(For official use only) Area, Population and Density of Cities and Towns of India - 2001 December, 2007 Socio-economic and Monitoring Division Town and Country Planning Organisation Ministry of Urban Development Government of India CONTENTS Preface I An Overview of Area 1 – 2 and Density of India and the World II Area and Density – All 3 – 14 Cities and Towns III Area and Density – Class I 15 – 32 Cities IV Area and Density – 33 – 39 Metropolitan Cities Annexure Townwise Area, 40 – 139 Population and Density - India - 2001 PREFACE The need for documentation of data related to area, population and density of towns and cities has always been felt by urban planners and administrators, as it becomes handy and useful for preparing development plans, master plans, urban policy formulation etc. In order to provide information in a consolidated manner, this document has been compiled based on Census of India, 2001. Apart from presenting the information in a tabular form, the document also contains brief analysis highlighting inter-state and inter-city variations in area and density. A comparative picture of India and the world has also been included. The work of bringing out this document has been capably handled by Shri J. Nagarajan, Senior Social Scientist and his team of officers consisting of Shri B.K. Bharti, Senior Research Officer, Sh. K.L. Buttan, Research Officer, Shri C.A. Lokesh, Shri P.P. Tuteja and Shri T. Tete. Secretarial assistance was rendered by Smt. Amarjeet Kaur. I hope that those who are engaged in the field of urban development planning, policy formulation and other related areas would find the document useful. New Delhi. (J.B. Kshirsagar) December 2007 Chief Planner Area, Population and Density of Cities and Towns of India – 2001 An Overview of Area and Density of India and the World CHAPTER I An Overview of Area and Density of India and the World Part I – World I. Total area of the world : 510.072 million sq. km. ( Source : CIA : “The World Fact book” ) II. Land area of the world : 148.94 million sq. km. ( Source : CIA : “The World Fact book” ) III. Area covered by water in the world : 361.132 million sq. km. ( Source : CIA : “The World Fact book” ) IV. Proportion of area of the world covered by water : 70.8 % V. Proportion of land area of the world : 29.2 % VI. Estimated population of the world in 2000 : 6086 million ( Source : United Nations : “Demographic Yearbook – 2004 “) VII. Density of population of the world : 41 persons per sq. km. of land area VIII. Estimated Urban population of the : 2985 million world (2002 ) ( Source : Demographia Website ) IX. Proportion of urban population of the world : 49.05 % Part II – India I. Total Population of India (2001) : 1029 million II. Percentage of population of India to the estimated population of the population of the world : 16.9 % III. Total geographical area of India : 3.29 million sq. km Town and Country Planning Organisation Socio-economic and Monitoring Division Area, Population and Density of Cities and Towns of India – 2001 An Overview of Area and Density of India and the World IV. Percentage of geographical area of India to the land area of the world : 2.21 % V. Density of Population of India (2001) : 313 persons per sq. km. VI. Total urban area ( excluding 27 cities & towns for which area figures are not available ) : 77,370.50 sq. km. VII. Proportion of urban area to the total geographical area : 2.34 % VIII. Total Area, Average Area and Density in Urban India - 2001: Average Size Class Total Total Area area of S.No. % % Density of Cities Popn. in sq. km. cities in sq. km. Class I 1 (433 cities) 176903387 62.23 24,717.3 4 31.9 5 57.08 7157 ( N.A. – 8 cities) Class II 2 (493 towns) 34198853 12.03 10145.0 8 13.11 20.58 3371 ( N.A.– 3 towns) Class III 3 (1383 towns) 14.75 19,412.17 25.09 14.04 2161 ( N.A. – 5 towns) 41952450 Class IV 4 (1561 towns ) 22586953 7.94 15406.14 19.91 9.87 1466 (N.A. – 2 towns ) Class V 5 (1040 towns) 7884236 2.77 6742.61 8.71 6.48 1169 ( N.A. – 1 town ) Class VI 6 ( 224 towns ) 803470 0.28 947.17 1.22 4.22 848 (N.A. – 8 towns ) Total - All Cities (5134 cities & towns) 284329349 100.0 77,370.50 100.0 15.07 3675 ( N.A. – 27 cities & towns ) Note : As per the Census of India – 2001, the total number of cities and towns is 5161. The data given in the above table covers only 5134 cities and towns , as the area figures relating to 27 cities and towns were not available. The size-class wise position is indicated within brackets in the second column. Abbreviation : N.A. : Not Available Town and Country Planning Organisation 2 Socio-economic and Monitoring Division 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. Range of area of cities / towns : 