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Biggest Cities in India Quiz

How many of India's 20 most populous urban areas can you name?

Based on urban area population, not city proper

According to citypopulation.de, January 2018

Quiz by Quizmaster

Last updated: February 01, 2018

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Population	City
28.4 mil	Delhi
24.2 mil	Mumbai
16.4 mil	Kolkata
11.5 mil	Bangalore
10.7 mil	Chennai
9.60 mil	Hyderabad
8.00 mil	Ahmedabad

Population	City
6.50 mil	Pune
6.30 mil	Surat
3.75 mil	Jaipur
3.53 mil	Lucknow
3.38 mil	Kanpur
3.15 mil	Nagpur
3.03 mil	Indore

Population	City
2.73 mil	Bhilai
2.58 mil	Coimbatore
2.58 mil	Patna
2.30 mil	Bhopal
2.20 mil	Chandigarh
2.18 mil	Agra

kalbahamut

level 75

Feb 20, 2013

Got the top 5, and 3 others... but should have got more. I had heard of all of these before except Bhilai, Vadodara, and Indore.

DJ1

level 21

Dec 6, 2014

Got 15!

kalbahamut

level 75

Jun 12, 2015

I got 16 this time including the top 8. I guess I'm learning...

ander217

level 75

Jun 12, 2015

Maybe there's hope for me, then. I only got 4, but had heard of a few more.

TeutonicKing

level 28

Jun 12, 2015

fake

kalbahamut

level 75

Apr 9, 2018

This time I got Bhilai by typing in "Raipur"

ChipOtley

level 71

Aug 7, 2018

Damn! Got Vadodara, but it seems to have been overtaken

What

level 32

Feb 20, 2013

I didn't know that Delhi and New Delhi are the same... or did they merge?

sawmos

level 52

Mar 14, 2013

sometimes they're considered 1 city sometimes 2

kalbahamut

level 75

Jun 13, 2015

New Delhi is a neighborhood of Delhi.

zuni

level 37

Jun 15, 2015

it is not any neighborhood...Delhi NCR is a union territory and New Delhi is a new city in Delhi built by British which is capital of Delhi NCR as well as India...

kalbahamut

level 75

Jun 16, 2015

A new "city" inside of a larger existing city? So in other words, it's a neighborhood of Delhi.

kolp

level 75

Sep 11, 2015

It's one of the 11 districts of Delhi... So yes, same city.

meilankev

level 44

Feb 20, 2013

Got the first 8 and Agra. After quitting and seeing the remaining answers, I did not feel so bad. I had never heard of any of them.

rawe

level 48

Dec 18, 2014

Me too! Agra because of Taj Mahal.

misu

level 3

Mar 1, 2013

yo! i live in india!

Kannan2000

level 15

Mar 23, 2013

Missed Vadodara

kalbahamut

level 75

Mar 3, 2019

I think it was overtaken by Chandigarh

Epicx

level 24

Mar 1, 2014

Mumbai is the largest city in India not delhi

mantrathegreat

level 32

Apr 3, 2014

no it isnt

Anshul

level 40

Sep 14, 2014

Got every city except Agra!

Blaugrana92

level 50

Feb 15, 2015

Got top 8 pretty quickly and then I was just lost.

Adam007

level 33

Jun 12, 2015

Guess you ran out of Lucknow

BeastBoy141

level 68

Jun 12, 2015

Good one XD

march161

level 47

Jun 13, 2015

I discovered a lot of cities with this quiz ^^

Roxy7699

level 30

Jun 13, 2015

So India has over 1 billion people living in cities smaller than 2 million. Wow...

Roxy7699

level 30

Jun 13, 2015

The rural population must be huge.

smartguy2

level 58

Aug 8, 2018

Probably more urban areas in India than rural.

zuni

level 37

Jun 15, 2015

easy one

treadmill

level 84

Sep 5, 2015

You should accept Raipur for Bhilai. Considering they're both about the same size (1 mil) and in the same greater metropolitan area. And Raipur is the capital.

Quizmaster

level ∞

Feb 1, 2018

Okay

Neptune777

level 59

Jul 18, 2016

Got 9, but knew over 15. Proud to know more than just the Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata a majority of people only know.

CreativeSWAT

level 49

Jan 20, 2017

Did 13.Heard about all except Bhilai,Where it is though ?

MarioNebot7

level 44

May 25, 2017

You should accept Poona for Pune

ander217

level 75

May 22, 2018

That must be the origin of my favorite cucumber - poona kheera. It grows great in my garden and doesn't get bitter with age. I always wondered about its name. (It looks like a russet potato when it gets older, but still tastes good.)

Devvik2

level 57

Dec 31, 2017

Thanks for the link to citypopulation.de! I really wanted to see it!

a01Lucknowite

level 36

May 26, 2018

please accept lko for lucknow

mynameisxyz

level 45

Jul 6, 2018

Raipur and Bhilai are not the same...they are 35 kms apart.

sac313

level 58

Aug 7, 2018

If you are willing to consider the Raipur - Bhillai - Durg Tri city metropolitan area, shouldn't the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan region should be considered. It has a population of over 5 million. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visakhapatnam_Metropolitan_Region

a01Lucknowite

level 36

Jul 6, 2018

I am one of the 3.53 million population of Lucknow. Easy for me as I am an Indian.

hpfan4000

level 55

Aug 7, 2018

could you accept "Lakhnau" as a type-in for Lucknow? i know it's not in common use, but it's a closer romanization than "Lucknow" is

kalbahamut

level 75

Aug 7, 2018

I would pronounce both of those words almost exactly the same so how is it closer?

hpfan4000

level 55

Aug 7, 2018

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Hi-Lucknow.ogg sounds closer to a "lahk" i should retract this request anyway. the NIC (an Indian institution) uses "Lucknow" rather than "Lahknau", which is probably just a very bad alternative spelling

Abhay28

level 56

Oct 3, 2018

I think Ghaziabad should be on the list having an urban population more than Agra.

CreativeSWAT

level 49

Jan 23, 2019

2 cities from Madhya Pradesh, 3 cities from Maharashtra, 2 cities from U.P, 2 cities from T.N, 2 cities from Gujarat and 1 city each from Rajasthan, W.B, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Telangana, Punjab and Karnataka

EmileLexi

level 21

Mar 4, 2019

நான் சென்னையில் வாழ்கிறேன்

CreativeSWAT

level 49

Apr 5, 2019

ஆனால் நீங்கள் சான் பிரான்சிஸ்கோவில் வசிக்கிறீர்கள் என்று உங்கள் சுயவிவரம் கூறுகிறது