List of cities and towns in India by nicknames

This partial list of city nicknames in India compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in India are known by (or have been known by) historically, officially, or unofficially, to locals, outsiders, or their tourism chambers of commerce.

List by states

Andhra Pradesh

City/townNickname
Dharmavaram
  • Silk City of Andhra Pradesh[1]
Kakinada
  • Pensioner's Paradise[2]
Piduguralla
Rajahmundry
  • Cultural Capital of Andhra Pradesh[4]
Tenali
  • Andhra Paris[5]
Tirupati
  • Spiritual Capital of India
  • Spiritual Capital of Andhra Pradesh[6]
Visakhapatnam
  • Financial Capital of Andhra Pradesh[6]
  • The Jewel of the East Coast[7]
  • Goa of the East[7]
  • The City of Destiny[7]

Bihar

City/town Nickname
Muzaffarpur
Bhagalpur
Nalanda
  • land of knowledge
HAJIPUR Electronic city of bihar

Chhattisgarh

Rice bowl of India

City/town Nickname
Chhattisgarh
Korba
  • Power hub of India
Jagdalpur
  • Tourism capital of Chhattisgarh
Bhilai
  • Steel city of India
Kanker
  • Gateway of bastar

Gujarat

City/town Nickname
Ahmedabad
  • INDIA'S first world heritage city
  • Manchester City Of India
  • Boston of India
Surat
  • Diamond City of India
Baroda (Vadodara)
  • Banyan City[11]
  • Cultural Capital of Gujarat (Sanskari Nagari)[12]
  • Power Hub of India[13]
  • Sayajinagari

Chandigarh

City/town Nickname
Chandigarh
  • The City Beautiful

Haryana

City/town Nickname
Gurgaon
  • Millennium city of India
Bhiwani
Rewari
  • Copper City
Narnaul

Jharkhand

City/town Nickname
Jamshedpur
  • Steel City of India[14]
Dhanbad
  • The Coal Capital of India

Karnataka

City/townNickname
Bengaluru (Bengaluru)
Coorg (Kodagu)
  • Scotland of India[18]
Mangalore (Mangaluru)
  • Rome of the East[19]
  • Ice Cream Capital of India[20]
Mysore (Mysuru)
  • Sandalwood City[21]
  • Cultural Capital of Karnataka[22]
  • City of Palaces (†3)
  • Heritage City of Karnataka[23]
Sakleshpur (Sakleshpura)

|Chickmagalur (Chickamagaluru) |

  • Switzerland of India[26]

Kerala

City/town Nickname
Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram)
  • Evergreen City of India
Kochi (Cochin)
  • Queen of Arabian Sea[27]
Kozhikode (Calicut)
Kannur (Cannanore)
  • City of Looms and Lores.[29]
Kottayam
  • City of letters (Aksharanagri)[30]
  • City of Murals[30]
  • City of latex[30]
  • City of lakes[30]
Kollam (Quilon)
  • Cashew Capital of the World[31]
Alappuzha (Alleppey)
Kasaragod
  • Land of Seven Languages (സപ്തഭാഷസംഗമഭൂമി, Saptabashasangamabhoomi)[33]
  • Harkwillia[34]
Palakkad
  • Land of Palm trees[35]
  • Rice bowl of Kerala[36]
Thrissur
  • The Cultural capital of Kerala[37]
  • Land of Poorams (പൂരങ്ങളുടെ നാട്)[38]
  • The land of Vadakkumnathan (വടക്കുംനാഥന്റെ മണ്ണ്)[39]

Gold capital of India[40]

Wayanad
  • God’s own district [41]

Madhya Pradesh

City/Town Nickname
Indore
  • Mini Bombay
Ujjain
  • City Of Temples
Bhopal
  • City of Lakes

Maharashtra

City/town Nickname
Akola
Nagpur
  • Orange City,[45]
  • Tiger Capital of India[46]
Nashik
  • Wine Capital of India
Jalgaon
  • City of Banana
Pune
  • Queen of Deccan[47]
  • Oxford of the east
  • Educational hub
  • Information Technology (IT) hub
  • culture capital of Maharashtra
  • Automobile hub
  • India's smartest city
Kolhapur
  • City of Wrestlers[48]
Mumbai
  • City of Dreams
  • Financial Capital Of India
  • City of seven Islands
  • Maya Nagari
  • Gateway of India
Pandharpur
  • Spiritual Capital of Maharashtra
Aurangabad
  • Detroit of Maharashtra
Chandrapur
  • Black Golden City

Meghalaya

City/Town Nickname
Shillong
  • Scotland of East

Odisha

City/town Nickname
Balangir
  • Cloth City of Odisha
Sambalpur
  • The City of Culture
  • Handloom City
Bargarh
  • Rice Bowl of Odisha
Bhubaneswar
Cuttack
  • The silver city of India
  • Millenium City
Rourkela
  • Steel city of Odisha
Puri
  • Spiritual City of India
Deogarh
  • City of Waterfalls

Punjab

City/town Nickname
Patiala
Ludhiana
  • Manchester of Punjab

Rajasthan

City/town Nickname
Jaipur
Udaipur
Jodhpur

Bhilwara Textile City of India

Tamil Nadu

City/town Nickname
Chennai (Madras) (Madarasapattinam)
Coimbatore (Kovai)
Madurai
  • Athens of the east[59]
Salem
  • Steel City[60]
  • Mango City
Puducherry (Pondicherry)
Tirunelveli
  • City of paddy fields[61]
  • Oxford of Southindia
Tuticorin (Thoothukudi)
Auroville
  • City of Dawn
Yercaud
Sivakasi
  • Kutty (A little) Japan
  • Crackers City of Tamil Nadu[66]
Ooty
  • Queen of Hill Stations[67]
Kodaikanal
  • Princess of Hill stations[68]
Ooththukuli
  • Butter city of Tamil Nadu[68]
Ambur
  • Biriyani city of Tamil Nadu[68]
Tirupur
  • dollar city of India
  • knitwear capital of india

Telangana

City/town Nickname
Hyderabad
Nalgonda
  • City of Rocks
Ramagundam
  • City of Coal

Uttar Pradesh

City/town Nickname
Lucknow
  • City of Nawabs[70]
  • City of Gardens
  • Constantinople of East
City Nickname
Kanpur
  • Manchester Of The East[71]
  • Leather City of the World[72]
  • Crossroad of National Highways
Allahabad (Prayag)
  • Sangam City[73]
  • City of Prime Ministers[74]
  • Abode of God[74] (भगवान का घर)
  • King of Pilgrims(तीर्थो का राजा)
Varanasi
  • The City Of Ghats

West Bengal

City Nickname(s)
Calcutta (Kolkata)
  • City of Joy[75]
  • City of Palaces(†3)
  • Cultural Capital of India[76]
  • City of Buildings
  • City of Castles
  • Sweet Capital
  • Heaven of the Aged
  • Gateway of Eastern India
  • Kallolini Tilottama
Siliguri
  • Gateway of Northeast India[77]
  • Gateway to the Dooars[78]
  • City of Hospitality
Asansol
  • City of black diamond
Bardhaman
  • City of Peace
  • Royal Heritage City of West Bengal
Durgapur Rurh of India
Darjeeling Queen of the Hills
Malda Mango City
Purulia Manbhum City

Anchors

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