Delhi was the largest city in terms of number of inhabitants in India in 2023.The capital city was estimated to house nearly 33 million people, with Mumbai ranking second that year. India's population estimate was 1.4 billion, ahead of China that same year.

Title: Population Data of Indian Cities (2011 and 2001)

Description: This dataset contains population information for various cities in India, categorized by rank, city name, and population figures for the years 2011 and 2001. Additionally, it includes the corresponding state or union territory to which each city belongs. The dataset provides insights into population changes over a decade in different cities across India.

Columns:

Rank: This column represents the rank of each city based on its population in the year 2011. Cities are typically ranked in descending order of population, with the most populous city having the rank 1.

City: This column contains the names of the cities for which population data is recorded.

Population (2011): This column displays the population count of each city as of the year 2011. The population figures are likely to be recorded in thousands or millions

Population (2001): This column provides the population count of each city as of the year 2001. Comparing this data with the 2011 population figures allows for an analysis of population growth or decline over the decade.

State or Union Territory: This column indicates the administrative division to which each city belongs. In India, cities are typically grouped into states or union territories, and this column helps identify the geographical context of each city.

Delhi was the largest city in terms of number of inhabitants in India in 2025. The capital city was estimated to house nearly 35 million people, with Mumbai ranking second that year. India's population estimate was 1.4 billion, ahead of China that same year.

Content

It contains latitudes and longitudes ,population of major cities of India.

Acknowledgements

https://simplemaps.com/data/in-cities

Inspiration

I wanted to create interactive maps for one of my project so i created this dataset.

In 2021, Delhi had the highest metro coverage among major metropolitan cities in India with ** operational kilometers per *********** people. At the same time, Mumbai had the lowest coverage with only *** operational kilometers per *********** people. Poor public transportation in many Indian cities was responsible for traffic congestion and air pollution.

As of 2024, Mumbai had a gross domestic product of *** billion U.S. dollars, the highest among other major cities in India. It was followed by Delhi with a GDP of around *** billion U.S. dollars. India’s megacities also boast the highest GDP among other cities in the country. What drives the GDP of India’s megacities? Mumbai is the financial capital of the country, and its GDP growth is primarily fueled by the financial services sector, port-based trade, and the Hindi film industry or Bollywood. Delhi in addition to being the political hub hosts a significant services sector. The satellite cities of Noida and Gurugram amplify the city's economic status. The southern cities of Bengaluru and Chennai have emerged as IT and manufacturing hubs respectively. Hyderabad is a significant player in the pharma and IT industries. Lastly, the western city of Ahmedabad, in addition to its strategic location and ports, is powered by the textile, chemicals, and machinery sectors. Does GDP equal to quality of life? Cities propelling economic growth and generating a major share of GDP is a global phenomenon, as in the case of Tokyo, Shanghai, New York, and others. However, the GDP, which measures the market value of all final goods and services produced in a region, does not always translate to a rise in quality of life. Five of India’s megacities featured in the Global Livability Index, with low ranks among global peers. The Index was based on indicators such as healthcare, political stability, environment and culture, infrastructure, and others.

Actual value and historical data chart for India Population In The Largest City Percent Of Urban Population

Passenger Trips to Major Cities (India Air Travel)

Investigating Passenger Numbers to and from Indian Cities

By Telangana Open Data [source]

About this dataset

This dataset provides comprehensive insights into the air traveling activity in the year 2017 for Hyderabad, India. It displays a list of domestic air travelers to and from this city to all other cities in India. You can access valuable specifics like the number of passengers recorded on each journey until October 2017. This useful collection of data from data.telangana.gov.in provides an essential glimpse into trends and patterns amongst Hyderabad's domestic air traffic, helping city planners and business make more informed decisions!

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How to Use 2017 Hyderabad Domestic Air Traffic Data

This dataset provides information about the number of air travelers that arrived in or left from Hyderabad, India in 2017. The data covers all major cities in India until October, giving users a chance to analyze and compare domestic air traffic between cities. This guide will provide an overview on how to use this data set effectively.

Exploring the Dataset

The dataset contains two columns: ‘level_0’ which is the index of the dataframe and ‘M passengers’ which is the number of passengers listed for each airport. It is important to remember that the numbers correspond to they year 2017 only and not current passenger rates. Exploring this data will allow users understand trends in travel patterns across different cities throughout India over a period of time.

Analyzing Trends with Maps

Using mapping technologies such as CartoDB will allow users build dynamic visualizations and gain a better understanding on temporal changes that occur within Indian domestic air travel since start of 2017 up until October 2017. Comparing these maps with socio-economic metrics will also allow deeper analysis on population demographics across India’s top flight routes; useful information when creating marketing plans or proposals related aviation expansion projects etc...

