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List of Cities In Punjab, Major Cities In Punjab, History & Cultural Life

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The city of Punjab actually consists of the name of two components: Sapta Sindhu, in the north, the historic city of bravery, and Food called Langar in the world. Most of the users search online How many cities are there in Punjab? You might be thinking about what would be the correct answer. There are total of 168 cities in Punjab.

There is no hard line between a city and a town or between a town and a village. Cities or towns notified by the government are called legislative cities. In these cities, urban local bodies like city councils have been formed.

There are three types of urban local bodies in Punjab – Municipal Corporation, Nagar Parishad, and Nagar Panchayat. Municipal Councils are further divided into three categories namely Class-I, Class-II, and Class-III. A city with a population of over one lakh is called a city. But usually, the words city or town are used interchangeably.

At present, Punjab has a total of 168 statutory towns and another 69 census towns. Thus there are a total of 237 towns (or say cities) in Punjab. The list of statutory towns includes 10 Municipal Corporations, 96 Nagar Parishads, 59 Nagar Panchayats, and 3 Cantonment Boards.

Bathinda with 21 towns in the district with the highest number of towns. Pathankot and Sujanpur are the only two cities in the district with the lowest number of cities. If you are looking for information about districts of Punjab, you can find more information about districts of Punjab on this page.

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Total Cities in Punjab by Category
Statutary Towns (Cities) = 168
a) Municipal Corporations = 10
b) Municipal Councils = 96
c) Nagar Panchayats = 59
d) Cantonment Boards = 3
Census Towns = 69
Total Towns = 237

Climate Towns In Punjab

According to the 2011 Indian Census, there were a total of 217 towns in Punjab. In addition to the 143 Statutory Town (ST), it also includes 74 Census Cities (CT). A census town is not an informed city according to the state government (considered a village in state government records), but it does meet the definition of a city according to the census department.

In the years following the Census Survey, 25 new Legislative Towns have been notified by the State Government bringing the number of Legislative Towns to 168. Out of this list of 25 new cities, 5 are census towns, thus reducing the number of census towns from 74 to 69.

City Population or Urban Population – The total population of urban cities of Punjab as per 2011 census is 1.04 crore. This is 37.5% of the total population of the state. The urban population of Punjab has increased by 25.8% during the period 2001 to 2011 while the total population of Punjab has increased by 13.9%.

The migration of people from rural areas to cities and the rapid urbanization of rural areas around cities are the major contributing factors to the rapid population growth in urban areas. The city-wise population of Punjab is given in the next section of this article.

Advanced Cities In Punjab

Cities in Punjab

In August 2015, the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India released a list of 98 cities to be developed as advanced Cities. The list includes 3 cities of Punjab and the names of these smart cities with total population are given below:

1. Ludhiana

Ludhiana is the largest city of Punjab (by population) and has a total population of 16,13,878. The city is famous for its hosiery, textile, and bicycle parts industry and is also known as Manchester of India.

2. Amritsar

It is the second-most populous city in Punjab with a total population of 11,32,761. Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple), the holiest place of pilgrimage for Sikhs and a world-famous tourist destination, is located in this city.

The famous Wagah border is also located a few kilometers away. Visit this page for more information about Punjab’s tourist destinations.

3. Jalandhar

Jalandhar with a total population of 8,73,725, is the third-most populous city in the state. The city is world-famous for its sporting goods industry.

For the Advanced or urban Cities Mission, the Punjab Government submitted a list of 6 cities including Mohali, Patiala, and Bathinda, and out of these six cities, the above three cities were selected. The capital of Punjab and the Union Territory of Chandigarh is also included in the list of Advanced Cities. Also read – Majha Malwa Doaba.

Cultural life

Punjab’s cultural life displays a remarkable blend of the traditional and worldly-wise styles. The city is spotted with multiple showrooms, historic forts and monuments, libraries, auditoriums, the most visited Gurdwara in the world, and places of worship.

Completing such standard institutions are the ever-changing metropolitan commercial and leisure hubs, with their privately held contemporary art galleries, cinema cinemas, bowling alleys, additional sports venues, and restaurants serving a mixture of Indian and international cuisines.

Major Cities In Punjab

We have mentioned below the name of Major cities in Punjab with s.no, District wise and cities wise. There are 20 cites along with district.

