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India — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

India had an estimated population of 1,094,870,677 in 2005, with 5,654 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: India today — population now 1,352,617,328, against 1,094,870,677 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Mumbai19,499,453
2Dilli17,476,068
3Kolkata14,452,498
4Chennai6,849,102
5Bengalūru6,062,577
6Haidarābād5,911,831
7Ahmadābād5,001,289
8Pune4,510,148
9Kānpur3,179,147
10Sūrat2,997,221
11Lakhnau2,704,748
12Nāgpur2,409,342
13Patna2,137,211
14Indore1,861,740
15Bhopāl1,600,080
16Vadodara1,591,002
17Bhubaneswar1,545,603
18Koyampattur1,541,574
19Mīrat1,528,199
20Āgra1,492,095
21Kochi1,444,958
22Nāshik1,421,595
23Visakhapatnam1,417,311
24Vārānasī1,415,736
25Madurai1,273,597
26Rājkot1,232,335
27Asansol1,201,174
28Jabalpur1,191,014
29Jamshedpur1,174,601
30Allahābād1,158,424
31Dhanbad1,134,680
32Amritsar1,107,295
33Vijayawāda1,077,959
34Srīnagar1,035,535
35Aurangābād1,035,517
36Bhilai1,013,436
37Maisuru986,639
38Thiruvananthapuram967,249
39Rānchi961,692
40Guwāhāti938,808
41Kozhikkod938,321
42Gwalior926,909
43Jodhpur921,540
44Tiruchchirāppalli903,101
45Jalandhar863,532
46Bareli845,592
47Selam815,803
48Kota763,141
49Raipur745,465
50Jammu647,789
51Dehra Dūn629,705
52Warangal615,325
53Jāmnagar595,360
54Tiruppur578,649
55Mangaluru574,143
56Ajmer569,658
57Bhāvnagar566,339
58Sangli-Miraj553,934
59Bokāro547,385
60Belgaum539,682
61Pondicherry539,128
62Kannur531,090
63Kolhāpur530,428
64Raurkela516,289
65Jhānsi493,890
66Gulbarga483,655
67Kharagpur479,382
68Kollam464,829
69Fīrozābād460,770
70Tirunelveli460,119
71Ujjain459,124
72Gaya458,880
73Mathura451,061
74Nellur439,809
75Rājamahendri435,320
76Erode417,014
77Velluru413,860
78Ahmadnagar406,646
79Kākināda400,729
80Pānīpat377,371
81Bhāgalpur372,814
82Ambāla371,345
83Muzaffarnagar369,648
84Thrissūr367,023
85Shāhjahānpur365,905
86Alappuzha361,521
87Patiāla347,625
88Karnūl341,802
89Rāmagundam336,676
90Yamunānagar332,154
91Sāgar329,591
92Tirupati322,676
93Rohtak317,266
94Ichalkaranji304,678
95Munger303,976
96Hisār296,456
97Shillong285,580
98Alwar283,415
99Cuddapah278,137
100Bijāpur271,087

Cities and towns, 2005 (top 300 of 5,654)

#PlaceRegionPopulation (2005)
1BombayMaharashtra12,691,836
2DelhiDelhi10,927,986
3BangaloreKarnataka4,931,230
4CalcuttaBangla4,631,392
5MadrasTamil Nadu4,328,063
6AhmadābādGujarat3,719,710
7HyderabadAndhra Pradesh3,597,816
8PuneMaharashtra2,935,744
9SūratGujarat2,894,504
10KānpurUttar Pradesh2,823,249
11JaipurRajasthan2,711,758
12LakhnauUttar Pradesh2,472,011
13NāgpurMaharashtra2,228,018
14IndoreMadhya Pradesh1,837,041
15PatnaBihar1,599,920
16BhopālMadhya Pradesh1,599,914
17LudhiānaPunjab1,545,368
18ThānaMaharashtra1,486,338
19ĀgraUttar Pradesh1,430,055
20VadodaraGujarat1,409,476
21NāshikMaharashtra1,289,497
22PimpriMaharashtra1,284,606
23FarīdābadHaryana1,280,827
24KalyānMaharashtra1,262,255
