State-based list
Following are the municipal corporations in India (total 205).
Andhra Pradesh
Rank | City | District | Population (2011) |
1 |
Greater Visakhapatnam |
Visakhapatnam |
2,035,922 |
2 |
Vijayawada |
Krishna |
1,048,240 |
3 |
Guntur |
Guntur |
743,354 |
5 |
Nellore |
Nellore |
439,575 |
4 |
Kurnool |
Kurnool |
460,184 |
6 |
Rajahmundry |
East Godavari |
343,903 |
7 |
Kadapa |
Kadapa |
341,823 |
8 |
Kakinada |
East Godavari |
312,255 |
9 |
Tirupati |
Chittoor |
287,035 |
10 |
Eluru |
West Godavari |
283,648 |
11 |
Anantapur |
Anantapur |
262,340 |
12 |
Vizianagaram |
Vizianagaram |
244,598 |
13 |
Ongole |
Prakasham |
202,826 |
14 |
Machilipatnam |
Krishna |
189,979 |
15 |
Chittoor |
Chittoor |
189,000 |
16 |
Srikakulam |
Srikakulam |
125,939 |
Bihar
| City | District | Population (2011) |
|
Patna |
Patna |
2,100,216 |
2 |
Gaya |
Gaya |
5,60,990 |
|
Bhagalpur |
410,000 |
|
Muzaffarpur |
393,216 |
|
Munger |
Munger |
388,000 |
|
Purnia |
Purnia |
310,216 |
|
Darbhanga |
Darbhanga |
306,612 |
|
Bihar sharif |
Nalanda |
296,000 |
|
Arrah |
Bhojpur |
261,430 |
|
Begusarai |
Begusarai |
252,000 |
|
Chhapra |
Saran District |
249,555 |
|
Katihar |
Katihar District |
240,565 |
Chhattisgarh
Rank | City | District | Population (2011) |
1 |
Raipur |
Raipur |
1,010,087 |
2 |
Bhilai |
Durg |
625,697 |
3 |
Durg |
Durg |
268,679 |
4 |
Bilaspur |
Bilaspur |
330,106 |
5 |
Korba |
Korba |
363,210 |
6 |
Rajnandgaon |
Rajnandgaon |
163,122 |
7 |
Raigarh |
Raigarh |
137,097 |
8 |
Jagdalpur |
Bastar |
125,345 |
9 |
Ambikapur |
Surguja |
114,575 |
10 |
Dhamtari |
Dhamtari |
108,500 |
11 |
Chirmiri |
Koriya |
101,378 |
12 |
Birgaon |
Raipur |
108,491 |
13 |
Bhilai Charoda |
Durg |
98,008 |
Gujarat
Rank | City | District | Population (2011) |
1 |
Ahmedabad |
Ahmedabad |
6,361,084 |
2 |
Surat |
Surat |
4,658,002 |
3 |
Vadodara |
Vadodara |
2,065,771 |
4 |
Rajkot |
Rajkot |
1,560,002 |
5 |
Bhavnagar |
Bhavnagar |
6,34,958 |
6 |
Jamnagar |
Jamnagar |
6,00,943 |
7 |
Junagadh |
Junagadh |
5,17,356 |
8 |
Gandhinagar |
Gandhinagar |
2,08,567 |
Haryana
Rank | City | District | Population (2011) |
1 |
Faridabad |
Faridabad district |
1,400,000 |
2 |
Gurgaon |
Gurgaon district |
1,514,085 |
3 |
Sonepat |
Sonepat district |
596,974 |
4 |
Panchkula |
Panchkula district |
558,890 |
5 |
Yamunanagar |
Yamunanagar district |
532,000 |
6 |
Rohtak |
Rohtak district |
373,133 |
7 |
Karnal |
Karnal district |
310,989 |
8 |
Hisar |
Hisar |
301,249 |
9 |
Panipat |
Panipat district |
294,150 |
10 |
Jhajjar |
Jhajjar |
124,102 |
Karnataka
Rank | City | District | Name of the body | Population (2018) |
1 |