0.09 - 669.64 Sq. Km. II. City / town having the largest area : 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 : Area in S.No. City / Town State / UT sq. km. 1 Valparai Tamilnadu 669.64 2 Greater Mumbai Maharashtra 603.00 3 Jaipur Rajasthan 484.64 4 Delhi Municipal Delhi 431.09 5 PuneCorporation (Urban) Maharashtra 430.00 6 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 310.10 7 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 298.48 8 Singrauli Madhya Pradesh 284.46 9 Ahmadabad Gujarat 281.08 10 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 266.74 11 Nashik Maharashtra 259.13 12 Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir 234.48 13 Bangalore Karnataka 226.24 14 Kota Rajasthan 221.36 Town and Country Planning Organisation 3 Socio-economic and Monitoring Division Area, Population and Density of Cities and Towns of India – 2001 Area and Density – All Cities and Towns 15 Ajmer Rajasthan 218.00 16 Nagpur Maharashtra 217.56 17 Guwahati Assam 216.79 18 Korba Chhattisgarh 215.02 19 Hubli-Dharwad Karnataka 213.42 20 Surat Gujarat 212.52 21 Faridabad Haryana 198.75 22 Kolkata West Bengal 186.23 23 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 182.70 24 Solapur Maharashtra 178.57 25 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 177.77 26 Ranchi Jharkhand 177.19 27 Chennai M.Corp. Tamilnadu 174.00 28 Hyderabad ( Area figure covers Andhra Pradesh 172.70 area falling in Hyderabad Dist.) 29 Pimpri Chinchwad Maharashtra 170.50 30 Kozhikode Kerala 167.62 31 Gwalior Madhya Pradesh 166.83 32 Bikaner Rajasthan 165.75 33 Rajkot Gujarat 163.14 34 Bokaro Steel City Jharkhand 162.91 35 Indore Madhya Pradesh 160.45 36 Chitrakoot Madhya Pradesh 160.35 37 Ludhiana Punjab 159.37 38 Pali Rajasthan 159.00 39 Durgapur West Bengal 154.20 40 Belgaum Karnataka 151.28 41 Raurkela Industrial Orissa 150.99 42 JammuTownship Jammu & Kashmir 150.43 43 Cuttack Orissa 149.16 44 Bhubaneswar Orissa 148.10 45 Mangalore Karnataka 147.43 46 Tiruchirappalli Tamilnadu 146.90 47 Kochi Kerala 145.69 48 Mahabaleshwar Maharashtra 145.04 49 Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh 144.50 50 Meerut Uttar Pradesh 141.89 51 Bhilai Nagar Chhattisgarh 141.30 52 Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh 141.01 53 Aurangabad Maharashtra 138.50 54 Amritsar Punjab 136.00 55 Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh 134.94 56 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra 132.86 Town and Country Planning Organisation 4 Socio-economic and Monitoring Division Area, Population and Density of Cities and Towns of India – 2001 Area and Density – All Cities and Towns 57 Mettur Tamilnadu 131.41 58 Aizawl Mizoram 129.00 59 Thane Maharashtra 128.23 60 Gajuwaka Andhra Pradesh 128.04 61 Asansol West Bengal 127.87 62 Basavana Bagevadi Karnataka 126.51 63 Jaisalmer Rajasthan 126.27 64 Amravati Maharashtra 121.65 65 Agra M Corp. Uttar Pradesh 120.57 66 Bhilwara Rajasthan 118.49 67 Sangli-Miraj Kupwad Maharashtra 118.18 68 Mysore Karnataka 117.50 69 Hulligal Tamilnadu 115.00 70 Vadodara Gujarat 113.87 71 Bathinda Punjab 110.00 72 Bilara Rajasthan 110.00 73 Raipur Chhattisgarh 108.66 74 Tirunelveli Tamilnadu 108.65 75 Patna Bihar 108.34 76 Bareilly Uttar Pradesh 106.43 77 Naduvattam Tamilnadu 106.05 78 Coimbatore Tamilnadu 105.70 79 Haldia West Bengal 104.90 80 Kalyan-Dombivli Maharashtra 104.57 81 Ovalley Tamilnadu 103.55 82 L.B.Nagar Andhra Pradesh 103.00 83 Bijapur Karnataka 102.59 84 Azhakiapandipuram Tamilnadu 102.40 85 Jalandhar Punjab 102.00 86 Thrissur Kerala 101.42 87 Dewas Madhya Pradesh 100.22 V. List of cities / towns, having an area of 1 sq. km. or below : Area in S.No. City / Town State / UT sq. km. 1 Soron Uttar Pradesh 1 2 Talbandha West Bengal 1 3 Moreh Manipur 1 4 Ambehta Uttar Pradesh 1 5 Kushalgarh Rajasthan 1 6 Tirumakudal-Narsipur Karnataka 1 Town and Country Planning Organisation 5 Socio-economic and Monitoring Division Area, Population and Density of Cities and Towns of India – 2001 Area and Density – All Cities and Towns 7 Khargupur Uttar Pradesh 1 8 Pali Uttar Pradesh 1 9 Farah Uttar Pradesh 1 10 Omerkhan Daira Andhra Pradesh 1 11 Gudivada Andhra Pradesh 1 12 Gulariya Bhindara Uttar Pradesh 1 13 Rudra Prayag Uttarakhand 1 14 Narkanda Himachal Pradesh 1 15 Titron Uttar Pradesh 0.98 16 Jiwan Pur alias Johri Delhi 0.98 17 GarhiPur Pukhta Uttar Pradesh 0.97 18 Karachiya Gujarat 0.96 19 Indri Haryana 0.95 20 Bahuwa Uttar Pradesh 0.95 21 Khajoori Khas Delhi 0.94 22 Viswanatham Tamilnadu 0.94 23 Chabua Assam 0.94 24 Jagalur Karnataka 0.94 25 Charibatia Orissa 0.94 26 Sadabad Uttar Pradesh 0.93 27 Hassanpur Haryana 0.93 28 Dharmapur West Bengal 0.93 29 Khutar Uttar Pradesh 0.92 30 Doghat Uttar Pradesh