List of cleanest cities in India

The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India, annually publish National City Rating under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan scheme. The rating includes around 500 cities, covering 72 percent of the urban population in India.

Until 2017, India was divided into five zones for the purpose of this survey and each city was scored on 19 indicators. The cities were classified into four colours: green, blue, black, and red, green being the cleanest city, and red the most polluted. None of the cities was rated as green—the best category in the exercise. However, during the 2017-18 senses survey, the parameters of assessment were modified, and cities were categorised, based on population, into metropolis, large, medium, and small cities, and assessment took place according to this categorisation.[1]

The latest ranking of 2023 by the cleanliness survey Swachh Survekshan marks Indore as the cleanest city of India. Indore has held the title of being India's cleanest city for seven consecutive years.[2]

Summary

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs ranks cities based on cleanliness index. This list summarises the cities topping those lists annually.

Year First Runner up
City State City State
2021 Indore Madhya Pradesh Surat Gujarat
2020 Metropolis Indore Madhya Pradesh Surat Gujarat
Big city Ahmedabad Gujarat
Medium city Mysore Karnataka
Small city Ambikapur Chhattisgarh
2019 Metropolis Indore Madhya Pradesh Ambikapur Chhattisgarh
Big city Ahmedabad Gujarat
Medium city Ujjain Madhya Pradesh Mysore Karnataka
Small city New Delhi (Municipal Council) Delhi
2018 Metropolis Indore Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
Big city Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh
Medium city Mysore Karnataka
Small city New Delhi (Municipal Council) Delhi
2017 Indore Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
2016 Mysore Karnataka Chandigarh Chandigarh Territory
2015 Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu
2010 Chandigarh Union Territory of Chandigarh Mysore Karnataka

2023

Swachh Sarvekshan 2023

Top 20 cleanest cities in India

Swachh Sarvekshan

Rank

City State/Union Territory
1 Indore Madhya Pradesh
2 Surat Gujarat
3 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
4 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
5 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
6 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh
7 New Delhi Delhi
8 Tirupati Andhra Pradesh
9 Hyderabad Telangana
10 Pune Maharashtra
11 Chandigarh Chandigarh
12 Raipur Chhattisgarh
13 Pimpri-Chinchwad Maharashtra
14 Noida Uttar Pradesh
15 Ahmedabad Gujarat
16 Gwalior Madhya Pradesh
17 Guntur Andhra Pradesh
18 Baramati Maharashtra
19 Ujjain Madhya Pradesh
20 Mira-Bhayandar Maharashtra
Source: Ministry of Urban Development[3]

2022

Swachh Sarvekshan 2022

Top 20 cleanest cities in India over 1 million population

Swachh Sarvekshan

Rank

City State/Union Territory
1 Indore Madhya Pradesh
2 Surat Gujarat
3 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
4 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
5 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh
6 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
7 Rajkot Gujarat
8 Ahmedabad Gujarat
9 Pune Maharashtra
10 Hyderabad Telangana
11 Raipur Chhattisgarh
12 Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh
13 Thane Maharashtra
14 Vadodara Gujarat
15 Meerut Uttar Pradesh
16 Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh
17 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
18 Gwalior Madhya Pradesh
19 Pimpri-Chinchwad Maharashtra
20 Nashik Maharashtra
Source: Ministry of Urban Development[4]

2021

Top 10 cleanest cities in the Swachh Survekshan 2021 for over 1 million Population[5]

Swachh Sarvekshan
Rank
City State/Union Territory
1 Indore Madhya Pradesh
2 Surat Gujarat
3 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh
4 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
5 Pune Maharashtra
6 Raipur Chhattisgarh
7 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
8 Vadodara Gujarat
9 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
10 Ahmedabad Gujarat
Source: Ministry of Urban Development[5]

2019-2020

The results of the fifth edition of the nationwide annual cleanliness survey, 'Swachh Survekshan 2020,' are out and Madhya Pradesh's Indore has yet again made it as India's cleanest city. Gujarat's Surat emerged as India's second cleanest city, followed by Navi Mumbai which bagged the third spot in Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs' swachhta city survey report.[6][7][8]

