanpur2,029,8892,690,4862,920,067
Lucknow1,669,2042,266,9332,901,474
Nagpur1,664,0062,122,9652,497,777
Ghaziabad....2,358,525
Indore..1,639,0442,167,447
Coimbatore1,100,7461,446,0342,151,466
Kochi1,140,6051,355,4062,117,990
Patna1,099,6471,707,4292,046,652
Kozhikode....2,030,519
Bhopal..1,454,8301,883,381
Thrissur....1,854,783
Vadodara1,126,8241,492,3981,817,191
Agra948,0631,321,4101,746,467
Visakhapatnam (GVMC)1,057,1181,329,4721,730,320
Malappuram....1,698,645
Thiruvananthapuram....1,687,406
Kannur....1,642,892
Ludhiana..1,395,0531,613,878
Nashik725,3411,152,0481,562,769
Vijayawada845,7561,011,1521,491,202
Madurai1,085,9141,194,6651,462,420
Varanasi1,030,8631,211,7491,435,113
Meerut849,7991,167,3991,424,908
Faridabad..1,054,9811,404,653
Rajkot654,4901,002,1601,390,933
Jamshedpur..1,101,8041,337,131
Srinagar....1,273,312
Jabalpur..1,117,2001,267,564
Asansol763,9391,090,1711,243,008
Vasai Virar City....1,221,233
Allahabad844,5461,049,5791,216,719
Dhanbad815,0051,064,3571,195,298
Aurangabad....1,189,376
Amritsar..1,011,3271,183,705
Jodhpur....1,137,815
Ranchi....1,126,741
Raipur....1,122,555
Kollam....1,110,005
Gwalior....1,101,981
Durg-Bhilainagar....1,064,077
Chandigarh....1,025,682
Tiruchirappalli....1,021,717
Kota....1,001,365
source: Census of India.

Main cities

namepopulation
1991-03-01
census		population
2001-03-01
census		population
2011-03-01
census
Greater Mumbai [EN Bombay]9,925,89111,914,39812,478,447
Delhi7,206,7049,817,43911,007,835
Bangalore2,660,0884,292,2238,425,970
Greater Hyderabad2,964,6383,449,8786,809,970
Ahmadabad2,876,7103,515,3615,570,585
Chennai [EN Madras]3,841,3964,216,2684,681,087
Kolkata [EN Calcutta]4,399,8194,580,5444,486,679
Surat1,498,8172,433,7874,462,002
Pune1,566,6512,540,0693,115,431
Jaipur..2,324,3193,073,350
Lucknow1,619,1152,207,3402,815,601
Kanpur1,874,4092,532,1382,767,031
Nagpur1,624,7522,051,3202,405,421
Indore..1,597,4411,960,631
Thane803,3891,261,5171,818,872
Bhopal1,062,7711,433,8751,795,648
Visakhapatnam....1,730,320
Pimpri Chinchwad..1,006,4171,729,359
Patna917,2431,376,9501,683,200
Vadodara1,031,3461,306,0351,666,703
Ghaziabad....1,636,068
Ludhiana1,042,7401,395,0531,613,878
Agra891,7901,259,9791,574,542
Nashik656,9251,076,9671,486,973
Faridabad617,7171,054,9811,404,653
Meerut753,7781,074,2291,309,023
Rajkot....1,286,995
Kalyan-Dombivali..1,193,2661,246,381
Vasai Virar City....1,221,233
Varanasi929,2701,100,7481,201,815
Aurangabad....1,171,330
Dhanbad....1,161,561
Amritsar....1,132,761
Navi Mumbai....1,119,477
Allahabad....1,117,094
Ranchi....1,073,440
Haora950,4351,008,7041,072,161
Coimbatore....1,061,447
Jabalpur....1,054,336
Gwalior....1,053,505
Vijayawada....1,048,240
Jodhpur....1,033,918
Madurai....1,016,885
Raipur....1,010,087
Kota....1,001,365
source: Census of India.