Here is the complete List of Indian Cities with Population Greater than 1 Million These are the only Cities that Qualify for Foreign Direct Investment in Retail, provided State Government approves the proposal. Population as Per 2011 Census
City, Population and the State in which the City is Located.
1 Mumbai 12,478,447 Maharashtra
2 Delhi 11,007,835 Delhi
3 Bangalore 8,425,970 Karnataka
4 Hyderabad 6,809,970 Andhra Pradesh
5 Ahmedabad 5,570,585 Gujarat
6 Chennai 4,681,087 Tamil Nadu
7 Kolkata 4,486,679 West Bengal
8 Surat 4,462,002 Gujarat
9 Pune 3,115,431 Maharashtra
10 Jaipur 3,073,350 Rajasthan
11 Lucknow 2,815,601 Uttar Pradesh
12 Kanpur 2,767,031 Uttar Pradesh
13 Nagpur 2,405,421 Maharashtra
14 Indore 1,960,631 Madhya Pradesh
15 Thane 1,818,872 Maharashtra
16 Bhopal 1,795,648 Madhya Pradesh
17 Visakhapatnam 1,730,320 Andhra Pradesh
18 Pimpri-Chinchwad 1,729,359 Maharashtra
19 Patna 1,683,200 Bihar
20 Vadodara 1,666,703 Gujarat
21 Ghaziabad 1,636,068 Uttar Pradesh
22 Ludhiana 1,613,878 Punjab
23 Agra 1,574,542 Uttar Pradesh
24 Nashik 1,486,973 Maharashtra
25 Faridabad 1,404,653 Haryana
26 Meerut 1,309,023 Uttar Pradesh
27 Rajkot 1,286,995 Gujarat
28 Kalyan-Dombivali 1,246,381 Maharashtra
28 Vasai-Virar 1,221,233 Maharashtra
29 Varanasi 1,201,815 Uttar Pradesh
30 Srinagar 1,192,792 Jammu and Kashmir
31 Aurangabad 1,171,330 Maharashtra
32 Dhanbad 1,161,561 Jharkhand
33 Amritsar 1,132,761 Punjab
34 Navi Mumbai 1,119,477 Maharashtra
35 Allahabad 1,117,094 Uttar Pradesh
36 Ranchi 1,073,440 Jharkhand
37 Howrah 1,072,161 West Bengal
38 Coimbatore 1,061,447 Tamil Nadu
39 Jabalpur 1,054,336 Madhya Pradesh
40 Gwalior 1,053,505 Madhya Pradesh
41 Vijayawada 1,048,240 Andhra Pradesh
42 Jodhpur 1,033,918 Rajasthan
43 Madurai 1,016,885 Tamil Nadu
44 Raipur 1,010,087 Chhattisgarh
45 Kota 1,001,365 Rajasthan
