Largest cities by population in India 2022
| # | City | State | Population | Density(/km2) | Literacy | Sex Ratio | Language |
| 1 | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 1,24,42,373 | NA | 89.73% | 853 | Marathi |
| 2 | Delhi | Delhi | 1,67,87,941 | NA | 86.20% | 868 | Hindi |
| 3 | Bangalore | Karnataka | 84,43,675 | 12000 | 88.71% | 923 | Kannada |
| 4 | Hyderabad | Telangana | 67,31,790 | 10,477 | 83.26% | 955 | Telugu |
| 5 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 55,77,940 | 11,000 | 89.62% | 898 | Gujarati |
| 6 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 46,46,732 | 17,000 | 90.20% | 989 | Tamil |
| 7 | Kolkata | West Bengal | 44,96,694 | 22,000 | 86.31% | 908 | Bengali |
| 8 | Surat | Gujarat | 44,67,797 | 13,000 | 87.90% | 756 | Gujarati |
| 9 | Pune | Maharashtra | 31,24,458 | 9,400 | 89.56% | 948 | Marathi |
| 10 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 30,46,163 | 6,500 | 72.73% | 900 | Rajasthani |
| 11 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 28,17,105 | 8,100 | 82.50% | 940 | Hindi |
| 12 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 27,65,348 | 6,900 | 82.42% | 857 | Hindi |
| 13 | Nagpur | Maharashtra | 24,05,665 | 11,000 | 91.92% | 963 | Marathi |
| 14 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 19,64,086 | 4,900 | 85.57% | 925 | Hindi |
| 15 | Thane | Maharashtra | 18,41,448 | 13,000 | 89.41% | 888 | Marathi |
| 16 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 17,98,218 | 3,887 | 83.47% | 921 | Hindi |
| 17 | Visakhapatnam | Seemandhra | 17,28,128 | 2,500 | 81.79% | 978 | Telugu |
| 18 | Pimpri & Chinchwad | Maharashtra | 31,24,458 | 9,400 | 89.56% | 948 | Marathi |
| 19 | Patna | Bihar | 16,84,222 | 17,012 | 83.37% | 885 | Hindi |
| 20 | Vadodara | Gujarat | 16,70,806 | 3,400 | 90.63% | 921 | Gujarati |
| 21 | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh | 16,48,643 | 8,200 | 84.78% | 885 | Hindi |
| 22 | Ludhiana | Punjab | 16,18,879 | 5,200 | 85.77% | 850 | Punjabi |
| 23 | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 15,85,704 | 1,084 | 73.11% | 875 | Hindi |
| 24 | Nashik | Maharashtra | 14,86,053 | 5,625 | 89.85% | 899 | Marathi |
| 25 | Faridabad | Haryana | 15,94,839 | 1,890 | 82.60% | 872 | Punjabi |
| 26 | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | 13,05,429 | 8,300 | 75.66% | 897 | Hindi |
| 27 | Rajkot | Gujarat | 12,86,678 | 8,500 | 87.80% | 908 | Gujarati |
| 28 | Kalyan & Dombivali | Maharashtra | 12,46,381 | 9,088 | 91.37% | 920 | Marathi |
| 29 | Vasai Virar | Maharashtra | 12,22,390 | 3,200 | 88.57% | 886 | Marathi |
| 30 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 11,98,491 | 7,300 | 79.27%. | 887 | Hindi , Bhojpuri |
| 31 | Srinagar | Jammu & Kashmir | 11,80,570 | 4,000 | 69.15% | 908 | Kashmiri, Urdu |
| 32 | Aurangabad | Maharashtra | 11,75,116 | 8,500 | 87.49 %. | 929 | Marathi , Hindi , English and Urdu |
| 33 | Dhanbad | Jharkhand | 11,62,472 | 2,000 | 79.47% | 891 | Hindi , English |
| 34 | Amritsar | Punjab | 11,32,383 | 4,500 | 84.19% | 884 | Punjabi |
| 35 | Navi Mumbai | Maharashtra | 11,20,547 | 10,318 | 89.62% | 837 | Marathi |
| 36 | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh | 11,68,385 | 14,000 | 84.76% | 853 | Hindi |
| 37 | Ranchi | Jharkhand | 10,73,427 | 6,100 | 87.37% | 921 | Hindi |
| 38 | Haora | West Bengal | 10,77,075 | 17,000 | 91.47% | 919 | Bengali |
| 39 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 10,50,721 | 10,052 | 91.30% | 997 | Tamil |
| 40 | Jabalpur | Maharashtra | 10,55,525 | 3,390 | 87.39 %. | 935 | Hindi |
| 41 | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | 10,69,276 | 5,200 | 84.14% | 879 | Hindi , Marathi |
| 42 | Vijayawada | Seemandhra | 10,34,358 | 17,000 | 81.24% | 975 | Telugu |
| 43 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan | 10,33,756 | 4,900 | 80.81% | 903 | Hindi |
| 44 | Madurai | Tamil Nadu | 10,17,865 | 6,877 | 90.91% | 999 | Tamil |
| 45 | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | 10,10,087 | 4,500 | 86.90% | 945 | Hindi |
| 46 | Kota | Rajasthan | 10,01,694 | 4,500 | 82.80% | 895 | Tamil |
| 47 | Guwahati | Assam | 9,57,352 | 3,400 | 91.47% | 933 | Assamese |
| 48 | Chandigarh | Punjab | 9,61,587 | 9,262 | 86.42% | 829 | Punjabi |
| 49 | Solapur | Maharashtra | 9,51,558 | 5,300 | 82.80% | 978 | Marathi |
| 50 | Hubli and Dharwad | Karnataka | 9,43,788 | 4,942 | 86.79% | 989 | Kannada |