What is the population of Cuttack?
Cuttack has a city population of 610,189. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Cuttack
India's 82nd-largest city by population, Cuttack holds 610,189 residents and ranks third in Odisha. The city lies 22 km from Bhubaneswar, the state capital, which has a population of 885,363. Cuttack sits at 30 m elevation, 1,260 km from New Delhi.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 97
Elevation
30 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
20.465, 85.879
Record updated
2025-08-05
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 IndiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Cuttack | 610K |
Cuttack Population FAQ
Where is Cuttack?
Cuttack is in Odisha, India, 1,260 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 20.465, 85.879.
How big is Cuttack compared with other cities in India?
It is the 82nd largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.0% of the national population.