What is the population of Ujjain?
Ujjain has a city population of 515,215. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · India · Asia
Ujjain
City population
515,215
#101
in India
#5
in Madhya Pradesh
#1,106
worldwide
23.182, 75.776 · 622 km from New Delhi
About Ujjain
India's 101st-largest city by population, Ujjain holds 515,215 residents and ranks fifth within Madhya Pradesh. The nearest substantial city is Dewas, 37 km away with a population of 289,550; all other neighbours within 36 km fall below 35,000 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
#5of 243
Elevation
494 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
23.182, 75.776
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 |
| Ujjain | 515K |
Ujjain Population FAQ
Where is Ujjain?
Ujjain is in Madhya Pradesh, India, 622 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 23.182, 75.776.
How big is Ujjain compared with other cities in India?
It is the 101st largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.0% of the national population.