Bengaluru |
Bengaluru |
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike |
1,50,52,321 |
2 |
Hubballi-Dharwad |
Dharwad |
Hubballi-Dharwad Mahanagara Palike |
9,43,857 |
3 |
Mysuru |
Mysuru |
Mysuru Mahanagara Palike |
8,87,446 |
4 |
Kalburgi |
Kalburgi |
Kalaburgi Mahanagara Palike |
5,32,031 |
5 |
Tumkuru |
Tumkuru |
Tumkuru Mahanagara Palike |
3,27,427 |
6 |
Mangaluru |
Dakshina Kannada |
Mangaluru Mahanagara Palike |
4,99,487 |
7 |
Belagavi |
Belagavi |
Belagavi Mahanagara Palike |
4,90,045 |
8 |
Davangere |
Davangere |
Davangere Mahanagara Palike |
4,35,128 |
9 |
Ballari |
Ballari |
Ballari Mahanagara Palike |
4,09,444 |
10 |
Vijayapura |
Vijayapura |
Vijayapura Mahanagara Palike |
3,30,143 |
11 |
Shivamogga |
Shivamogga |
Shivamogga Mahanagara Palike |
3,22,428 |
Madhya Pradesh
Rank | City | District | Population (2011) |
1 |
Indore |
Indore |
2,167,447 |
2 |
Bhopal |
Bhopal |
1,886,100 |
3 |
Jabalpur |
Jabalpur |
1,268,848 |
4 |
Gwalior |
Gwalior |
1,117,740 |
5 |
Ujjain |
Ujjain |
515,215 |
6 |
Sagar |
Sagar |
370,296 |
7 |
Dewas |
Dewas |
289,438 |
8 |
Satna |
Satna |
283,004 |
9 |
Ratlam |
Ratlam |
273,892 |
10 |
Burhanpur |
Burhanpur |
210,892 |
11 |
Murwara (Katni) |
Katni |
221,875 |
12 |
Rewa |
Rewa |
235,422 |
13 |
Khandwa |
East Nimar |
259,436 |
14 |
Chhindwara |
Chhindwara |
234,784 |
15 |
Singrauli |
Singrauli |
|
16 |
Morena |
Morena |
|
Maharashtra
Rank | City | District | Population (2011) |
1 |
Greater Mumbai |
Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban |
14,914,398 |
2 |
Pune |
Pune |
3,815,431 |
3 |
Nagpur |
Nagpur |
2,405,421 |
4 |
Nashik |
Nashik |
1,886,973 |
5 |
Thane |
Thane |
1,818,872 |
6 |
Pimpri-Chinchwad |
Pune |
1,729,359 |
7 |
Kalyan-Dombivli |
Thane |
1,246,381 |
8 |
Vasai-Virar |
Palghar |
1,221,233 |
9 |
Aurangabad |
Aurangabad |
1,171,330 |
10 |
Navi Mumbai |
Thane |
1,119,477 |
11 |
Solapur |
Solapur |
951,118 (as on Census 2011) |
12 |
Mira-Bhayandar |
Thane |
814,655 |
13 |
Bhiwandi-Nizampur |
Thane |
711,329 |
14 |
Amravati |
Amravati |
646,801 |
15 |
Nanded-Waghala |
Nanded |
550,564 |
16 |
Kolhapur |
Kolhapur |
549,236 |
17 |
Akola |
Akola |
537,489 |
18 |
Panvel |
Raigad |
509,901 |
19 |
Ulhasnagar |
Thane |
506,937 |
20 |
Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad |
Sangli |
502,697 |
21 |
Malegaon |
Nashik |
471,006 |
22 |
Jalgaon |
Jalgaon |
460,468 |
23 |
Latur |
Latur |
382,754 |
24 |
Dhule |
Dhule |
376,093 |
25 |
Ahmednagar |
Ahmednagar |
350,905 |
26 |
Chandrapur |
Chandrapur |
321,036 |
27 |
Parbhani |
Parbhani |
307,191 |
28 |
Yeola |
Nashik |
50128 |
Punjab
Rank | City | District | Population (2011) |
