Previous Year Question

Rajkot, located in Gujarat, was India's smallest million-plus city according to Census 2001. Its urban agglomeration had a population of 1,002,160. At that time, India had 35 cities/urban agglomerations with populations of one million or more, of which Rajkot had the lowest population.

A Million-Plus City is a city or urban agglomeration with a population of at least one million. An urban agglomeration may include the principal city, its continuous urban extensions, and associated urban units. Therefore, the population within municipal boundaries may differ from that of the entire urban agglomeration.

According to Census 2001, the populations of the four cities were:

These figures show that Rajkot's population was closest to the one-million threshold. According to Census 2011, the number of million-plus cities/urban agglomerations in India increased to 53. The answer to this question is based on the Census 2001 figures.