Kotwali — UN urban centre
Kotwali: 839,900 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #624 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11477; territory: India (IND). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 25.1096, 87.0677. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 154,905 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 214,894 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 276,662 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 316,395 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 391,863 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 454,142 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 556,385 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 622,232 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 690,129 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 754,496 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 839,900 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 996,804 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,053,725 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,144,775 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,193,631 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,240,375 | Projection |
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