This is a list of cities by population, as listed in the 2011 Census of India in the Indian state of Odisha:[1] In the census of India 2011, an urban agglomeration has been defined as follows:[2] "An Urban Agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OG), or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns.
An urban agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census.
In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."
Urban agglomeration constituents with a population 2011 Census are shown in the table below.
[3] Abbreviations: M Corp.= municipal corporation, M= municipality, NAC= notified area committee, CT = census town, IT= industrial town, OG= outgrowth The constituents of urban agglomerations in Odisha, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below:[4]