Talk:List of cities in India by population/Archive 1

This list seems to be dubious
I dont think this list is correct. Somebody can verify this?? Leotolstoy 12:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Why do you think it's dubious? In any case, the source is World Gazetteer and the figures are projections based on the 2001 Census and recent growth rates. --Polaron | Talk 13:19, 26 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Personally I dont think Bangalore is bigger than Kolkota (I know it does not matter). Anyways Kolkota and Chennai pages show population of those cities to be 9 & 6 million respectively. So either this page is incorrect or those pages. Leotolstoy 14:10, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Somebody changed the Kolkata municipal corporation figure which I have fixed. The Chennai page was also using the agglomeration figure for the municipal corporation (also fixed). Thanks for pointing out the inconsistencies. --Polaron | Talk 14:35, 26 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I also observed that most of the other pages (Ahmedabad,[hyderabad]]) are also inconsistent. Is it possible to make verything consistent??. Leotolstoy 15:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Bangalore's population is more than Kolkata now, because, a number of areas, which were considered outside BMP (Bangalore Municipality), joined as BMP area. So, population of Bangalore increased, somewhat drastically. I still favor arranging the data (and rank) according to census 2001 data rather than the estimated data. Estimated data is more like original research and census data is like establish source. Isn't it?GDibyendu (talk) 19:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Not really, websites use projection models to determine the population of a city/town as of a certain year. This is quite similar to models used by census bureaus...they don't physically count each of the 7 million people living in a city either.  I think it is fine to continue using World Gazzetteer, for purposes of standardization &mdash; these numbers are used across most, if not all India-related articles. AreJay (talk) 19:28, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Just checked that world gazetteer has published their calculation for 2008. However, against those numbers, they are showing census 2001 data, which are not matching with the data in this article. I have no idea how you guys are maintaining this list. Good luck!GDibyendu (talk) 19:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The Bangalore page says the population is 6,520,000 while this page says 5,104,047. Inconsistent. Then the List of most populous metropolitan areas in India says it is 6,255,256. Umangv 13:55, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Why isn't New Delhi, the Capitol of India, on here? It's probably big enough to at least make it on the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.117.213.88 (talk) 05:26, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Umm...it's #2 on the list. AreJay (talk) 07:06, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I would suggest ranking the cities based on census data as obtained in 2001. Its OK to have the data from World Gazetteer, but thats not census and ranks should not made on speculative data, particularly when last census was done timely and those data are available.192.18.192.21 (talk) 05:27, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

The figures for several cities are inconsistent.

The statement above that "websites use projection models to determine the population of a city/town as of a certain year. This is quite similar to models used by census bureaus" is inconsistent with the earlier statement "Bangalore's population is more than Kolkata now, because, a number of areas, which were considered outside BMP (Bangalore Municipality), joined as BMP area. So, population of Bangalore increased, somewhat drastically." as it is almost impossible for anyone to keep track of the area changes of the cities in the country, even for the important ones.

New Delhi (New Delhi Municipal Council) is not in the list because it is a small city. It is the Delhi Municipal Corporation that occupies most of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

There is also a terrible mistake. Visakhapatnam doesn't even figure among the million plus cities(not UAs) of India in 2001 while it is shown to have 2.5 million people

I would agree that ranks should not be based on speculative data, however scientific they may be.

--K N Unni (talk) 11:13, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

This list doesn't seem to be complete. There are many non-borderline (1 mn.) cities missing. Referring to Status of Indian cities, with valid relevant references, seems to be a better idea. - Altruism T a l k - Contribs. 06:03, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Meerut
There is terrible mistake in population of Meerut .Meerut is bigger than cities like Ghaziabad,Faridabad,Rajkot,Pimpri and these cities are not in top 30 also.Meerut Metropolitan Area is 16 largest so how can it be possible that the city is 26 largest.Its population is about 20 lacs but here it is shown just 14 lacs .This is a terrible mistake.Meerut is 16 largest city of India. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.184.192.230 (talk) 09:59, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Obsolete areas still mentioned in this list
Some of the towns in this list, such as Dasarahalli and Kukatpally are no longer independent towns as they have been merged into the Greater Bangalore and Greater Hyderabad municipal limits, respectively. The list needs to be updated to reflect these changes. Regards, SBC-YPR (talk) 05:50, 18 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I have updated the list accordingly. Regards, SBC-YPR (talk) 17:48, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Serious mistake at No. 177
Eh, Bihar is showing up there as a city but its actually a state. --Extra999 (Contact me + contribs) 06:26, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Take a closer look - it's Bihar Sharif, not Bihar. Regards, SBC-YPR (talk) 17:48, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Population of Jamshedpur
The list is faulty.The population of Jamshedpur quoted here is just 677942 in 2010 whereas it was 1,271,441 accoding to census of india.Now it is near 15 lakhs.The List as well as its refernce world gazzeter is incorrect.Kindly rectify the list or merge with List of most populous metropolitan areas in India.--Devx101 (talk) 09:45, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Rationale
What is rationale of creating this article it shows population of cities and not metropolitan areas. it shows Mumbai as mumbai,thane,navi mumbai and more.we all know that this all are part of the same city mumbai don't we. The Divisons are only because they are managed by different civic bodies it makes sense only from administrative point of view and not as a common general sense.

Kindly merge with List of most populous metropolitan areas in India. --Devx101 (talk) 09:45, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Population in New Delhi (current rank 187)
Any specific reason why the 2010 estimate of New Delhi's population is only 80% of 2001's census. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.175.184.10 (talk) 14:27, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Population of Thoothukudi
Hmmm... The 2001 census figure is 436,000+ but this city does not appear in this list. Definitely an issue. Please refer Tamil Nadu page as well. VasuVR ( talk,  contribs ) 14:49, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The population of the town is only 216k, the metro area is at 436K, if any article says that the town is 436k, that article needs to be corrected. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  14:53, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

population of surat
hey spaceman.you said that the population of surat in this list is of 2001 census.but it is clearly stated that the list contains the population statastics of 2010 estimates.and also bangalore's population in the list is 5.8 million which is also of 2010 estimates.but surat's population in the list is of 2001 census.if the list is based on 2001 census.then please change the population of bangalore and other cities too.if not then please change the population of surat.thank you.waiting for the reply. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.198.75.31 (talk) 07:54, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The figures in the list estimates based on the 2001 census. Surat's figures are correct for the 2001 census data and 2010 estimates according to the source. No change is necessary at this point.  E lockid (Alternate)  ( Talk )  16:20, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

population of surat
somebody please check the population of surat.in wikipedia it says 53,25,466.and here it is somewhat 34,215,15.i want to ask what the hell is going on in wikipedia.if i change the population the member named spacemansniff always redits it.please dont give the wrong information spacemansniff.i want to talk with you personally. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.198.76.148 (talk) 09:03, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Please see the linked reference in the article which has both the 2010 estimates and the 1991, 2001 census figures. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  09:05, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I have no idea where the 5.3 million figure comes from. Even the city's website does not give that population.  E lockid (Alternate)  ( Talk )  16:25, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

population of surat
hey the population of surat in 2010 is about 5.3 million according to wikipedia.check surat at mainpage.you will find it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.198.81.67 (talk) 18:56, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia pages are often vandalized. Because of this, it is not a good idea to rely on Wikipedia pages for data. Just because it says on one thing on one page does not make it necessarily true.  E lockid  ( Talk ) 03:22, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

population of surat
sir the population of surat according to city mayors and many oter reliable sources is above 5.2 million check it firs and then state whether it is vandalism or not.and also many other cities population are also estimates then are they not a vandalism.please provide the correct information from census of india and correct the figures.which is not a vandaliseed site it is reliable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.198.82.50 (talk) 15:07, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
 * CityMayors is verifiable but is not reliable. For example, their city populations are not for the core cities as metropolitan populations are also available on that page. Notable example are Buenos Aires, Manila, and Bangkok. This link which has similarities to the UN's data, List of urban agglomerations by population (United Nations) have way below average figures for cities like Jakarta and Seoul which some other sources like CityPopulation, World Gazatteer, Demographia or the governments of Seoul and Jakarta put their cities at a much higher population. Though these are for metropolitan areas, agglomerations have similar data. The last census according to Census of India does not even put the population at 5.2 million. Actually, the one listed here only has a difference of about 50 people. Please present these reliable sources. Please note that sources such as Mongobay or About.com are generally not considered reliable sources to use.  E lockid   ( Talk ) 17:35, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Rename
It shoudl be renamed as List of cities in India by population. Shyamsunder (talk) 20:07, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Kochi ??
There has been an apparent mistake in the world gazetteer statistical listing (which is used as the main source for this article) about Kochi;.(see #189). "citypopulation.de" gives a 2001 population estimate of "1,355,972" for Kochi agglomerate. It is a well known fact that Kochi ranks among the top 15-20 cities of India. Kochi must not be left out just because world gazetteer made a mistake. Thanks. Arjun 024  07:39, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No mistake. The city's population is less than 50% of that of the metro which includes Ernakulam. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  08:02, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