### Additional Analysis Tools Besides mapping tools such as CartoDB; other tools like R can be used to run various statistical models related estimating future traffic volumes based on present passenger patterns, creating correlation networks between selected cities compared side by side against socio-economic trends etc.. Finally SPSS can be used run qualitative analysis those interested in analyzing more subjective avaiation industry related studies such as airliners customer services ratings by destinations city or feedback surveys pre post domestic flights taken throughout certain regions within India etc.

Research Ideas

• Constructing a detailed visualization of the air transportation patterns from Hyderabad to all other cities in India, offering an increased understanding of both high traffic and low traffic destinations.
• Understanding passenger demand for different travel providers such as AirAsia, Indigo etc in the city and predicting possible growth trends for them.
• Refining marketing strategies for flight-based travel services by establishing their target market within the Hyerabad area and subsequently utilizing data-driven tactics to increase sales

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. Data Source

License

Unknown License - Please check the dataset description for more information.

Columns

File: 2017 Hyderabad Domestic Air Traffic.csv | Column name | Description | |:--------------|:------------------------------------------| | level_0 | Unique identifier for each row. (Integer) |

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors. If you use this dataset in your research, please credit Telangana Open Data.

The population in New Delhi was approximately **** million, the most among the leading Indian cities in 2019. Mumbai and Kolkata rounded up the three most populated cities across the country that year.

Graph and download economic data for Geographical Outreach: Number of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in 3 Largest Cities for India (INDFCACLNUM) from 2007 to 2015 about ATM, India, banks, and depository institutions.

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Context

Hourly and Daily Weather Dataset of Top 50 Most populous Indian cities. Weather data from https://open-meteo.com/ from January 01, 2020 to October 27, 2024.

Field documentation go here

• https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/historical-weather-api#start_date=2020-01-01&end_date=2024-10-27
• Datetime is in GMT

Visually verify coordinates

• Replace the placeholders with the latitude and longitude values of the cities https://www.latlong.net/c/?lat=(latitude)&long=(longitude)
• Another way to visualize the coordinates https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/radar/

Citations and Acknowledgements

• Zippenfenig, P. (2023). Open-Meteo.com Weather API [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.7970649
• Hersbach, H., Bell, B., Berrisford, P., Biavati, G., Horányi, A., Muñoz Sabater, J., Nicolas, J., Peubey, C., Radu, R., Rozum, I., Schepers, D., Simmons, A., Soci, C., Dee, D., Thépaut, J-N. (2023). ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present [Data set]. ECMWF. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47
• Muñoz Sabater, J. (2019). ERA5-Land hourly data from 2001 to present [Data set]. ECMWF. https://doi.org/10.24381/CDS.E2161BAC
• Schimanke S., Ridal M., Le Moigne P., Berggren L., Undén P., Randriamampianina R., Andrea U., Bazile E., Bertelsen A., Brousseau P., Dahlgren P., Edvinsson L., El Said A., Glinton M., Hopsch S., Isaksson L., Mladek R., Olsson E., Verrelle A., Wang Z.Q. (2021). CERRA sub-daily regional reanalysis data for Europe on single levels from 1984 to present [Data set]. ECMWF. https://doi.org/10.24381/CDS.622A565A

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As per the Census data dated 2011, the slum dwellers population in Mumbai was the highest among all other major metropolitan cities of India, at around ************. Hyderabad and Delhi followed it. A total of about ** million people were estimated to be living in slums across the country.

Dataset for Indian cities, including images, unsplash, Airbnb, and Wikipedia content about each location, along with geospatial data such as latitude, longitude and Google Maps URL

The purpose of the dataset is to enable devs accross the world and mainly in india to build apps and websites The data is scraped locally using honojs and cleaned using LLM

The dataset contains air quality information for various cities across India. It includes parameters such as Air Quality Index (AQI), concentrations of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), as well as geographical coordinates and time stamps. This dataset enables analysis and comparison of air quality levels among different cities, aiding in understanding environmental health impacts and informing policy decisions.

As of September 2025, Mumbai had the highest cost of living among other cities in the country, with an index value of ****. Gurgaon, a satellite city of Delhi and part of the National Capital Region (NCR) followed it with an index value of ****.  What is cost of living? The cost of living varies depending on geographical regions and factors that affect the cost of living in an area include housing, food, utilities, clothing, childcare, and fuel among others. The cost of living is calculated based on different measures such as the consumer price index (CPI), living cost indexes, and wage price index. CPI refers to the change in the value of consumer goods and services. The wage price index, on the other hand, measures the change in labor services prices due to market pressures. Lastly, the living cost indexes calculate the impact of changing costs on different households. The relationship between wages and costs determines affordability and shifts in the cost of living. Mumbai tops the list Mumbai usually tops the list of most expensive cities in India. As the financial and entertainment hub of the country, Mumbai offers wide opportunities and attracts talent from all over the country. It is the second-largest city in India and has one of the most expensive real estates in the world.

