India'sTop 10 Cities
Surat:
Surat takes the first place on the list and is ranked as India's best city to live in. It scored 1 on both - quality of life and quality of city systems. Known as the diamond capital of the world, Surat is a well-developed metropolis in Gujarat. It is one of the fastest growing cities of the world. It was also recently conferred with "Best Urban City of India" award. Surat gained prominence and recognition for being the '2nd Cleanest City in India' awarded by INTACH during 1995-1996, and was once again declared the '3rd Cleanest City' in India in 2011.
Pune:
Pune is the second best Indian city to live in. The city ranked 2nd in quality of life and sixth for quality of city systems. Pune is the ninth largest metropolis in India. These days, the city is known for its high educational facilities and relative prosperity. It is the cultural capital of Maharashtra and has also had manufacturing, glass, sugar, and forging industries since the 1950-60s. It has a growing industrial vicinity, with IT and automotive companies setting up factories. The cultural activities and job opportunities attract migrants and students from all over India and abroad
Ahmedabad:
Ahmedabad ranks third on the list. While the score for quality of life is 3, the quality of city systems is 2. Ahmedabad is the fifth largest city and seventh largest metropolitan area in the country. The city established itself as the home of a developing textile industry, and earned the nickname ‘Manchester of the East’. The Times of India had also chosen Ahmedabad as the best city to live in India.
Mumbai:
Mumbai is the fourth best city in India to live in. It scores 4 each, on quality of life and quality of city systems. It is the most populous Indian city, and the fourth most populous city in the world. It is also known to be the wealthiest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West or Central Asia. Business opportunities in Mumbai, as well as its potential to offer a higher standard of living, attracts migrants from all over India and also makes the city a melting pot of many cultures.
Chennai:
Chennai takes the fifth place on the list. It scores 5 and 3 respectively for quality of life and quality of city systems. It is a chief commercial, cultural, economic and educational center in South India and is also known as the "Cultural Capital of South India". Chennai was also declared as the most livable city in India by the Institute of Competitiveness.
It is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the country and its economy has a broad industrial base in the automobile, computer, technology, hardware manufacturing and healthcare sectors. The city is India's second largest exporter of information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) services as of 2012. It is also called "Detroit of India" as a major part of the country's automobile industry is based in and around the city. Further, Chennai has the 3rd largest Expatriate population in India after Mumbai and Delhi.
Kolkata:
Kolkata is the sixth best city to live in India. It scores 6 and 10 respectively on quality of life
and quality of city systems. It is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the country. Though Kolkata faces substantial urban pollution, traffic congestion, poverty, overpopulation, and other logistic and socioeconomic problems, it still fares well on the list
Jaipur:
Jaipur ranks seventh on the list. It scores 7 and 8 respectively, on quality of life and quality of city systems. The Pink City is also known to be an extremely popular tourist destination. Jaipur district is a centre for both traditional and modern industries and is famous as a large exporter of gold, diamond and stone jewellery in Asia. In 2008, it was ranked 31 among the 50 Emerging Global Outsourcing cities.
Hyderabad:
Hyderabad is the eighth best Indian city to live in. It has a score of 8 on quality of life and 5 on quality of city systems. Hyderabad is also known to be a tourist destination. The formation of IT Special Economic Zone (SEZ) by the state agencies attracted global and Indian companies to set up operations in the city. The emergence of pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries from the 1990s gave it the title of "India's pharmaceutical capital."
Bangalore:
Bangalore takes the ninth place on the list. The Silicon Valley of India scores 9 each on quality of life and quality of city systems. The city is well known as a hub for India's information technology sector. It is also among the top 10 preferred entrepreneurial locations in the world. With a GDP of $83 billion, Bangalore is listed 4th among the top 15 cities contributing to India's overall GDP.
New Delhi:
New Delhi round off the tenth place on the list. It scores 10 and 7 respectively on quality of life and quality of city systems. New Delhi is leading world’s top global cities with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and much more. Mercer named New Delhi as the most expensive city in India for expatriates in terms of cost of living.
