MSMEs registered
Total MSMEs registered on the Udyam portal (M/o MSME, cumulative to date). The closest thing India has to a live register of formal small-business activity per district.
720 districts with this metric set.
| Rank | District | State | Metric (registrations) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pune | Maharashtra | 10,86,885 | 94,29,408 |
| #2 | Thane | Maharashtra | 7,34,608 | 1,10,60,148 |
| #3 | Bengaluru (Bangalore) Urban | Karnataka | 6,64,069 | 96,21,551 |
| #4 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 6,03,761 | 72,14,225 |
| #5 | Surat | Gujarat | 5,88,856 | 60,81,322 |
| #6 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 5,85,477 | 66,26,178 |
| #7 | Mumbai Suburban | Maharashtra | 5,20,351 | 93,56,962 |
| #8 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 4,51,575 | 46,46,732 |
| #9 | Mumbai City | Maharashtra | 4,12,015 | 30,85,411 |
| #10 | Nashik | Maharashtra | 3,81,769 | 61,07,187 |
| #11 | Nagpur | Maharashtra | 3,27,633 | 46,53,570 |
| #12 | Hyderabad | Telangana | 3,19,552 | 39,43,323 |
| #13 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 3,11,048 | 34,58,045 |
| #14 | Ludhiana | Punjab | 2,87,543 | 34,98,739 |
| #15 | Kolhapur | Maharashtra | 2,86,012 | 38,76,001 |
| #16 | Ahmednagar | Maharashtra | 2,86,002 | 45,43,159 |
| #17 | Aurangabad | Maharashtra | 2,85,325 | 37,01,282 |
| #18 | Rajkot | Gujarat | 2,80,662 | 38,04,558 |
| #19 | Solapur | Maharashtra | 2,69,881 | 43,17,756 |
| #20 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 2,69,575 | 32,76,697 |
| #21 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 2,62,606 | 45,89,838 |
| #22 | North 24 Parganas | West Bengal | 2,60,562 | 1,00,09,781 |
| #23 | Raigad | Maharashtra | 2,47,144 | 26,34,200 |
| #24 | Palghar | Maharashtra | 2,26,440 | 29,90,116 |
| #25 | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh | 2,25,397 | 46,81,645 |
| #26 | Salem | Tamil Nadu | 2,23,395 | 34,82,056 |
| #27 | Vadodara | Gujarat | 2,23,028 | 41,65,626 |
| #28 | Patna | Bihar | 2,20,102 | 58,38,465 |
| #29 | Rangareddy | Telangana | 2,19,689 | 52,96,741 |
| #30 | Gautam Buddha Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | 2,08,448 | 16,48,115 |
| #31 | Tiruppur | Tamil Nadu | 2,02,160 | 24,79,052 |
| #32 | North West Delhi | Delhi | 1,98,877 | 36,56,539 |
| #33 | Kolkata | West Bengal | 1,95,710 | 44,96,694 |
| #34 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan | 1,93,600 | 36,87,165 |
| #35 | Jalgaon | Maharashtra | 1,89,465 | 42,29,917 |
| #36 | Satara | Maharashtra | 1,85,420 | 30,03,741 |
| #37 | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 1,84,695 | 44,18,797 |
| #38 | Kanpur Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | 1,81,331 | 45,81,268 |
| #39 | South 24 Parganas | West Bengal | 1,81,177 | 81,61,961 |
| #40 | Gurgaon | Haryana | 1,81,073 | 15,14,432 |
| #41 | Medchal | Telangana | 1,80,543 | — |
| #42 | Madurai | Tamil Nadu | 1,78,780 | 30,38,252 |
| #43 | Belagavi (Belgaum) | Karnataka | 1,77,837 | 47,79,661 |
| #44 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 1,77,382 | 36,76,841 |
| #45 | Sangli | Maharashtra | 1,76,923 | 28,22,143 |
| #46 | Tiruvallur | Tamil Nadu | 1,71,129 | 37,28,104 |
| #47 | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | 1,58,561 | 34,43,689 |
| #48 | Jalandhar | Punjab | 1,56,104 | 21,93,590 |
| #49 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 1,56,004 | 23,71,061 |
| #50 | Khordha | Odisha | 1,55,119 | 22,51,673 |