Rank | Name | District | Type* | Category | Population 2011 | Male | Female | Population below 5 yrs | Literacy Rate |
1 | Kanpur | Kanpur | UA | Nagar Nigam | 2,817,105 | 1,484,967 | 1,474,100 | 266,336 | 82 |
2 | Lucknow | Lucknow | UA | Nagar Nigam | 2,767,348 | 1,618,951 | 1,582,523 | 289,375 | 88.98 |
3 | Ghaziabad | Ghaziabad | UA | Nagar Nigam | 1,729,000 | 864,500 | 864,500 | 308,717 | 80 |
4 | Agra | Agra | City | Nagar Nigam | 1,585,704 | 1,042,441 | 963,402 | 210,036 | 78 |
5 | Meerut | Meerut | City | Nagar Nigam | 1,226,709 | 6,54,857 | 5,70,051 | 176,770 | 78.29 |
6 | Varanasi | Varanasi | City | Nagar Nigam | 1,201,815 | 755,734 | 660,985 | 112,023 | 80.31 |
7 | Prayagraj | Prayagraj | City | Nagar Nigam | 1,112,544 | 961,060 | 874,053 | 157,482 | 86.36 |
8 | Bareilly | Bareilly | UA | Nagar Nigam | 913,668 | 722,385 | 557,548 | 104,560 | 70.97 |
9 | Aligarh | Aligarh | UA | Nagar Nigam | 909,559 | 482,828 | 426,731 | 118,778 | 70.54 |
10 | Moradabad | Moradabad | City | Nagar Nigam | 889,810 | 466,432 | 432,378 | 110,376 | 70.65 |
11 | Saharanpur | Saharanpur | City | Nagar Nigam | 703,345 | 371,858 | 331,487 | 88,501 | 77.94 |
12 | Gorakhpur | Gorakhpur | City | Nagar Nigam | 692,519 | 365,148 | 327,371 | 65,078 | 85.64 |
13 | Noida | Gautam Buddha Nagar | City | Nagar Nigam | 642,381 | 320,482 | 321,899 | 63,567 | 88.58 |
14 | Firozabad | Firozabad | City | Nagar Nigam | 603,797 | 320,012 | 283,785 | 83,530 | 75.01 |
15 | Jhansi | Jhansi | UA | Nagar Nigam | 549,391 | 292,497 | 256,894 | 56,230 | 84.41 |
16 | Muzaffarnagar | Muzaffarnagar | City | Nagar Palika | 494,792 | 261,338 | 233,454 | 64,696 | 80.99 |
17 | Mathura-Vrindavan | Mathura | UA | Nagar Nigam | 454,937 | 244,333 | 210,604 | 56,267 | 77.11 |
18 | Ayodhya | Ayodhya | UA | Nagar Nigam | 420,001 | 213,416 | 206,535 | 156,890 | 93.00 |
19 | Rampur | Rampur | UA | Nagar Palika | 359,062 | 182,325 | 166,737 | 41,769 | 79.56 |
20 | Shahjahanpur | Shahjahanpur | UA | Nagar Nigam | 356,103 | 183,087 | 163,016 | 38,736 | 79.81 |
21 | Farrukhabad/Fategarh | Farrukhabad | UA | Nagar Palika | 318,540 | 164,630 | 145,910 | 39,944 | 75.60 |
22 | Budaun | Baduan | UA | Nagar Nigam | 290,799 | 140,799 | 120,000 | 25,789 | 78.78 |
23 | Maunath Bhanjan | Mau | City | Nagar Palika | 279,060 | 143,273 | 135,787 | 40,651 | 78.60 |
24 | Hapur | Hapur | City | Nagar Palika | 262,801 | 139,694 | 123,107 | 36,714 | 75.34 |
25 | Ayodhya | Ayodhya | City | Notified Area | 259,160 | 139,074 | 120,086 | 25,436 | 88.58 |
26 | Etawah | Etawah | City | Nagar Palika | 256,790 | 135,829 | 120,961 | 28,922 | 82.89 |
27 | Mirzapur/Vindhyachal | Mirzapur | UA | Nagar Palika | 245,817 | 131,534 | 114,283 | 29,619 | 77.85 |
28 | Bulandshahr | Bulandshahr | UA | Nagar Palika | 235,310 | 125,549 | 111,761 | 30,886 | 78.37 |
29 | Sambhal | Sambhal | City | Nagar Palika | 221,334 | 116,008 | 105,326 | 34,279 | 49.51 |
30 | Amroha | Amroha | City | Nagar Palika | 198,471 | 102,804 | 94,331 | 26,855 | 63.88 |
31 | Hardoi | Hardoi | UA | Nagar Palika | 197,046 | 104,201 | 92,845 | 21,719 | 83.27 |
32 | Fatehpur | Fatehpur | City | Nagar Palika | 193,801 | 101,620 | 92,181 | 22,078 | 77.69 |