The cited source (world gazetteer) shows the following;

for the population population to fall from 1991 to 2001, i see no credible reason. The only possible reasons i see are 1)error at world gazetteer, 2)redefinition of "Kochi"; where hitherto 2000s Ernakulam was considered part of Kochi and later not. But couldn't find such a thing anywhere. Arjun 024  10:13, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

The table is purposefully mislead by few vested interests. As per 2001 Census, Kochi City has a population of 5,96,473. The official figures are mentioned here http://www.corporationofcochin.net/cdpkochi/02Demography.pdf. We must consider that the city limits was not formally expanded since 1966 and within 1966 limits, if the population is above 5 lakhs, surely it cannot be recorded in 182 list. Kindly revise it.- Arun Varma 7:30, 26 September 2010 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arunvarmaother (talk • contribs)


 * The population of Kochi city is 596473 (2001) according the GOI Census site. The same is reflected in the official site of Corporation of Cochin ( and ). Hence, I am updating the table accordingly. Moreover, there seems to be a mistake in the world-gazetteer. It is shown that the population of Kochi was 564,589 in 1991 and 266,898 in 2001 and predicted 249,107 in 2010. A decreasing population in an Indian city!!!! UNBELIEVABLE !! So, changing the list according to the GoI census information. Cheers, -- Rajith Mohan (Talk to me..) 07:29, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Population estimates
The surat population estimate is being changed to that on the website of the municipality, which provides no logic etc on how that was arrived (especially since it is not a census figure). WG on the other hand has been accepted as a reliable source (at WP:RSN and by external news agencies). Please do not change this without consensus here. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  21:18, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 12bbs, 30 November 2010
Copy of article removed

12bbs (talk) 13:54, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. Please do not copy the entire article when making an edit request. Instead, just list specifically what you want to change in the form of "Change X to Y." We can't compare side by side the old and proposed versions looking for what you want change. Plus, we can't put all of those pictures, categories, etc. on here. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:08, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Many wrong details
Population of mangalore as per 2001 censes is  5,39,387 here it is 399,000 RNM —Preceding unsigned comment added by Neinsun (talk • contribs) 07:29, 2 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Based on the city website city statistics, the population is 419,306. There is no estimate year though. The 399,000 number looks more close related to the municipal corporation data than the census data (assuming that the 419000 number is a more recent that 2001). Most reliable predictions I've seen have shown an increase in population either by natural increase, annexation or both. A 20% drop seems unlikely. There are multiple definitions of cities. The link provided could be based on a definition that's just not the municipal corporation. Elockid  ( Talk ) 21:04, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Census 2011
Kindly update the list to conform to the results of the Census 2011 which were released on March 31st 2011. 

Bangalore - 9.59 million Chennai - 4.70 million Mumbai - 12.40 million Hyderabad - 12.00 million (2014 Aug Survey) New Delhi - 16.80 million Kolkata - 4.50 million — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rahulk.cmc (talk • contribs) 22:02, 6 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't think the results for cities are released except for the metros. Even Bangalore metro's population is 8.4 million. I'm surprised to see somone mentioning it as 9.6 million. Rest all are somewhat correct.-- Thalapathi  (Ping Back)  08:43, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Where is population of Nagpur in this list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Saketborgaonkar (talk • contribs) 11:46, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Nagpur
Nagpur is in Maharastra and not in Jharkhand.

Jadia (talk) 14:55, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 203.123.174.7, 8 June 2011
wrong information provided here.. Hyderabad & Bangalore was the fifth and sixth most populous cities in india respectively as per 2001 census. please verify.

203.123.174.7 (talk) 12:21, 8 June 2011 (UTC) ❌ It's very clear that Bangalore's (city) population was more than Hyderabad (city) in 2001 itself. -- Thalapathi  (Ping Back)  14:37, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 203.123.174.7, 8 June 2011
Hi please update the most populus cities according to the 2011 census.

203.123.174.7 (talk) 12:17, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: the edit request template is for specific changes to be made, not a general call to update an article. If you have specific changes in mind, with the before and after text and sources, feel free to post them and your change will be made. — Bility (talk) 17:34, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Icommentor, 24 July 2011
Visakhapatnam population is grossly understated.

According to 2001 india census the population is 1,345,938.

check the link from census india. http://censusindia.gov.in/towns/ap_towns.pdf

If you add the metro area that's another 949,000 per census in 2001.

check the below link per census india http://web.archive.org/web/20070927201121/http://www.censusindia.net/results/data/apd_uatowns.PDF

Total visakhapatnam population was 2.3 million in 2001.

2011 estimated is above 4.0 million as many areas are included and made into greater vishakapatnam under single administration.

Visakhapatnam should be ranking within 10 largest cities of india by many accounts not 37 as stated in your list.

please correct.

Icommentor (talk) 07:07, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
 * 13.45 lacs is the population of the urban aggglomeration and not the city. A city is different from UA. -- Commander (Ping Me) 07:21, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Pune picture
The picture of Pune is also very misleading as Pashan lies on the outskirts of Pune.B.suhasini (talk) 17:01, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Updation required

 * The official data is out. See this link. The page needs updation. -- Commander (Ping Me) 11:11, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Nagpur and Patna
Please check in the citation []. The same citation is there in the column of the Population census 2011. This document is officially released by the census board of India. According to the statistics of this document, the positions of Nagpur and Patna have been swapped, i.e., Nagpur should be at the place of Patna and vice versa. The population of Nagpur is 24 lakhs and that of Patna is around 16 lakhs. I am again editing the same, this time I'll put the same citation at both the places. Pradyumna666 (talk) 15:30, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 6 December 2011
Ahmedabad is currently bolded to signify it is the capital of Gujarat, however according to the Gujarat article the capital is Gandhinagar (which is also bolded in this table).

This error is confirmed by the “Gujarat Fact File” on the state’s official website.

Woundup (talk) 21:56, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done --Jnorton7558 (talk) 22:23, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Population in Kanpur
The information presented for Kanpur is incorrect. In reality, Kanpur is a combination of two districts, named Kanpur Nagar District and Kanpur Dehat District. This information can be verified at this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanpur

The population of Kanpur written in the list counts Kanpur Nagar District only. This is a terrible mistake. Kanpur should be put at number 5th. Population in 2009 is 4 864 674.