25MīratUttar Pradesh1,223,184
26GhāziābādUttar Pradesh1,199,191
27RājkotGujarat1,177,362
28VārānasīUttar Pradesh1,164,404
29AmritsarPunjab1,092,450
30AllahābādUttar Pradesh1,073,438
31VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh1,063,178
32JabalpurMadhya Pradesh1,030,168
33HāoraBangla1,027,672
34AurangābādMaharashtra1,016,441
35SholāpurMaharashtra997,281
36SrīnagarJammu and Kashmir975,857
37KoyampatturTamil Nadu959,823
38RānchiJharkhand944,980
39JodhpurRajasthan921,476
40Navi MumbaiMaharashtra914,730
41ChandīgarhChandigarh914,371
42MaduraiTamil Nadu909,908
43GuwāhātiAssam899,094
44GwaliorMadhya Pradesh882,458
45VijayawādaAndhra Pradesh874,587
46MaisūruKarnataka868,313
47HubliKarnataka840,214
48JalandharPunjab785,178
49ThiruvananthapuramKerala784,153
50SelamTamil Nadu778,396
51TiruchchirāppalliTamil Nadu775,484
52KotaRajasthan763,088
53BhubaneswarOrissa762,243
54AlīgarhUttar Pradesh753,207
55BareliUttar Pradesh745,435
56MorādābādUttar Pradesh721,139
57BhiwandiMaharashtra707,035
58Mira BhayandarMaharashtra687,320
59RaipurChhattisgarh679,995
60GorakhpurUttar Pradesh674,246
61BhilaiChhattisgarh625,138
62JamshedpurJharkhand616,338
63KochiKerala604,696
64AmrāvatiMaharashtra603,837
65KatakaOrissa591,464
66BīkānerRajasthan576,015
67WarangalAndhra Pradesh557,802
68BhāvnagarGujarat554,978
69GuntūrAndhra Pradesh530,577
70Dehra DūnUttaranchal522,081
71DurgāpurBangla518,872
72AjmerRajasthan517,911
73UlhāsnagarMaharashtra516,584
74KolhāpurMaharashtra516,142
75ShilīguriBangla515,574
76AsansolBangla504,271
77JāmnagarGujarat492,056
78Sangli-MirajMaharashtra491,254
79NāndedMaharashtra485,112
80SahāranpurUttar Pradesh484,873
81GulbargaKarnataka483,615
82BhātpāraBangla483,129
83JammuJammu and Kashmir465,567
84UjjainMadhya Pradesh457,346
85South Dum DumBangla447,544
86RājpurBangla444,201
87MaheshtalaBangla440,894
88KozhikkodKerala439,922
89TirunelveliTamil Nadu435,844
90MālegaonMaharashtra435,362
91JālgaonMaharashtra429,298
92AkolaMaharashtra428,857
93BelgaumKarnataka428,720
94GayaBihar423,692
95UdaipurRajasthan422,784
96KorbaChhattisgarh419,146
97BokāroJharkhand418,533
98MangaluruKarnataka417,387
99JhānsiUttar Pradesh412,927
100DavanagereKarnataka406,718
101NellurAndhra Pradesh404,158
102TiruppurTamil Nadu397,521
103KollamKerala394,163
104NoidaUttar Pradesh380,309
105PānihātiBangla378,705
106AhmadnagarMaharashtra367,140
107DhuleMaharashtra366,980
108BhāgalpurBihar361,548
109MuzaffarnagarUttar Pradesh349,706
110LātūrMaharashtra348,967
111DasarahalliKarnataka348,487
112KukatpalleAndhra Pradesh341,709
113AmbatturTamil Nadu341,049
114BellaryKarnataka336,681
115MuzaffarpurBihar333,200
116KāmārhātiBangla332,965
117MathuraUttar Pradesh330,511
118Rajarhat GopalpurBangla330,133
119PatiālaPunjab329,224
120ChandrapurMaharashtra328,351
121BhīlwāraRajasthan326,431
122GajuvakaAndhra Pradesh326,044
123ThrissūrKerala325,110
124BrahmapurOrissa324,726
125ShāhjahānpurUttar Pradesh320,434
126ShimogaKarnataka319,550
127Ni DilliDelhi317,797
