Varanasi's 2026 population is now estimated at 1,858,451. In 1991, the population of Varanasi was 1,030,863. Varanasi has grown by 31,994 in the last year, which represents a 1.75% annual change. These population values and projections come from India census city counts via CityPopulation fallback access and World Population Review Internal Projections .
| City | 2026 Pop. ↓ | Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 23,390,383 | 2.42% |
| Mumbai | 21,782,818 | 1.13% |
| Bengaluru | 15,565,994 | 4.1% |
| Kolkata | 15,440,671 | 0.63% |
| Chennai | 13,109,989 | 2.81% |
| Hyderabad | 11,868,136 | 2.95% |
| Ahmedabad | 10,588,126 | 3.46% |
| Surat | 9,580,601 | 5.03% |
| Pune | 7,888,467 | 3.01% |
| Ghaziabad | 5,029,611 | 5.13% |
| Jaipur | 4,575,390 | 2.75% |
| Kozhikode | 4,294,121 | 5.13% |
| Lucknow | 4,266,929 | 2.6% |
| Kochi | 4,143,068 | 4.57% |
| Thrissur | 3,940,307 | 5.13% |
| Coimbatore | 3,779,472 | 3.87% |
| Indore | 3,754,331 | 3.72% |
| Malappuram | 3,596,910 | 5.13% |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 3,556,039 | 5.13% |
| Kannur | 3,473,967 | 5.13% |
| Kanpur | 3,257,269 | 0.73% |
| Nagpur | 3,173,278 | 1.61% |
| Bhopal | 2,773,892 | 2.6% |
| Patna | 2,716,691 | 1.9% |
| Agra | 2,676,236 | 2.83% |
| Visakhapatnam | 2,514,213 | 2.53% |
| Vijayawada | 2,501,222 | 3.57% |
| Nashik | 2,464,374 | 3.09% |
| Vadodara | 2,461,877 | 2.03% |
| Kollam | 2,351,284 | 5.13% |
| Raipur | 2,284,211 | 4.84% |
| Rajkot | 2,270,259 | 3.32% |
| Faridabad | 2,191,312 | 2.96% |
| Tiruppur | 2,039,037 | 5.13% |
| Ludhiana | 2,016,311 | 1.47% |
| Madurai | 1,970,639 | 1.99% |
| Meerut | 1,922,030 | 2.03% |
| Gurgaon | 1,909,771 | 5.13% |
| Varanasi | 1,858,451 | 1.75% |
| Aurangabad | 1,844,391 | 2.95% |
| Srinagar | 1,829,225 | 2.49% |
| Jamshedpur | 1,788,266 | 1.95% |
| Jodhpur | 1,730,911 | 2.83% |
| Kota | 1,703,199 | 3.6% |
| Ranchi | 1,655,837 | 2.64% |
| Gwalior | 1,586,309 | 2.45% |
| Jabalpur | 1,576,233 | 1.46% |
| Asansol | 1,563,390 | 1.54% |
| Allahabad | 1,521,127 | 1.52% |
| Amritsar | 1,515,021 | 1.66% |
| Bareilly | 1,490,250 | 2.79% |
| Chandigarh | 1,468,323 | 2.42% |
| Aligarh | 1,448,230 | 3.14% |
| Moradabad | 1,445,424 | 3.3% |
| Dhanbad | 1,423,304 | 1.17% |
| Bhubaneswar | 1,381,168 | 3.01% |
| Mysore | 1,367,944 | 2.17% |
| Saharanpur | 1,358,665 | 4.47% |
| Noida | 1,349,105 | 5.13% |
| Tiruchirappalli | 1,311,095 | 1.67% |
| Bhilai | 1,307,236 | 1.38% |
| Shiliguri | 1,288,056 | 4.09% |
| Salem | 1,237,581 | 2.02% |
| Guwahati | 1,226,141 | 1.63% |