Source of information: http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1240848680&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=419318033&srt=npan&col=adhoq&msz=1500&geo=-7835


 * The list contains the populations of the URBAN AREAS of cities as stated by the census board of India (as mentioned in citations). Kanpur is correctly placed at 12th position according to the population in urban area and not the total population of the district. Same has been done for all the other cities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pradyumna666 (talk • contribs) 15:22, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 5 January 2012
kochi has the 4 th position

Abhishek.7S (talk) 14:34, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * "Kochi city" is too small. &mdash; Commander (Ping me) 17:10, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Not Srirampur it is Serampore
The link of srirampur is wrong. The town in west bengal is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serampore. The name of the town is Serampore and not srirampur. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.139.97.71 (talk) 12:19, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅. Elockid  ( Talk ) 13:01, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Population Of Kolkata decreased HOW
Figure Shows that the population of Kolkata is reduced in 10 years. Kanpur population is highest in U.P. and above Lucknow. Ghaziabad population only 9 lac very funny. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anujknp (talk • contribs) 16:11, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * People might have migrated to the suburbs. &mdash; Vensatry (Ping me)  13:34, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Gurgaon
Please include Gurgaon inthe list Gurgaon - 1.51 million

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-06/gurgaon/29387845_1_literacy-rate-female-population-census-officials http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurgaon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ved2079 (talk • contribs) 12:24, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Gurgaon is not listed in the list.
Gurgaon (city in Haryana) has population of 1,514,085 (2011). This should be in the list at 24th position. Please update as necessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.96.208.95 (talk) 07:12, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Where is Gurgaon ?
I did not see Gurgaon as part of list of cities ? Please add it in the list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.142.174.192 (talk) 04:58, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Anbu121 ( talk me ) 22:45, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Faulty Sorting by Population
The numbers are treated as strings while sorting by population, hence they are sorted "alphabetically", so weird things are happening, like: 1 million is actually considered less than 900000, as 1 is lexicographically preceding 9. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.247.77.108 (talk) 03:25, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 5 April 2013
Please add Haldia, West Bengal in the list of cities. Population 200,762 as on 2011

Sandipan87 (talk) 16:05, 5 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. TOW  talk   05:53, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 8 April 2013
Warangal is not the capital city.

Srikar610 (talk) 08:23, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 15:14, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Edit Request
It appears that one of the recent edits removed Hubli-Dharwar/Hubbali-Dharwar from the list (#50). Now there is a gap at that slot. Can some one with appropriate access restore Hubli-Dharwar? Bmurthy (talk) 21:43, 30 April 2013 (UTC) pimpri chinchwad ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ninad pune (talk • contribs) 18:16, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 25 August 2013
Check population of Nasik here http://indiansawaal.com/nashik-census-2011-population-of-nashik/ it includes Urban area population of the city not just which is under muncipal corp.Care to upadate

117.219.35.127 (talk) 16:29, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please make your request in a "change X to Y" format. Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:59, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 2 September 2013
Coimbatore is an 15th Largest City According to the Census 2011 Not Thane

Arunandro (talk) 07:57, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
 * ❌ Data agrees with source, http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf. Borders of Coimbatore changed in 2010 and the 2011 census used the old borders. -- Diannaa (talk) 01:43, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 14 September 2013
Please change the population of Visakhapatnam in this page to 2,035,690 and the subsequent ranking to 14th. The 2 municipalities and 10 Gram panchayats are merged into the city. Please refer to Visakhapatnam Wikipedia page for confirmation.

117.195.204.226 (talk) 09:11, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but you can't use Wikipedia as a source. Elockid   ( Talk ) 12:45, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Sambalpur
Why isn't Sambalpur in the list? -- SPhilbrick (Talk)  18:19, 23 October 2013 (UTC)


 * The list stops at 200. Sambalpur's population (183,383) is lower than the 200th entry on the list. Elockid</b><sup style="font-family:Chiller; font-size:large;">( Boo! ) 20:28, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The population in the info box is listed as 2,69,565, which if I understand the conversion of lakh, means 269,565. Is the issue that this is the Metropolitan Area population, and that's not the basis of the table?-- SPhilbrick  (Talk)  21:07, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yup, that figure would likely belong on List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India. Just a word of caution, don't rely on the population stated in South Asian city articles, they are often vandalized, especially ones with little to no maintenance. <b style="font-family:Chiller; font-size:x-large; color:#8B0000;">Elockid</b><sup style="font-family:Chiller; font-size:large;">( Boo! ) 21:16, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't doubt that, and I don't have a horse in this race. A reader inquired via OTRS, so I thought I would ask. Sounds like you've answered, thanks.-- SPhilbrick (Talk)  22:03, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Images arrangement
Please move those images into "gallery" sub title so that the page is not too long to read the main table of statistics. Vin09 (talk) 06:36, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2014
Population of Delhi is more than Mumbai.Your Data is old.

Refer to this link:

http://www.themost10.com/populated-cities-on-earth/

203.122.24.100 (talk) 10:44, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

❌ - We know our data is old, it specifically states at the top of the article "The population statistics indicated in this article are for the year 2011" In order to be able to draw comparisons, we have to use the same base year, and same source (The Indian Census) for all entries in the list. - Arjayay (talk) 10:56, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 May 2014
Add "Khammam" city which has the population of 262,309

Source: http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/399-khammam.html

Prathap7714 (talk) 13:12, 6 May 2014 (UTC)


 * ❌ The population of Khammam is 184,252, as stated in the source you cited. The "urban / metropolitan population" may be 262,309 - but we don't use those figures. As is stated at the top of the table, all the figures are from The Census India list here] which also says 184,252 - we do not use any other sources - Arjayay (talk) 13:50, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 May 2014
115.111.221.150 (talk) 10:17, 21 May 2014 (UTC) Hi, Population of sambalpur, Odisha as from Wiki is 269,575 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Odisha_by_population). Its name should be included in the list.

Thank you Deepak

❌ As explained above, in order that all figures are compatible, we only use the official Indian Census figures which you can find here and which gives the population of Sambalpur as 183,383. - Arjayay (talk) 11:10, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 May 2014
Siliguri is having Population 1.5 million. Please change it & do necessary action. For details you can check wikipedia.org/Siliguri

103.10.116.60 (talk) 16:30, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

❌ As explained above, several times, in order that all figures are compatible, we only use the official Indian Census figures which you can find here and which gives the population of Siliguri as 509,709. - Arjayay (talk) 16:59, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 June 2014
Warangal,Karimnagar,Nizamabad now part of Telangana state

Subhash.kolipaka (talk) 09:57, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

✅ - and I relinked Nizamabad - Arjayay (talk) 10:06, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 July 2014
Hello There Please update the populations for Mangalore, Gulbarga, Belgaum, Mysore, Hubli-Dharwad cities in Karnataka as below from Official data of Census of India 2011

Mangalore Population(including OG) = 499,487 http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=663189

Gulbarga Population(including OG) = 543,147

http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=664830

Mysore Population(including OG) = 920,550

http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=662581

Belgaum Population (including OG+ Cantonment)= 509456

http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=639207 http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=639145

Hubli-Dharwad Population = 943,788 http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=646471

Sunilkullu (talk) 11:37, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: All of the other cities use this source. Deviating from that source would comparison between the cities impossible. &mdash; Lucas Thoms 18:54, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 July 2014
Thanks for reply, Then Based on source provided by you Please update the population for below cities

Mangalore population ==> 484,785

As in your website it shows 619,664 which is wrong. Correct population of Mangalore is 484,785

Please check on page number 12 of source

http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf

Sunilkullu (talk) 10:59, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Thanks for the correction suggested. Cheers! Anupmehra  - Let's talk!  11:45, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 July 2014
Hello, Thanks for editing my request, to keep the list accurate, please push the Mangalore after Belgaum at 94th Position. As currently, your list is looking not correct as Mangalore is at 72nd position. Please update accordingly

Sunilkullu (talk) 14:16, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Thanks again! Anupmehra  - Let's talk!  21:45, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Population in Delhi
It says here that in the 2001 census the population of Delhi was 9,879,172. But in the term Delhi it says it was 13,782,976. Which one is correct? 217.132.163.171 (talk) 08:25, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

All of this information is not updated. I keep on trying to update it but some idiot puts the population back in time!!!!!!!

Can someone explain why Delhi's population is listed as 11 million when the census of India clearly states that the 2011 population of Delhi is 16 million? Am I missing something? (Just saw the comment below, my bad) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.5.221 (talk) 17:31, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Wrong figure for Kolkata
The source and figure for Kolkata is that of the urban area and not the city, and this needs changing.

http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/215-kolkata.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kartikey12 (talk • contribs) 19:28, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Ahmedabad has been emboldened wrongly
49.213.51.158 (talk) 06:58, 17 October 2014 (UTC) Gandhinagar and not Ahmedabad is the capital of Gujarat. Pls correct this. Also Gandhinagar finds no mention in this list of cities.

Pune's PMC's populatin is 3,124,458 only, where as including 17 lac of Pimpri-Chinchwad it's 50 lac in 2011
Please change rank for "Hydrabad" city from 6 to 5 in list of cities.