1 |
Ludhiana |
Ludhiana |
1,613,878 |
2 |
Patiala |
Patiala |
1,446,800 |
3 |
Amritsar |
Amritsar |
1,132,761 |
4 |
Jalandhar |
Jalandhar |
862,196 |
5 |
Bathinda |
Bathinda |
285,813 |
6 |
Mohali |
Mohali |
174,000 |
7 |
Pathankot |
Pathankot |
159,460 |
8 |
Moga |
Moga |
163,897 |
9 |
Phagwara |
Kapurthala |
117,954 |
10 |
Hoshiarpur |
Hoshiarpur |
168,731 |
Rajasthan
Rank | City | District | Population (2011) |
1 |
Jaipur |
Jaipur |
3,073,350 |
2 |
Jodhpur |
Jodhpur |
1,003,918 |
3 |
Kota |
Kota |
1,001,365 |
4 |
Bikaner |
Bikaner |
647,804 |
5 |
Ajmer |
Ajmer |
542,580 |
6 |
Udaipur |
Udaipur |
451,735 |
7 |
Bharatpur |
Bharatpur |
252,109 |
8 |
Mount Abu |
Sirohi |
150,463 |
Tamil Nadu
Rank |
Name
|
District
|
Population (2011)
|
1 |
Greater Chennai |
Chennai |
8,996,010 |
2 |
Greater Coimbatore
|
Coimbatore |
3,251,470 |
3 |
Madurai
|
Madurai |
2,462,420 |
4 |
Tiruchirappalli
|
Tiruchirappalli |
1,221,717 |
5 |
Salem
|
Salem |
1,181,982 |
6 |
Tirunelveli
|
Tirunelveli |
962,150 |
7 |
Erode
|
Erode |
521,776 |
8 |
Tiruppur |
Tiruppur |
498,984 |
9 |
Vellore |
Vellore |
481,966 |
10 |
Thoothukkudi |
Thoothukkudi |
410,760 |
11 |
Thanjavur |
Thanjavur |
222,943 |
12 |
Dindigul |
Dindigul |
207,323 |
Uttar Pradesh
Rank | City | District | Population (2011) |
1 |
Kanpur |
Kanpur Nagar |
2,920,067 |
2 |
Lucknow |
Lucknow |
2,901,474 |
3 |
Ghaziabad |
Ghaziabad |
2,458,525 |
3 |
Agra |
Agra |
1,746,467 |
4 |
Varanasi |
Varanasi |
1,435,113 |
5 |
Meerut |
Meerut |
1,424,908 |
6 |
Allahabad |
Allahabad |
1,216,719 |
8 |
Bareilly |
Bareilly |
1,200,933 |
9 |
Aligarh |
Aligarh |
909,559 |
10 |
Moradabad |
Moradabad |
889,810 |
11 |
Saharanpur |
Saharanpur |
703,345 |
12 |
Gorakhpur |
Gorakhpur |
692,519 |
13 |
Firozabad |
Firozabad |
603,797 |
14 |
Mathura |
Mathura |
602,897 |
15 |
Jhansi |
Jhansi |
547,638 |
16 |
Ayodhya |
Faizabad |
450,899 |
17 |
Shahjahanpur |
Shahjahanpur |
346,103 |
West Bengal
Rank | City | District | Population (2011) |
1 |
Kolkata |
Kolkata, South 24 Parganas |
4,496,694 |
2 |
Bidhannagar-Rajarhat |
North 24 Parganas |
218,323 |
3 |
Dum Dum |
North 24 Parganas |
117,637 |
4 |
Barrackpore |
North 24 Parganas |
117,637 |
5 |
Barasat |
North 24 Parganas |
2,78,882 |
6 |
Maheshtala |
South 24 Parganas |
448,317 |
7 |
Howrah |
Howrah |
1,072,161 |
8 |
Serampore-Chandanngar |
Hooghly |
166,867 |
9 |
Asansol |
Paschim Bardhaman district |
11,56,387 |
10 |
Durgapur |
Paschim Bardhaman |
522,517 |
11 |
Siliguri |
Darjeeling & Jalpaiguri |
513,264 |
12 |
English bazar |
Malda |
600,000 |
13 |
Baharampur (Berhampore) |
Murshidabad |
306,000 |