List of Indian Cities & Their Nicknames
Today, we are providing Complete List of Indian Cities & Their Nicknames. It is a very important topic in the General Knowledge (Static GK) section of government exams. Static GK is an important part of all competitive exams. One or two questions are asked from this section in almost all the exams. Try to learn all the important Nicknames of Indian Cities and memorize it thoroughly.
The list of indian cities & their nicknames are associated with the unique characteristics such as unique geographical position, natural beauty, natural formations like lakes, type of industry, large and quality production of particular agriculture products etc. In this post, we have provided Complete List of Indian Cities & Their Nicknames. The list of Nicknames of Indian Cities has been given below.
Complete List of Indian Cities & Their Nicknames
| State | Name of the City | Nicknames |
| Telangana | Pochampally | Silk city of India |
| Bihar | Muzaffarpur | The Land of Litchi
Sweet City |
| Maharashtra | Jalgaon | Banana City |
| Maharashtra | Nashik | Wine Capital of India |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra | City of Taj
Petha Nagari |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Boston of India
Manchester of India INDIA’S first world heritage city |
| Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad or Prayagraj | Abode of the God
City of Prime Ministers Sangam City |
| Punjab | Amritsar | Golden City of India |
| West Bengal | Asansol | Land of Black Diamond |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru or Banglore | Electronic City of India
Garden City of India IT Capital of India Science city of India Silicon Valley of India Space City |
| Bihar | Bhagalpur | The Silk City of India |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | City of Lakes |
| Madhya Pradesh | Indore | Mini Mumbai |
| Andhra Pradesh | Bhimavaram | City of Prawns
Second Bardoli of India |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Temple City of India |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh | The City Beautiful |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Auto Hub of India
Detroit of Asia Gateway of South India Health Capital of India Banking Capital of India Motor city of India |
| Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore | Textile City of India
Manchester of South India Capital of Kongunadu Engineering City of India |
| Karnataka | Coorg | Scotland of India |
| West Bengal | Darjeeling | Queen of the Hills |
| Jharkhand | Dhanbad | The Coal Capital of India |
| Meghalaya | Shillong | Scotland of East |
| Assam | Dibrugarh | Tea City of India |
| West Bengal | Durgapur | Ruhr of India |
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Green City |
| Andhra Pradesh | Guntur | City of Chillies, City of Spices |
| Assam | Guwahati | Gateway of North East India |
| Tamil Nadu | Nilgiri | Blue Mountains |
| Telangana | Hyderabad | City of Pearls
City of Nizams Hightech City World Capital of Biryani Bangle City |
| Telangana | Hyderabad-Secunderabad | Twin City |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur | City of Palaces
Paris of India Pink City |
| Rajasthan | Jaisalmer | Golden City of India |
| Jharkhand | Jamshedpur | Pittsburgh of India
Steel City of India |
| Rajasthan | Jodhpur | Blue City
Sun City |
| Andhra Pradesh | Kakinada | City of Kaja
Pensioners Paradise |
| Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur | Leather City of the World
Manchester of North India |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Kashmir | Switzerland of India |
| Kerala | Kochi or Cochin | Gateway to Kerala
Queen of the Arabian Sea Garden of Spices |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | City of Joy
City of Palaces Cultural Capital of India Gateway of Eastern India Heaven of the Aged City of Castles City of Buildings |
| Maharashtra | Kolhapur | City of Wrestlers |
| Kerala | Kollam | Cashew Capital of the World
Gateway to Backwaters Prince of Arabian sea |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | City of Nawabs
Constantinople of the East Shiraz-e-Hind The Golden City of India |
| Tamil Nadu | Madurai | Athens of the East
City of Festivals City of Four Junctions Sleepless City Temple City |
| West Bengal | Malda | Mango City |
| Karnataka | Mangalore | Cradle of Indian Banking
Gateway of Karnataka Rome of the East |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai | City of Dreams
City of Seven Islands Financial Capital of India Gateway of India Hollywood of India Maximum City Maya Nagari |
