Area, Population and Density of Cities and Towns of India 2001

Area and Density All Cities and Towns

CHAPTER II
Area and Density All Cities and Towns
The area and density of cities and towns of the country, as per the Census of India - 2001, can be seen in the Annexure. The important findings from the data furnished in this table are given below :

Part I Area
I. II. Range of area of cities / towns City / town having the largest area : 0.09 - 669.64 Sq. Km.

: Valparai (Tamilnadu) ( 669.64 Sq.km.)

III.

City / town having the smallest area

: Jhabrera (Uttarakhand ) ( 0.09 Sq.Km.)

IV.

List of cities / towns, having an area of 100 sq. km. or above :

S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

City / Town Valparai Greater Mumbai Jaipur Delhi Municipal Corporation (Urban) Pune Lucknow Bhopal Singrauli Ahmadabad Kanpur Nashik Srinagar Bangalore Kota

State / UT Tamilnadu Maharashtra Rajasthan Delhi Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Gujarat Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka Rajasthan

Area in sq. km. 669.64 603.00 484.64 431.09 430.00 310.10 298.48 284.46 281.08 266.74 259.13 234.48 226.24 221.36

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15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56

Ajmer Nagpur Guwahati Korba Hubli-Dharwad Surat Faridabad Kolkata Visakhapatnam Solapur Thiruvananthapuram Ranchi Chennai M.Corp. Hyderabad ( Area figure covers
area falling in Hyderabad Dist.)

Pimpri Chinchwad Kozhikode Gwalior Bikaner Rajkot Bokaro Steel City Indore Chitrakoot Ludhiana Pali Durgapur Belgaum Raurkela Industrial Township Jammu Cuttack Bhubaneswar Mangalore Tiruchirappalli Kochi Mahabaleshwar Ghaziabad Meerut Bhilai Nagar Gorakhpur Aurangabad Amritsar Jabalpur Navi Mumbai

Rajasthan Maharashtra Assam Chhattisgarh Karnataka Gujarat Haryana West Bengal Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Kerala Jharkhand Tamilnadu Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Kerala Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Punjab Rajasthan West Bengal Karnataka Orissa Jammu & Kashmir Orissa Orissa Karnataka Tamilnadu Kerala Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Punjab Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra

218.00 217.56 216.79 215.02 213.42 212.52 198.75 186.23 182.70 178.57 177.77 177.19 174.00 172.70 170.50 167.62 166.83 165.75 163.14 162.91 160.45 160.35 159.37 159.00 154.20 151.28 150.99 150.43 149.16 148.10 147.43 146.90 145.69 145.04 144.50 141.89 141.30 141.01 138.50 136.00 134.94 132.86

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57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87

Mettur Aizawl Thane Gajuwaka Asansol Basavana Bagevadi Jaisalmer Amravati Agra M Corp. Bhilwara Sangli-Miraj Kupwad Mysore Hulligal Vadodara Bathinda Bilara Raipur Tirunelveli Patna Bareilly Naduvattam Coimbatore Haldia Kalyan-Dombivli Ovalley L.B.Nagar Bijapur Azhakiapandipuram Jalandhar Thrissur Dewas

Tamilnadu Mizoram Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh West Bengal Karnataka Rajasthan Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan Maharashtra Karnataka Tamilnadu Gujarat Punjab Rajasthan Chhattisgarh Tamilnadu Bihar Uttar Pradesh Tamilnadu Tamilnadu West Bengal Maharashtra Tamilnadu Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Tamilnadu Punjab Kerala Madhya Pradesh

131.41 129.00 128.23 128.04 127.87 126.51 126.27 121.65 120.57 118.49 118.18 117.50 115.00 113.87 110.00 110.00 108.66 108.65 108.34 106.43 106.05 105.70 104.90 104.57 103.55 103.00 102.59 102.40 102.00 101.42 100.22

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List of cities / towns, having an area of 1 sq. km. or below : S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 City / Town Soron Talbandha Moreh Ambehta Kushalgarh Tirumakudal-Narsipur State / UT Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Manipur Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan Karnataka Area in sq. km. 1 1 1 1 1 1

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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

Khargupur Pali Farah Omerkhan Daira Gudivada Gulariya Bhindara Rudra Prayag Narkanda Titron Jiwan Pur alias Johri Pur Garhi Pukhta Karachiya Indri Bahuwa Khajoori Khas Viswanatham Chabua Jagalur Charibatia Sadabad Hassanpur Dharmapur Khutar Doghat Agarwal Mandi(Tatiri) Mudigere Rasulabad Jaffrabad Maktampur Itaunja Uttar Kalas Mant Khas Jubbal Debipur Raghunathchak Balarampota Jonai Bazar Khodarampur Torban (Khetri Leikai) Okani-Ii Devadurga Sankhol

