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India : Urban - 6,331 Cities


While the Census 2011 cities/towns totaled 7,933 (4,041 statutory towns and 3,892 census towns), these can effectively be summarized as 6,284, since 1,947 cities were actually part of 298 Urban-Agglomerations (UAs). We make no distinction between the word “Cities” and the word “Towns”. Our focus is to make a distinction between Capital Cities (State/District) and Non-Capitals (Other cities).

As of 2026, India comprises 28 states (and 8 UTs) and districts increasing from 640 in 2011 to 766 in 2026, 44 villages have become District or State Capitals (including Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh)), and Hyderabad (Rangareddy District), Porompat (Imphal East District), and Thoubal (Thoubal District) were part of Urban Agglomerations in 2011 — raising the total from 6,284 to 6331 cities. These now comprise 301 Urban Agglomerations (UAs).

Each of the 766 districts and 28 states & 8 UTs has a Capital. There are 2 State Capitals—Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) & Bhubaneswar (Odisha)—which are not district capitals. Also, Chandigarh is unique as the capital of two states (Punjab & Haryana) and one UT (Chandigarh itself).

We thus have 768 State and/or District capital Cities in India in 2026. Of these, 240 are Urban Agglomerations (UAs), 472 are cities, and 44 were villages in 2011. However, 12 District Capitals ( Click here )effectively merge into nearby UAs, bringing the focus capitals (State/District) to 756 instead of 768.

Currently, there are 278 Municipal Corporations declared by the State Governments and 100 Smart Cities under the Smart Cities Mission.

City Language Distribution
# State / UT Name Census 2011 2026
Districts Cities UAs UA Cities Districts Capitals Cities Total Cities M. Corp. Smart
Cities
Cities UAs New (2011
villages)		 Total UAs Other Cities
1 Andhra Pradesh 23 353 36 122 26 7 17 3 27 5 124 156 17 4
2 Arunachal Pradesh 16 27 - - 26 20 - 6 26 - 7 33 1 1
3 Assam 27 214 7 26 35 23 7 5 35 - 165 200 3 1
4 Bihar 38 199 12 38 38 26 12 - 38 - 135 173 19 5
5 Chhattisgarh 18 182 7 17 33 25 7 1 33 - 140 173 14 3
6 Goa 2 70 3 10 2 - 2 - 2 1 60 63 1 1
7 Gujarat 26 348 23 90 33 11 22 - 33 1 248 282 17 6
8 Haryana 21 154 8 20 22 13 9 - 22 - 116 138 11 2
9 Himachal Pradesh 12 59 1 2 12 9 1 2 12 - 48 60 8 1
10 Jharkhand 24 228 10 52 24 16 8 - 24 2 160 186 9 1
11 Karnataka 30 347 11 38 31 20 9 1 30 2 289 321 19 7
12 Kerala 14 520 18 471 14 2 11 1 14 7 47 68 6 2
13 Madhya Pradesh 50 476 14 51 52 39 13 - 52 1 386 439 16 7
14 Maharashtra 35 534 15 47 36 23 10 2 35 5 465 505 29 7
15 Manipur 9 51 1 18 16 8 2 6 16 - 24 40 1 1
16 Meghalaya 7 22 1 12 12 8 1 3 12 - 2 14 - 1
17 Mizoram 8 23 - - 11 11 - - 11 - 12 23 1 1
18 Nagaland 11 26 - - 16 13 - 3 16 - 13 29 - 1
19 Odisha 30 223 7 14 30 23 6 2 31 1 186 218 6 2
20 Punjab 20 217 8 14 23 17 6 - 23 2 186 211 14 3
21 Rajasthan 33 297 15 27 33 21 12 - 33 3 249 285 9 4
22 Sikkim 4 9 - - 6 3 - 3 6 - 6 12 1 2
23 Tamil Nadu 32 1,097 25 295 38 22 15 1 38 10 780 828 25 11
24 Telangana - - - - 33 18 13 2 33 2 83 118 11 2
25 Tripura 4 42 - - 8 8 - - 8 - 34 42 1 1
26 Uttarakhand 13 115 6 29 13 10 3 - 13 3 76 92 11 1
27 Uttar Pradesh 71 915 39 153 75 39 35 1 75 4 723 802 17 14
28 West Bengal 19 909 25 270 23 10 13 - 23 12 632 667 7 -
29 UT - Andaman and Nicobar Islands 3 5 - - 3 1 - 2 3 - 4 7 - 1
30 UT - Chandigarh 1 6 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 - 5 6 1 1
31 UT - Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 3 14 - - 3 3 - - 3 - 11 14 - 2
32 UT - Jammu & Kashmir 22 122 3 14 20 17 3 - 20 - 87 107 2 1
33 UT - Ladakh - - - - 2 2 - - 2 - 2 4 - -
34 UT - Lakshadweep 1 6 - - 1 1 - - 1 - 5 6 - 1
35 UT - NCT of Delhi 9 113 1 110 11 - 1 - 1 - 3 4 1 1
36 UT - Puducherry 4 10 1 6 4 3 1 - 4 - 1 5 - 1
INDIA TOTAL 640 7,933 298 1,947 766 472 240 44 756 61 5,514 6,331 278 100
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