India is a good case in point of the economic power of megacities. My associate in India Dr. Virdur Sahgal sent me the following data.

Dear Milton,

The table below shows the population figures from the 2011 census of India of the top 20 cities which pretty much total up to the 7.5% mark.

The GDP figure of USD 1.848 trillion is correct. Population figure is 1.24 Billion currently.

So if the GDP figures for the top 15 cities are right then your contention that the top 15 cities contribute 56% of the GDP is a correct interpretation of the available data.

As far as I am concerned, I also am astonished at this conclusion and will be giving it some thought to analyze it through.

with respect & regards

Vidur

Largest cities
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Largest cities or towns of India
Census India[43]

Rank
City name
State/UT
Pop.
Rank
City name
State/UT
Pop.

Mumbai

Delhi
1 Mumbai
Maharashtra
12,478,447 11 Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
2,815,601
Bangalore
Hyderabad
Hyderabad

2 Delhi
Delhi
11,007,835 12 Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh
2,767,031
3 Bangalore
Karnataka
8,425,970 13 Nagpur
Maharashtra
2,405,421
4 Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
6,809,970 14 Indore
Madhya Pradesh
1,960 521
5 Ahmedabad
Gujarat
5,570,585 15 Thane
Maharastra
1,818,872
6 Chennai
Tamil Nadu
4,681,087 16 Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
1,795,648
7 Kolkata
West Bengal
4,486,679 17 Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
1,730,320
8 Surat
Gujarat
4,462,002 18 Pimpri-Chinchwad
Maharashtra
1,729,359
9 Pune
Maharashtra
3,115,431 19 Patna
Bihar
1,683,200
10 Jaipur
Rajasthan
3,073,350 20 Ludhiana
Punjab
1,613,878

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Dr. Vidur Sahgal (B.Com(H), MBA & PhD)