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| Year | Hyderabad | Kolkata | Mumbai | Chennai | Lucknow | Varanasi | Bangalore | Delhi | Ahmedabad | Pune |
| 1901 | 448466 | 1009853 | 776006 | 509346 | 264000 | 209331 | 163091 | 214115 | 185889 | 153320 |
| 1911 | 502104 | 1117966 | 1018388 | 518660 | 259800 | 217012 | 189485 | 237944 | 216777 | 158856 |
| 1921 | 405630 | 1158497 | 1244934 | 526911 | 240600 | 210745 | 240054 | 304420 | 274007 | 198523 |
| 1931 | 466894 | 1289461 | 1268936 | 647232 | 274700 | 220143 | 309785 | 447442 | 313789 | 198078 |
| 1941 | 739159 | 2352399 | 1686127 | 777481 | 387177 | 278955 | 406760 | 695686 | 595210 | 257554 |
| 1951 | 1135758 | 2956475 | 2966902 | 1416056 | 496900 | 369799 | 778977 | 1437134 | 842643 | 488419 |
| 1961 | 1254941 | 3351250 | 4152056 | 1729141 | 595400 | 505952 | 1207000 | 2359508 | 1156788 | 790798 |
| 1971 | 1796000 | 3727020 | 5970575 | 2469449 | 814000 | 635175 | 1654000 | 3647023 | 1750134 | 856105 |
| 1981 | 2546000 | 4126846 | 8243405 | 3266034 | 1007604 | 803365 | 2922000 | 5760811 | 2534641 | 1203351 |
| 1991 | 4359262 | 4399819 | 9925891 | 3841396 | 1669204 | 1039939 | 4130000 | 8471625 | 3324197 | 1566651 |
| 2001 | 5637483 | 4572876 | 11914398 | 4343645 | 2245509 | 1371749 | 5101000 | 12895547 | 4488237 | 2540069 |
| 2011 | 7674689 | 4496694 | 12478447 | 7088000 | 2902601 | 1435113 | 8425970 | 16349831 | 5633927 | 3124458 |
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