| Jalandhar | 1,184,875 | 2.05% |
| Warangal | 1,117,784 | 2.66% |
| Dehra Dun | 1,085,088 | 2.91% |
| Solapur | 1,083,818 | 0.87% |
| Firozabad | 996,429 | 3.39% |
| Guntur | 996,039 | 2.68% |
| Puducherry | 972,939 | 2.65% |
| Cherthala | 964,763 | 5.13% |
| Malegaon | 963,915 | 3.48% |
| Bhiwandi | 947,629 | 1.7% |
| Kayamkulam | 906,006 | 5.13% |
| Nellore | 905,379 | 3.27% |
| Muzaffarnagar | 904,997 | 4.1% |
| Imphal | 886,470 | 5.13% |
| Thoothukkudi | 871,416 | 5.13% |
| Tirupati | 867,134 | 4.29% |
| Bikaner | 864,701 | 1.98% |
| Amravati | 826,785 | 1.65% |
| Gorakhpur | 819,161 | 1.1% |
| Kurnool | 812,749 | 3.51% |
| Erode | 808,182 | 2.96% |
| Belgaum | 807,428 | 1.88% |
| Cuttack | 796,035 | 1.22% |
| Nanded | 795,171 | 2.48% |
| Mangalore | 775,950 | 1.47% |
| Gulbarga | 770,352 | 2.36% |
| Bhavnagar | 767,083 | 1.59% |
| Mathura | 766,748 | 3.51% |
| Kottayam | 756,408 | 5.13% |
| Durgapur | 742,363 | 1.65% |
| Jammu | 731,361 | 0.71% |
| Patiala | 721,691 | 3.26% |
| Bilaspur | 715,111 | 3.08% |
| Jhansi | 710,728 | 1.75% |
| Bokaro Steel City | 681,170 | 1.26% |
| Vellore | 680,019 | 2.28% |
| Jamnagar | 673,522 | 0.76% |
| Ujjain | 672,993 | 1.8% |
| Kolhapur | 658,250 | 1.06% |
| Ajmer | 656,285 | 1.17% |
| Baharampur | 644,599 | 5.13% |
| Jalgaon | 642,048 | 2.24% |
| Udaipur | 638,269 | 2% |
| Sangli | 632,029 | 1.39% |
| Gaya | 629,771 | 1.88% |
| Panipat | 625,116 | 2.3% |
| Purnia | 624,186 | 4.72% |
| Agartala | 617,713 | 2.94% |
| Santipur | 614,660 | 5.13% |
| Tirunelveli | 612,961 | 1.4% |
| Bellary | 605,381 | 2.62% |
| Rajahmundry | 590,351 | 1.43% |
| Muzaffarpur | 586,521 | 2.64% |
| Davanagere | 566,974 | 1.78% |
| Anantapur | 564,754 | 3.43% |
| Kakinada | 564,685 | 1.63% |
| Ranippettai | 559,587 | 5.13% |
| Latur | 552,303 | 2.47% |
| Shillong | 541,319 | 2.86% |
| Rohtak | 536,078 | 2.42% |
| Yamunanagar | 535,601 | 2.25% |
| Begusarai | 533,501 | 5.13% |
| Palakkad | 532,381 | 4.05% |
| Dindigul | 529,429 | 4.03% |
| Bhagalpur | 526,555 | 1.65% |
| Bhilwara | 522,589 | 2.53% |
| Kadapa | 519,399 | 2.77% |
| Hardwar | 519,142 | 3.48% |
| Gandhidham | 518,375 | 5.04% |
| Dhulian | 506,003 | 5.13% |
| Roorkee | 504,739 | 5.13% |
| Ottappalam | 503,782 | 5.13% |
| Sivakasi | 496,868 | 5.13% |
| Alwar | 495,917 | 2.52% |
| Udhagamandalam | 494,163 | 5.13% |
| Hosur | 485,911 | 5.13% |
| Sagar | 485,670 | 1.83% |
| Kanhangad | 485,149 | 5.13% |
| Rampur | 482,683 | 2.18% |
| Karnal | 482,210 | 3.17% |
| Ranaghat | 480,861 | 4.9% |
| Bijapur | 479,529 | 2.58% |
| Karimnagar | 473,082 | 3.14% |
