What is the population of Dehradun?
Dehradun has a city population of 522,081. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Dehradun
City population
522,081
#95
in India
#1
in Uttarakhand
#1,085
worldwide
30.324, 78.034 · 205 km from New Delhi
About Dehradun
At 664 m elevation, Dehradun is the largest city in Uttarakhand, with a population of 522,081. It stands 205 km from New Delhi and ranks 95th among Indian cities. Several smaller cities lie within 41 km: Rāipur at 6 km with 27,702 people, Clement Town at 7 km with 20,806, Mussoorie at 15 km with 25,753, Rishīkesh at 35 km with 66,390, and Pāonta Sāhib at 41 km with 25,183.
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
#1of 28
Elevation
664 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
30.324, 78.034
Record updated
2026-01-22
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 |
| Dehradun | 522K |
Dehradun Population FAQ
Where is Dehradun?
Dehradun is in Uttarakhand, India, 205 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 30.324, 78.034.
How big is Dehradun compared with other cities in India?
It is the 95th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.0% of the national population.