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Delhi Uttar Pradesh Gujarat Haryana Uttar Pradesh Delhi Tamilnadu Assam Karnataka Orissa Uttar Pradesh Haryana West Bengal Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Karnataka Uttar Pradesh Delhi Gujarat Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh West Bengal West Bengal West Bengal Assam West Bengal Manipur Jharkhand Karnataka Haryana

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.98 0.98 0.97 0.96 0.95 0.95 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.93 0.93 0.93 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.91 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.86 0.86 0.85 0.84 0.84

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49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

Dewa Landaura Kachu Pukur Jais Kanth Chrari Sharief Naina Devi Babar Pur Bhanpura Raja Ka Rampur Ayyampettai Sirsaganj Mohgaon NidhauliKalan Malhargarh Tatarpur Lallu Ambikanagar Mukrampur Khema Sonatikiri Bhargain Hatti Kadipur Eksara Bara Bamonia Phillaur Kerakat Naoriya Pakhanglakpa C.T. Lakhanpur Depalpur Shankhanagar Aiho Ikauna Amethi Mandleshwar Borgolai Grant No.11 Kalol Ina Jagtaj Pinahat Palampur Chenani Kodalia Honnali

Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Himachal Pradesh Delhi Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Tamilnadu Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Karnataka Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Uttar Pradesh Karnataka Uttar Pradesh West Bengal West Bengal Punjab Uttar Pradesh Manipur Jammu & Kashmir Madhya Pradesh West Bengal West Bengal Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Assam Gujarat West Bengal Uttar Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir West Bengal Karnataka

0.83 0.82 0.81 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.78 0.78 0.78 0.78 0.78 0.78 0.77 0.77 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.75 0.75 0.74 0.74 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.71 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.69 0.68

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91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132

Pichhore Shekhpura Kakori Bhagur Habibpur Almora Lonar Holalkere Rau Gudibanda Therur Dakshin Baguan Colgong Kishtwar Serpur Bhulepur Barbari (Amc Area) Chandpur Hatgachha Tral Jaithara Dulhipur Moovarasampet Bilgi Uchana Chhotaputki Khudaganj Prithvipur Karari Kalol Ina Garoth Banupur Atrauliya Andul Sri Hargobindpur Ibrahimpur Kathera Chak Imam Ali Dataganj Uttar Mahammadpur Chak Enayetnagar Sringeri

Madhya Pradesh Punjab Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Bihar Uttarakhand Maharashtra Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Karnataka Tamilnadu West Bengal Bihar Jammu & Kashmir West Bengal Uttar Pradesh Assam West Bengal West Bengal Jammu & Kashmir Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Tamilnadu Karnataka Haryana Jharkhand Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Gujarat Madhya Pradesh West Bengal Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Punjab Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh West Bengal West Bengal Karnataka

0.68 0.68 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.66 0.66 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.62 0.61 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.58 0.57 0.57 0.56 0.55 0.53 0.53 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.49 0.49 0.46 0.46

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133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171

Rajapur Bilandapur Mir Pur Turk Faridnagar Khargapur Yelandur Bhagwant Nagar Gandhinagar Baldeogarh Kotkhai Belthara Road Chilkana Sultanpur Char Maijdia Bawal Lodhikheda Katra Nalkheda Ichhawar Chaurai Khas Narayangarh Swamibagh Pattan Nuh Runji-Gautampura Narnaund Asarganj Mahua Kheraganj Susner Limla Badod Kanad Bighapur Panara Sunderbani Vasna (Borsad) Sasni Saunkh Dargajogihalli Jhabrera

Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Delhi Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Karnataka Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Haryana Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Haryana Madhya Pradesh Haryana Bihar Uttarakhand Madhya Pradesh Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Gujarat Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Karnataka Uttarakhand

0.45 0.45 0.45 0.44 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.41 0.41 0.4 0.38 0.37 0.37 0.36 0.33 0.32 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.3 0.3 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.27 0.26 0.25 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.14 0.11 0.09

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VI.

Distribution of cities / towns by range of area : S. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Range of Area ( in sq. km.) Below 5 5 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 100 100 - 150 150 - 200 200 & above Not Available Total No. of towns 1692 1260 1230 431 195 92 147 45 22 20 27 5161 Percentage to total number of towns 32.78 24.41 23.83 8.35 3.78 1.78 2.85 0.87 0.43 0.39 0.52 100.00

VII.

Total urban area ( excluding 27 towns for which data is not available ) : 77,370.50 sq. km. Average area of cities / towns ( on the basis of area of 5134 cities and towns ) : 15.07 sq. km. Proportion of total urban area to the total area of the country : About 2.34 % Number cities / towns having equal or more area than the average area

VIII.

IX.

X.

: 1363

XI.

Number cities / towns having lesser area than the average area : 3771

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Part II Density
I. II. Range of density of cities / towns City / town having the highest density : 41 104267 persons per Sq. Km.

: Jhabrera (Uttarkhand) ( 104267)

III.

City / town having the lowest density

: Hajira Ina (Gujarat ) ( 41)

IV.