33 | Raebareli | Raebareli | City | Nagar Palika | 191,625 | 99,844 | 91,212 | 18,866 | 82.97 |
34 | Orai | Jalaun | UA | Nagar Palika | 190,625 | 101,434 | 89,191 | 20,424 | 83.35 |
35 | Sitapur | Sitapur | UA | Nagar Palika | 188,230 | 99,129 | 89,101 | 19,721 | 83.02 |
36 | Bahraich | Bahraich | City | Nagar Palika | 186,241 | 98,529 | 87,712 | 22,828 | 75.3 |
37 | Modinagar | Ghaziabad | UA | Nagar Palika | 182,811 | 97,335 | 85,476 | 21,441 | 87.03 |
38 | Unnao | Unnao | City | Nagar Palika | 178,681 | 94,080 | 84,601 | 18,604 | 83.72 |
39 | Jaunpur | Jaunpur | City | Nagar Palika | 168,128 | 88,704 | 79,424 | 18,033 | 82.11 |
40 | Lakhimpur | Lakhimpur Kheri | UA | Nagar Palika | 164,925 | 88,908 | 77,017 | 18,174 | 83.80 |
41 | Hathras | Hathras | UA | Nagar Palika | 161,289 | 86,028 | 75,261 | 20,279 | 78.05 |
42 | Banda | Banda | UA | Nagar Palika | 160,432 | 85,473 | 74,959 | 18,317 | 83.61 |
43 | Pilibhit | Pilibhit | UA | Nagar Palika | 160,146 | 84,546 | 75,600 | 16,089 | 72.30 |
45 | Barabanki | Barabanki | UA | Nagar Palika | 154,692 | 77,766 | 69,065 | 16,093 | 81.15 |
46 | Khurja | Bulandshahr | UA | Nagar Palika | 142,636 | 75,384 | 67,252 | 20,072 | 72.75 |
47 | Gonda | Gonda | UA | Nagar Palika | 138,929 | 71,475 | 67,454 | 15,608 | 80.32 |
48 | Mainpuri | Mainpuri | CITY | Nagar Palika | 133,078 | 69,788 | 63,290 | 16,371 | 85.66 |
49 | Lalitpur | Lalitpur | City | Nagar Palika | 133,041 | 69,548 | 63,493 | 16,193 | 83.96 |
50 | Etah | Etah | UA | Nagar Palika | 131,023 | 69,446 | 61,577 | 15,890 | 85.62 |
51 | Deoria | Deoria | City | Nagar Palika | 129,570 | 67,754 | 61,816 | 13,821 | 93.73 |
52 | Badaun | Badaun | UA | Nagar Palika | 126,000 | 64,000 | 62,000 | 17,613 | 87.00 |
53 | Ghazipur | Ghazipur | UA | Nagar Palika | 121,136 | 63,689 | 57,447 | 13,986 | 84.97 |
54 | Sultanpur | Sultanpur | UA | Nagar Palika | 116,211 | 61,062 | 55,149 | 12,368 | 87.61 |
55 | Azamgarh | Azamgarh | UA | Nagar Palika | 116,165 | 60,678 | 55,487 | 13,287 | 86.27 |
56 | Bijnor | Bijnor | UA | Nagar Palika | 115,381 | 60,656 | 54,725 | 14,499 | 77.90 |
57 | Sahaswan | Budaun | UA | Nagar Palika | 114,921 | 59,421 | 55,500 | 15,644 | 71.00 |
58 | Basti | Basti | City | Nagar Palika | 114,651 | 60,126 | 54,525 | 12,568 | 85.29 |
59 | Chandausi | Sambhal | City | Nagar Palika | 114,254 | 60,238 | 54,016 | 14,417 | 72.63 |
60 | Akbarpur | Ambedkar Nagar | City | Nagar Palika | 111,594 | 57,560 | 54,034 | 14,037 | 76.94 |
61 | Ballia | Ballia | UA | Nagar Palika | 111,287 | 59,340 | 51,947 | 11,522 | 86.65 |
62 | Tanda | Ambedkar Nagar | UA | Nagar Palika | 109,539 | 55,946 | 53,593 | 16,147 | 69.25 |
63 | Greater Noida | Gautam Budh Nagar | City | Notified Area | 107,676 | 58,662 | 49,014 | 15,517 | 86.54 |
64 | Shikohabad | Firozabad | City | Nagar Palika | 107,300 | 57,017 | 50,283 | 12,956 | 81.68 |
65 | Shamli | Shamli | City | Nagar Palika | 147,233 | 57,236 | 49,997 | 13,724 | 81.97 |
66 | Awagarh | Etah | City | Nagar Palika | 102,106 | 54,335 | 48,771 | 13,386 | 71.44 |
67 | Kasganj | Kasganj | City | Nagar Palika | 101,241 | 53,507 | 47,734 | 13,043 | 78.56 |