Ease of Living in Indian cities
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2018
Pune Most Liveable City In India. New Delhi Ranks At...65 In Ease Of Living Index By Ministry Of Housing and Urban Affairs
Pune, Navi Mumbai and Greater Mumbai from Maharashtra were ranked India's three most livable places on the government's inaugural 'Ease of Living Index', where the national capital came at 65th place out of total 111 cities.
Rampur in Uttar Pradesh figured at the bottom of the livability index released by the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry. Chennai has been ranked 14th, while Kolkata did not participate in the survey. Kohima (Nagaland) and Patna (Bihar) were also placed in the bottom-three.
In the top-ten, the three cities from Maharashtra were followed by Tirupati, Chandigarh, Thane, Raipur, Indore, Vijayawada and Bhopal.
Varanasi is at 33rd place, Ahmedabad at 23rd and Hyderabad at 27th.
This is the first-ever exercise undertaken by the ministry to rank the country's major cities on the basis of four parameters of ease of living - governance, social, economic and physical infrastructure.
The ministry said evaluation of cities has been done on a 100-point scale across 78 indicators - institutional and social pillars carried 25 points each, 5 points were given for economic pillar and 45 points for the physical pillar.
Releasing the index, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said this assessment is first of its kind globally in terms of scale and coverage and the ranking marks a shift to a data-driven approach to urban planning and management and promotes healthy competition among cities.
No city from Uttar Pradesh or Tamil Nadu figured in the top-ten.
While Rampur is ranked the lowest, those in the bottom-ten also include Kohima, Patna, Bihar Sharif, Bhagalpur, Itanagar, Pasighat, Kavaratti, Saharanpur and Silvassa.
Srinagar is ranked 100th, Jammu at 95th, Panaji 90th, Aligarh 86th, Gurugram at 88th and Meerut is 101st. Ghaziabad is ranked 46th and Rai Bareli is at 49th.
After the ten most livable cities, Karim Nagar (Telangana) has been ranked 11th, followed by Tiruchirappalli, Bilaspur, Channai, Jabalpur, Amravati, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Surat, Vasai-Virar city, Nashik, Solarpur, Ahmedabad, Ujjain, Coimbatore, Erode, Hyderabad, Madurai, Tiruppur, Jainpur, Nagpur and Gwalior among others.
The ranks of India’s 111 major cities
CITY NAME, POPULATION AND CLASSIFICATION
CATEGORIES
PILLARS
City Name
Population
Population Category
Overall Rank
Governance
Identity and Culture
Education
Health
Safety and Security
Economy and Employment
Housing and Inclusiveness
Public Open Spaces
Mixed Land-Use and Compactness
Power Supply
Transportation and Mobility
Assured Water Supply
Waste Water Management
Solid Waste Management
Reduced Pollution
Institutional
Social
Economic
Physical
Pune
31,24,458
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
1
8
14
8
4
25
7
23
4
49
10
12
2
4
5
2
8
5
7
2
Navi Mumbai
11,20,547
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
2
1
15
2
3
13
16
35
13
25
74
4
7
8
10
48
1
3
16
7
Greater Mumbai
1,24,42,373
Population ≥ 4 million
3
23
2
36
23
35
63
6
1
1
16
8
3
7
17
54
23
6
63
1
Tirupati
