List of cities in Odisha by population


This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities, with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census in the Indian state of Odisha:

Urban Agglomeration

In the census of India 2011, an Urban Agglomeration has been defined as follows:
"An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths, or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns. An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."

Constituents of Urban Agglomerations

The constituents of Urban Agglomerations in Odisha, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below:
Urban Agglomerations constituents with a population above 100,000 as per 2011 census are shown in the table below.
Urban AgglomerationName of ConstituentDistrictType*Population 2011MaleFemalePopulation
below 5 yrs		Literacy Rate
BhubaneswarBhubaneswar TownKhordha districtM Corp.837,737445,233392,50475,23793.15
CuttackCuttackCuttack districtM Corp.606,007303,530302,47748,58591.17
RourkelaRourkela Industrial TownshipSundergarh districtIT210,412109,823100,58920,39986.60
Rourkela CitySundergarh districtM Corp.273,217144,949128,26829,05087.95
SambalpurSambalpur TownSambalpur districtM183,38394,62788,75618,55585.74
BalasoreBalasore TownBalasore districtM118,20260,30857,89411,11588.79
BaripadaBaripada TownMayurbhanj districtM110,05857,00853,0509,93389.31
BhadrakBhadrakBhadrak districtM107,36955,09452,27512,25180.88

Abbreviations: M Corp.= Municipal corporation, M= Municipality, NAC= Notified area committee, CT = Census town, IT= Industrial Town, OG= Out Growth