List of cities in Vidarbha
Vidarbha is an easternmost region of Indian state of Maharashtra comprising Nagpur Division and Amravati Division. It occupies 31.6% of total area and holds 21.3% of total population of Maharashtra.
Nagpur is the largest city of Vidarbha as well as in central India followed by Amravati. A total of 4 cities of Vidarbha region have municipal corporations.
List of cities
Following is the list of top 27 cities with their populations according to 2011. District headquarters are shown in bold letters.
Rank. | Name. | District. | Type. | Population. | |||||||
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1 | Nagpur | Nagpur | Million Plus City | 2,495,665 | |||||||
2 | Amravati | Amravati | City | 747,057 | |||||||
3 | Akola | Akola | City | 537,098 | |||||||
4 | Chandrapur | Chandrapur | City | 320,379 | |||||||
5 | Yavatmal | Yavatmal | City | 270,303 | |||||||
7 | Gondia | [Gondia]] | Gondia | 25 | align="left" Tirora| | align="left" Gondia | District Gondia | City | 132,821 | ||
11 | Achalpur | Amravati | City | 137,311 | |||||||
6 | Wardha | Wardha | U.A | 211,118 | |||||||
8 | Hinganghat | Wardha | U.A | 125,342 | |||||||
13 | Khamgaon | Buldhana | City | 109,191 | |||||||
14 | Akot | Akola | City | 107,637 | |||||||
10 | Bhandara | Bhandara | City | 26 | Tumsar| | Bhandara | District Bhandara | 116,845 | |||
12 | Ballarpur | Chandrapur | City | 112,452 | |||||||
9 | Kamptee | Nagpur | U.A | 144,793 | |||||||
15 | Washim | Washim | City | 100,387 | |||||||
16 | Buldhana | Buldhana | City | 90,431 | |||||||
17 | Bhadravati | Chandrapur | City | 84,065 | |||||||
18 | Karanja Lad | Washim | City | 83,907 | |||||||
19 | Malkapur | Buldhana | City | 75,740 | |||||||
20 | Pusad | Yavatmal | City | 73,046 | |||||||
21 | Shegaon | Buldhana | City | 67,672 | |||||||
22 | Wani | Yavatmal | City | 66,840 | |||||||
23 | Anjangaon | Amravati | City | 66,380 | |||||||
24 | Gadchiroli | Gadchiroli district | City | 54,152 |
Note – Nagpur is categorised as Million Plus UA/City while Kamptee and Yavatmal are categorised as Class1 UAs/Towns. So, their population is shown including outgrowths. [1]. Dhamangaon is at 14 with population of 75,218 according to CSE survey and included in the city with highest development rate
References
- "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 14 December 2016.