2,95,323
Less than 0.5 million
4
2
4
4
11
2
38
83
13
87
64
11
9
3
1
51
2
1
38
6
Chandigarh
9,70,602
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
5
40
1
18
10
7
1
16
6
33
96
2
44
2
43
23
40
4
1
4
Thane
18,41,488
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
6
24
7
27
15
82
9
4
40
32
1
1
4
6
11
53
24
12
9
3
Raipur
10,27,264
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
7
12
56
35
21
6
29
7
52
26
5
18
5
17
6
33
12
21
29
5
Indore
19,94,397
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
8
13
5
20
8
94
4
69
33
77
7
29
18
27
3
28
13
9
4
18
Vijayawada
11,43,232
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
9
9
11
21
2
100
10
42
78
51
33
41
6
1
25
70
9
8
10
24
Bhopal
17,98,218
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
10
16
29
13
36
38
39
62
1
56
38
23
13
20
34
32
16
17
39
8
Karim Nagar
2,89,821
Less than 0.5 million
11
3
41
17
45
4
31
41
10
81
39
62
8
60
12
4
3
15
31
28
Tiruchirappalli
8,47,387
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
12
51
3
19
1
9
19
29
12
16
2
44
63
44
16
3
51
2
19
17
Bilaspur
3,65,579
Less than 0.5 million
13
5
39
45
22
69
47
17
14
50
54
20
32
18
2
30
5
34
47
9
Chennai
46,46,732
Population ≥ 4 million
14
20
24
24
25
23
70
70
4
7
103
3
11
12
52
26
20
14
70
12
Jabalpur
10,81,677
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
15
14
23
15
6
91
54
48
8
60
42
48
19
57
8
52
14
11
54
26
Amravati
6,47,057
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
16
35
17
14
26
22
30
54
5
12
3
31
49
66
36
25
35
7
30
16
Visakhapatnam
17,28,128
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
17
10
74
75
17
31
74
91
9
82
22
7
17
10
18
41
10
46
74
10
Bhubaneswar
8,85,363
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
18
25
19
11
59
17
18
86
1
48
40
10
29
63
33
43
25
13
18
19
Surat
45,01,610
Population ≥ 4 million
19
11
18
74
85
73
69
2
24
5
52
39
35
34
21
34
11
57
69
11
Vasai-Virar City
12,22,390
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
20
32
13
3
16
89
21
52
16
70
61
14
31
21
48
5
32
10
21
29
Nashik
14,86,053
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
21
18
52
30
24
41
40
34
21
6
25
75
34
5
44
42
18
25
40
21
Solapur
9,51,558
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
22
26
54
41
5
10
68
93
4
2
18
15
72
62
40
73
26
18
68
20
Ahmedabad
56,33,927
Population ≥ 4 million
23
7
50
60
73
29
45
19
30
10
62
5
40
48
41
49
7
53
45
22
Ujjain
5,15,215
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
24
15
21
40
58
30
33
30
30
52
19
6
39
29
31
40
15
30
33
32
Coimbatore
10,50,721
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
25
41
28
22
19
47
17
38
19
30
13
53
16
22
14
47
41
19
17
27
Erode
1,57,101
Less than 0.5 million
26
63
47
5
33
55
37
22
4
38
79
72
1
23
24
10
63
20
37
15
Hyderabad
69,93,262
Population ≥ 4 million
27
4
53
49
44
21
59
24
14
24
6
21
67
36
76
60
4
43
59
44
Madurai
10,17,865
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
28
28
9
65
20
79
28
8
24
64
14
61
21
19
19
27
28
27
28
25
Tiruppur
4,44,352
Less than 0.5 million
29
37
85
7
14
18
5
39
17
42
23
80
10
15
20
88
37
16
5
39
Jaipur
30,46,163
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
30
64
6
61
49
45
12
5
20
83
80
16
26
28
26
38
64
29
12
30
Nagpur
24,05,665
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
