Sikandra Rao — UN urban centre
Sikandra Rao: 96,448 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,408 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9033; 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: 27.6885, 78.3787. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 120,534 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 128,411 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 135,189 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 143,983 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 157,246 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 168,975 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 181,590 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 190,458 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 163,135 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 93,303 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 96,448 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 115,183 | Projection |
| 2035 | 119,261 | Projection |
| 2040 | 128,880 | Projection |
| 2045 | 133,680 | Projection |
| 2050 | 136,218 | Projection |
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