General info

Entity:
India
Capital:
New Delhi
Population (2008-07-01):
1,147,995,904 (CIA)
Area:
3,287,590 sq.km.
Country code:
in
Region:
South-central Asia

India

Administrative units

code administrative units capital area (sq.km.) population
2001-03-01
census		 population
2008-03-01
projection
source: Census of India.
note: Chandigarh is both the capital of Haryana and Punjab, and a separate Union Territory of itself.
note: Uttaranchal, Jharkand and Chhatisgarh are recent split offs from respectively Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
note: UT - Union Territory.
note: Manipur population numbers exclude Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district.
in-01 Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar 101,387 10,143,700 12,366,000
in-02 Himachal Pradesh Simla 55,673 6,077,900 6,550,000
in-03 Punjab Chandigarh 50,362 24,358,999 26,591,000
in-04 Chandigarh (UT) Chandigarh 114 900,635 1,063,000
in-05 Uttaranchal Dehra Dun 53,483 8,489,349 9,497,000
in-06 Haryana Chandigarh 44,212 21,144,564 23,772,000
in-07 Delhi (UT) Delhi 1,483 13,850,507 17,076,000
in-08 Rajasthan Jaipur 342,239 56,507,188 64,641,000
in-09 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 240,928 166,197,921 190,891,000
in-10 Bihar Patna 94,163 82,998,509 93,823,000
in-11 Sikkim Gangtok 7,096 540,851 594,000
in-12 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 83,743 1,097,968 1,200,000
in-13 Nagaland Kohima 16,579 1,990,036 2,187,000
in-14 Manipur Imphal 22,327 2,166,788 2,627,000
in-15 Mizoram Aizawl 21,081 888,573 980,000
in-16 Tripura Agartala 10,486 3,199,203 3,510,000
in-17 Meghalaya Shillong 22,429 2,318,822 2,536,000
in-18 Assam Dispur 78,438 26,655,528 29,929,000
in-19 West Bengal Calcutta 88,752 80,176,197 87,869,000
in-20 Jharkhand Ranchi 79,714 26,945,829 30,010,000
in-21 Orissa Bhubaneswar 155,707 36,804,660 39,899,000
in-22 Chhattisgarh Raipur 135,191 20,833,803 23,646,000
in-23 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal 308,245 60,348,023 69,279,000
in-24 Gujarat Gandhinagar 196,022 50,671,017 56,408,000
in-25 Daman & Diu (UT) Daman 112 158,204 188,000
in-26 Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) Silvassa 491 220,490 262,000
in-27 Maharashtra Mumbai 307,713 96,878,627 106,894,000
in-28 Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad 275,069 76,210,007 82,180,000
in-29 Karnataka Bangalore 191,791 52,850,562 57,399,000
in-30 Goa Panaji 3,702 1,347,668 1,628,000
in-31 Lakshadweep (UT) Kavaratti 32 60,650 69,000
in-32 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram 38,863 31,841,374 34,232,000
in-33 Tamil Nadu Chennai 130,058 62,405,679 66,396,000
in-34 Pondicherry (UT) Pondicherry 480 974,345 1,074,000
in-35 Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) Port Blair 8,249 356,152 411,000
total   3,166,414 1,028,610,328 1,147,677,000

Agglomerations

name population
1991-03-01
census		 population
2001-03-01
census
Greater Mumbai [EN Bombay] 12,596,243 16,368,084
Kolkata [EN Calcutta] 11,021,918 13,216,546
Delhi 8,419,084 12,791,458
Chennai [EN Madras] 5,421,985 6,424,624
Bangalore 4,130,288 5,686,844
Hyderabad 4,344,437 5,533,640
Ahmadabad 3,312,216 4,519,278
Pune 2,493,987 3,755,525
Surat 1,518,950 2,811,466
Kanpur 2,029,889 2,690,486
Jaipur .. 2,324,319
Lucknow 1,669,204 2,266,933
Nagpur 1,664,006 2,122,965
Patna 1,099,647 1,707,429
Indore .. 1,639,044
Vadodara 1,126,824 1,492,398
Bhopal .. 1,454,830
Ludhiana .. 1,395,053
Coimbatore 1,100,746 1,446,034
Kochi 1,140,605 1,355,406
Visakhapatnam 1,057,118 1,329,472
Agra 948,063 1,321,410
Varanasi 1,030,863 1,211,749
Madurai 1,085,914 1,194,665
Meerut 849,799 1,167,399
Nashik 725,341 1,152,048
Jabalpur .. 1,117,200
Jamshedpur .. 1,101,804
Asansol 763,939 1,090,171
Dhanbad 815,005 1,064,357
Faridabad .. 1,054,981
Allahabad 844,546 1,049,579
Amritsar .. 1,011,327
Vijayawada 845,756 1,011,152
Rajkot 654,490 1,002,160
source: Census of India 2001.

Main cities

name population
1991-03-01
census		 population
2001-03-01
census
Greater Mumbai [EN Bombay] 9,925,891 11,914,398
Delhi 7,206,704 9,817,439
Kolkata [EN Calcutta] 4,399,819 4,580,544
Bangalore 2,660,088 4,292,223
Chennai [EN Madras] 3,841,396 4,216,268
Ahmedabad 2,876,710 3,515,361
Hyderabad 2,964,638 3,449,878
Pune 1,566,651 2,540,069
Kanpur 1,874,409 2,532,138
Surat 1,498,817 2,433,787
Jaipur .. 2,324,319
Lucknow 1,619,115 2,207,340
Nagpur 1,624,752 2,051,320
Indore .. 1,597,441
Bhopal 1,062,771 1,433,875
Ludhiana 1,042,740 1,395,053
Patna 917,243 1,376,950
Vadodara 1,031,346 1,306,035
Thane 803,389 1,261,517
Agra 891,790 1,259,979
Kalyan-Dombivali .. 1,193,266
Varanasi 929,270 1,100,748
Nashik 656,925 1,076,967
Meerut 753,778 1,074,229
Faridabad 617,717 1,054,981
Haora 950,435 1,008,704
Pimpri Chinchwad .. 1,006,417
source: Census of India 2001.