What is the population of Nagpur?
Nagpur has a city population of 2,405,665. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Nagpur
City population
2,405,665
#13
in India
#3
in Maharashtra
#158
worldwide
21.146, 79.085 · 852 km from New Delhi
About Nagpur
At 0.2% of India's national population, Nagpur holds the 13th rank among India's 3,732 listed cities. The city proper has 2,405,665 residents and ranks 158th globally. Situated 852 km from New Delhi, Nagpur is Maharashtra's third-largest city by population. Several towns cluster within 12 km: Wāri (8 km, 54,048), Hudkeshwar Buzurg (8 km, 24,499), Nārsala (8 km, 17,330), and Nildoh (11 km, 38,157).
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
#3of 319
Elevation
319 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
21.146, 79.085
Record updated
2025-05-25
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 |
| Nagpur | 2.41M |
Nagpur Population FAQ
Where is Nagpur?
Nagpur is in Maharashtra, India, 852 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 21.146, 79.085.
How big is Nagpur compared with other cities in India?
It is the 13th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.2% of the national population.