Micro enterprises (Udyam)
Udyam-registered micro enterprises (investment ≤ ₹1 cr, turnover ≤ ₹5 cr). Typically 98%+ of all registrations — the kirana-to-workshop layer of the economy.
720 districts with this metric set.
| Rank | District | State | Metric (registrations) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pune | Maharashtra | 10,73,994 | 94,29,408 |
| #2 | Thane | Maharashtra | 7,25,434 | 1,10,60,148 |
| #3 | Bengaluru (Bangalore) Urban | Karnataka | 6,48,602 | 96,21,551 |
| #4 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 5,89,495 | 72,14,225 |
| #5 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 5,77,400 | 66,26,178 |
| #6 | Surat | Gujarat | 5,76,838 | 60,81,322 |
| #7 | Mumbai Suburban | Maharashtra | 5,10,406 | 93,56,962 |
| #8 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 4,41,364 | 46,46,732 |
| #9 | Mumbai City | Maharashtra | 3,96,471 | 30,85,411 |
| #10 | Nashik | Maharashtra | 3,77,932 | 61,07,187 |
| #11 | Nagpur | Maharashtra | 3,23,478 | 46,53,570 |
| #12 | Hyderabad | Telangana | 3,10,627 | 39,43,323 |
| #13 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 3,06,078 | 34,58,045 |
| #14 | Ahmednagar | Maharashtra | 2,83,934 | 45,43,159 |
| #15 | Kolhapur | Maharashtra | 2,83,390 | 38,76,001 |
| #16 | Aurangabad | Maharashtra | 2,83,063 | 37,01,282 |
| #17 | Ludhiana | Punjab | 2,81,279 | 34,98,739 |
| #18 | Rajkot | Gujarat | 2,75,078 | 38,04,558 |
| #19 | Solapur | Maharashtra | 2,68,228 | 43,17,756 |
| #20 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 2,64,788 | 32,76,697 |
| #21 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 2,59,250 | 45,89,838 |
| #22 | North 24 Parganas | West Bengal | 2,58,325 | 1,00,09,781 |
| #23 | Raigad | Maharashtra | 2,45,300 | 26,34,200 |
| #24 | Palghar | Maharashtra | 2,24,599 | 29,90,116 |
| #25 | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh | 2,21,701 | 46,81,645 |
| #26 | Salem | Tamil Nadu | 2,21,444 | 34,82,056 |
| #27 | Vadodara | Gujarat | 2,19,538 | 41,65,626 |
| #28 | Patna | Bihar | 2,17,584 | 58,38,465 |
| #29 | Rangareddy | Telangana | 2,16,297 | 52,96,741 |
| #30 | Gautam Buddha Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | 2,03,962 | 16,48,115 |
| #31 | Tiruppur | Tamil Nadu | 1,98,566 | 24,79,052 |
| #32 | North West Delhi | Delhi | 1,92,856 | 36,56,539 |
| #33 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan | 1,91,123 | 36,87,165 |
| #34 | Jalgaon | Maharashtra | 1,88,082 | 42,29,917 |
| #35 | Kolkata | West Bengal | 1,86,040 | 44,96,694 |
| #36 | Satara | Maharashtra | 1,84,394 | 30,03,741 |
| #37 | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 1,82,682 | 44,18,797 |
| #38 | South 24 Parganas | West Bengal | 1,80,036 | 81,61,961 |
| #39 | Kanpur Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | 1,78,351 | 45,81,268 |
| #40 | Medchal | Telangana | 1,77,431 | — |
| #41 | Madurai | Tamil Nadu | 1,77,218 | 30,38,252 |
| #42 | Belagavi (Belgaum) | Karnataka | 1,76,625 | 47,79,661 |
| #43 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 1,75,824 | 36,76,841 |
| #44 | Gurgaon | Haryana | 1,75,806 | 15,14,432 |
| #45 | Sangli | Maharashtra | 1,75,552 | 28,22,143 |
| #46 | Tiruvallur | Tamil Nadu | 1,69,154 | 37,28,104 |
| #47 | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | 1,57,113 | 34,43,689 |
| #48 | Jalandhar | Punjab | 1,54,470 | 21,93,590 |
| #49 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 1,54,189 | 23,71,061 |
| #50 | Khordha | Odisha | 1,53,003 | 22,51,673 |