Highest Major Cities in India

Cities in India with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by elevation above sea level (GeoNames digital elevation model).

📅 2026📏 metres50 entries🇮🇳 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Padam25,000 people · Ladakh

3,560 m

Leh37,475 people · Ladakh

3,502 m

Kargil16,338 people · Ladakh

2,686 m

Bunjwah15,899 people · Jammu and Kashmir

2,625 m

Ooty233,426 people · Tamil Nadu

2,242 m

Dārjiling123,797 people · West Bengal

2,127 m

Kodaikānāl36,501 people · Tamil Nadu

2,098 m

Naini Tāl42,309 people · Uttarakhand

2,077 m

Shimla173,503 people · Himachal Pradesh

2,073 m

Shopian16,360 people · Jammu and Kashmir

2,055 m

Kērkandi23,229 people · Tamil Nadu

2,047 m

Kotagiri28,848 people · Tamil Nadu

1,902 m

Wellington20,254 people · Tamil Nadu

1,847 m

Ukhrul27,187 people · Manipur

1,842 m

Mussoorie25,753 people · Uttarakhand

1,824 m

Rānikhet19,873 people · Uttarakhand

1,804 m

Dooru Verinag22,968 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,803 m

Coonoor45,494 people · Tamil Nadu

1,746 m

Kulgam23,584 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,742 m

Gulgam15,587 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,727 m

Trāl17,844 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,713 m

Phek15,118 people · Manipur

1,696 m

Achhībal17,556 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,663 m

Kopawor21,771 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,662 m

Gangtok100,286 people · Sikkim

1,654 m

Pulwama20,071 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,648 m

Kishtwār20,553 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,642 m

Badgām15,338 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,634 m

Bandipura37,081 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,607 m

Bijbehara24,590 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,607 m

Anantnag150,592 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,606 m

Pāmpur21,680 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,603 m

Almora32,442 people · Uttarakhand

1,600 m

Badāmibāgh22,214 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,594 m

Ganderbal28,233 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,593 m

Pattan19,538 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,593 m

Srinagar1,206,419 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,589 m

Soyībug104,000 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,587 m

Pithorāgarh47,571 people · Uttarakhand

1,586 m

Sumbal15,041 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,585 m

Sopur71,292 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,583 m

Bāramūla77,276 people · Jammu and Kashmir

1,579 m

Nongthymmai38,004 people · Meghalaya

1,576 m

Kālimpong43,000 people · West Bengal

1,566 m

Ngūr32,734 people · Mizoram

1,563 m

Laitumkhrah27,219 people · Meghalaya

1,537 m

Pauri26,514 people · Uttarakhand

1,532 m

Solan40,283 people · Himachal Pradesh

1,509 m

Shillong143,229 people · Meghalaya

1,507 m

Kurseong46,427 people · West Bengal

1,501 m

Highlights

Within India, Padam ranks first in 2026 with 3,560 m, followed by Leh (3,502 m) and Kargil (2,686 m).

Across 50 entries, values run from 3,560 m (Padam) to 1,501 m (Kurseong), with a median of 1,651 m.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Elevation is the GeoNames digital elevation model value at the populated place coordinates; population figures are shown for context.

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