List of North Indian cities by population

North India, according to combined definition by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Geological Survey of India and Ministry of Culture refers to the northern region of India comprising the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and the Union Territories of Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh.[1][2][3]

List

The following is the list of cities in North India, sorted by their population. The population statistics indicated in this article are for the year 2011, in accordance with the 15th Indian Census.[4]

Delhi
Jaipur
Lucknow
Kanpur
Meerut
Ludhiana
Agra
Allahabad
Faridabad
Ghaziabad
Varanasi
Srinagar
Amritsar
Jodhpur
Chandigarh
Kota
Location of 1 million-plus cities in North India. Red dots represent capital cities of their respective states
  • The cities which are listed in bold are the capital of the respective state / union territory / country.
RankCityState/UTPopulation
1DelhiDelhi11,007,835
2JaipurRajasthan3,046,189
3LucknowUttar Pradesh2,817,105
4KanpurUttar Pradesh2,767,348
5GhaziabadUttar Pradesh2,358,525
6LudhianaPunjab

1,618,879

7AgraUttar Pradesh1,585,704
8Faridabad Haryana1,404,653
9MeerutUttar Pradesh1,226,709
10VaranasiUttar Pradesh1,201,815
11SrinagarJammu and Kashmir1,180,570
12AmritsarPunjab

1,132,76

13Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 1,112,544
14JodhpurRajasthan

1,056,191

15ChandigarhChandigarh

1,025,682

16KotaRajasthan1,001,694
17BareillyUttar Pradesh898,167
18MoradabadUttar Pradesh889,810
19GurgaonHaryana876,824
20AligarhUttar Pradesh872,575
21JalandharPunjab862,196
22SaharanpurUttar Pradesh705,478
23GorakhpurUttar Pradesh673,446
24BikanerRajasthan644,406
25NoidaUttar Pradesh637,272
26FirozabadUttar Pradesh603,797
27DehradunUttarakhand426,674
28AjmerRajasthan542,580
29LoniUttar Pradesh516,082
30JhansiUttar Pradesh505,693
31JammuJammu and Kashmir502,197

See also

References
  1. "Northern Region - Geological Survey of India". Geological Survey of India, MOI, Government of India. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. "Genesis | ISCS". Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/iscs/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/states_reorganisation_act.pdf
  4. "censusindia 2011: Major Agglomerations" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
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