| Akola | 466,790 | 0.61% |
| Bardhaman | 463,502 | 1.96% |
| Thanjavur | 457,481 | 3.06% |
| Junagadh | 455,688 | 2.4% |
| Korba | 454,562 | 1.47% |
| Brahmapur | 444,694 | 1.48% |
| Karur | 441,911 | 4.32% |
| Anand | 436,218 | 2.8% |
| Sonipat | 435,284 | 2.67% |
| Ahmadnagar | 434,002 | 0.89% |
| Dhule | 432,636 | 0.95% |
| Bathinda | 431,173 | 2.78% |
| Bihar | 430,962 | 2.51% |
| Deoghar | 430,011 | 5.13% |
| Aizawl | 427,570 | 2.54% |
| Morvi | 423,703 | 3.53% |
| Habra | 420,578 | 2.28% |
| Mau | 418,309 | 2.74% |
| Hardoi | 417,110 | 5.13% |
| Navi Mumbai | 413,605 | 5.13% |
| Kumarapalayam | 412,965 | 5.13% |
| Shimoga | 411,497 | 1.63% |
| Haldwani | 409,726 | 3.86% |
| Kasaragod | 408,276 | 5.13% |
| Dewas | 404,574 | 2.26% |
| Tumkur | 404,034 | 1.96% |
| Khammam | 397,900 | 2.82% |
| Parbhani | 395,977 | 1.71% |
| Ichalkaranji | 395,498 | 1.31% |
| Shahjahanpur | 390,782 | 0.78% |
| Mahbubnagar | 388,385 | 4.18% |
| Panchkula | 388,193 | 4.14% |
| Satna | 387,928 | 2.13% |
| Hisar | 386,844 | 1.55% |
| Farrukhabad | 382,583 | 1.83% |
| Madanapalle | 381,441 | 5.13% |
| Panvel | 381,102 | 5.13% |
| Ara | 381,000 | 2.54% |
| Darbhanga | 380,890 | 1.43% |
| Jalna | 380,632 | 1.93% |
| Proddatur | 379,836 | 3.78% |
| Navsari | 379,558 | 1.98% |
| Chandrapur | 373,078 | 1.02% |
| Sikar | 368,703 | 2.78% |
| Hapur | 363,385 | 2.18% |
| Bulandshahr | 361,056 | 2.91% |
| Jalpaiguri | 357,777 | 5.13% |
| Faizabad | 351,269 | 2.11% |
| Nizamabad | 348,106 | 0.75% |
| Vapi | 346,405 | 5.13% |
| Etawah | 346,270 | 2.01% |
| Ratlam | 346,241 | 1.57% |
| Bharatpur | 345,723 | 2.11% |
| Kharagpur | 344,932 | 0.94% |
| Rewa | 343,586 | 2.55% |
| Katihar | 341,346 | 2.35% |
| Sambalpur | 339,466 | 1.63% |
| Anantnag | 333,465 | 5.02% |
| Nandyal | 330,018 | 3.01% |
| Ongole | 328,393 | 3.08% |
| Rudrapur | 327,191 | 5.13% |
| Mirzapur | 326,280 | 1.88% |
| Vizianagaram | 325,382 | 2.05% |
| Ambala | 323,674 | 3.43% |
| Bharuch | 319,368 | 2.4% |
| Silchar | 318,152 | 2.21% |
| Karaikudi | 316,371 | 3.76% |
| Surendranagar | 314,771 | 1.45% |
| Eluru | 314,323 | 1.52% |
| Pali | 312,379 | 2.06% |
| Morena | 306,831 | 2.88% |
| Bhuj | 305,067 | 3.27% |
| Orai | 304,897 | 3.18% |
| S.A.S. Nagar | 300,201 | 3.62% |
| Mahesana | 298,716 | 3.04% |
| Bidar | 298,160 | 2.17% |
| Ganganagar | 296,779 | 1.15% |
| Sambhal | 293,931 | 1.93% |
| Navadvip | 290,684 | 3.42% |
| Hospet | 289,954 | 2.3% |
| Bhind | 287,841 | 2.54% |
| Puri | 287,289 | 2.42% |
| Murwara | 286,712 | 1.72% |
| Singrauli | 285,692 | 1.75% |
