Tier I and Tier II Cities of India

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
Assam		Guwahati
Bihar		Patna
Chandigarh		Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh		Durg-Bhilai, Raipur
Delhi	Delhi
Gujarat		Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Vadodara, Surat
Haryana		Faridabad
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
Orissa		Cuttack, Bhubaneswar
Punjab		Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhina
Pondicherry		Pondicherry
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
Uttarakhand		Dehradun
West Bengal	Kolkata	Asansol

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.

Following the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission of 2008, the cities are categorised under sections X, Y and Z. The Union Cabinet of India had established the 6th CPC on 5 October 2006 with the objective to edit and hike up the salaries of the public servants, serving the central government.

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.

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Last Updated on : February 11, 2019