Indian Cities on River Banks

Most of the Indian cities are established on the banks of some river banks. Rivers are also called cradles of civilizations and this is the reason why many famous cities were developed on river banks. Following list shows details of most famous Indian cities on river banks. The list also shows river wise based cities.

• Cities on bank of River Ganga – Rishikesh, Haridwar, Farrukhabad, Kanpur, Allahabad, Mirzapur, Varanasi, Ghazipur, Buxar, Balia, Patna, Hazipur, Munger, Bhagalpur etc
• Cities on bank of River Yamuna -Delhi, Mathura, Agra, Etawah, Kalpi, Allahabad
• Cities on bank of River Damodar – Bokaro, Asansol, Raniganj, Durgapur, Bardhman
• Cities on bank of river Brahmaputra – Guwahati
• Cities on bank of river Godavari – Nashik, Nanded, Nizamabad, Rajahmundry
• Cities on bank of river Narmada – Hoshangabad, Jabalpur, Mandhata, Barwani, Omkareshwar, Dewas, Maheshwar, Mandla, Bharuch, Dharampuri
• Cities on bank of river Krishna – Satara, Sangli, Raichur, Mahaboobnagar, Nalgonda, Krishna district
• Cities on bank of river Kaveri – Kushalnagar, Srirangapatna, Erode, Karur, Tiruchirapalli, Thanjavur

List of North Indian Cities on River Banks

Cities	River	State
Agra	Yamuna	Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad	Ganga, Yamuna confluence	Uttar Pradesh
Amritsar	Beas	Punjab
Ayodhya	Sarayu	Uttar Pradesh
Badrinath	Ganga	Uttarakhand
Balia	Ganga	Uttar Pradesh
Barely	Ramganga	Uttar Pradesh
Chandigarh	Ghaggar	Punjab, Haryana
Delhi	Yamuna	Delhi NCR
Etawah	Yamuna	Uttar Pradesh
Farrukhabad	Ganga	Uttar Pradesh
Ghazipur	Ganga	Uttar Pradesh
Gorakhpur	Rapti	Uttar Pradesh
Haridwar	Ganga	Uttarakhand
Jabalpur	Narmada	Madhya Pradesh
Jammu	Tawi	Jammu and Kashmir
Jaunpur	Gomti	Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur	Ganga	Uttar Pradesh
Kota	Chambal	Rajasthan
Lucknow	Gomti	Uttar Pradesh
Ludhiana	Sutlej	Punjab
Mathura	Yamuna	Uttar Pradesh
Patna	Ganga	Bihar
Sri Nagar	Jhelum	Jammu and Kashmir
Ujjain	Shipra	Madhya Pradesh
Varanasi	Ganga	Uttar Pradesh

 

List of East Indian Cities on River Banks

City	River	State
Asansol	Barakar	West Bengal
Bardhaman	Ajay	West Bengal
Bhubaneshwar	Daya	Odisha
Cuttack	Mahanadi	Odisha
Darjeeling	Teesta	West Bengal
Dhanbad	Damodar	Jharkhand
Dibrugarh	Brahmaputra	Assam
Guwahati	Brahmaputra	Assam
Haldia	Hooghly	West Bengal
Howrah	Hooghly	West Bengal
Jorhat	Brahmaputra	Assam
Kharagpur	Rasulpur	West Bengal
Kolkata	Hooghly	West Bengal
Puri	Kushabhadra, Daya, Bhargavi, Kadua, Prachi, Devi	West Bengal
Ranchi	Subarnrekha	Jharkhand
Sivasagar	Dikhow	Assam

List of West Indian Cities on River Banks

City	River	State
Ahmedabad	Sabarmati	Gujarat
Ajmer	Luni	Rajasthan
Bharatpur	Gambhir and Banganga	Rajasthan
Bharuch	Narmada	Gujarat
Bhusawal	Tapti	Maharashtra
Dhule	Panjhra	Maharashtra
Indore	Khan and Saraswati	Madhya Pradesh
Itarsi	Narmada	Madhya Pradesh
Jalgaon	Tapti	Maharashtra
Mumbai	Mithi	Maharashtra
Nashik	Godavari	Maharashtra
Neemuch	Chambal	Madhya Pradesh
Porbandar	Tons	Gujarat
Pune	Mutha	Maharashtra
Rajkot	Aji and Nyari	Gujarat
Surat	Tapti	Gujarat
Vadodara	Vishwamitri	Gujarat

List of South Indian Cities on River Banks

City	River	State
Adilabad	Godavari	Telangana
Chennai	Coovum	Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore	Noyyal	Tamil Nadu
Hyderabad	Musi	Telangana
Idukki	Periyar	Kerala
Kakinada	Godavari	Andhra Pradesh
Kanchipuram	Vegavathy	Tamil Nadu
Kanyakumari	Pazhayar	Tamil Nadu
Kochi	Periyar	Kerala
Kottayam	Meenachil	Kerala
Madurai	Vaigai	Tamil Nadu
Mangalore	Netravati	Karnataka
Mysore	Kapila (Kabini)	Karnataka
Nellore	Penner	Andhra Pradesh
Palakkad	Bharathappuzha	Kerala
Puducherry	Sankarparani	Union Territory
Rajahmundry	Godavari	Andhra Pradesh
Thiruvananthapuram	Karamana	Kerala
Vellore	Palar	Tamil Nadu
Wayanad	Mananthavady Puzha	Kerala
Yanam	Godavari	UT of Puducherry