List of North Indian cities by population
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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 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
Prayagraj
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.
| Rank | City | State/UT | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delhi | Delhi | 11,007,835 | |
| 2 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 3,046,189 | |
| 3 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 2,817,105 | |
| 4 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 2,767,348 | |
| 5 | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh | 2,358,525 | |
| 6 | Ludhiana | Punjab |
1,618,879 | |
| 7 | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 1,585,704 | |
| 8 | Faridabad | Haryana | 1,404,653 | |
| 9 | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | 1,226,709 | |
| 10 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 1,201,815 | |
| 11 | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | 1,180,570 | |
| 12 | Amritsar | Punjab |
1,132,76 | |
| 13 | Prayagraj | Uttar Pradesh | 1,112,544 | |
| 14 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan |
1,056,191 | |
| 15 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
1,025,682 | |
| 16 | Kota | Rajasthan | 1,001,694 | |
| 17 | Bareilly | Uttar Pradesh | 898,167 | |
| 18 | Moradabad | Uttar Pradesh | 889,810 | |
| 19 | Gurgaon | Haryana | 876,824 | |
| 20 | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | 872,575 | |
| 21 | Jalandhar | Punjab | 862,196 | |
| 22 | Saharanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 705,478 | |
| 23 | Gorakhpur | Uttar Pradesh | 673,446 | |
| 24 | Bikaner | Rajasthan | 644,406 | |
| 25 | Noida | Uttar Pradesh | 637,272 | |
| 26 | Firozabad | Uttar Pradesh | 603,797 | |
| 27 | Dehradun | Uttarakhand | 578,420 | |
| 28 | Ajmer | Rajasthan | 542,580 | |
| 29 | Loni | Uttar Pradesh | 516,082 | |
| 30 | Jhansi | Uttar Pradesh | 505,693 | |
| 31 | Jammu | Jammu and Kashmir | 502,197 |