List of Tier 1 and Tier 2 Cities of India
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
- Ahmedabad
- Bengaluru
- Chennai
- Delhi
- Hyderabad
- Kolkata
- Mumbai
- Pune
Also read: What is PAN India
Tier 2 Cities
- Agra
- Ajmer
- Aligarh
- Amravati
- Amritsar
- Anand
- Asansol
- Aurangabad
- Bareilly
- Belagavi
- Bhavnagar
- Bhilai
- Bhiwandi
- Bhopal
- Bhubaneswar
- Bikaner
- Bilaspur
- Bokaro Steel City
- Chandigarh
- Coimbatore
- Cuttack
- Dehradun
- Dhanbad
- Durgapur
- Erode
- Faridabad
- Firozabad
- Ghaziabad
- Gorakhpur
- Guntur
- Gurugram
- Guwahati
- Gwalior
- Hamirpur
- Hubballi–Dharwad
- Indore
- Jabalpur
- Jaipur
- Jalandhar
- Jalgaon
- Jammu
- Jamnagar
- Jamshedpur
- Jhansi
- Jodhpur
- Kakinada
- Kalaburagi
- Kannur
- Kanpur
- Karnal
- Kochi
- Kolhapur
- Kollam
- Kozhikode
- Kurnool
- Lucknow
- Ludhiana
- Madurai
- Malappuram
- Mangaluru
- Mathura
- Meerut
- Moradabad
- Mysuru
- Nagpur
- Nanded
- Nashik
- Nellore
- Noida
- Patna
- Prayagraj
- Puducherry
- Purulia
- Raipur
- Rajamahendravaram
- Rajkot
- Ranchi
- Ratlam
- Rourkela
- Salem
- Sangli
- Shimla
- Siliguri
- Solapur
- Srinagar
- Surat
- Thanjavur
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Thrissur
- Tiruchirappalli
- Tirunelveli
- Tiruvannamalai
- Ujjain
- Vadodara
- Varanasi
- Vasai-Virar
- Vellore
- Vijayapura
- Vijayawada
- Visakhapatnam
- Warangal
And, the cities which are left, come under the Tier 3 category.
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Reference
Could you provide reference to the above-mentioned classification?
Hi,
Here’s the Wikipedia reference.
Please add Kota
What about noida and gurugram?
They too should be in tier 1 city list.
Shouldn’t they?
No, they are tier 2 cities
Not satisfied with the classification mentioned above .
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.
Hello bro, one correction you’ve written purulia and prayagraj together they are different cities
Yes, it was a mistake. Fixed it. Thanks for pointing out.
It’s not. It’s come under tier 3 city.
Bhagalpur must be included in Tier 2 City..
Its definitely Tier-II bruh
What are you saying Bhagalpur can’t be tier 2.
Only Patna is in Tier 2 City from Bihar.
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.
Shimla has population of 2 lakh
Patiala has almost 10 lakh
And shimla is tier 2
Really !!!
Not researched properly
The information is taken from this Wikipedia page.
U r not from India. U don’t know Coimbatore & Nagpur. TN & MH.
I am from India! And what do you mean Coimbatore and Nagpur? They are listed in the list of Tier 2 cities above.
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.
Such a lovely effort thank you❤❤
Tire 2 me sagar smart city kyon samil nhi hai. Jabki Ratlam sagar se small city hai 2 tire me saamil hai.?
can’t anyone update on wikipedia. Is there any government source from which we can confirm this data
Gaya Bihar comes under which tier?
Varanasi UP come under which tier?
Despite a few people who are chronically rude and aggressive, many of you in your generation (I am 68 going on 70!) are refreshingly and inoffensively straight forward. I think you have undertaken a huge task and it speaks well of you to have invited errors etc and to correct as needed. And too, that your readers have responded with characteristic decency. So, congratulations and good luck.
Part II – Surely Chandigarh should be Tier I. Maybe not Panchkula and Mohali but the City Beautiful deserves an upgrade, I think. Best.
The classification is based on the cost of living. So even though cities like Chandigarh and Bhubaneswar which are well planned and developed aren’t included
Cuttack and bhubaneswar should be in tier1
Thanks, saved lot of my time!
can you please add pincode also?