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Jaipur

City population
3,046,163
#10
in India
#1
in Rajasthan
#114
worldwide
New DelhiJaipur
26.920, 75.788 · 236 km from New Delhi
Share of India
0.2%
Of the national population
Elevation
435 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
To New Delhi
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
IANA zone identifier

About Jaipur

Jaipur is a city in Rajasthan, India with a population of 3,046,163. It is the 10th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, and the 114th largest worldwide. It lies 236 km from New Delhi.

Position in India
#10of 3,732
LargestSmallest
Position in Rajasthan
#1of 209
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 209
Coordinates
26.920, 75.788
Record updated
5 August 2025
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.

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Jaipur 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
Jaipur3.05M

Jaipur Population FAQ

What is the population of Jaipur?

Jaipur has a city population of 3,046,163. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Jaipur?

Jaipur is in Rajasthan, India, 236 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 26.920, 75.788.

How big is Jaipur compared with other cities in India?

It is the 10th largest of the 3,732 cities listed in India, holding 0.2% of the national population.

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