Best places to live in India
3,619 places and 338,715,579 residents, ranked for 29 household profiles. Regional overview: population, geography and modelled indicators for costs, schools and safety.
Municipalities3,619
Residents338,715,579
Regions35
Data depthBasic
Rank India for your household
Open the mapFor young families
- 1Kānke
Jharkhand, 17,560 residents71 - 2Brāhmanān di Bāri
Jammu and Kashmir, 15,453 residents71 - 3Goniāna Mandi
Punjab, 15,208 residents70 - 4Vaso
Gujarat, 15,934 residents70 - 5Bagar
Rajasthan, 15,670 residents70 - 6Bhānpurī
Chhattisgarh, 17,270 residents70 - 7Nandri
Rajasthan, 20,827 residents70 - 8Betma
Madhya Pradesh, 15,999 residents70 - 9Deori
Chhattisgarh, 17,265 residents70 - 10Raipur Domana
Jammu and Kashmir, 20,238 residents70
For retired couples
- 1Venganoor
Kerala, 35,963 residents83 - 2Navsari
Gujarat, 171,109 residents83 - 3Kanjiramkulam
Kerala, 19,902 residents83 - 4Beypore
Kerala, 70,751 residents82 - 5Vellūr
Kerala, 22,816 residents82 - 6Kalliyoor
Kerala, 40,816 residents82 - 7Athiyannur
Kerala, 40,712 residents82 - 8Pallichal
Kerala, 53,861 residents82 - 9Vijalpor
Gujarat, 81,245 residents82 - 10Karuvanthuruthy
Kerala, 21,952 residents82
For remote workers
- 1Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh, 1,164,404 residents85 - 2Mirzāpur
Uttar Pradesh, 220,029 residents85 - 3Gyānpur
Uttar Pradesh, 200,000 residents85 - 4Gandhinagar
Gujarat, 292,797 residents85 - 5Lal Bahadur Nagar
Telangana, 261,987 residents84 - 6Loni
Uttar Pradesh, 516,082 residents84 - 7Jaunpur
Uttar Pradesh, 169,572 residents84 - 8Rajpur Sonarpur
West Bengal, 424,368 residents84 - 9Noida
Uttar Pradesh, 293,908 residents83 - 10Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir)
Jammu and Kashmir, 1,206,419 residents83
For commuters
- 1Gurugram
Haryana, 886,519 residents94 - 2Loni
Uttar Pradesh, 516,082 residents93 - 3Rajpur Sonarpur
West Bengal, 424,368 residents93 - 4Kukatpally
Telangana, 341,709 residents92 - 5Gandhinagar
Gujarat, 292,797 residents92 - 6Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh, 1,063,178 residents92 - 7Bhilai
Chhattisgarh, 627,734 residents92 - 8Bārāsat
West Bengal, 298,127 residents92 - 9Virār
Maharashtra, 1,222,390 residents92 - 10Noida
Uttar Pradesh, 293,908 residents92
For single professionals
- 1Faridabad
Haryana, 1,414,050 residents92 - 2Rasapūdipalem
Andhra Pradesh, 1,728,128 residents92 - 3Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh, 1,063,178 residents91 - 4Thāne
Maharashtra, 1,841,488 residents91 - 5Howrah
West Bengal, 1,027,672 residents91 - 6Virār
Maharashtra, 1,222,390 residents91 - 7Gurugram
Haryana, 886,519 residents91 - 8Bhayandar
Maharashtra, 809,378 residents91 - 9Patna
Bihar, 1,684,297 residents90 - 10Jaipur
Rajasthan, 3,046,163 residents90
For movers on a budget
- 1Gandhinagar
Gujarat, 292,797 residents80 - 2Loni
Uttar Pradesh, 516,082 residents80 - 3Gurugram
Haryana, 886,519 residents80 - 4Rajpur Sonarpur
West Bengal, 424,368 residents80 - 5Bārāsat
West Bengal, 298,127 residents79 - 6Lal Bahadur Nagar
Telangana, 261,987 residents79 - 7Navsari
Gujarat, 171,109 residents79 - 8Noida
Uttar Pradesh, 293,908 residents79 - 9Greater Noida
Uttar Pradesh, 293,908 residents79 - 10Serilingampalle
Telangana, 150,525 residents79
Regions