31
44
70
83
61
72
43
94
6
29
49
36
23
13
23
8
44
78
43
14
Gwalior
10,54,420
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
32
42
55
10
54
98
22
81
6
73
86
58
24
41
37
36
42
40
22
36
Varanasi
11,98,491
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
33
46
34
100
50
103
48
50
1
39
24
13
56
70
4
24
46
81
48
13
Jhansi
5,05,693
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
34
52
36
25
42
12
11
37
2
61
30
92
41
33
32
37
52
22
11
47
Ludhiana
16,18,879
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
35
68
46
26
77
34
8
40
9
44
50
54
59
42
53
1
68
35
8
37
Vadodara
17,52,371
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
36
31
81
9
63
104
42
15
15
9
20
52
76
65
69
61
31
54
42
35
Tirunelveli
4,73,637
Less than 0.5 million
37
53
8
76
94
65
35
9
21
67
35
28
28
11
13
81
53
52
35
31
Rajkot
13,23,363
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
38
55
45
23
51
61
15
85
76
17
47
30
27
31
60
58
55
33
15
42
Gandhinagar
2,92,797
Less than 0.5 million
39
49
95
94
27
8
107
99
1
100
44
43
71
30
39
65
49
55
107
23
Dindigul
2,07,327
Less than 0.5 million
40
87
57
29
29
11
23
25
24
47
8
50
25
24
22
57
87
23
23
34
Mangaluru
4,99,487
Less than 0.5 million
41
39
38
32
55
33
57
84
56
68
31
40
36
52
15
77
39
31
57
52
Salem
8,29,267
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
42
34
27
68
32
39
82
18
26
8
26
101
66
69
80
71
34
32
82
60
Thanjavur
2,22,943
Less than 0.5 million
43
54
59
12
104
42
36
71
19
18
17
26
50
16
42
93
54
47
36
43
Thoothukkudi
2,37,830
Less than 0.5 million
44
29
80
54
30
63
56
28
11
95
51
66
46
71
38
35
29
59
56
57
Kochi
6,33,553
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
45
6
88
89
74
105
67
47
35
35
28
33
88
104
46
6
6
99
67
56
Ghaziabad
16,48,643
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
46
30
89
106
75
84
20
1
7
36
84
59
45
43
66
20
30
107
20
33
Diu
23,991
Less than 0.5 million
47
81
43
39
28
16
61
99
4
31
37
51
51
90
67
104
81
24
61
51
Vellore
1,85,803
Less than 0.5 million
48
47
48
93
39
80
60
3
14
14
29
24
64
51
71
92
47
70
60
40
Rae Bareli
1,91,316
Less than 0.5 million
49
17
60
108
78
60
77
98
3
20
75
93
14
39
7
96
17
105
77
41
Kalyan-Dombivali
12,47,327
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
50
36
101
31
13
36
81
67
55
69
9
22
68
72
45
83
36
38
81
71
Ajmer
5,42,321
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
51
94
20
38
107
74
2
79
24
62
15
37
20
9
28
67
94
61
2
38
Belagavi
4,90,045
Less than 0.5 million
52
70
10
37
35
83
88
46
41
45
83
42
55
59
62
39
70
26
88
63
Jodhpur
10,56,191
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
53
38
44
97
86
70
27
97
37
34
71
94
12
14
96
21
38
84
27
53
Udaipur
4,51,100
Less than 0.5 million
54
85
22
67
69
28
14
33
5
93
56
67
38
55
63
62
85
41
14
50
Agra
15,85,704
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
55
45
30
46
79
43
75
27
8
65
87
74
70
45
61
64
45
48
75
73
Dharamshala
22,579
Less than 0.5 million
56
60
103
34
38
62
84
21
6
74
78
82
53
67
109
13
60
63
84
48
Hubbali-Dharwad
10,47,838
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
57
33
63
66
48
67
66
77
65
21
63
60
78
49
75
72
33
68
66
72
Bengaluru
84,95,492
Population ≥ 4 million
58
21
75
55
103
107
71
87
16
19
95
49
48
58
58
91
21
97
71
54
Kota
10,01,694
