| Name of City/UAs | State/UTs | Pop. 2011 | Status Attained | Year of Origin | Climate Type | River | Transport Routes | Physiographic Regions |
| Varanasi UA | Uttar Pradesh | 1.4 | 1991 | 600 BC | NI | Ganga | GQ | 2 |
| Patna UA | Bihar | 2.0 | 1991 | 400 BC | NI | Ganga | NH | 2 |
| Allahabad UA | Uttar Pradesh | 1.2 | 2001 | 300 BC | NI | Ganga, Yamuna | GQ | 2 |
| Madurai UA | Tamil Nadu | 1.5 | 1991 | 300 BC | SI | Vaigai | NSC | 4 |
| Surat UA | Gujarat | 4.6 | 1991 | 200 BC | C | Tapti | GQ | 3 |
| Nashik UA | Maharashtra | 1.6 | 2001 | 200 BC | P | Godavari | NH | 4 |
| Kollam UA | Kerala | 1.1 | 2011 | AD 200 | C | NH | 3 | |
| Jabalpur UA | Madhya Pradesh | 1.3 | 2001 | 200 | NI | Narmada | NH | 4 |
| Kochi UA | Kerala | 2.1 | 1991 | 200 | C | NSC | 3 | |
| Vijayawada UA | Andhra Pradesh | 1.5 | 2001 | 629 | SI | Krishna | GQ | 3 |
| Srinagar UA | Jammu & Kashmir | 1.3 | 2011 | 700 | H | Jhelum | NSC | 1 |
| Thrissur UA | Kerala | 1.9 | 2011 | 800 | C | NSC | 3 | |
| Tiruchirappalli UA | Tamil Nadu | 1.0 | 2011 | 850 | SI | Cauvery | NH | 4 |
| Visakhapatnam (M Corp.) | Andhra Pradesh | 1.7 | 1991 | 900 | C | GQ | 3 | |
| Vadodara UA | Gujarat | 1.8 | 1991 | 1000 | NI | Vishwamitri | GQ | 3 |
| Meerut UA | Uttar Pradesh | 1.4 | 2001 | 1030 | NI | NH | 2 | |
| Gwalior UA | Madhya Pradesh | 1.1 | 2011 | 1030 | NI | Chambal | NSC | 4 |
| Delhi UA | NCT of Delhi | 16.3 | 1951 | 1030 | NI | Yamuna | NSC, GQ | 2 |
| Kota (M Corp.) | Rajasthan | 1.0 | 2011 | 1264 | NI | Chambal | EWC | 4 |
| Kozhikode UA | Kerala | 2.0 | 2011 | 1325 | C | NH | 3 | |
| Raipur UA | Chhattisgarh | 1.1 | 2011 | 1360 | SI | NH | 4 | |
| Lucknow UA | Uttar Pradesh | 2.9 | 1981 | 1400 | NI | Gomati | EWC | 2 |
| Malappuram UA | Kerala | 1.7 | 2011 | 1400 | C | NH | 3 | |
| Ahmadabad UA | Gujarat | 6.4 | 1961 | 1413 | NI | Sabarmati | GQ | 3 |
| Jodhpur UA | Rajasthan | 1.1 | 2011 | 1465 | D | NH | 2 | |
| Ludhiana (M Corp.) | Punjab | 1.6 | 1991 | 1481 | NI | Sutlej | NSC | 2 |