Maynaguri — UN urban centre
Maynaguri: 86,067 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #7,227 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11653; 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: 26.5623, 88.8184. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 51,267 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 51,866 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 65,371 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 78,758 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 91,874 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 96,849 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 96,401 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 93,817 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 72,144 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 86,067 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 90,179 | Projection |
| 2035 | 93,980 | Projection |
| 2040 | 103,923 | Projection |
| 2045 | 109,782 | Projection |
| 2050 | 115,910 | Projection |
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