S/No. Town/City District
1LudhianaLudhiana
2AmritsarAmritsar
3JalandharJalandhar
4PatialaPatiala
5BathindaBathinda
6HoshiarpurHoshiarpur
7S.A.S. NagarS.A.S. Nagar
8MogaMoga
9BatalaGurdaspur
10PathankotPathankot
11AboharFazilka
12MalerkotlaSangrur
13KhannaLudhiana
14MuktsarMuktsar
15BarnalaBarnala
16FirozpurFirozpur
17KapurthalaKapurthala
18PhagwaraKapurthala
19ZirakpurS.A.S. Nagar
20RajpuraPatiala

List of Cities in Punjab

The following is a list of all legislative towns. District, city population, and type of urban local body are also given in the table.

S/No. Town/City District Population (2011)
1AmritsarAmritsar1159227
2JandialaAmritsar29232
3AjnalaAmritsar21107
4RayyaAmritsar14506
5MajithaAmritsar14503
6Raja SansiAmritsar14298
7RamdasAmritsar6398
8BarnalaBarnala116449
9TapaBarnala23248
10DhanaulaBarnala19920
11BhadaurBarnala18561
12HandiayaBarnala12507
13BathindaBathinda285788
14Rampura PhulBathinda51023
15MaurBathinda31849
16RamanBathinda22553
17Talwandi SaboBathinda20589
18MehrajBathinda16784
19GonianaBathinda15208
20Bhucho MandiBathinda14961
21Bhai RupaBathinda14841
22Bhagta Bhai KaBathinda14467
23Kot ShamirBathinda10945
24Lehra MohabbatBathinda9792
25Kotha GuruBathinda9748
26ChaokeBathinda9354
27Mandi KalanBathinda9098
28RampuraBathinda8970
29Balian WaliBathinda8194
30NathanaBathinda7738
31Kot FattaBathinda7412
32MalukaBathinda6651
33SangatBathinda2744
34Kot KapuraFaridkot91979
35FaridkotFaridkot87695
36JaituFaridkot37377
37GobindgarhFatehgarh Sahib82266
38Sirhind Fatehgarh SahibFatehgarh Sahib58097
39Bassi PathanaFatehgarh Sahib20288
40AmlohFatehgarh Sahib14696
41KhamanonFatehgarh Sahib10135
42AboharFazilka145302
43FazilkaFazilka76492
44JalalabadFazilka39525
45Arniwala Sheikh SubhanFazilka9393
46FirozpurFirozpur110313
47ZiraFirozpur37498
48Talwandi BhaiFirozpur17285
49Guru Har SahaiFirozpur17192
50MallanwalaFirozpur16183
51MakhuFirozpur14658
52MudkiFirozpur10415
53MamdotFirozpur6242
54BatalaGurdaspur158621
55GurdaspurGurdaspur77928
56Dina NagarGurdaspur23976
57QadianGurdaspur23632
58DhariwalGurdaspur16772
59Fatehgarh ChurianGurdaspur13070
60Sri HargobindpurGurdaspur8241
61Dera Baba NanakGurdaspur6394
62HoshiarpurHoshiarpur168653
63MukerianHoshiarpur29841
64DasuaHoshiarpur25192
65Urmar TandaHoshiarpur23419
66TalwaraHoshiarpur19485
67GarhshankarHoshiarpur16955
68MahilpurHoshiarpur11360
69HarianaHoshiarpur8928
70GardhiwalaHoshiarpur7593
71Sham ChaurasiHoshiarpur4426
72JalandharJalandhar868929
73NakodarJalandhar36973
74KartarpurJalandhar25662
75PhillaurJalandhar24688
76AdampurJalandhar20922
77BhogpurJalandhar17549
78GorayaJalandhar16462
79NurmahalJalandhar14560
80ShahkotJalandhar14488
81Lohian KhassJalandhar10362
82AlawalpurJalandhar7815
83MehatpurJalandhar5804
84KapurthalaKapurthala98916
85PhagwaraKapurthala97864
86SultanpurKapurthala16877
87BhulathKapurthala10548
88BegowalKapurthala10116
89DhilwanKapurthala8157
90NadalaKapurthala6733
91LudhianaLudhiana1618879
92KhannaLudhiana128137
93JagraonLudhiana65240
94RaikotLudhiana28734
95DorahaLudhiana25424
96MachhiwaraLudhiana24916
97SahnewalLudhiana22484
98SamralaLudhiana19678
99Mullanpur DakhaLudhiana16356
100PayalLudhiana7923
101MalaudLudhiana7567
102MansaMansa82956
103BudhladaMansa26172
104SardulgarhMansa19219
105BhikhiMansa17825
106BaretaMansa17432
107BohaMansa12170
108JogaMansa10180
109MogaMoga163397