Vishal.labana (talk) 12:49, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Stickee (talk) 02:41, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

== Pune's PMC's populatin is 3,124,458 only, where as including 17 lac of Pimpri-Chinchwad it's 50 lac in 2011. where as on your website for 2001 it's mentioned of PMC only and 2011 incl PCMC, so Growth showing wrong percentage. Here 50 Lac is mentioned as Pune's population which includes PMC and PCMC Pimpri-Chinchwad need to mention else people are adding Pune 50 lac + Pimpri-Chinchwad 17 lac which is wrong. == Here 50 Lac is mentioned as Pune's population which includes PMC and PCMC Pimpri-Chinchwad need to mention else people are adding Pune 50 lac + Pimpri-Chinchwad 17 lac which is wrong. Pune Municipal Corporation 's Population is around 33 lac and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation population is 17 lac which totals 50 Lac not PMC alone 50 lac and PCMC 17 Lac in addition. Please correct it.

Actual is it's grown from 2,538,473 to 3,124,458 if alone PMC(Pune Municipal Corp.) Source: PMC's official website :http://www.punecorporation.org/informpdf/Census_2011/Census_2011_DATA.pdf http://www.punecorporation.org/ http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/375-pune.html

it's not mentioned about Population of Pune(*inclusive of Pimpri-Chinchwad) as people feel it's 50 lac as PMCs population + 17 lac as PCMCs so total is 67 Lac as Pune Metropolitan's population
Here Pune's population is shown as 50 Lac, which Includes PCMC(Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation) Population which is 17 lac as PMC Pune Municipal Population is around 32-33 Lac as per census 2011. Hence PMC 33 Lac + PCMC 17 Lac is 50 Lac. As you didn't mentioned Pune(*incl PCMC) people feel it's 50 lac as PMCs population + 17 lac as PCMC so total is 67 Lac as Pune Metropolitan's population. Please correct it by mentioning Pune (*including PCMC) or Pune(*Metropolitan Area) on Wikipedia.

103.238.159.251 (talk) 01:55, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Duplicate, expanded request directly below. — &#123;&#123;U&#124;Technical 13&#125;&#125; (e • t • c) 17:34, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

== Actual growth of Pune(PMC only) is from 2,538,473 to 3,124,458 where as on your website in 2001 you mentioned population of PMC where as in 2011 it's total of Pune+Pimpri-Chinchwad which is misleading ==

PMC= Pune Municipal Corporation PCMC= Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Coroporation

Pune's urban / metropolitan population with urban agglomeration is 5,049,968 which include PCMC(Pimpri-Chinchwad) and KCB+PCB+DCB+TDM+DM etc, please correct it as people totals for 2011 like 50 Lac+ 17 Lac =67 Lac.

It's mentioned on Wiki on this page that in 2011 Pune's population is 2,538,473 without including PCMC(Pimpri-Chinchwad) where as in 2011 it is 5,049,968 which is including PCMC(Pimpri-Chinchwad) which is sense less. People feels after reading that Pune's population is grown from 2,538,473 to 5,049,968 during 2001-2011 where as actual is it's grown from 2,538,473 to 3,124,458 if alone PMC(Pune Municipal Corp.) Source: PMC's official website :http://www.punecorporation.org/informpdf/Census_2011/Census_2011_DATA.pdf http://www.punecorporation.org/ http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/375-pune.html

As per present record Surat's population is 4,585,367 which is alone SMC Surat Municipal's population it doesn't include surrounding Municipality, Villages, Towns of it's Urban agglomeration else it could be 47 lac plus in 2011 and 50 lac plus in 2014.

103.238.159.251 (talk) 02:15, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
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The population of Chennai is wrong
The population of Chennai is wrongly quoted, even the link to PDF shows the population as 4,681,087 Even 1 shows the correct count and Even google search shows the correct 4,681,087 count 2 But only Chennai wiki link shows the wrong population 8,696,010, from where this count was referred?? either correct it to 4,681,087 or provide the right reference — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manjus.email (talk • contribs) 04:02, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

COIMBATORE population and rank update please
coimbatore has already reached a population of 3,458,045 according to census2011 and it is buldging beyond 40,00,000 at present 2015. please make necessary corrections. link: 1 Barathss (talk) 18:15, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
 * See here - http://www.census2011.co.in/city.php --Igrek (talk) 21:06, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 February 2015
Kolkata	West Bengal	14,057,991	13,205,697

Mukesh 06:43, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
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Move discussion in progress
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Outdated Info
These numbers deviate heavily from other numbers I've seen. Every other website is roughly the same but these numbers are significantly lower. TheOnlyBacon (talk) 02:54, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Pune
What the heck is Pune the capital of? Why the heck is it bolded? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.221.121.60 (talk) 12:02, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 August 2015
Solapur should be rank 50, not rank 60.

122.176.176.146 (talk) 10:49, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ &mdash; Vensatry (ping) 12:32, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 16 August 2015
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 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: moved to List of cities in India by population, which is consistent with other countries and seemed to be agreed on by two commenters here and wasn't oppposed by a third. I'd also recommend List of cities and towns in India by population be taken to RM as there seemed to be some agreement that this article should only cover towns now – List of towns in India by population seems like a reasonable title. I'd also suggest List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India could do with an RM, at least firstly because "million-plus" means nothing if you don't have something like "population" after it – I'd recommend a simple title of List of urban agglomerations in India by population and if you are concerned people will start adding smaller urban agglomerations, make it clear the scope of the page is only for urban agglomerations with a population greater than X. Jenks24 (talk) 11:40, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

List of most populous cities in India → List of million-plus cities in India – as per its related article name List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India and also the page was earlier confined only to 46 metro cities, i.e., cities > 1,000,000 population. Users were adding all cities list here and it got expanded to over 200, those are already in another page named List of cities and towns in India by population, in which the details of the cities with population more than 1,000,000 are mentioned. Vin09 (talk) 08:44, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment The article title is less important than its content being properly referenced. Population "rankings" are by definition contentious and subject to frequent change - rigorously enforced referencing is the only way to ensure that Wikipedia presents the correct information. Philg88 ♦talk 09:17, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Seems off-topic. New section? or just need to add fact tags to parts of the article? or is this a proposal for deletion? — Llywelyn II   02:11, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It's a comment. Like it says. There is a perennial issue with Indian population articles and this is my 2 rupees worth on the topic. Philg88 ♦talk 05:26, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Going ahead to comment on it here, why phrase it generically as "proper referencing"? Shouldn't you simply insist it be based on either the most recent Indian census or some official update by India's statistics bureau? Myself, I'm not sure the treatment at List of cities and towns in India by population is a good way to go. They claim there's a source at the top of the page but individual figures are going to get edited... and look like they have proper referencing. — Llywelyn II   11:00, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

I got your point. List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India are totally different, the urban agglomerations need a separate one. As per census 2011, A city is defined as the settlement with 100,000 and more. All those listings are in List of cities and towns in India by population. Then this page is about most populous that means metro kind of cities. There are 46 metro cities in India. Mentioning all upto 200 are ok, but most populous isn't justified as a city with 1lakh and above needs entry here, then it is not a most populous one and all cities needs to be entered. If it is required, I'll definitely revert the concerned edit which you specified.--Vin09 (talk) 08:37, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Just merge the page with List of cities and towns in India by population and leave redirects. Merge List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India, while you're at it. The million-plus cities will be at the top of the merged page. There's no reason for limiting the of this page and there's no reason for two /s when people are just looking for a list of cities with lots of people. Further, per the Indian stats, Mumbai/Bombay isn't a "Million Plus City". Create a specifically-"Million Plus City" and someone will just come along and splinter out the "Mega Cities". Give them one list with everything and keep it well cited. —  Llywelyn II   02:06, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. Secondary name if the proposed one is not possible -> List of metropolitan cities in India.--Vin09 (talk) 07:00, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose: These 3 lists are different things,
 * List of cities and towns in India by population this deals with all cities and towns of India in alphabetical order (not population order). There are 640 districts in India, nearly 6000 taluka head quarters which are known as towns, all of this is in scope of this list, as that list also mentions about population 5,000 then there are tens of thousands villages can be included in that list, so scope of this list is to name all cities, towns or settlements in India and number can grow from 10,000 to 600,000. So we can't merge List of most populous cities in India in this list which is in alphabetical order and can include any town of India.
 * List of most populous cities in India: This list is about most populous cities of India, as I said earlier, there are 640 districts, means 640 district head quarters plus their 6000 talukas and we are mentioning just 200 in this list. Populous country like India deserves mention of 200 cities when it have so big number of cities.
 * List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India: This list deals with largest cities of India. Featured lists can be ideal for work on this project, if we see featured list List of United States cities by population they have mentioned 295 cities. If we want to merge something then merge List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India→List of most populous cities in India, and mention at least 200 cities of India. So either we merge 'million plus" list or we can keep everything as it is.
 * You should revert your this edit. If you are discussing merger then you should keep original content of the article/list. With current content anyone will have perception that this list is duplication of List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India. -- Human 3015   Send WikiLove   07:44, 17 August 2015 (UTC)


