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Virār

Maharashtra · India
City population
1,222,390
#37
in India
#10
in Maharashtra
#430
worldwide
New DelhiVirār
19.456, 72.811 · 1,113 km from New Delhi
City population
1,222,390
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in India
#37
of 3,732 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#430
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of India
0.1%
of the national population

About Virār

The tenth-largest city in Maharashtra, Virār holds a population of 1,222,390. It sits 1,113 km from New Delhi and lies at 9 m elevation. Bhayandar, 18 km away, has a population of 809,378; Borivli, 25 km distant, reaches 609,617.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in India
#37of 3,732
LargestSmallest
Position in Maharashtra
#10of 319
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
India
Region
Maharashtra
Rank in region
#10of 319
Distance to capital
1,113 km
to New Delhi
Elevation
9 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
19.456, 72.811
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 India

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

18KMBhayandar809K people23KMGorai29K people25KMBorivli610K people27KMPālghar72K people30KMKhoni26K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Virār1.22M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Virār compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Virār1.22M

Virār Population FAQ

What is the population of Virār?

Virār has a city population of 1,222,390. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Virār?

Virār is in Maharashtra, India, 1,113 km from the capital, New Delhi. Its coordinates are 19.456, 72.811.

How big is Virār compared with other cities in India?

It is the 37th largest of the 3,732 cities of 15,000 or more listed in India, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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