What is the population of Patna?
Patna has a city population of 1,684,297. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Patna
At 0.1% of India's national population, a city of 1.68 million ranks 21st among the country's 3,732 listed cities, illustrating the vast dispersal of India's urban population across many large metropolitan centres. Patna is Bihar's largest city and stands 853 km from New Delhi. Four cities with populations between 16,680 and 182,429 lie within 10 km, the nearest being Phulwari Sharif at 7 km with 81,740 residents.
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
#1of 153
Elevation
53 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
25.594, 85.136
Record updated
2025-10-18
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 |
| Patna | 1.68M |
Patna Population FAQ
Where is Patna?
Patna is in Bihar, India, 853 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 25.594, 85.136.
How big is Patna compared with other cities in India?
It is the 21st largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.1% of the national population.