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Jalandhar

Punjab · India
City population
868,929
#66
in India
#3
in Punjab
#640
worldwide
New DelhiJalandhar
31.326, 75.579 · 339 km from New Delhi
City population
868,929
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in India
#66
of 3,732 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#640
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of India
0.1%
of the national population

About Jalandhar

A city of 868,929 represents 0.1% of India's national population—a reminder that even India's 66th-largest city by population is small relative to the country's scale. Jalandhar ranks third in Punjab and sits 339 km from New Delhi. Several smaller cities lie within 20 km: Jalandhar Cantonment at 5 km (47,845), Kapurthala Town at 20 km (98,916), and three others ranging from 15 to 19 km away with populations between 20,000 and 27,000.

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
#66of 3,732
LargestSmallest
Position in Punjab
#3of 118
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
India
Region
Punjab
Rank in region
#3of 118
Distance to capital
339 km
to New Delhi
Elevation
243 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
31.326, 75.579
Record updated
2025-08-05
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.

15KMKartārpur27K people18KMAdampur21K people19KMJandiāla26K people20KMKapurthala Town99K people22KMPhagwāra100K 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. Jalandhar869K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Jalandhar 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
Jalandhar869K

Jalandhar Population FAQ

What is the population of Jalandhar?

Jalandhar has a city population of 868,929. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Jalandhar?

Jalandhar is in Punjab, India, 339 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 31.326, 75.579.

How big is Jalandhar compared with other cities in India?

It is the 66th 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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