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands 4 places
- Andhra Pradesh 175 places
- Arunachal Pradesh 7 places
- Assam 57 places
- Bihar 153 places
- Chandigarh 1 place
- Chhattisgarh 64 places
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 6 places
- Delhi 28 places
- Goa 16 places
- Gujarat 216 places
- Haryana 94 places
- Himachal Pradesh 13 places
- Jammu and Kashmir 33 places
- Jharkhand 77 places
- Karnataka 219 places
- Kerala 355 places
- Ladakh 3 places
- Madhya Pradesh 238 places
- Maharashtra 309 places
- Manipur 13 places
- Meghalaya 12 places
- Mizoram 7 places
- Nagaland 10 places
- Odisha 99 places
- Puducherry 9 places
- Punjab 117 places
- Rajasthan 210 places
- Sikkim 1 place
- Tamil Nadu 456 places
- Telangana 106 places
- Tripura 15 places
- Uttar Pradesh 331 places
- Uttarakhand 28 places
- West Bengal 137 places
Greater areas
- Greater Mumbai 16 places
- Greater Delhi 49 places
- Greater Kolkata 43 places
- Greater Bengaluru 22 places
- Greater Hyderabad 27 places
- Greater Chennai 50 places
- Greater Ahmedabad 19 places
- Greater Pune 14 places
- Greater Surat 18 places
- Greater Kalyan 9 places
- Greater Kanpur 8 places
- Greater Kochi 60 places
- Greater Vishakhapatnam 6 places
- Greater Jaipur 5 places
- Greater Nagpur 12 places
- Greater Patna 19 places
- Greater Coimbatore 19 places
- Greater Indore 8 places
- Greater Vadodara 11 places
- Greater Dhanbad 12 places
- Greater Bhopal 5 places
- Greater Amaravati 17 places
- Greater Kozhikode 40 places
- Greater Ludhiana 13 places
- Greater Jamshedpur 9 places
- Greater Chandigarh 16 places
- Greater Bhatpara 10 places
- Greater Faridabad 8 places
- Greater Madurai 11 places
- Greater Thiruvananthapuram 28 places
- Greater Agra 9 places
- Greater Tiruppur 19 places
- Greater Tirunelveli 5 places
- Greater Meerut 8 places
- Greater Srinagar 8 places
- Greater Varanasi 7 places
- Greater Aurangabad 6 places
- Greater Amritsar 6 places
- Greater Asansol 9 places
- Greater Tiruchirappalli 10 places
- Greater Jullundur 9 places
- Greater Jabalpur 5 places
- Greater Salem, India side 9 places
- Greater Mysuru 7 places
- Greater Bhilai 6 places
- Greater Sangli 8 places
- Greater Kollam 21 places
- Greater Bareilly 5 places
- Greater Moradabad 6 places
- Greater Kolhapur 7 places
- Greater Mangaluru 7 places
- Greater Jammu 5 places
- Greater Kakinada 6 places
- Greater Raurkela 5 places
- Greater Panipat 8 places
- Greater Rajahmundry 6 places
- Greater Tuticorin 5 places
- Greater Tirupati 8 places
- Greater Chandrapur 5 places
- Greater Bilaspur 5 places
- Greater Imphal 5 places
- Greater Rajapalaiyam 6 places
Largest places
- Mumbai 12,691,836
- Delhi 11,034,555
- Bengaluru 8,495,492
- Hyderabad 6,993,262
- Ahmedabad 6,357,693
- Chennai 4,681,087
- Kolkata 4,631,392
- Surat 4,591,246
- Pune 3,124,458
- Jaipur 3,046,163
- Kanpur 2,823,249
- Lucknow 2,472,011
- Nagpur 2,405,665
- Coimbatore 2,136,916
- Indore 1,994,397
- Thāne 1,841,488
- Vadodara 1,822,221
- Bhopal 1,798,218
- Rasapūdipalem 1,728,128
- Pimpri-Chinchwad 1,727,692
- Patna 1,684,297
- Kallakurichi 1,682,687
- Ludhiana 1,618,879
- Nashik 1,486,053
- Madurai 1,465,625
- Tirunelveli 1,435,844
- Agra 1,430,055
- Faridabad 1,414,050
- Rājkot 1,390,640
- Najafgarh 1,365,000