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Amritsar

Punjab · India
City population
1,159,227
#44
in India
#2
in Punjab
#468
worldwide
New DelhiAmritsar
31.622, 74.875 · 402 km from New Delhi
City population
1,159,227
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in India
#44
of 3,732 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#468
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of India
0.1%
of the national population

About Amritsar

Punjab's second-largest city, this settlement of 1.16 million lies 402 km from New Delhi. Amritsar ranks 44th among India's listed cities and holds 0.1% of the national population. Tarn Taran, a city of 66,847, sits 20 km away; several smaller towns cluster within a similar radius, including Jandiāla Gurū at 16 km and Nangli at 7 km.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in India
#44of 3,732
LargestSmallest
Position in Punjab
#2of 118
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
India
Region
Punjab
Rank in region
#2of 118
Distance to capital
402 km
to New Delhi
Elevation
244 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
31.622, 74.875
Record updated
2026-01-09
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 3,732 in India

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

16KMJandiāla Gurū29K people20KMTarn Taran67K people27KMAjnāla21K people28KMFatehgarh Chūriān18K people32KMManhala29K people · Pakistan

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Amritsar1.16M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Amritsar compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Amritsar1.16M

Amritsar Population FAQ

What is the population of Amritsar?

Amritsar has a city population of 1,159,227. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Amritsar?

Amritsar is in Punjab, India, 402 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 31.622, 74.875.

How big is Amritsar compared with other cities in India?

It is the 44th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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