What is the population of Siliguri?
Siliguri has a city population of 515,574. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Siliguri
City population
515,574
#100
in India
#4
in West Bengal
#1,103
worldwide
26.710, 88.429 · 1,124 km from New Delhi
About Siliguri
Surrounded by smaller cities within 38 km, this settlement of 515,574 people ranks fourth in West Bengal. Bagdogra lies 12 km away with a population of 17,372, while Jalpāiguri, the nearest substantially larger city, sits 37 km distant with 107,832 residents. Located 1,124 km from New Delhi, the city ranks 100th among India's 3,732 listed cities.
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
#4of 138
Elevation
124 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
26.710, 88.429
Record updated
2024-01-06
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 |
| Siliguri | 516K |
Siliguri Population FAQ
Where is Siliguri?
Siliguri is in West Bengal, India, 1,124 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 26.710, 88.429.
How big is Siliguri compared with other cities in India?
It is the 100th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.0% of the national population.