The datasets contains date- and state-wise historically compiled data on air quality (by pollution level) in rural and urban areas of India from the year 2015 , as measured by Central Pollution Board (CPCB) through its daily (24 hourly measurements, taken at 4 PM everyday) Air Quality Index (AQI) reports.

The CPCB measures air quality by continuous online monitoring of various pollutants such as Particulate Matter10 (PM10), Particulate Matter2.5 (PM2.5), Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Oxide or Oxides of Nitrogen (NO2), Ozone (O3), Carbon Monoxide (CO), Ammonic (NH3) and Lead (Pb) and calculating their level of pollution in the ambient air. Based on the each pollutant load in the air and their associated health impacts, the CPCB calculates the overall Air Pollution in Air Quality Index (AQI) value and publishes the data. This AQI data is then used by CPCB to report the air quality status i.e good, satisfactory, moderate, poor, very poor and severe, etc. of a particular location and their related health impacts because of air pollution.

The "Indian Cities Distance Dataset" is a comprehensive collection of distance data between major cities in India, designed to facilitate pathfinding and optimization tasks.

This connected dataset includes information about the distances (in kilometres) between pairs of cities, allowing users to calculate the shortest paths and optimize routes for various purposes.

Key features of this dataset

City Pairings: The dataset provides connectivity information between pairs of prominent Indian cities, enabling users to calculate the shortest paths and travel distances between any two cities included in the dataset. It is an excellent resource for delving into programming route planning, navigation, and logistics optimization programs.

Distance Data: Each entry in the dataset includes the distance in kilometres between two cities. The distances have been curated to reflect the actual road distances between these locations.

A* Search Algorithm: This dataset is ideal for use with the A* (A-star) search algorithm, a widely used optimization and pathfinding algorithm. The A* algorithm can help find the shortest and most efficient routes between cities, making it suitable for transportation, tourism, and urban planning applications.

Beginner friendly: This dataset contains a minimum number of features for better processing and analyzing of data making it suitable for beginners.

The demand for commercial real estate space in top seven cities in India stood at ** million square feet as of 2023. It was the same as previous year.

About this dataset

Context

This list ranks the 473 cities in the California by Indian population, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. It also highlights population changes in each city over the past five years.

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, including:

• 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
• 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

Variables / Data Columns

• Rank by Indian Population: This column displays the rank of city in the California by their Indian population, using the most recent ACS data available.
• City: The City for which the rank is shown in the previous column.
• Indian Population: The Indian population of the city is shown in this column.
• % of Total City Population: This shows what percentage of the total city population identifies as Indian. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• % of Total California Indian Population: This tells us how much of the entire California Indian population lives in that city. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.
• 5 Year Rank Trend: This column displays the rank trend across the last 5 years.

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Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

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Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected severely the economic structure and health care system, among others, of India and the rest of the world. The magnitude of its aftermath is exceptionally devastating in India, with the first case reported in January 2020, and the number has risen to ~31.3 million as of July 23, 2021. India imposed a complete lockdown on March 25, which severely impacted migrant population, industrial sector, tourism industry, and overall economic growth. Herein, the impacts of lockdown and unlock phases on ambient atmospheric air quality variables have been assessed across 16 major cities of India covering the north-to-south stretch of the country. In general, all assessed air pollutants showed a substantial decrease in AQI values during the lockdown compared with the reference period (2017–2019) for almost all the reported cities across India. On an average, about 30–50% reduction in AQI has been observed for PM2.5, PM10, and CO, and maximum reduction of 40–60% of NO2 has been observed herein, while the data was average for northern, western, and southern India. SO2 and O3 showed an increase over a few cities as well as a decrease over the other cities. Maximum reduction (49%) in PM2.5 was observed over north India during the lockdown period. Furthermore, the changes in pollution levels showed a significant reduction in the first three phases of lockdown and a steady increase during subsequent phase of lockdown and unlock period. Our results show the substantial effect of lockdown on reduction in atmospheric loading of key anthropogenic pollutants due to less-to-no impact from industrial activities and vehicular emissions, and relatively clean transport of air masses from the upwind region. These results indicate that by adopting cleaner fuel technology and avoiding poor combustion activities across the urban agglomerations in India could bring down ambient levels of air pollution at least by 30%.