 * As per your request I've restored the edit. If it is to be kept then the list may be limited to Metro Cities or Top 50 or 100 cities so that they are Most populous and every city entry need not be added which has mention in another page. Any comments.--Vin09 (talk) 08:45, 17 August 2015 (UTC)


 * I have already said that there is featured list List of United States cities by population which includes 295 cities and as per my knowledge there is no list for "Million plus cities of USA". We look "featured articles" on same subject as ideal article for improving other articles. I think there should not be any question on this list as this list rightly shows most populous cities of India, "most populous" doesn't mean it should be "metro", this list is just about "most populous" among thousands of cities of India. There should not be any question on "List of cities and towns of India" as this list have scope of inclusion of all thousands of towns of India. Only question should be raise about 'Million plus cities OF India" because that we can simply write in "Most populous cities of India' (means in this list). But for just "trivia" we can keep that list separate. But I don't think any reformation is needed for this list, only question remain how many cities should this article contain, there are about 500 cities in India which have population 100,000 or more. But we can restrict this list to 250, or cities having population around 200,000. Other nations have included cities upto 100,000 in such list because they have less population but in case of India we can reduce the number, so either can have 500 cities or 200-250 cities. Current version of this article is OK. -- Human 3015   Send WikiLove   09:07, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Fine, thanks for featured article info.--Vin09 (talk) 09:32, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

I think matter is cleared to you, there is no much use of this RfC now, still we can look for more comments, I think we should try to make this list featured list or good list. That task will not be much tough as this is a list class page, descriptive articles are usually tough task for becoming "good article" or "featured article". I will do some work on this list later. We should follow same kind of featured list related to USA.-- Human 3015   Send WikiLove   09:51, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. Above, one editor noted:    List of cities and towns in India by population: ... we can't merge List of most populous cities in India in this list which is in alphabetical order and can include any town of India. This point is badly taken. There is absolutely no need for separate alphabetical and numerical pages. Wikipedia's tables can sort them both on the same page. Similarly, there's no need for separate "population" and "big population" pages. The larger cities will go to the top of the page once it's sorted by population. [It's debatable whether urbanized areas deserve a separate page. It could certainly be argued, but there's not really any useful reason to  such information from the city page. Just provide the information in a separate column as at List of cities in China by population.] —  Llywelyn II   10:55, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * List of cities and towns in India by population deals with every settlement of India, there is mention of settlement as low as population 4,000 in that article, any village can be mentioned in that article, there are 600,000 villages in India, so scope of that article is very big if we want to improve that article. While we do need separate article on cities as every country has such kind of article, List of cities in China by population and List of United States cities by population. We can rename this list as List of cities in India by population. And I agree on there is no need of List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India. But we really can't merge this list to List of cities and towns in India by population because scope of both lists is different, but we can rename that list to List of settlements in India by population. -- Human 3015   Send WikiLove   11:33, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Nope. The of List of cities and towns in India by population already includes the scope of this one. I do support having an article renamed List of cities in India by population. Maybe the other one could have its scope restricted to listing India's villages and settlements below X population. That's much more useful than a dozen articles on the high-population settlements. —  Llywelyn II   12:01, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, we can restrict other article to small villages and small towns. -- Human 3015   Send WikiLove   12:15, 17 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Can we move this page from List of most populous cities in India→→ List of cities in India by population? -- Human 3015   Send WikiLove   12:15, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * In my view, confining the other article Towns and villages is a good move, but villages need not be mentioned. It can be List of towns in India by population. As villages means there are n number of them.--Vin09 (talk) 12:19, 17 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Agree with, Rename this article as List of cities in India by population so that this article will include all cities having population more than 100,000 which are 495 in number. Also rename List of cities and towns in India by population→ List of towns in India by population. List of Towns will cover all talukas and big villages which are not mentioned in this list as they will have population less that 100,000. -- Human 3015   Send WikiLove    12:27, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * And we can also keep "List of Million plus agglo" because it is list of agglos not city-proper, agglo will have more population than city-proper. So in this way we can keep all three lists with little bit modifications in name and content. -- Human 3015   Send WikiLove   12:34, 17 August 2015 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Census reference
Which referencee we need to follow for adding cities entries? As I see is a PROVISIONAL POULATION. Census of India website isn't working for searching a city population which is final. THIS NEW REFERENCE may help. I've checked this for AP state which are nothing but census search box data. Also, now the page List of cities in India by population is moved as a new title, so there will be many cities to be added. Any comments? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vin09 (talk • contribs) 11:55, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * It's really irritating that the search function doesn't seem to be working on the official Census of India website but these PDF documents are just as valid as reliable sources, if a little more difficult to search. Philg88 ♦talk 12:39, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * General comment: the links on the census website(s) are constantly moving and/or dying (sometimes temporarily, sometimes permanently). It has a humungous amount of useful information, but it's got to be the most finicky website I have come across. So I highly recommend that if you use a census link as a source, save the page and provide a link to the archived version too (see also WP:WEBCITE). I have done so a few times, though not as regularly as I should. Abecedare (talk) 21:57, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Vijayawada and Anantnag
These are not capital of. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.145.175.4 (talk) 05:48, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 September 2015
In this Wikepedia page, I see that Bengaluru has been misspelt as Bangalore, though the name has been corrected by Government of India long ago. Please correct this as I would like my city to be pronounced correctly. Thanks.

Suchindrams (talk) 07:44, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

Bengaluru is currently a redirect to the Bangalore article. This may change as and when the common use in English changes - as has already happened at Mumbai This applies throughout the world, not just our articles on India - we use Vienna, which is the common name in English. but the locals all call it Wien - Arjayay (talk) 07:59, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌ - our article is called Bangalore as our policy WP:COMMONNAME, which is to use the common name in English, as this is what most people reading the English Wikipedia will recognize.

Semi-protected edit request on 20 December 2015
Wiki tamil 100 (talk) 15:28, 20 December 2015 (UTC) If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ". Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 16:24, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as you have not requested a change.

Semi-protected edit request on 4 January 2016
the capital city new delhi has the population of just 249,000 but only delhi city has the population of 11000000

Wiki tamil 100 (talk) 09:49, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Kharkiv07  ( T ) 09:52, 4 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Note: I fixed the link to Delhi in the list. Of course, it is the whole metropolis that has a population of 11 mln, not only its central district of New Delhi, that covers an area of 42.7 km² and can't physically contain 11 million people (this ref (censusindia.gov.in) is clear: see ). Btw, an indef-banned user changed Delhi with New Delhi 2 months ago. Just to say, New Delhi was already in the list, it is ranked #185. Regards. --Dэя-Бøяg 03:31, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

according to the definition by census, cities above 1 lakh are only called "CITIES" and NOT "tier-1 cities". Please change the definition in this page
112.133.229.11 (talk) 17:38, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Read the second reference for Census definitions, the first one is just a definition, while the other gives you more info. It is not Tier-I but Class I Towns.-- Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   17:44, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

There is no #73 and Hisar is missing
It looks like the numbering mistake was introduced with this edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_cities_in_India_by_population&oldid=698869555

I don't know why Hisar is missing, but that seems to have happened at some point too.

Daniel Quinlan (talk) 23:33, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

CITIES ABOVE 1.5L WHICH ARE NOT LISTED
The list seems outdated or wrong as per 2011 ranking, cities Like Nandyal, Chittoor are with population above 1.5L and like this many cities are not included with population above 1L.

