Table 2.
List of forty-two cities selected from different states and union territories across six geographical regions in India
| Groups | Regions | States/Union territories | Cities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North | 1. Uttar Pradesh | 1. Ghaziabad, 2. Lucknow, 3. Noida, |
| 2. Punjab | 4. Amritsar, 5. MandiGobindgarh, | ||
| 3. Haryana | 6. Faridabad, 7. Gurugram, | ||
| 4. Delhi | 8. Delhi*, | ||
| 5. Chandigarh | 9. Chandigarh, | ||
| 2 | South | 6. Andhra Pradesh | 10. Visakhapatnam, 11. Tirupati, |
| 7. Telangana | 12. Hyderabad*, | ||
| 8. Tamil Nadu | 13. Chennai*, 14. Coimbatore, | ||
| 9. Karnataka | 15. Bengaluru*, 16. Mysuru, | ||
| 10. Kerala | 17. Thiruvananthapuram, 18. Kochi, | ||
| 3 | East | 11. West Bengal |
19. Kolkata*, 20. Howrah, 21. Asansol, |
| 12. Bihar | 22. Patna, 23. Muzaffarpur, 24. Gaya, | ||
| 13. Jharkhand | 25.Joraphokhar, | ||
| 14. Odisha | 26. Brajrajnagar, 27. Talcher, | ||
| 4 | West | 15. Gujarat | 28. Ahmedabad, 29. Gandhinagar, |
| 16. Rajasthan | 30. Jaipur, 31. Jodhpur, | ||
| 17. Maharashtra | 32. Mumbai*, 33. NaviMumbai,34.Thane | ||
| 5 | Central | 18. Madhya Pradesh | 35. Bhopal, 36.Dewas, 37.Gwalior, 38.Indore, 39. Singrauli, |
| 6 | North-East | 19. Assam | 40.Guwahati, |
| 20. Meghalaya | 41.Shillong, | ||
| 21. Mizoram | 42.Aizawl |
*The 06 megacities with a population of more than 10 million–Delhi (30 million), Mumbai (20 million), Kolkata (15 million), Bengaluru (12 million), Chennai (11 million), and Hyderabad (10 million)