List of Tier 1 and Tier 2 Cities of India

List of Indian Cities Classified as the Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 Cities. Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 Cities of India are also called as X, Y, and Z Cities.

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

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

Classification of Indian cities

31 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.

What about noida and gurugram?
They too should be in tier 1 city list.
Shouldn’t they?

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.

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.