Bharathsde (talk) 07:17, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:13, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Got your point, worked on it.-- Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   05:33, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Chennai and Hyderabad Population
As per 2011 census chennai population was 4,646,732, post expansion of city limits we can understand it gone to 6,727,000. But i do not understand why there are frequent modification of the same citing a news article which depicts population as 7,088,000 which is not reliable. Similarly, there is a news article which claims hyderabad population to be 7,170,545. The same is being reverted immediately by some editors. But i could see no proper observation for Chennai and the false data is remaining on wikipedia for many days which causes loss to integrity and availability of data. please provide your inputs and take it forward user:Vin09 LovSLif 07:08, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Proposed new format
This list is a complete mess. The second column clearly states "Population (2011)" and cites Census India, however many of the figures in that column are neither 2011, nor Census India figures. Editors appear to be desperate to find more recent, larger, figures to improve the ranking of "their" city. This means the table is not comparable - you cannot compare a 2016 figure with a 2011 figure, especially when it is unclear which year the cited figures are from. I suggest the following:-
 * - Column 2 is reverted to the real census 2011 figures, and if possible is locked so these figures cannot be altered. There is no valid reason to alter an accurate, historic figure
 * - Two more columns are included, one for more recent figures which need to be cited to a reliable source, the other column for the year of that update. This allows more recent figures to be added, and clearly identifies which year the figures relate to, allowing sensible comparisons to be drawn.

The one problem I foresee is that, as, currently, the tables are subdivided into rankings, e.g. 1-25, people will want to move "their" city higher up the rankings possibly into the next table. Do the tables need to be subdivided? If you are looking for a city, one table can be sorted alphabetically and that city easily found, whereas currently 12 tables need to be searched (presumably 20-25 tables if the 223 "Missing" cities are added). The lack of subdivision would allow all cities to be searched for alphabetically, or by "2001", "2011" or the "latest" figures. - Arjayay (talk) 07:41, 17 June 2016 (UTC) So how can we overcome this without people constantly changing the lists? Use the 2011 census figures to "force" the lists as in "1-25 as per the 2011 Census" And if this problem can be overcome, do people agree with the main suggestion? - Arjayay (talk) 08:17, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * About the format, it was very hard for adding entries in a large list, so it was split into shorter ones. When we want to add new entry or edit a current one, it is very hard. That's the reason it was shortened.-- Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   07:57, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
 * OK - understood - As I said this is the problem I foresee (there may be others)
 * I've started adding correct info in the first 25 cities. Only problem was with chennai's population. Rest all have the reference. Some cities may have expanded after the census, but still the merged villages possess 2011 census figures, so the new city which follows the census 2011 calculation can be added. There some others which do not have government source, they should be avoided (assumptive figures).-- Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   09:46, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 July 2016
Please bold the entry for Imphal since it is a state capital.

14.139.123.51 (talk) 13:26, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done VarunFEB2003 (talk) 09:24, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Update Delhi's population to 25 Million as of 2016
Delhi's Population currently stands at 25 million. Delhi is named the 2nd Most Populous City in the world. While wiki shows outdated data please update.

Yadavanujcse (talk) 21:34, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: The census is of 2011 for all cities. So not done for now VarunFEB2003 (talk) 09:35, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Nagpur
Nagpur is in MAHARASHTRA not in Maharastra or Jharkhand..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhishek.paraskar (talk • contribs) 13:36, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Faridabad picture
The picture of dried Badkhal lake from Faridabad is misleading for a city like Faridabad. I have better pictures. Please unprotect the page so that I can provide new link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catchuec2 (talk • contribs) 17:16, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

Photos of Patna
Photos of Patna have been repeated at position nos. 13 and 19. Photo at position no. 13 should contain that of Nagpur. Please someone edit the images as this page is protected and I cannot edit it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.212.186.29 (talk • contribs) 15:13, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

state of sambhal
sambhal is in uttar pradesh not in madhya pradesh please correct it.i am not authorized to correct — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashishsinghji20 (talk • contribs) 06:39, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ fixed. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 10:52, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Separate ref column for 1 to 25
Look at List_of_cities_in_India_by_population. Why is there a need by a separate ref section for some entries when there's the main ref to 2011 census.gov.in? There's thus a slight mismatch in these entries. I assume these "newer" figures from the refs provide an unofficial more up-to-date count, but why use them instead of the main 2011 census? Ugog Nizdast (talk) 11:20, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Some of the nearby agglomerations are merged. These merged area population is of 2011 only. The summed one is also reflecting 2011. Only if they add recent year population then that's a wrong entry. Earlier these discussions were already held. This was the conclusion we derived. As long as they are official figures not a problem, others needs to be removed.-- Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   07:26, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I just found this: /Archive_1, where raised a similar issue. All I understand from what you're saying is that some areas are merged? Then shouldn't that be mentioned in a note or something? Not sure whether you're agreeing or disagreeing with me.
 * Let's look at Mumbai for instance, it's mentioned 12,442,373 which is summed up from that ref ".citypopulation.de" (its reliability?) from it's Mumbai + Suburban entries; it further says those figures are from the respecitve government sites. The 2011 census lists Greater Mumbai (M Corp.) as 12,478,447. This doesn't look like a case of any merging taking place, why is that ref preferred over the Census? If the remaining entries follow the same pattern, I don't see why they shouldn't be reverted back to their census figures. Which of them involve the case of agglomerations being merged? Ugog Nizdast (talk) 18:49, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
 * You are right, that applies to Hyderabad and Chennai articles which are officially accepted. May not be in Mumbai, can revert it to census if you want.-- Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   05:56, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
 * There's a note for Visakhapatnam as well saying changes happened in 2012. So if these changes happened post-2011, then it would be erroneous on our part to report it in the "2011" column figures for the Census. From Chennai, it said the change happened after the census as well. I couldn't find any mention of administration changes at Hyderabad. So I say, we revert all the entries to 2011 figures; for Chennai and Visakhapatnam add a note explaining those changes and the newer summed-up figure. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 17:30, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Though they happened after 2011, the merged municipalities separately have 2011 census. Just they have summed up. Earlier User:Vensatry explained it in earlier posts. They still reflect 2011 census. Only, if they add latest figures or increased population, then it is wrong. For example, XYZ has a population of 100, post merger of ABC with a population of 50, makes it 150. But not present figure of 250+. As census 2011 was the only latest counting, its nothing wrong in those figures, they still reflect 2011. I got your point also, but we are following it with this format. For this, we can add note.-- Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   09:17, 16 January 2017 (UTC) As of now, I Support your opinion. I read Talk:List_of_cities_in_India_by_population/Archive_1 lately. But you correct some, I'll get an idea. Involve other editors also.-- Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   09:32, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Here's a sample of the two affected columns:
 * City, Population (2011)
 * Chennai, 4,681,087


 * The wording could be changed with, as you said, stating that the figure didn't actually increase but is re-summed up, if that isn't clear enough already. Right now, all I know of is Chennai and Visakhapatnam (it's current note doesn't mention the figure, as per this draft's format). If you have the refs for these affected cities, it would be great if you did this part rather than me searching for them from the beginning. I'll do the remaining. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 15:37, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
 * and Friends, I don't know whether you know this already or not that Census of India released two figures for 2011 for each entity (country/ state/ city/ urban agglomeration) except towns and villages of less than 100,000 population; for latter only final results got released. The two figures for others were: the provisional results (released in 2011) and the final results (released in somewhere mid 2015). Both these figures differ from each other marginally, e.g. for Greater Mumbai (M Corp.), these are 12,478,447 (provisional) and 12,442,373 (final) and for Kota (M. Corp.), 1,001,365 (provisional) and 1,001,694 (final), i.e. final figures can be slightly less or more than provisional figures. Both are official data of census. In fact, religion data on 2011 census released in September 2015 is based on final figures. Citypopulation.de's 2011 figures are based on final results of census and not those of provisional ones. Most of the cities in this Wiki list contain provisional census figures which have to be updated to final census figures. Final figures have been updated for some of these (e.g. for those ranking among top 25 and others like Kota) with separate sources for each. Since most city related official data of final census results can be found only in downloadable excel files and district census handbooks (these are for individual states and districts; i.e. no common source listing all cities of all states like the provisional results had), Citypopulation.de's state-wise city data can be used as a source common to all cities of a particular state. Its entire data is derived from official final data of census and it clearly acknowledges the source of information as Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (web) i.e. the official site of Census of India. Please forgive me for any of the typo(s) if you found some. Vibhss (talk) 18:55, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
 * You are absolutely right. We'll work on it. As you said earlier, these lists should be based on 2011 or updated if they have urban agglomeration merged with proper source. The users are changing them continuously, first we need tackle that, Chennai is the main row. Check its population and needs correction.-- Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   05:32, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Go ahead. I'll be delayed and unsure how late I"ll be to work on this. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 11:36, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