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
59
75
25
64
96
81
3
89
6
85
34
45
22
105
64
45
75
67
3
59
Puducherry
2,44,377
Less than 0.5 million
60
86
37
50
67
3
55
68
20
59
88
27
54
37
27
76
86
28
55
61
Warangal
7,04,570
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
61
59
49
62
64
49
87
99
2
23
53
106
62
93
49
44
59
58
87
55
Satna
2,82,977
Less than 0.5 million
62
62
26
86
56
110
73
44
44
94
68
17
61
61
30
18
62
73
73
46
Muzaffarpur
3,54,462
Less than 0.5 million
63
22
62
56
71
87
99
60
7
78
102
102
81
64
92
69
22
74
99
76
Kakinada
3,84,182
Less than 0.5 million
64
65
79
51
18
56
91
63
45
57
4
99
58
92
56
19
65
51
91
64
New Delhi
1,12,92,358
Population ≥ 4 million
65
19
16
59
111
66
109
99
1
100
101
55
57
25
50
100
19
71
109
70
Sagar
2,74,556
Less than 0.5 million
66
77
51
90
72
1
52
31
45
75
76
110
30
38
87
31
77
42
52
74
Shivamogga
3,22,650
Less than 0.5 million
67
58
99
78
12
37
64
65
19
40
58
64
33
46
82
105
58
56
64
79
Ranchi
10,73,427
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
68
56
35
91
68
101
50
26
36
37
43
71
69
77
105
12
56
80
50
69
Pimpri Chinchwad
17,27,692
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
69
92
69
71
60
27
80
92
44
80
70
9
15
32
59
66
92
60
80
49
Tumakuru
3,02,143
Less than 0.5 million
70
69
98
63
52
64
86
51
28
97
36
76
60
53
29
59
69
77
86
62
Thiruvananthapura m
7,88,271
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
71
27
12
87
101
99
94
58
42
41
55
46
52
50
106
90
27
75
94
86
Faridabad
14,14,050
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
72
50
94
1
46
108
106
45
22
71
12
83
74
78
102
86
50
49
106
84
Lucknow
28,17,105
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
73
43
78
70
106
92
58
59
7
72
73
38
47
47
47
78
43
102
58
65
Gangtok
1,00,286
Less than 0.5 million
74
73
96
44
80
46
49
80
4
100
66
86
89
107
35
11
73
72
49
66
Kanpur
27,68,057
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
75
104
40
16
91
57
13
55
13
76
69
19
80
26
55
68
104
39
13
68
Amritsar
11,59,227
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
76
78
64
80
34
54
46
90
8
63
41
104
43
84
77
46
78
64
46
75
Jalandhar
8,68,929
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
77
98
76
33
31
48
24
74
10
100
99
63
75
79
79
14
98
45
24
78
Port Blair
1,08,058
Less than 0.5 million
78
102
67
47
57
75
102
32
44
22
82
56
37
89
73
9
102
66
102
45
Dahod
1,18,846
Less than 0.5 million
79
72
77
42
41
15
32
99
79
11
48
79
84
74
68
110
72
44
32
95
Dehradun
5,74,840
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
80
61
32
58
108
14
53
43
3
3
105
78
101
87
91
95
61
62
53
94
Bareilly
9,04,797
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
81
74
106
101
47
78
62
11
6
55
65
84
42
76
78
15
74
98
62
58
Karnal
3,02,140
Less than 0.5 million
82
97
61
6
65
93
78
66
60
96
57
77
93
40
57
81
97
37
78
88
Davanagere
4,34,971
Less than 0.5 million
83
82
102
73
53
50
41
36
43
90
81
32
87
83
90
22
82
82
41
82
Aizawl
2,93,416
Less than 0.5 million
84
57
107
96
76
68
98
10
42
99
108
35
97
81
88
17
57
96
98
80
Guwahati
9,62,334
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
85
66
73
72
90
52
72
75
42
46
72
57
107
73
65
75
66
79
72
91
Aligarh
8,74,408
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
86
48
82
84
109
51
34
76
6
53
77
91
104
54
