🇮🇳 Cities in India — API & JSON data

Geomelon tracks 183,675 cities in India, spread across 42 regions. Delhi is the largest, with a population of 26,495,000. City names are available in 43 languages through the API below.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search India cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi	26,495,000
Mumbai	Maharashtra	15,414,288
Bengaluru	Karnataka	12,327,000
Hyderabad	Telangana	9,305,000
Ahmedabad	Gujarat	7,645,000
Chennai	Tamil Nadu	6,599,000
Prayagraj	Uttar Pradesh	5,954,391
Pune	Maharashtra	5,945,000
Surat	Gujarat	5,935,000
Kolkata	West Bengal	4,496,694

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=in&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "69da4742-2569-4825-b524-f38410e77f8a",
    "name": "Delhi",
    "population": 26495000,
    "countryName": "India",
    "countryCode": "IN",
    "countryEmoji": "🇮🇳",
    "regionName": "National Capital Territory of Delhi"
  },
  {
    "id": "e65590a2-fc38-432c-b42b-a98922a12633",
    "name": "Mumbai",
    "population": 15414288,
    "countryName": "India",
    "countryCode": "IN",
    "countryEmoji": "🇮🇳",
    "regionName": "Maharashtra"
  },
  {
    "id": "4a5dbfae-94af-4752-b094-a4fe1620aeb1",
    "name": "Bengaluru",
    "population": 12327000,
    "countryName": "India",
    "countryCode": "IN",
    "countryEmoji": "🇮🇳",
    "regionName": "Karnataka"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=in&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=in&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in India are available in 43 languages.

en: Delhi
zh: 德里
ar: دلهي

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 5,000 India cities as JSON (727 KB, no API key) from the India cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in India does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 183,675 cities in India across 42 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get India city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in India are available in 43 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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