THERE ARE THIRTEEN MULTI MILLION PLUS CITIES IN INDIA

The following is the list of thirteen multi million plus cities in India. The population census used is for the year 2011. The list does not indicate the population of the urban agglomerations. Often cities are bifurcated into multiple regions (municipalities) which results in creation of cities within cities which may figure in the following list.

City	State	Population (2011)	Population (2001)	Percentage Change
Mumbai	Maharashtra	12,478,447	11,978,450	4.17
Delhi	Delhi	11,007,835	9,879,172	11.42
Bangalore	Karnataka	8,425,970	5,438,065	54.94
Hyderabad	Telangana	6,809,970	3,637,483	87.22
Chennai	Tamil Nadu	6,560,242	4,681,087	40.14
Ahmedabad	Gujarat	6,352,254	3,520,085	80.46
Pune	Maharashtra	5,049,968	2,538,473	98.94
Surat	Gujarat	4,585,367	2,433,835	88.40
Kolkata	West Bengal	4,486,679	4,572,876	-1.88
Jaipur	Rajasthan	3,073,350	2,322,575	32.33
Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	2,815,601	2,185,927	28.81
Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	2,767,031	2,551,337	8.45
Nagpur	Maharashtra	2,405,421	2,052,066	17.22

One may note that the ranks of the various multi million cities in India has been now not the same as seen in the year 2001, as the change in respect of various cities had been quite significantly different over the last inter-census years. The highest change was observed in case of Pune followed by Surat, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai and so on.  Kolkata has even witnessed negative change and it has been surpassed by Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune and Surat. Jaipur and Lucknow have also surpassed the Kanpur city.

Over next ten years i.e., in 2021, if the above percentage change continues, Bangalore may be having rank 1 in the above list.  And Bangalore and Hyderabad may even have more population than Delhi and the rank of Delhi would be 4.  Ahmedabad would be with rank 5, followed by Pune with rank 6.