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Panku4444 (talk) 12:48, 6 October 2017 (UTC) Amravati 1031300
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Panku4444 (talk) 08:40, 7 October 2017 (UTC)I want to change city rank of Amravati 69 to 45
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Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2017
Chennai city is 4th Largest in India with Population 70.88 Lakhs

Chennai City Population is 70.88 Lakhs. Whatever mentioned here is Chennai district population. Chennai city Spread across Chennai District, Tiruvallur District and Kancheepuram District. Chennai Metropolitan Area Population is 10,265,000

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/It%E2%80%99s-all-about-the-glories-of-Greater-Chennai/article14029085.ece 206.227.136.100 (talk) 13:57, 5 December 2017 (UTC)


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Semi-protected edit request on 2 March 2018
Please check that City "SAMBALPUR" in ODISHA state is ranked 2 times with different population data..!!! 178.152.66.91 (talk) 08:24, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 5 March 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore Vellore city population is 484,690 (2011) and 423,425(2001) 157.49.251.4 (talk) 17:31, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 22 July 2018
Chennai has a population of 7,088,000 which make it in the 4th place Dbhuvan (talk) 08:40, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
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Many Cities Missing
According to Census 2011 website, there are 640 districts in the nation. This article has 300. There are many cities with more population than 1,00,000 missing from this list. For eg: Hisar, a district in the state of Haryana with a population of a million is missing from the list. Even if we get more technical, Hisar district has 3 cities by the name of Hisar(MCI) with each's population ~3,00,000. In summary, this article has lots of missing info. Pranjal.3029 (talk) 08:13, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

There is no 100 No.
There is no 100 Number city available or author forget to write 99 then 101 number directly — Preceding unsigned comment added by Killolpatel188 (talk • contribs) 01:33, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 January 2019
43 Vijayawada 1,034,358 851,282 Andhra Pradesh[21] should be changed to population more than 16 lakhs according to the article published https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2017-08-31/Resolution-to-merge-42-villages-into-VMC-passed/323255 The same has been edited for Visakhapatnam population. Please correct it and move the position of Vijayawada to 22. "please change 1,034,358 to 16,347,192" Thank you Mravy1 (talk) 21:55, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The source does not say the new 16,347,192 population so this could be seen as inaccurate. Iggy (Swan) 18:50, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 March 2019
A town/city called HOSUR is not present on this list. Although it is bigger than a few towns/cities present on this list.

POPULATION OF HOSUR: 116,821 > POPULATION OF NARASARAOPET: 116,250 (placed at 288)

Please ADD HOSUR IN AT #288 AS IT IS MEANT TO BE THERE Vishisrini (talk) 18:48, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: only pages that already have their own articles are added DannyS712 (talk) 07:58, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

List of Indian cities by population
List is incorrect. Many cities are missing VipinML (talk) 12:41, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 May 2019
HISAR 3.10 LAKH HARYANA Suraj singh mehra (talk) 18:38, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 27 June 2019
Add khargone (madhya pradesh) in this list 2405:204:E083:2DD9:B594:31C9:5A74:D86B (talk) 07:57, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 2 July 2019
THRIVUNANTHAPURAM IS IN KERALA NOT MAHARASHTRA 68.71.18.122 (talk) 17:28, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 14 July 2019
Kindly add Ballia city in the list at 295th rank above Kavali. Ballia has a population of 104,424; 424 more than Kavali. So, it deserves to be in the list. This is the link to the Wiki page of Ballia city: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballia. Kindly confirm and do the needful. Thanks. Aazaadkhayaal (talk) 13:17, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 26 November 2019
I didn't found some cities in this list with population more than 1 lakh like Bahadurgarh, Haryana with a population of over 1.7 lakh according to census 2011, and over 4 lakh in 2019. Reference link http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_Town_Release_0600.xlsx [User:Sunilhooda|Sunilhooda]] (talk) 16:58, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2019
City-Hosur,Population 2011-229,528, 2001-116,821,State or union Territoty-Tamil Nadu 203.145.180.54 (talk) 07:58, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Not clear what changes you want. Also provide reliable source(s) next time you want a change. Your request should be of the format "Please change X to Y". - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 08:11, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 February 2020
Lucknow should rank below Vishakapatnam - see the population .. it's ranked below Nagpur 45.251.48.31 (talk) 05:35, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
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Why is Goa missing from this list? PWF (at work) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.12.184.6 (talk) 22:27, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 April 2020
change Thiruvananthapuram population(2011) from 460,468 to 752,490

change Thiruvananthapuram population(2001) from 368,618 to 744,983 BrassRepT (talk) 20:16, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
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Please find the sources mentioned in the article. The data shown in the article conflicts with the data in the source. BrassRepT (talk) 20:39, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 May 2020
Change Mahaboobnagar (2011) from 190,400 to 222,573; in accordance to this source Mahabubnagar Muncipality (Official website). Thanks in advance. 219.91.254.58 (talk) 19:09, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 June 2020
please Accept my request this page have some errorin kochi and trivandrum have 2.5m population.. 202.83.42.91 (talk) 17:01, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
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What's the rank on the left for? The cities aren't ordered by population. 71.193.153.230 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:52, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Also confused about why Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Goa aren't on this list, since according to that census, they do have cities with more than 100,000 people in them 71.193.153.230 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:05, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 November 2020
Change the population of Vellore to 504079(2011)( https://www.tnurbantree.tn.gov.in/vellore/population/ ) and 386746(2001)( https://censusindia.gov.in/towns/tn_towns.pdf ). Vellorekaaran (talk) 11:40, 1 November 2020 (UTC)


 * , Sorry can't. The population figure is based on the population within the boundaries of the respective Municipal Corporations and not the actual Urban Area. Your figures are of the total UA (Urban Agglomeration), which is outside the scope of the article. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 15:02, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 November 2020
Change Vellore population of 2011 to 504,079 (https://www.tnurbantree.tn.gov.in/vellore/population/)(Its the population of actual Municipal Corporation of Vellore after expansion from 11 kmsq to 87 kmsq in 2011). Vellorekaaran (talk) 11:53, 3 November 2020 (UTC)


 * , I already explained in the above request why your figures can't be added. The population figure in the article is based on the population within the boundaries of the respective Municipal Corporations  and not the actual Urban Area. Your figures are of the total UA (Urban Agglomeration), which is outside the scope of the article. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 15:02, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 November 2020
Change Vellore population of 2011 to 504079, as it is the actual population of the city within the boundaries after expansion and it is not the urban area number. For your understanding, the city contains 60 wards, and the total population of the 60 wards is 504079. Please refer to the link to check the population of each ward in the link provided (https://www.tnurbantree.tn.gov.in/vellore/population/). The source provided is from the government of Tamil Nadu. I hope you understand this. Vellorekaaran (talk) 04:12, 4 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I couldn't see any date/year in this source. When did the expansion happen? The population data should be from 2011 census as per the article table. Any new population figures can't be added. Moreover according to "https://www.tnurbantree.tn.gov.in/vellore/" the population is listed as 315128 (likely recent figures) under the header Municipality at a Glance, which is different from the other number you are trying to add. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 06:32, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 November 2020
Thiruvananthapuram city population is incorrect in the list. Population of the city is 9,57,730. Page is locked, hence cannot update it. Reference from city website(govt): — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.232.0.199 (talk) 17:17, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
 * ❌ - as it clearly states "this article is based on Census of India, 2011" not any other figures, from any other dates, or any other sources - Arjayay (talk) 17:34, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Ok, lets go with Official census 2011 data. Total population : 788,271. If you argue that it includes OG, then here is another figure that is already on a link mentioned in the page itself. 752,490 is the figure given for Thiruvananthapuram Mcorp. Please provide source for the current information in the page. 99.232.0.199 (talk) 18:10, 9 November 2020 (UTC)


 * The current number for Thiruvananthapuram is wrong, should be 752,490 as per the 2011 source (M. Corp), but certainly not what is being done here. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:39, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
 * - Thank you. So, are you gonna correct 2011 figures? I am guessing you can edit this. Btw, I am not sure on the other link with revisions.

