North India, according to combined definition by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Geological Survey of India and Ministry of Culture refers to the northern region of India comprising the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and the Union Territories of Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh.[1][2][3]
List
editThe following is the list cities in North India, sorted by their population. The population statistics indicated in this article are for the year 2011, in accordance with the 15th Indian Census.[4]
Delhi
Jaipur
Lucknow
Kanpur
Meerut
Ludhiana
Agra
Allahabad
Faridabad
Ghaziabad
Varanasi
Srinagar
Amritsar
Jodhpur
Chandigarh
Kota
Location of 1 million-plus cities in North India. Red dots represent capital cities of their respective states
- The cities which are listed in bold are the capital of the respective state / union territory / country.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Northern Region - Geological Survey of India". Geological Survey of India, MOI, Government of India. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "Genesis | ISCS". Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/iscs/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/states_reorganisation_act.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "censusindia 2011: Major Agglomerations" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2014.