What is the population of Jammu?
Jammu has a city population of 576,198. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Jammu
City population
576,198
#87
in India
#2
in Jammu and Kashmir
#968
worldwide
32.735, 74.862 · 510 km from New Delhi
About Jammu
The nearest listed cities cluster within 21 km: Jammu Cantonment at 3 km holds 28,396 people, while Raipur Domana, Brāhmanān di Bāri, R.S. Pora, and Akhnūr range from 10 to 21 km away with populations between 15,197 and 20,756. Jammu itself has 576,198 residents, making it the second-largest city in Jammu and Kashmir and the 87th in India, situated 510 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 35
Elevation
357 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
32.735, 74.862
Record updated
2025-05-24
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 |
| Jammu | 576K |
Jammu Population FAQ
Where is Jammu?
Jammu is in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 510 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 32.735, 74.862.
How big is Jammu compared with other cities in India?
It is the 87th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.0% of the national population.