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Gorakhpur

Haryana · India
City population
1,324,570
#32
in India
#2
in Haryana
#382
worldwide
New DelhiGorakhpur
29.448, 75.672 · 176 km from New Delhi
City population
1,324,570
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in India
#32
of 3,732 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#382
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of India
0.1%
of the national population

About Gorakhpur

At 218 m elevation, Gorakhpur is the second-largest city in Haryana with a population of 1,324,570. It sits 176 km from New Delhi and ranks 32nd among India's listed cities. Hisar, the state's largest city, lies 33 km away with 307,024 residents; four other cities of between 25,000 and 71,000 people cluster within 30 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
#32of 3,732
LargestSmallest
Position in Haryana
#2of 95
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
India
Region
Haryana
Rank in region
#2of 95
Distance to capital
176 km
to New Delhi
Elevation
218 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
29.448, 75.672
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 India

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

22KMFatehābād71K people25KMBarwāla43K people27KMAdampur26K people29KMRatia37K people33KMHisar307K people

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. Gorakhpur1.32M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Gorakhpur 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
Gorakhpur1.32M

Gorakhpur Population FAQ

What is the population of Gorakhpur?

Gorakhpur has a city population of 1,324,570. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Gorakhpur?

Gorakhpur is in Haryana, India, 176 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 29.448, 75.672.

How big is Gorakhpur compared with other cities in India?

It is the 32nd 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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