| Rank | Agglomeration | State | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mumbai | Maharastra | 18,414,288 |
| 2 | Delhi | Delhi | 16,314,838 |
| 3 | Kolkata | West Bengal | 14,112,536 |
| 4 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 8,696,010 |
| 5 | Bangalore | Karnataka | 8,499,399 |
| 6 | Hyderabad | Andra Pradesh | 7,749,334 |
| 7 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 6,352,254 |
| 8 | Pune | Maharastra | 5,049,968 |
| 9 | Surat | Gujarat | 4,585,367 |
| 10 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 3,073,350 |
| 11 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 2,920,067 |
| 12 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 2,901,474 |
| 13 | Nagpur | Maharastra | 2,497,777 |
| 14 | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh | 2,358,525 |
| 15 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 2,167,447 |
| 16 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 2,151,466 |
| 17 | Kochi | Kerala | 2,117,990 |
| 18 | Patna | Bihar | 2,046,652 |
| 19 | Kozhikode | Kerala | 2,030,519 |
| 20 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 1,883,381 |
| 21 | Thrissur | Kerala | 1,854,783 |
| 22 | Vadodara | Gujarat | 1,817,191 |
| 23 | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 1,746,467 |
| 24 | Visakhapatnam | Andra Pradesh | 1,730,320 |
| 25 | Malappuram | Kerala | 1,698,645 |
| 26 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | 1,687,406 |
| 27 | Kannur | Kerala | 1,642,892 |
| 28 | Ludhiana[a] | Punjab | 1,613,878 |
| 29 | Nashik | Maharastra | 1,562,769 |
| 30 | Vijayawada | Andra Pradesh | 1,491,202 |
| 31 | Madurai | Tamil Nadu | 1,462,420 |
| 32 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 1,435,113 |
| 33 | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | 1,424,908 |
| 34 | Faridabad[a] | Haryana | 1,404,653 |
| 35 | Rajkot | Gujarat | 1,390,933 |
| 36 | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | 1,337,131 |
| 37 | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | 1,273,312 |
| 38 | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh | 1,267,564 |
| 39 | Asansol | West Bengal | 1,243,008 |
| 40 | Vasai-Virar[a] | Maharastra | 1,221,233 |
| 41 | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh | 1,216,719 |
| 42 | Dhanbad | Jharkhand | 1,195,298 |
| 43 | Aurangabad | Maharashtra | 1,189,376 |
| 44 | Amritsar | Punjab | 1,183,705 |
| 45 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan | 1,137,815 |
| 46 | Ranchi | Jharkhand | 1,126,741 |
| 47 | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | 1,122,555 |
| 48 | Kollam | Kerala | 1,110,005 |
| 49 | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | 1,101,981 |
| 50 | Durg-Bhilainagar | Chhattisgarh | 1,064,077 |
| 51 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 1,025,682 |
| 52 | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 1,021,717 |
| 53 | Kota[a] | Rajasthan | 1,001,365 |
