What is the population of Howrah?
Howrah has a city population of 1,027,672. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Howrah
City population
1,027,672
#52
in India
#2
in West Bengal
#530
worldwide
22.577, 88.319 · 1,300 km from New Delhi
About Howrah
India's 52nd-largest city by population, Howrah holds 1,027,672 residents and ranks second in West Bengal. It sits 5 km from Kolkata, the state's largest city with 4,631,392 people, and is ringed by several other urban centres: Bāli at 296,973 residents lies 8 km away, while Bankra (56,273) and Chakapara (27,320) are both within 7 km. The city stands 1,300 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
#2of 138
Elevation
8 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
22.577, 88.319
Record updated
2024-04-28
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 |
| Howrah | 1.03M |
Howrah Population FAQ
Where is Howrah?
Howrah is in West Bengal, India, 1,300 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 22.577, 88.319.
How big is Howrah compared with other cities in India?
It is the 52nd largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.1% of the national population.