Swachh Survekshan 2020 covered 4,242 cities, 62 cantonment boards and 92 Ganga towns. This survey was carried out in 28 days.[9]

List of Cleanest Cities in India 2020, are as follows:

Swachh Survekshan Rank City State/Union Territory
1 Indore Madhya Pradesh
2 Surat Gujarat
3 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
4 Ambikapur Chhattisgarh
5 Mysore Karnataka
6 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh
7 Ahmedabad Gujarat
8 New Delhi (NDMC) Delhi
9 Chandrapur Maharashtra
10 Khargone Madhya Pradesh
Source: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.[10]

2017-2018

The dimensions of assessment increased during the 2017–18 survey, identifying cities and states to excel in different aspects of environment, energy, and cleanliness.

2016–2017

Swachh Survekshan 2017 was an extensive sanitation survey across 500 cities in India. The Ministry of Urban Development commissioned Quality Council of India to conduct this survey; to check the progress and impact of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched in 2014. It aims to foster a spirit of competition among the cities and offers a comprehensive assessment of their sanitation status.

The performance of each city was evaluated on five key thematic parameters-

  • • Municipal solid waste - sweeping, collection and transportation
  • • Municipal solid waste - processing and disposal of solid waste
  • • Open defecation free/toilets
  • • Capacity building and eLearning
  • • Provision of public & community toilet seats
  • • Information, education and communication, and behaviour change

Swachh Sarvekshan 2017 was conducted between 4 January 2017 and 7 February 2017.[11] The results of top 30 cities are as follows:

Swachh Sarvekshan
Rank
City State/Union Territory
1 Indore Madhya Pradesh
2 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
3 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
4 Surat Gujarat
5 Mysore Karnataka
6 Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu
7 New Delhi Municipal Council Delhi
8 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
9 Tirupati Andhra Pradesh
10 Vadodara Gujarat
11 Chandigarh Chandigarh
12 Ujjain Madhya Pradesh
13 Pune Maharashtra
14 Ahmedabad Gujarat
15 Ambikapur Chhattisgarh
16 Coimbatore Tamil Nadu
17 Khargone Madhya Pradesh
18 Rajkot Gujarat
19 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh
20 Gandhinagar Gujarat
21 Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh
22 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Telangana
23 Sagar Madhya Pradesh
24 Murwara Madhya Pradesh
25 Navsari Gujarat
26 Vapi Gujarat
27 Gwalior Madhya pradesh
28 Warangal Telangana
29 Mumbai Maharashta
30 Suryapet Telangana
Source: Ministry of Urban Development[12]

2015–2016

The Union Ministry of Urban Development commissioned an extensive survey to study the progress of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Mission and to rank 73 cities on sanitation and cleanliness. The survey, the first for the Swachh Bharat Mission, was conducted by the Quality Council of India (QCI) and was named Swachh Sarvekshan. It covered all state capitals and another 53 cities with a population of above one million. It involved three streams of data collection - interaction with municipal body, direct observation and citizen feedback. Swachh Sarvekshan evaluated the work done in the following six measurable aspects of sanitation and hygiene:

  • • Strategy for Open Defecation Free town (ODF) and Integrated Solid Waste Management (SWM)
  • • Information, Education and Behaviour Change Communication (IEBC) activity
  • • Sweeping, door to door collection and transportation (of solid waste)
  • • Processing and disposal (of solid waste)
  • • Provision of public & community toilet seats
  • • Construction of household individual toilets

Swachh Sarvekshan 2016 was conducted between 5 January 2016 and 20 January 2016.[13] The Results, as per the latest available sources, are as follows:

Swachh Sarvekshan
Rank
City State/Union Territory
1 Mysore Karnataka
2 Chandigarh Chandigarh
3 Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu
4 New Delhi Delhi
5 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
6 Surat Gujarat
7 Rajkot Gujarat
8 Gangtok Sikkim
9 Pimpri-Chinchwad Maharashtra
10 Mumbai Maharashtra
11 Pune Maharashtra
12 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
13 Vadodara Gujarat
14 Ahmedabad Gujarat
15 Imphal Manipur
16 Panaji Goa
17 Thane Maharashtra
18 Coimbatore Tamil Nadu
19 Hyderabad Telangana
20 Nagpur Maharashtra
21 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
22 Allahabad Uttar Pradesh
23 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh
24 Bhubaneshwar Odisha
25 Indore Madhya Pradesh
26 Madurai Tamil Nadu
27 Shimla Himachal Pradesh
28 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
29 Jaipur Rajasthan
30 Gwalior Madhya Pradesh
31 Nashik Maharashtra
32 Warangal Telangana
33 Agartala Tripura
34 Ludhiana Punjab
35 Vasai-Virar Maharashtra
36 Chennai Tamil Nadu
37 Gurgaon Haryana
38 Bengaluru Karnataka
39 SDMC Delhi
40 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
41 Aizawl Mizoram
42 Gandhinagar Gujarat
43 NMCD Delhi
44 Kozhikode Kerala
45 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh
46 Durg Chhattisgarh
47 Agra Uttar Pradesh
48 Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir
49 Amritsar Punjab
50 Guwahati Assam
51 Faridabad Haryana
52 EMCD Delhi
53 Shillong Meghalaya
54 Hubli-Dharwad Karnataka
55 Kochi Kerala
56 Aurangabad Maharashtra
57 Jodhpur Rajasthan
58 Kota Rajasthan
59 Cuttack Odisha
60 Kohima Nagaland
61 Dehradun Uttarakhand
62 Ranchi Jharkhand
63 Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh
64 Kalyan-Dombivali Maharashtra
65 Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
66 Jamshedpur Jharkhand
67 Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh
68 Raipur Chhattisgarh
69 Meerut Uttar Pradesh
70 Patna Bihar
71 Itanagar Arunachal Pradesh
72 Asansol West Bengal
73 Dhanbad Jharkhand
Source: Press Information Bureau and Ministry of Urban Development[14]

2014–2015

Rank City State/Territory Rating points (out of 20)
1 Mysore Karnataka 18.50
2 Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu 14.25
3 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra 14.18
4 Kochi Kerala 14.07
5 Hassan Karnataka 13.58
6 Mandya Karnataka 13.52
7 Bengaluru Karnataka 13.27
8 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 12.98
9 Halisahar West Bengal 12.75
10 Gangtok Sikkim 12.68
Source: Ministry of Urban Development[15]

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) India, in 2015 it conducted a survey of the least polluted cities in India as well, ranked based on air quality. Among the least-polluted cities are Pathanamthitta, Mangalore, Wayanad, Hassan, and Palakkad. The table below shows the ranking of these cities as per the PM10 content in the air.[16][17]

Rank City State/Territory PM10
1 Pathanamthitta Kerala 23
2 Mangalore Karnataka 31
3 Wayanad Kerala 33
4 Hassan Karnataka 36
5 Palakkad Kerala 36
Source: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) India[16]

2009–2010

Rank City State/Territory Rating points
1 Chandigarh Union Territory of Chandigarh 73.48
2 Mysore Karnataka 70.65
3 Surat Gujarat 69.08
4 New Delhi Delhi 68.265
5 Delhi Cantt. Delhi 61.367
6 Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu 59.02
7 Jamshedpur Jharkhand 57.960
8 Mangalore Karnataka 57.340
9 Rajkot Gujarat 56.118
10 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 55.340
11 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra 53.920
12 Bangalore Karnataka 53.637
13 Chennai Tamil Nadu 53.630
14 Rourkela Odisha 53.400
15 Mandya Karnataka 53.330
16 Bidhannagar West Bengal 52.820
17 Noida Uttar Pradesh 51.910
18 Shillong Meghalaya 51.550
19 Ahmedabad Gujarat 50.286
20 Alandur Tamil Nadu 50.240
21 Haridwar Uttarakhand 49.850
22 Bidar Karnataka 49.820
23 Achalpur Maharashtra 49.666
24 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh 49.060
25 Kolkata West Bengal 48.965
Source: Ministry of Urban Development[18]

See also

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