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Historical geography · Census 2011

India’s towns.
Population and demographic profiles.

7,933 unique town codes in the imported national PCA workbook. Source-defined urban units can include outgrowths and more than one component. These are not urban agglomeration totals.

Names, boundaries and status belong to 2011. Current districts and local bodies may differ. The profiles reproduce the original Census units and do not infer present-day totals.

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Assam

214 unique source town codes

Bihar

199 unique source town codes

Goa

70 unique source town codes

Gujarat

348 unique source town codes

Haryana

154 unique source town codes

Kerala

520 unique source town codes

Odisha

223 unique source town codes

Punjab

217 unique source town codes

Sikkim

9 unique source town codes

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PlacePeople · 2011HouseholdsLiteracy · age 7+
Greater MumbaiMaharashtra · code 80279412,442,3732,779,94389.73%
DMCNCT of Delhi · code 80044111,034,5552,306,67587.59%
BBMPKarnataka · code 8031628,495,4922,114,77688.68%
GHMCAndhra Pradesh · code 8029186,993,2621,583,90882.93%
AhmadabadGujarat · code 8024845,633,9271,191,84388.26%
ChennaiTamil Nadu · code 8033394,646,7321,154,98290.18%
SuratGujarat · code 8026294,501,610984,48887.86%
KolkataWest Bengal · code 8017424,496,6941,024,92886.31%
PuneMaharashtra · code 8028143,124,458742,60289.56%
JaipurRajasthan · code 8005223,046,163599,50783.33%
LucknowUttar Pradesh · code 8009512,817,105538,14982.5%
KanpurUttar Pradesh · code 8010052,768,057522,80582.43%
NagpurMaharashtra · code 8027102,405,665527,63491.92%
IndoreMadhya Pradesh · code 8022731,994,397405,09085.61%
ThaneMaharashtra · code 8027871,841,488435,34189.41%
BhopalMadhya Pradesh · code 8023121,798,218382,69083.47%
VadodaraGujarat · code 8025961,752,371393,88790.48%
GVMCAndhra Pradesh · code 8029471,728,128439,33581.79%
Pimpri ChinchwadMaharashtra · code 8028111,727,692427,35689.22%
PatnaBihar · code 8013731,684,297294,63183.37%
GhaziabadUttar Pradesh · code 8007341,648,643336,06984.78%
LudhianaPunjab · code 8001961,618,879344,33385.77%
AgraUttar Pradesh · code 8008041,585,704267,94573.11%
NashikMaharashtra · code 8027761,486,053336,33389.85%
FaridabadHaryana · code 8004361,414,050290,67583.83%
RajkotGujarat · code 8025011,323,363286,83887.64%
MeerutUttar Pradesh · code 8007161,305,429232,14475.66%
Kalyan-DombivliMaharashtra · code 8027901,247,327302,73591.37%
Vasai-Virar CityMaharashtra · code 8027851,222,390291,22988.57%
SrinagarJammu and Kashmir · code 8000131,206,419187,20169.25%
VaranasiUttar Pradesh · code 8012351,198,491190,83579.27%
AurangabadMaharashtra · code 8027651,175,116236,65987.49%
AllahabadUttar Pradesh · code 8010861,168,385205,52984.67%
DhanbadJharkhand · code 8017751,162,472220,78379.47%
AmritsarPunjab · code 8002521,159,227239,07883.81%
VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh · code 8029691,143,232305,62181.3%
Navi MumbaiMaharashtra · code 8027881,120,547273,62689.62%
JabalpurMadhya Pradesh · code 8023611,081,677225,34087.28%
HaoraWest Bengal · code 8017401,077,075244,13588.71%
RanchiJharkhand · code 8017941,073,427207,63687.37%
JodhpurRajasthan · code 8005441,056,191196,43680.33%
GwaliorMadhya Pradesh · code 8021001,054,420199,46684.21%
CoimbatoreTamil Nadu · code 8039841,050,721282,83991.3%
RaipurChhattisgarh · code 8020341,027,264218,93785.94%
MaduraiTamil Nadu · code 8037541,017,865266,44990.91%
KotaRajasthan · code 8006091,001,694210,13582.8%
ChandigarhChandigarh · code 800286970,602220,52086.44%
GuwahatiAssam · code 801627962,334230,76991.5%
SolapurMaharashtra · code 802856951,558188,50382.8%
Hubli-DharwadKarnataka · code 803083943,788200,41886.79%
MysoreKarnataka · code 803194920,550215,06187.71%
BareillyUttar Pradesh · code 800866904,797166,44768.27%
MoradabadUttar Pradesh · code 800682887,871161,32968.75%
GurgaonHaryana · code 800429886,519208,22987.49%
BhubaneswarOdisha · code 801859885,363206,01491.73%
AligarhUttar Pradesh · code 800768874,408147,36368.52%
JalandharPunjab · code 800166868,929186,17486.2%
TiruchirappalliTamil Nadu · code 803631847,387214,52991.38%
SalemTamil Nadu · code 803463829,267215,74784.42%
Mira-BhayandarMaharashtra · code 802786809,378187,05990.98%

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