99.232.0.199 (talk) 18:49, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I can edit this, but it is tedious. I'll try to do it later, possibly tommorrow or the day after, unless somebody else corrects it . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:15, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. Looks like no one else want to edit this so far :) : Do you wanna edit Thiruvananthapuram 2011 population to 752,490 and re-arrange based on the discussion above? 99.232.0.199 (talk) 13:05, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ for Thiruvananthapuram - 31 others need reverting to the census figures, not other claims, but this is very time consuming. As can be seen in the archives, I suggested that the page be corrected and locked, but got little support. Maybe we could agree that for the 2021 census - if that is held - Arjayay (talk) 14:29, 10 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks, coincidently, I was also trying to update it and got an edit conflict . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:35, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, part of the reason is, for Trivandrum - outgrowths newly added to Mcorp in 2010 was not tallied or something in the census document -2011. LSG didnt get this updated in the census document as well. MCorp officially considers 9,57,730 as 2011 population. Anyhow, it should get corrected in 2021 census.148.9.24.36 (talk) 15:48, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 November 2020
Mandsaur with population of 1,00,000+ is not present in the list. - 122.252.236.145 (talk) 06:59, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2021
The population of Kolkata is not true in this page. Somenath Chakraborty (talk) 02:11, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 20 June 2021
I want to edit this page because my account was blocked in the day Vikhyat Dubey Virat Brothers Longhorn (talk) 12:13, 20 June 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 23 August 2021
The population of Bangalore in 2011 census according to official census website census2011.co.in and censusindia.gov.in is 8,443,675. Chaitanya Sure (talk) 09:26, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The source given in the article (censusindia.gov.in) says 8,425,970. census2011.co.in is not a reliable source and is blacklisted. DrKay (talk) 08:29, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 November 2021
Vadodara population is currently 3.0 million according to census 2021 2409:4041:2E1F:6525:0:0:BC4B:110F (talk) 07:15, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 16 December 2021
Sambalpur is in Odisha and not Chhattisgarh state as shown in the table. Mrityu (talk) 20:43, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ thanks for pointing that out - Arjayay (talk) 20:49, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 February 2022
Rank 65 is repeated for Thiruvananthapuram and Tirupati in the List section. The rank of Tirupati and all cities after it must be updated Thepmsquare (talk) 06:07, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, there's quite a lot of damage to the article, one of which was this insertion of an unsourced statistic. DrKay (talk) 07:31, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 March 2022 (3)
The info can be found in this link, for the Wikipedia page of Midnapore.( Population is 169,127 as of 2011) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnapore

Midnapore should be added to this list. Ducky the editor (talk) 10:57, 2 March 2022 (UTC) Ducky the editor (talk) 10:57, 2 March 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅. —  B203GTB    (talk)  • 11:50, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 April 2022
Complete wrong info Lattha Gang (talk) 06:37, 13 April 2022 (UTC) Vadodara population was 35lacs, from vmc my father is in vmc Lattha Gang (talk) 06:38, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
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Visakha patnam
3000000 86.98.67.20 (talk) 21:21, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 21:23, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Nellore Population should be changed & Tirupati to be add
Nellore - 600869 Please check & change as per official govt sources Pavankumarppkn (talk) 13:29, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request
Looks like Dimapur (pop. 122,000) should be added to this list. 2600:1005:B12B:342A:A5CC:A85F:7945:8504 (talk) 23:10, 29 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Done. Thanks. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 05:30, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Veraval
Veraval of Gujarat has 185,797 population. So it can be added here. For reference https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veraval Curious man123 (talk) 17:47, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2023
Ahmednagar population is now in 2022 1,251,569 106.213.86.247 (talk) 13:56, 27 February 2023 (UTC)


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Add City
Add Samastipur in list there population is 2,53,136. It is also a Municipal Corporation.This City in Bihar,India Dheerajj.12 (talk) 09:56, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Incorrect information
Population of Vadodara is completely inflated for some reason. Nowhere has this figure been mentioned in the census records or in the municipal corporation records. Please recheck the specific column for the city in the sources. As per the census of 2011, population was 1666703 and as per current estimates available on the municipal corporation website it is around 2240522 - https://vmc.gov.in/ 116.74.79.17 (talk) 14:42, 5 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Does not seem correct, indeed. Changed it. Ennomien (talk) 21:58, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks but seems like someone changed it again. There is simply no basis for this inflated number in records of the census, state government or municipal coporation. Census 2011 data being misrepresented solely for one city 116.74.79.17 (talk) 05:31, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Attaching the 2001 census data here which mentions the city population as 14,11,228 which was then in the range of 17,00,000 approximately during 2011 which is being shown as 2001 instead. The jump to the false figure of 35,00,000 is simply not possible. http://tcpo.gov.in/sites/default/files/TCPO/REPORTS/REPORTS%20SMD/REPORT14-AREACPOPULATIONANDDENSITYOFCITIESANDTOWNSOFINDIA-2001.pdf 116.74.79.17 (talk) 05:34, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Changed it back. Ennomien (talk) 10:22, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Misinformation
The source cited itself mentions Vadodara population as 1666703 on page 9 for the 2011 census yet an inflated figure of 3552371 is repeatedly updated without any basis which is also the same for Vadodara Urban agglomeration in the list pertaining to that. How can a city and urban agglomeration have the same population? Clearly goes against the definition yet facts and official data is not accepted for some reason 116.74.79.17 (talk) 05:43, 6 May 2023 (UTC)


 * This is solved now as well, I think. Ennomien (talk) 10:26, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2023
Amory ryan (talk) 12:23, 19 June 2023 (UTC) Guntur population 1000000
 * ❌ - That is speculation "likely to cross" not, a statement that it has crossed - Arjayay (talk) 12:30, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Unsourced and poorly-sourced population changes
This article has been semi-protected since March 2014, but the article has turned into a train wreck despite that. The article states that population data is from the 2001 Census of India and the 2011 Census of India. Unfortunately, the population data has been relentlessly modified using a combination of unsourced, poorly-sourced, and incorrect numbers.

I ended up restoring an intermediate version of the city list from the article history and I am now working my way through the list so the numbers match the 2011 census data.

Mistakes in the table seem to be coming from a variety of sources including:


 * Some 2001 population numbers are from the 2001 census while others come from the 2011 census which takes into account city boundary changes. For example, Bangalore increased in size. Consistently using the 2011 census seems like the way to go because it allows for meaningful comparisons between the 2001 and 2011 numbers. Otherwise, it would look like some cities experienced unrealistic population growth.


 * Some population numbers have been for the U.A. rather than municipal corporation. This article does not list U.A. sizes.


 * Some population numbers are from provisional 2011 census results. There's a PDF of the provisional results used by many articles. These need to be replaced with the final 2011 numbers.


 * Some population numbers have been updated to include additional areas merged into a city. Coimbatore is one example. I think this is bordering on WP:SYNTH in the absence of official totals. I think it's best to add a footnote for these cases and wait for the 2021 census to be completed, but if there's a reliable source with both 2001 and 2011 numbers for a resized city, we could consider it.


 * And some seem to be more recent estimates. If we can find a reliable and authoritative estimation for city sizes, I think we should discuss adding a new column, but I would like to finish fixing the table first.

Daniel Quinlan (talk) 03:29, 5 July 2023 (UTC)


 * @Daniel Quinlan apparently I'm not able to edit this page anymore, but you forgot to change the numbering in your last edit. Ennomien (talk) 07:43, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Updated. Thank you. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 18:23, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Patna
Please check the population of Patna is 5,838,465 as per https://patna.nic.in/. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.219.164.105 (talk) 11:15, 25 October 2023 (UTC)


 * This article is based on official census data, not periodic updates from other sources. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 21:01, 26 October 2023 (UTC)