List of the main cities of India, ordered by number of inhabitants.
| name | type | population |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi | city | 16,787,941 |
| Mumbai | city | 12,442,373 |
| Bengaluru | city | 10,839,725 |
| Faizabad | city | 6,890,876 |
| Hyderabad | city | 6,809,970 |
| Ahmedabad | city | 6,352,254 |
| Prayagraj | city | 5,959,798 |
| Chennai | city | 4,681,087 |
| Lucknow | city | 4,588,455 |
| Kolkata | city | 4,486,679 |
| Vellore | city | 3,936,331 |
| Indore | city | 3,272,335 |
| Pune | city | 3,115,431 |
| Varanasi | city | 3,100,000 |
| Jaipur | city | 3,073,400 |
| Kanpur | city | 2,767,031 |
| Nagpur | city | 2,405,700 |
| Jamnagar | city | 2,160,119 |
| Kanyakumari | town | 1,870,374 |
| Thane | city | 1,841,488 |
| Bhopal | city | 1,800,000 |
| Namakkal | town | 1,726,601 |
| Buxar | town | 1,707,600 |
| Siliguri | city | 1,572,000 |
| Agra | city | 1,500,000 |
| Nashik | city | 1,486,000 |
| Kalyan-Dombivli | city | 1,247,327 |
| Vasai-Virar | city | 1,221,000 |
| Aurangabad | city | 1,175,116 |
| Dhanbad | city | 1,162,472 |
| Navi Mumbai | city | 1,120,547 |
| Ranchi | city | 1,074,000 |
| Howrah | city | 1,072,161 |
| Coimbatore | city | 1,050,000 |
| Vijayawada | city | 1,048,240 |
| Jodhpur | city | 1,034,000 |
| Kota | city | 1,001,400 |
| Guntur | city | 1,000,000 |
| Guwahati | city | 1,000,000 |
| Silchar | city | 1,000,000 |
| Visakhapatnam | city | 1,000,000 |
| Solapur | city | 951,600 |
| Madurai | city | 922,913 |
| Jalandhar | city | 903,491 |
| Mysuru | city | 887,446 |
| Gurugram | city | 876,824 |
| Mira-Bhayander | city | 809,378 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | city | 744,983 |
| Bikaner | city | 647,804 |
| Amravati | city | 647,000 |
| Warangal | city | 620,000 |
| Cuttack | city | 610,189 |
| Belagavi | city | 600,000 |
| Panchkula | town | 558,890 |
| Nanded-Waghala | city | 550,400 |
| Kolhapur | city | 549,200 |
| Ajmer | city | 542,600 |
| Ulhasnagar | city | 506,937 |
| Sangli | city | 502,800 |
| Amritsar | city | 500,000 |
| Asansol | city | 500,000 |
| Ghaziabad | city | 500,000 |
| Gwalior | city | 500,000 |
| Hubballi | city | 500,000 |
| Imphal | town | 500,000 |
| Jabalpur | city | 500,000 |
| Jamshedpur | city | 500,000 |
| Jhansi | city | 500,000 |
| Mangaluru | city | 500,000 |
| Meerut | city | 500,000 |
| Moradabad | city | 500,000 |
| Nagercoil | city | 500,000 |
| Patna | city | 500,000 |
| Surat | city | 500,000 |
| Tiruchirappalli | city | 500,000 |
| Vadodara | city | 500,000 |
| Rourkela | city | 483,629 |
| Ballari | city | 475,000 |
| Malegaon | city | 471,300 |
| Gaya | city | 463,500 |
| Jalgaon | city | 460,000 |
| Udaipur | city | 452,000 |
| Dehradun | city | 447,808 |
| Tiruppur | city | 440,000 |
| Davanagere | city | 434,971 |
| Akola | city | 425,800 |
| Bhagalpur | city | 410,000 |
| Puruliya | town | 406,500 |
| Agartala | city | 400,000 |
| Kalaburagi | city | 400,000 |
| Shivamogga | city | 400,000 |
| Latur | city | 382,900 |
| Dhule | city | 375,550 |
| Rohtak | city | 373,133 |
| Bhilwara | city | 360,000 |
| Ahmadnagar | city | 350,900 |
| Rajamahendravaram | city | 341,831 |
| Vijayapura | city | 327,427 |
| Malda | city | 324,200 |
| Chandrapur | city | 320,000 |