Classification of Indian cities

The classification of Indian cities is a ranking system used by the Government of India to allocate House Rent Allowance (HRA) to public servants employed in different cities in India. HRA is also used by the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) to provide income tax exemptions. Cities are classified on the basis of their population, as recommended by the Sixth Central Pay Finance.[1] Before the Sixth Central Pay Commission, the classification of cities in India was based on two parameters

Current classification

Under the recommendation of the Sixth Central Pay Commission, the CCA classification was abolished in 2008. The earlier HRA classification of cities was changed from A-1 to X; A, B-1, and B-2 to Y; and C and unclassified cities to Z.[2][3][4] X, Y, and Z are more commonly known as Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 cities, respectively.

On the basis of the 2011 census, 2 cities—Pune, Ahmedabad—were upgraded from Y to X and 21 cities from Z to Y on 1 April 2014.[5][6][7]

HRA classification City
X Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata , Mumbai, Thane and Pune
Y

Agra, Ajmer, Aligarh, Amravati, Amritsar, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bareilly, Belgaum, Bhavnagar, Bhiwandi, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bikaner, Bilaspur, Bokaro Steel City, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Bhilai, Durgapur, Dindigul, Erode, Faridabad, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guntur, Gwalior, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hamirpur, Hubli–Dharwad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jamshedpur, Jhansi, Jodhpur, Kakinada, Kannur, Kanpur, Kochi, Kolhapur, Kollam, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Ludhiana, Lucknow, Madurai, Malappuram, Mathura, Mangalore, Meerut, Moradabad, Mysore, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Nellore, Noida, Patna, Pondicherry, Purulia, Prayagraj, Raipur, Rajkot, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Rourkela, Salem, Sangli, Shimla, Siliguri, Solapur, Srinagar, Surat, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Ujjain, Bijapur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vasai-Virar City, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vellore and Warangal

ZAll other cities

Historical classification

The cities were classified as follows before the Sixth Central Pay Commission's recommendations were followed in 2008.[8] This classification was initially based on the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission of India in 1997.[8] Chennai, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai were classified as A-1 cities.[9] City statuses were later revised based on the results of the 2001 Census of India.[8] Hyderabad was accorded the A1 status on 31 August 2007, and Bangalore on 21 September 2007.[9] CCA classification was abolished in 2008.

CCA classification HRA classification City
A-1A-1Mumbai
A-1A-1Delhi
A-1A-1Kolkata
A-1A-1Chennai
A-1A-1[9]Bangalore
A-1A-1[10]Hyderabad
AAAhmedabad
AASurat
AAPune
AAKanpur
AAIndore
AAJaipur
AAVadodara
AANagpur
AALucknow
AAPatna
AAVishakapatnam
AABhopal
AAGwalior
AAJabalpur
AAAurangabad
AAGandhinagar
AAVellore
B-1B-1Madurai[8]
B-1B-1Aligarh
B-1B-1Kochi
B-1B-1Coimbatore[8]
B-1B-1Vijayawada
B-1B-1Tiruchirapalli
B-1B-1Nashik
B-1B-1Rajkot
B-1B-1Solapur
B-1B-1Anand
B-1B-1Ludhiana
B-1B-1Agra
B-1B-1Meerut
B-1B-2Thiruvananthapuram
B-1B-2Kozhikode
B-1B-2Faridabad
B-1B-2Varanasi
B-1B-2Jamshedpur
B-1B-2Allahabad
B-1B-2Amritsar
B-1CDhanbad
B-2B-2Gorakhpur
B-2B-2Hubli-Dharwad
B-2B-2Bhavnagar
B-2B-2Raipur
B-2B-2Mysore
B-2B-2Thrissur
B-2B-2Mangalore
B-2B-2Guntur
B-2B-2Bhubaneswar
B-2B-2Amravati
B-2B-2Srinagar
B-2B-2Bhilai
B-2B-2Warangal
B-2B-2Tirunelveli
B-2B-2Nellore
B-2B-2Ranchi
B-2B-2Guwahati
B-2B-2Aurangabad
B-2B-2Chandigarh
B-2B-2Patiala
B-2B-2Jodhpur
B-2B-2Pondicherry
B-2B-2Salem
B-2CDindigul
B-2CDehradun
B-2CHajipur
B-2CKollam
B-2CSangli
B-2CJamnagar
B-2CJammu
B-2CKurnool
B-2CRoorkee
B-2CKannur
B-2CTiruvannamalai
B-2CEtawah

Population-based classification

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) classifies centres into six tiers based on population.[11] The tables below show the classification.

Classification of centres (tier-wise)
Population classification Population (2001 Census)
Tier-1100,000 and above
Tier-250,000 to 99,999
Tier-320,000 to 49,999
Tier-410,000 to 19,999
Tier-55,000 to 9,999
Tier-6less than 5000
Population-group wise classification of centres
Population classification Population (2001 Census)
Rural centreup to 9,999
Semi-urban centre10,000 to 99,999
Urban centre100,000 to 999,999
Metropolitan centre1,000,000 and above
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See also
  • List of cities in India
  • List of million-plus agglomerations in India

References
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