9
103
48
103
34
90
Rourkela
3,20,040
Less than 0.5 million
87
95
66
52
43
77
89
56
13
66
67
34
83
80
81
50
95
65
89
81
Gurugram
8,86,519
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
88
91
97
81
100
71
65
13
2
100
97
69
94
75
70
7
91
94
65
67
Moradabad
8,87,871
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
89
79
84
79
99
59
25
78
5
43
32
73
82
97
51
80
79
89
25
89
Panaji
40,017
Less than 0.5 million
90
84
83
43
98
58
96
99
23
91
45
90
92
68
72
84
84
83
96
87
Imphal
2,77,196
Less than 0.5 million
91
67
90
69
66
5
92
13
14
98
59
109
105
103
108
101
67
50
92
104
Shimla
1,69,578
Less than 0.5 million
92
96
93
57
82
44
97
72
80
100
27
103
91
96
54
16
96
76
97
85
Agartala
4,00,004
Less than 0.5 million
93
76
58
82
81
86
101
12
13
100
89
65
95
82
95
87
76
86
101
96
Dhanbad
11,62,472
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
94
71
68
98
95
76
95
49
67
86
85
88
86
102
86
56
71
91
95
97
Jammu
5,76,198
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
95
110
42
77
105
19
105
20
15
4
109
111
77
91
94
74
110
69
105
77
Allahabad
11,68,385
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
96
89
72
53
89
96
51
95
15
79
98
105
99
56
104
55
89
87
51
99
Aurangabad
11,75,116
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
97
103
92
28
9
85
83
99
56
100
60
70
109
98
111
89
103
36
83
107
Shillong
1,43,229
Less than 0.5 million
98
111
107
110
7
26
100
96
46
15
11
81
96
110
74
29
111
88
100
83
Namchi
12,190
Less than 0.5 million
99
93
86
85
84
95
76
88
19
89
93
85
85
94
93
93
93
93
76
101
Srinagar
12,06,419
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
100
109
105
103
40
40
90
64
35
84
107
25
65
35
103
98
109
90
90
93
Meerut
13,05,429
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
101
101
65
105
70
88
44
99
3
13
100
98
73
109
110
99
101
104
44
100
Silvassa
98,265
Less than 0.5 million
102
90
31
95
110
24
79
99
92
88
110
95
79
106
100
97
90
85
79
106
Saharanpur
7,05,478
Population ≥ 0.5 million < 1 million
103
107
104
107
62
20
104
73
6
27
21
68
90
88
97
79
107
100
104
92
Kavaratti
11,210
Less than 0.5 million
104
80
87
88
93
109
110
99
16
100
91
107
103
85
89
105
80
106
110
103
Pasighat
24,656
Less than 0.5 million
105
99
91
92
88
97
103
61
16
100
104
89
108
100
85
108
99
101
103
105
Itanagar
59,490
Less than 0.5 million
106
83
107
102
97
102
6
99
99
58
92
87
102
100
107
109
83
109
6
109
Bhagalpur
4,00,146
Less than 0.5 million
107
88
107
99
37
90
85
82
97
100
111
100
110
108
83
102
88
92
85
111
Bihar Sharif
2,97,268
Less than 0.5 million
108
100
33
109
102
53
93
53
89
100
94
108
106
95
84
107
100
108
93
108
Patna
16,84,297
Population ≥ 1 million < 4 million
109
106
71
104
87
111
108
57
66
54
90
47
98
86
98
85
106
110
108
98
Kohima
99,039
Less than 0.5 million
110
108
100
48
83
106
110
99
15
28
46
96
111
110
99
63
108
95
110
102
Rampur
3,25,313
Less than 0.5 million
111
105
107
110
92
32
26
99
4
92
106
97
100
99
100
111
105
111
26
110
See also
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2014-15
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2016
Cleanliness ranks of Indian cities, districts: 2017
Cities of India: the best and the worst
Ease of Living in Indian cities
For ‘The educational levels of cities, 2011’, see Higher Education, India: 1