| Kanchipuram | 282,303 | 1.62% |
| Raichur | 280,607 | 1.22% |
| Chapra | 278,363 | 1.78% |
| Ambala Sadar | 276,954 | 2.01% |
| Fatehpur | 276,616 | 2.42% |
| Ramagundam | 275,945 | 0.6% |
| Nadiad | 275,286 | 1.35% |
| Guna | 274,090 | 2.81% |
| Modinagar | 273,974 | 2.72% |
| Mancherial | 266,219 | 3.3% |
| Neyveli | 264,885 | 2.64% |
| Chhindwara | 261,658 | 2.15% |
| Amroha | 261,521 | 1.86% |
| Lakhimpur | 261,504 | 3.11% |
| Sitapur | 259,231 | 2.16% |
| Munger | 257,681 | 1.27% |
| Haldia | 256,335 | 1.64% |
| Hassan | 255,920 | 2.64% |
| Khandwa | 252,560 | 1.54% |
| Nagercoil | 252,390 | 0.77% |
| Nalgonda | 251,701 | 3.31% |
| Bahadurgarh | 251,488 | 2.61% |
| Porbandar | 250,728 | 0.96% |
| Krishnanagar | 247,737 | 2.08% |
| Udupi | 245,472 | 2.67% |
| Shivpuri | 244,087 | 2.05% |
| Bhiwani | 243,827 | 1.46% |
| Raiganj | 243,309 | 1.33% |
| Unnao | 241,785 | 2.08% |
| Burhanpur | 239,519 | 0.85% |
| Bettiah | 239,338 | 2.92% |
| Kishangarh | 238,285 | 2.91% |
| Veraval | 236,853 | 1.63% |
| Hathras | 231,239 | 2.45% |
| Bhusawal | 230,753 | 0.83% |
| Rae Bareli | 229,755 | 1.23% |
| Jind | 229,625 | 2.12% |
| Godhra | 223,843 | 2.16% |
| Adoni | 223,673 | 1.29% |
| Tonk | 222,241 | 1.99% |
| Thanesar | 221,642 | 2.41% |
| Shimla | 221,109 | 1.7% |
| Raigarh | 220,899 | 2.61% |
| Sirsa | 220,899 | 1.28% |
| Pilibhit | 220,405 | 2.32% |
| Saharsa | 218,941 | 2.26% |
| Moga | 216,902 | 1.91% |
| Chittoor | 216,790 | 1.41% |
| Bahraich | 216,704 | 1.02% |
| Vidisha | 216,146 | 2.2% |
| Jaunpur | 215,754 | 1.2% |
| Baleshwar | 215,303 | 1.29% |
| Valsad | 214,683 | 1.57% |
| Gangtok | 212,305 | 5.13% |
| Phusro | 203,636 | 0.62% |
| Medinipur | 203,366 | 1.23% |
| Balurghat | 203,251 | 1.41% |
| Hindupur | 202,557 | 1.95% |
| Hoshiarpur | 201,740 | 1.2% |
| Cuddalore | 198,840 | 0.91% |
| Beawar | 198,644 | 1.84% |
| Banda | 198,126 | 1.41% |
| Raj Nandgaon | 197,117 | 1.27% |
| Hanumangarh | 189,869 | 1.54% |
| Alappuzha | 189,702 | -1.58% |
| Hazaribag | 185,423 | 1.26% |
| Tenali | 183,251 | 0.7% |
| Dibrugarh | 183,092 | 1.15% |
| Jorhat | 181,584 | 1.11% |
| Budaun | 177,794 | 0.74% |
| Kumbakonam | 177,216 | 0.39% |
| Batala | 176,227 | 0.7% |
| Robertson Pet | 170,267 | 0.32% |
| Chirala | 156,901 | -0.23% |
| Machilipatnam | 156,628 | -0.54% |
| Pathankot | 149,247 | -0.48% |
| Kohima | 144,386 | 2.55% |
| Panaji | 141,766 | 1.42% |
| Bhadravati | 137,818 | -0.61% |
| Itanagar | 125,940 | 5.13% |
| Port Blair | 121,408 | 0.78% |
| Daman | 60,994 | 2.16% |
| Leh | 34,546 | 0.75% |
| Kavaratti | 13,071 | 1.03% |
