Hardoi — UN urban centre
Hardoi: 493,665 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,128 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9485; 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: 27.3939, 80.1323. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 414,032 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 438,289 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 462,812 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 493,070 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 576,173 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 659,386 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 744,142 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 811,518 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 750,334 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 468,699 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 493,665 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 528,196 | Projection |
| 2035 | 553,474 | Projection |
| 2040 | 568,354 | Projection |
| 2045 | 580,869 | Projection |
| 2050 | 588,464 | Projection |
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