Classification of Indian Cities
|States/UTs||Cities Classified as "X" (Tier-I)||Cities Classified as "Y" (Tier-II)|
|Andhra Pradesh||Hyderabad||Vijayawada, Warangal, Vishapatnam, Guntur|
|Gujarat||Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Vadodara, Surat|
|Jammu and Kashmir||Srinagar, Jammu|
|Jharkhand||Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Ranchi|
|Karnataka||Bengaluru||Belgaum, Hubli-Dhanbad, Mangalore, Mysore|
|Kerala||Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvanathpuram|
|Madhya Pradesh||Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur|
|Maharashtra||Mumbai||Amravati, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Bhiwandi, Pune, Solapur, Kolhapur|
|Punjab||Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhina|
|Rajasthan||Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota|
|Tamil Nadu||Chennai||Salem, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai|
|Uttar Pradesh||Moradabad, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Agra, Bareilly, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Varanasi|
Tier I, II, III Cities of India
The cities in India are categorised on the basis of a grading structure devised by the Government of India. This system helps the authorities to allot House Rent Allowance (HRA) to the employees of the public sector, posted in different cities across the country.
Formerly, the division was made on the grounds of Compensatory City Allowance (CCA) and HRA. However, after CPC 2008, the population of the city has been set as the criteria for the segregation. As per the changes, A-1 has been renamed as X, while A, B-1 & B-2 as Y, and C & uncategorised cities as Z. The better known term for the categories is Tier-I, Tier-II and Tier-III cities, respectively.
As per media reports, there are about 8 Tier I cities, 26 Tier II cities, 33 Tier III cities and over 5,000 Tier IV towns, while there are more than 638,000 villages in the country.
Last Updated on : July 20, 2015