What is the population of Erode?
Erode has a city population of 521,891. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Erode
City population
521,891
#96
in India
#9
in Tamil Nadu
#1,086
worldwide
11.343, 77.727 · 1,922 km from New Delhi
About Erode
At 0% of India's national population, Erode's 521,891 residents represent a fraction too small to register in the country's demographic accounting. The city ranks 96th among India's listed cities and ninth within Tamil Nadu. Vīrappanchathiram, 2 km away, and Sūrampatti, also 2 km distant, sit immediately adjacent, with Kāsipālaiyam 3 km beyond. Erode lies 1,922 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
#9of 488
Elevation
170 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
11.343, 77.727
Record updated
2024-01-06
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 |
| Erode | 522K |
Erode Population FAQ
Where is Erode?
Erode is in Tamil Nadu, India, 1,922 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 11.343, 77.727.
How big is Erode compared with other cities in India?
It is the 96th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.0% of the national population.