128Lalbahadur NagarAndhra Pradesh317,495
129RohtakHaryana317,245
130TumkūrKarnataka307,359
131FīrozābādUttar Pradesh306,409
132NizāmābādAndhra Pradesh305,438
133KultiBangla305,405
134RājamahendriAndhra Pradesh304,804
135BarddhamānBangla301,725
136BārāsatBangla298,127
137BallyBangla296,973
138HisārHaryana296,436
139RāmpurUttar Pradesh296,418
140KākinādaAndhra Pradesh292,923
141PānīpatHaryana292,808
142ParbhaniMaharashtra289,629
143DarbhangaBihar287,150
144QutubullapurAndhra Pradesh284,518
145AlwarRajasthan283,228
146BilāspurChhattisgarh282,705
147KarnūlAndhra Pradesh279,540
148IchalkaranjiMaharashtra274,383
149BijāpurKarnataka271,064
150ĀīzawlMizoram265,331
151JālnaMaharashtra262,034
152DewāsMadhya Pradesh261,218
153BaranagarBangla260,072
154SatnaMadhya Pradesh257,778
155EtāwahUttar Pradesh257,448
156DurgChhattisgarh255,283
157NaihātiBangla253,221
158TirupatiAndhra Pradesh250,821
159SonīpatHaryana250,521
160AvadiTamil Nadu250,044
161SingrauliMadhya Pradesh249,079
162SāgarMadhya Pradesh247,333
163MauUttar Pradesh246,050
164OzhukaraiPondicherry245,267
165BihārBihar244,230
166RāmagundamAndhra Pradesh243,304
167HāpurUttar Pradesh242,920
168BathindaPunjab242,800
169FarrukhābādUttar Pradesh241,152
170ByatarayanapuraKarnataka241,073
171AnantapurAndhra Pradesh240,442
172NalasoparaMaharashtra240,089
173RatlāmMadhya Pradesh236,843
174Raurkela Civil TownshipOrissa236,076
175North Dum DumBangla235,606
176GangānagarRajasthan231,838
177GāndhīnagarGujarat231,299
178BharatpurRajasthan229,384
179TirūvottiyūrTamil Nadu228,999
180KarīmnagarAndhra Pradesh228,745
181PondicherryPondicherry227,411
182RaurkelaOrissa226,866
183ShrīrāmpurBangla226,317
184RāichūrKarnataka225,962
185KarnālHaryana225,049
186AraBihar223,676
187ImphālManipur223,523
188UlubāriaBangla222,272
189BommanahalliKarnataka221,889
190MirzāpurUttar Pradesh220,029
191KharagpurBangla219,665
192DhanbadJharkhand219,636
193ThanjāvūrTamil Nadu219,571
194ThūthukkudiTamil Nadu218,529
195AmbarnathMaharashtra217,780
196SikandarābādAndhra Pradesh217,504
197NāgercoilTamil Nadu213,858
198PāliRajasthan210,103
199YamunānagarHaryana208,931
200RewaMadhya Pradesh208,461
201HaldiaBangla207,447
202BīdarKarnataka204,071
203AgartalaTripura203,264
204MungerBihar203,163
205BidhannagarBangla202,934
206BurhānpurMadhya Pradesh202,695
207NadiādGujarat202,067
208KrishnarajapuraKarnataka201,648
209DindigulTamil Nadu200,797
210SīkarRajasthan199,932
211BulandshahrUttar Pradesh198,612
212PūrniaBihar198,453
213KapraAndhra Pradesh198,328
214HospetKarnataka197,846
215GurgaonHaryana197,340
216ChhāpraBihar197,329
217MalkajgiriAndhra Pradesh196,631
218SambhalUttar Pradesh196,109
219MurwāraMadhya Pradesh195,856
220MangoJharkhand194,547
221Nāngloi JātDelhi194,363
222MachilīpatnamAndhra Pradesh192,827
223KatihārBihar192,555
224BhiwāniHaryana190,855
225Sultanpur MajraDelhi189,373
226SerilungampalleAndhra Pradesh188,749
227Rāe BareliUttar Pradesh186,433
228HaridwārUttaranchal186,079
229JūnāgadhGujarat184,447
