Cities in India are divided as the Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 with Tier 1 being the most developed ones and Tier 3 being the developing ones.
Metropolitan cities come under the Tier 1 category. And, the cost of living in these cities are comparatively higher than the low tier cities.
Indian cities are also classified as X, Y, and Z which are other names for the Tier classification, which are:
Tier 1 – X
Tier 2 – Y
Tier 3 – Z
If you stay in the Top Tier Cities then, obviously, you will have to spend more money on the food, clothing, shelter, etc. than to stay in the lower-tier cities.
In this blog post, I will be providing the complete list of Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities of India.
So, here we go…
📢 Please note that all the cities in the list are taken from this Wikipedia page.
Tier 1 & Tier 2 Cities of India
First, tier 1 cities are listed and then tier 2.
Tier 1 Cities
- Bangalore
- Chennai
- Delhi
- Hyderabad
- Kolkata
- Mumbai
- Ahmedabad
- Pune
Tier 2 Cities
- Agra
- Ajmer
- Aligarh
- Amravati
- Amritsar
- Asansol
- Aurangabad
- Bareilly
- Belgaum
- Bhavnagar
- Bhiwandi
- Bhopal
- Bhubaneswar
- Bikaner
- Bilaspur
- Bokaro Steel City
- Chandigarh
- Coimbatore
- Cuttack
- Dehradun
- Dhanbad
- Bhilai
- Durgapur
- Erode
- Faridabad
- Firozabad
- Ghaziabad
- Gorakhpur
- Gulbarga
- Guntur
- Gwalior
- Gurgaon
- Guwahati
- Hamirpur
- Hubli–Dharwad
- Indore
- Jabalpur
- Jaipur
- Jalandhar
- Jammu
- Jamnagar
- Jamshedpur
- Jhansi
- Jodhpur
- Kakinada
- Kannur
- Kanpur
- Kochi
- Kolhapur
- Kollam
- Kozhikode
- Kurnool
- Ludhiana
- Lucknow
- Madurai
- Malappuram
- Mathura
- Goa
- Mangalore
- Meerut
- Moradabad
- Mysore
- Nagpur
- Nanded
- Nashik
- Nellore
- Noida
- Patna
- Pondicherry
- Purulia Prayagraj
- Raipur
- Rajkot
- Rajahmundry
- Ranchi
- Rourkela
- Salem
- Sangli
- Shimla
- Siliguri
- Solapur
- Srinagar
- Surat
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Thrissur
- Tiruchirappalli
- Tiruppur
- Ujjain
- Bijapur
- Vadodara
- Varanasi
- Vasai-Virar City
- Vijayawada
- Visakhapatnam
- Vellore
- Warangal
And, the cities which are left, come under the Tier 3 category.
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Reference
19 replies on “List of Tier 1 and Tier 2 Cities of India”
Could you provide reference to the above-mentioned classification?
Hi,
Here’s the Wikipedia reference.
Whether Coimbatore Nagpur are same city? Its a huge mistake
Thanks a lot for letting me know. I have corrected it, now.
Ain’t Bhagalpur a Tier-II, ig you should check bruh.
Hi Pranav,
All the cities are taken from this Wikipedia page. If it’s not there, I can’t add it here. Can you provide me with any resource that lists Bhagalpur as a tier-2 city?
Thank you.
lol in which world are u living bro
Sorry that you encountered any mistake. It keeps changing so there might be some errors.
However, please point out where did you find the mistake. Also, I have already linked the source of this data at the bottom of the post.
Hope you understand my concerns.
Thanks.
Hello ..
May be you listed out on the basis of population.
Most of indian cities are under developed ..for example in modern infrastrcture ,food ,residential,commercial,shopping,business,banking ,transport,roads & entertinment sectors etc..will you pls list out most developed & modern indian cities in all sectors..?
Thanks for the suggestion, Sneharaj.
No, these are not on the basis of population. These are on the basis of the overall cost and standard of living.
Also, I will definitely try to list all the cities on the basis of the factors that you suggested.
Bokaro steel city can’t be a city it is still a town and it’s backward. Looking at the classification it’s not well defined.
Hi Abhinav,
This Wikipedia page has listed Bokaro as a tier-2 city that’s why I’ve added it to the list. Can you provide me with any resource that says Bokaro is not tier-2?
Thank you.
In whichever Tier city we go we see people are brilliant in making traffic jams 😎
Great Work Deepak!!
Madurai shouldn’t be in tier 2 , its between tier 1 and tier 2, so there should be a new tier which lies intermediary between tier 1 and tier 2
I don’t think that’s what it means Milma, Tier 3 cities are cities that are underdeveloped and are in the process of development. Tier 2 are cities that contain some aspects which put them in the under-developed list but otherwise they’re fine. Tier 1 are cities that have excelled in all spectrums. Until and unless Madurai doesn’t correct it’s conditions in all aspects, it won’t be listed as a Tier 1 city.
Thanks for creating this blog buddy, it helped me alot
Thanks Deepak for this List. The Wikipedia article you referred says, currently there are 97 Tier 2 cities. You may like to update the list.
Thanks for pointing it out, I’ll update it ASAP.