110Bagha PuranaMoga25206
111DharamkotMoga19057
112Kot Ise KhanMoga12800
113Nihal Singh WalaMoga10052
114Badhni KalanMoga6786
115MuktsarMuktsar116747
116MaloutMuktsar81406
117GidderbahaMuktsar45370
118BariwalaMuktsar8668
119NawanshahrNawan Shahr46024
120BalachaurNawan Shahr21631
121BangaNawan Shahr20906
122RahonNawan Shahr15676
123PathankotPathankot156306
124SujanpurPathankot28270
125PatialaPatiala446246
126RajpuraPatiala92301
127NabhaPatiala67972
128SamanaPatiala54072
129PatranPatiala27963
130SanaurPatiala21201
131GhaggaPatiala10162
132BhadsonPatiala7260
133GhanaurPatiala6985
134RupnagarRup Nagar56038
135NangalRup Nagar48497
136MorindaRup Nagar24022
137Anandpur SahibRup Nagar16282
138Chamkaur SahibRup Nagar13920
139Nurpur BediRup Nagar4503
140Kiratpur SahibRup Nagar2348
141S.A.S. NagarS.A.S. Nagar166864
142ZirakpurS.A.S. Nagar95553
143KhararS.A.S. Nagar74460
144Naya GaonS.A.S. Nagar50869
145KuraliS.A.S. Nagar31060
146Dera BassiS.A.S. Nagar26295
147LalruS.A.S. Nagar21394
148BanurS.A.S. Nagar18775
149MalerkotlaSangrur135424
150SangrurSangrur88043
151Sunam Udham Singh WalaSangrur69069
152DhuriSangrur55225
153AhmedgarhSangrur31302
154LongowalSangrur23851
155LehragagaSangrur22588
156BhawanigarhSangrur22320
157MoonakSangrur18141
158DirbaSangrur16952
159KhanauriSangrur14096
160CheemaSangrur11615
161AmargarhSangrur7339
162Tarn TaranTarn Taran66847
163PattiTarn Taran40976
164BhikhiwindTarn Taran20526
165Khem KaranTarn Taran13446
166Amritsar Cantt.Amritsar10410
167Firozpur CanttFirozpur53199
168Jalandhar Cantt.Jalandhar47845
169NangliAmritsar20440
170Budha ThehAmritsar10979
171KathanianAmritsar10679
172Baba BakalaAmritsar8946
173ChogawanAmritsar5416
174KhilchianAmritsar4588
175MudalAmritsar3882
176MehnaBathinda27733
177BhisianaBathinda4890
178KorianwaliFazilka5770
179SatyewalaFirozpur8724
180TibriGurdaspur11845
181Fateh NangalGurdaspur7721
182BehrampurGurdaspur5432
183ShikarGurdaspur4001
184BaryarGurdaspur3520
185ChohalHoshiarpur7304
186HazipurHoshiarpur6091
187RakriHoshiarpur5722
188SufipindJalandhar9406
189JandialaJalandhar8487
190Sarai KhasJalandhar7044
191ApraJalandhar6258
192DhinJalandhar5961
193KhambraJalandhar5483
194SansarpurJalandhar4657
195Raipur RasulpurJalandhar3916
196ChomonJalandhar3704
197Phagwara SharkiKapurthala20102
198HussainpurKapurthala15575
199ChachokiKapurthala4307
200GillLudhiana28884
201Bhamian KalanLudhiana13174
202TharikeLudhiana12294
203BhattianLudhiana11066
204Partap SinghwalaLudhiana10843
205HalwaraLudhiana9761
206AkalgarhLudhiana7678
207BaddowalLudhiana6825
208JodhanLudhiana3845
209RailNawan Shahr7589
210KhothranNawan Shahr5046
211SalohNawan Shahr4481
212AurNawan Shahr4063
213MamunPathankot32689
214JugialPathankot15210
215DaulatpurPathankot12988
216Narot MehraPathankot8885
217GhohPathankot6883
218ManwalPathankot6496
219SarnaPathankot5847
220KotPathankot5406
221BungalPathankot5257
222TharialPathankot5081
223MalikpurPathankot4645
224DhakiPathankot4203
225Rurki KasbaPatiala10509
226AlhoranPatiala10218
227NilpurPatiala8391
228NehonRup Nagar9439
229GhanauliRup Nagar4894
230Kotla NihangRup Nagar4715
231BalongiS.A.S. Nagar15982
232BhankharpurS.A.S. Nagar10768
233SohanaS.A.S. Nagar9306
234Mullanpur Garib DassS.A.S. Nagar6165
235MirpurS.A.S. Nagar5967
236DaperS.A.S. Nagar5936
237MubarakpurS.A.S. Nagar5217

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