230ElūruAndhra Pradesh183,387
231BhusāwalMaharashtra183,001
232KhandwaMadhya Pradesh182,841
233BahraichUttar Pradesh182,218
234PanchkulaHaryana181,898
235SirsaHaryana181,639
236ChandannagarBangla180,623
237Bhalswa JahangirpurDelhi180,600
238BaharampurBangla180,547
239SurendranagarGujarat179,628
240VizianagaramAndhra Pradesh179,358
241ProddatūrAndhra Pradesh177,797
242VelluruTamil Nadu177,081
243Hugli-ChunchuraBangla177,005
244AlappuzhaKerala176,783
245AmrohaUttar Pradesh176,253
246Kirari Suleman NagarDelhi176,023
247DeoliDelhi175,601
248PathānkotPunjab174,306
249BhindMadhya Pradesh174,035
250RajendranagarAndhra Pradesh173,873
251ShimlaHimachal Pradesh173,503
252Uttarpara-KotrungBangla173,427
253OngoleAndhra Pradesh172,872
254PuriOrissa170,841
255KhammamAndhra Pradesh170,503
256RāiganjBangla170,252
257Ingrāj BāzārBangla170,039
258Karawal NagarDelhi169,932
259JaunpurUttar Pradesh169,572
260FatehpurUttar Pradesh166,480
261NandyālAndhra Pradesh165,337
262LoniUttar Pradesh164,810
263MidnapurBangla164,688
264SītāpurUttar Pradesh164,435
265ShivapuriMadhya Pradesh164,215
266BhadrāvatiKarnataka163,903
267ĀdoniAndhra Pradesh163,631
268VerāvalGujarat163,326
269SambalpurOrissa162,887
270GadagKarnataka162,569
271UnnāoUttar Pradesh161,671
272BudaunUttar Pradesh161,555
273JīndHaryana161,260
274MadhyamgramBangla161,126
275GūdalūrTamil Nadu160,979
276ChitturAndhra Pradesh160,525
277MahadevapuraKarnataka160,479
278JāmuriaBangla160,242
279OraiUttar Pradesh158,265
280HoshiārpurPunjab158,142
281NavgharMaharashtra157,779
282PallāvaramTamil Nadu157,145
283HanumāngarhRajasthan155,687
284KānchipuramTamil Nadu155,029
285AlandurTamil Nadu153,775
286GunaMadhya Pradesh153,689
287BahādurgarhHaryana153,613
288BharūchGujarat153,528
289FaizābādUttar Pradesh153,047
290DinapurBihar152,940
291SilcharAssam152,393
292BāndaUttar Pradesh152,218
293MorenaMadhya Pradesh152,004
294TenāliAndhra Pradesh151,776
295Dallo PuraDelhi151,719
296TonkRajasthan151,331
297RājnāndgaonChhattisgarh150,755
298VirārMaharashtra150,357
299TāmbaramTamil Nadu150,044
300ShāntipurBangla149,983

Administrative divisions, 2005

#NamePopulation (2005)
1Uttar Pradesh179,387,703
2Maharashtra103,391,791
3Bihar90,267,301
4Bangla84,600,002
5Andhra Pradesh78,951,247
6Madhya Pradesh64,988,166
7Tamil Nadu63,995,556
8Rajasthan61,337,382
9Karnataka55,437,258
10Gujarat53,957,371
11Orissa38,431,776
12Kerala32,621,469
13Jharkhand28,865,800
14Assam28,019,646
15Punjab25,711,019
16Haryana22,876,593
17Chhattisgarh21,956,898
18Delhi15,766,943
19Jammu and Kashmir10,967,939
20Uttaranchal8,985,849
21Himachal Pradesh6,394,040
22Tripura3,360,273
23Manipur2,607,030
24Meghalaya2,520,146
25Nagaland2,367,478
26Goa1,404,833
27Arunachal Pradesh1,183,045
28Pondicherry1,038,878
29Chandigarh1,013,325
30Mizoram974,617
31Sikkim594,056
32Andaman and Nicobar Islands388,783
33Dadra and Nagar Haveli257,514
34Daman and Diu185,039
35Lakshadweep63,911

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.