| Madhya Pradesh | Mundi | Power Hub City |
| Uttarakhand | Mussoorie | Queen of the Mountains,Hill Queen City |
| Karnataka | Mysore | Green City
Heritage City Sandal Wood City |
| Maharashtra | Nagpur | Orange City |
| Uttarakhand | Nainital | City of Lakes |
| Maharashtra | Nasik | California of India
Grape city of India Wine capital of India |
| Delhi | New Delhi | City of Rallies |
| Punjab | Patiala | Royal City |
| Haryana | Panipat | City of Handloom
City of Weavers |
| Gujrat | Palanpur | City of Diamonds
Flower City |
| Puducherry | Pondicherry | Paris of the East |
| Uttar Pradesh | Prayag | Abode of the God |
| Maharashtra | Pune | Queen of Deccan |
| West Bengal | Purulia | Manbhum City |
| Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry | Cultural City |
| Uttrakhand | Rishikesh | City of Sages
Yoga City |
| West Bengal | Siliguri | City of Hospitality
Gateway to the Doors |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar | City of lakes |
| Gujarat | Surat | City Of Diamonds
Diamond City Of India Textile city Of India |
| Assam | Tezpur | City of Blood |
| Maharashtra | Thane | City of Lakes |
| Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli | Energy equipment and fabrication capital of India
Rock Fort City Tucker Trichy |
| Tamil Nadu | Tirunelveli | City of Paddy fields
Halwa city of India Oxford city of South India |
| Rajasthan | Udaipur | City of Lakes
Venice of the East White City |
| Gujarat | Vadodara | Banyan City
Cultural City Of India Sayaji Nagari World Capital Of Garba |
| Tamil Nadu | Vaniyambadi | Leather city of South India |
| Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi or Benares or Banaras or Kashi | City of Lights
City of Temples City of Learning Holy City Oldest living city on Earth Religious capital of India Spiritual capital of India |
| Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada | The Place of Victory |
| Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam | City Of Destiny
Goa of the East |
| Telangana | Warangal | City of Lakes
City of Temples Second city of Nizam |
| Nagaland | Zunheboto | Land of Warriors |
| Andhra Pradesh | Tenali | Andhra Paris |
| Bihar | Muzzaffarpur | Lychee City |
| Gujarat | Bardoli | Butter City |
| Haryana | Gurgaon | Millennium City |
| Uttar Pradesh | Meerut | Sports Capital of india, Scissor City |
| Pondicherry | Auroville | City of Dawn |
| Orissa | Cuttack | Silver City |
| Maharashtra | Yavatmal | Cotton City |
| Maharashtra | Ichalkaranji | Manchester of Maharashtra |
| Tamil Nadu | Yercaud | Poor Man’s Ooty |
| Tamil Nadu | Salem | Mango City |
| Tamil Nadu | Namakkal | Egg City |
| Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappali or Trichy | Rock Fort City, Energy Equipment & Fabrication Capital of India |
| Tamil Nadu | Nilgris | Blue Mountains |
| Tamil Nadu | Tuticorin | Pearl City, Pearl Harbor of India |
| Kerala | Alappuzha | Venice of the East |
| Kerala | Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) | City of Statues
Evergreen City of India |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Land of Rising Sun |
| Assam | Dispur (A locality in the Guwahati city, which is capital of Assam) | City of Temples |
| NCR-National Capital Region | Noida | IT Capital of NCR |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | The Queen of Hills |
| Punjab | Ludhiana | Manchester of Punjab,
City of industries, Home of cycles |
| Andhra Pradesh | Dharmavaram | Silk City of Andhra Pradesh |
| Andhra Pradesh | Piduguralla | Lime City |
| Andhra Pradesh | Tirupati | Spiritual Capital of India |
| Andhra Pradesh | Madanapalli | Andhra Ooty |
| Bihar | Nalanda | Land of knowledge |
| Chhattisgarh | Korba | Power hub of India |
| Chhattisgarh | Jagdalpur | Tourism capital of Chhattisgarh |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhilai | Steel City of India |
| Chhattisgarh | Kanker | Gateway of Bastar |
| Karnataka | Sakleshpur | Poor Man’s Ooty |
| Kerala | Kozhikode (Calicut) | City of Spices |
| Kerala | Kannur (Cannanore) | City of Looms and Lores |
| Kerala | Kottayam | City of letters (Aksharanagri),
City of Murals, City of latex, City of lakes |
| Kerala | Kasaragod | Land of Palm trees,
Rice bowl of Kerala |
| Kerala | Thrissur | The Cultural capital of Kerala,
Land of Poorams, The land of Vadakkumnathan, Gold capital of India. |
| Kerala | Wayanad | God’s own district |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ujjain | City Of Temples |
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