List of cities / towns, having a density of at least 50000 persons :

S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

City / Town Jhabrera Sasni Mustafabad Jaffrabad Mir Pur Turk Saunkh Sultan Pur Majra Dallo Pura Dargajogihalli Babar Pur Narnaund Susner Badod

State / UT Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh Delhi Delhi Delhi Uttar Pradesh Delhi Delhi Karnataka Delhi Haryana Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh

Density 104,267 81,160 69,900 63,833 62,879 60,614 59,360 57,913 56,109 54,905 53,986 51,654 51,148

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List of cities / towns, having a density of 200 persons or below : S.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 City / Town Hebbalu Mettupalayam Chatakonda Bhayavadar Naregal Chinakkampalayam Dhali Mulanur Badagoan Manimutharu Ruthravathi State / UT Karnataka Tamilnadu Andhra Pradesh Gujarat Karnataka Tamilnadu Tamilnadu Tamilnadu Madhya Pradesh Tamilnadu Tamilnadu Density 199 197 197 195 195 195 192 186 185 185 182

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12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

Madhogarh Kudremukh Kedarnath Shirwal Thenzawl Amarkantak Hulligal Lengpui Valparai Chitrakoot Dhaliyur Kannivadi Bairabi Azhakiapandipuram Gulmarg Naduvattam Diken Sarigam Ina Mahabaleshwar Semmipalayam Gangotri Hajira Ina

Uttar Pradesh Karnataka Uttarakhand Maharashtra Mizoram Madhya Pradesh Tamilnadu Mizoram Tamilnadu Madhya Pradesh Tamilnadu Tamilnadu Mizoram Tamilnadu Jammu & Kashmir Tamilnadu Madhya Pradesh Gujarat Maharashtra Tamilnadu Uttarakhand Gujarat

182 178 175 155 153 152 148 143 142 139 135 129 127 119 108 107 93 93 88 84 76 41

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Distribution of cities / towns by range of density : Table 1 : Distribution of towns by density - All India - 2001 S. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Range of Density Below 1000 1000 - 2000 2000 - 3000 3000 - 4000 4000 - 5000 5000 - 6000 6000 - 7000 7000 - 8000 8000 - 9000 9000 - 10000 10000 & above Not Available Total No. of towns 822 1181 799 595 372 298 222 147 129 104 465 27 5161 Percentage 15.93 22.88 15.48 11.53 7.21 5.77 4.30 2.85 2.50 2.02 9.01 0.52 100.00

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VII. VIII.

Average density of cities / towns Number cities / towns having equal or more density than the average density

: 3675 persons

: 1916

IX.

Number cities / towns having lesser density than the average density : 3218 List of cities / towns having an area of at least 100 sq. km. but having a density of lesser than 5000 persons per sq. km. S.No.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

X.

City / Town
Valparai Jaipur Bhopal Singrauli Nashik Srinagar Kota Ajmer Guwahati Korba Hubli-Dharwad Solapur Ranchi Kozhikode Gwalior Bikaner Bokaro Steel City Chitrakoot Pali Durgapur Belgaum Raurkela Industrial Township Jammu Cuttack Bhubaneswar Mangalore Kochi Mahabaleshwar Bhilai Nagar Gorakhpur Mettur Aizawl Gajuwaka Asansol Basavana Bagevadi

State
Tamilnadu Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Jammu & Kashmir Rajasthan Rajasthan Assam Chhattisgarh Karnataka Maharashtra Jharkhand Kerala Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan West Bengal Karnataka Orissa Jammu & Kashmir Orissa Orissa Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Tamilnadu Mizoram Andhra Pradesh West Bengal Karnataka

Area in sq. km.

669.64 484.64 298.48 284.46 259.13 234.48 221.36 218.00 216.79 215.02 213.42 178.57 177.19 167.62 166.83 165.75 162.91 160.35 159.00 154.20 151.28 150.99 150.43 149.16 148.10 147.43 145.69 145.04 141.30 141.01 131.41 129.00 128.04 127.87 126.51

Density
142 4792 4886 651 4157 4061 3137 2227 3777 1468 3684 4886 4781 3699 4957 3196 2417 139 1180 3200 3008 1413 3655 3584 4444 2823 4727 88 3937 4416 408 1770 2160 3718 226

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36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51

Jaisalmer Amravati Bhilwara Sangli-Miraj Kupwad Hulligal Bilara Bathinda Tirunelveli Naduvattam Haldia Ovalley L.B.Nagar Bijapur Azhakiapandipuram Thrissur Dewas

Rajasthan Maharashtra Rajasthan Maharashtra Tamilnadu Rajasthan Punjab Tamilnadu Tamilnadu West Bengal Tamilnadu Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Tamilnadu Kerala Madhya Pradesh

126.27 121.65 118.49 118.18 115.00 110.00 110.00 108.65 106.05 104.90 103.55 103.00 102.59 102.40 101.42 100.22

456 4517 2364 3696 148 351 1975 3790 107 1627 239 2794 2475 119 3131 2312

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