List of cleanest cities in India

City Rating under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan scheme

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The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India, annually publish National City Rating under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan scheme. The rating includes around 500 cities, covering 72 percent of the urban population in India.

Until 2017, India was divided into five zones for the purpose of this survey and each city was scored on 19 indicators. The cities were classified into four colours: green, blue, black, and red, green being the cleanest city, and red the most polluted. None of the cities was rated as green—the best category in the exercise. However, during the 2017-18 senses survey, the parameters of assessment were modified, and cities were categorised, based on population, into metropolis, large, medium, and small cities, and assessment took place according to this categorisation.[1]

The latest ranking of 2023 by the cleanliness survey Swachh Survekshan marks Indore as the cleanest city of India. Indore has held the title of being India's cleanest city for seven consecutive years.[2]

## Summary

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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs ranks cities based on cleanliness index. This list summarises the cities topping those lists annually.

Year  | First  | Runner up

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City  | State  | City  | State
2021  | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Surat | Gujarat
2020  | Metropolis  | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Surat | Gujarat
Big city  | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |  |
Medium city  | Mysore | Karnataka |  |
Small city  | Ambikapur | Chhattisgarh |  |
2019  | Metropolis  | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Ambikapur | Chhattisgarh
Big city  | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |  |
Medium city  | Ujjain | Madhya Pradesh | Mysore | Karnataka
Small city  | New Delhi (Municipal Council) | Delhi |  |
2018  | Metropolis  | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh
Big city  | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh |  |
Medium city  | Mysore | Karnataka |  |
Small city  | New Delhi (Municipal Council) | Delhi |  |
2017  | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh
2016  | Mysore | Karnataka | Chandigarh | Chandigarh Territory
2015  | Tiruchirapalli | Tamil Nadu
2010  | Chandigarh | Union Territory of Chandigarh | Mysore | Karnataka

## 2023

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Swachh Sarvekshan 2023

Top 20 cleanest cities in India

Swachh Sarvekshan

Rank

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1  | Indore | Madhya Pradesh
2  | Surat | Gujarat
3  | Navi Mumbai | Maharashtra
4  | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh
5  | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh
6  | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh
7  | New Delhi | Delhi
8  | Tirupati | Andhra Pradesh
9  | Hyderabad | Telangana
10  | Pune | Maharashtra
11  | Chandigarh | Chandigarh
12  | Raipur | Chhattisgarh
13  | Pimpri-Chinchwad | Maharashtra
14  | Noida | Uttar Pradesh
15  | Ahmedabad | Gujarat
16  | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh
17  | Guntur | Andhra Pradesh
18  | Baramati | Maharashtra
19  | Ujjain | Madhya Pradesh
20  | Mira-Bhayandar | Maharashtra
Source: Ministry of Urban Development[3]

## 2022

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Swachh Sarvekshan 2022

Top 20 cleanest cities in India over 1 million population

Swachh Sarvekshan

Rank

| City  | State/Union Territory

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1  | Indore | Madhya Pradesh
2  | Surat | Gujarat
3  | Navi Mumbai | Maharashtra
4  | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh
5  | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh
6  | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh
7  | Rajkot | Gujarat
8  | Ahmedabad | Gujarat
9  | Pune | Maharashtra
10  | Hyderabad | Telangana
11  | Raipur | Chhattisgarh
12  | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh
13  | Thane | Maharashtra
14  | Vadodara | Gujarat
15  | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh
16  | Prayagraj | Uttar Pradesh
17  | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh
18  | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh
19  | Pimpri-Chinchwad | Maharashtra
20  | Nashik | Maharashtra
Source: Ministry of Urban Development[4]

## 2021

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Top 10 cleanest cities in the Swachh Survekshan 2021 for over 1 million Population[5]

Swachh Sarvekshan
Rank | City | State/Union Territory

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1 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh
2 | Surat | Gujarat
3 | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh
4 | Navi Mumbai | Maharashtra
5 | Pune | Maharashtra
6 | Raipur | Chhattisgarh
7 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh
8 | Vadodara | Gujarat
9 | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh
10 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat
Source: Ministry of Urban Development[5]

## 2019-2020

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The results of the fifth edition of the nationwide annual cleanliness survey, 'Swachh Survekshan 2020,' are out and Madhya Pradesh's Indore has yet again made it as India's cleanest city. Gujarat's Surat emerged as India's second cleanest city, followed by Navi Mumbai which bagged the third spot in Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs' swachhta city survey report.[6][7][8]

Swachh Survekshan 2020 covered 4,242 cities, 62 cantonment boards and 92 Ganga towns. This survey was carried out in 28 days.[9]

List of Cleanest Cities in India 2020, are as follows:

Swachh Survekshan Rank  | City  | State/Union Territory

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1  | Indore | Madhya Pradesh
2  | Surat | Gujarat
3  | Navi Mumbai | Maharashtra
4  | Ambikapur | Chhattisgarh
5  | Mysore | Karnataka
6  | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh
7  | Ahmedabad | Gujarat
8  | New Delhi (NDMC) | Delhi
9  | Chandrapur | Maharashtra
10  | Khargone | Madhya Pradesh
Source: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.[10]

## 2017-2018

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The dimensions of assessment increased during the 2017–18 survey, identifying cities and states to excel in different aspects of environment, energy, and cleanliness.

## 2016–2017

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Swachh Survekshan 2017 was an extensive sanitation survey across 500 cities in India. The Ministry of Urban Development commissioned Quality Council of India to conduct this survey; to check the progress and impact of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched in 2014. It aims to foster a spirit of competition among the cities and offers a comprehensive assessment of their sanitation status.

The performance of each city was evaluated on five key thematic parameters-

* • Municipal solid waste - sweeping, collection and transportation
* • Municipal solid waste - processing and disposal of solid waste
* • Open defecation free/toilets
* • Capacity building and eLearning
* • Provision of public & community toilet seats
* • Information, education and communication, and behaviour change

Swachh Sarvekshan 2017 was conducted between 4 January 2017 and 7 February 2017.[11] The results of top 30 cities are as follows:

Swachh Sarvekshan
Rank | City | State/Union Territory

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1 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh
2 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh
3 | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh
4 | Surat | Gujarat
5 | Mysore | Karnataka
6 | Tiruchirapalli | Tamil Nadu
7 | New Delhi Municipal Council | Delhi
8 | Navi Mumbai | Maharashtra
9 | Tirupati | Andhra Pradesh
10 | Vadodara | Gujarat
11 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh
12 | Ujjain | Madhya Pradesh
13 | Pune | Maharashtra
14 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat
15 | Ambikapur | Chhattisgarh
16 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu
17 | Khargone | Madhya Pradesh
18 | Rajkot | Gujarat
19 | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh
20 | Gandhinagar | Gujarat
21 | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh
22 | Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation | Telangana
23 | Sagar | Madhya Pradesh
24 | Murwara | Madhya Pradesh
25 | Navsari | Gujarat
26 | Vapi | Gujarat
27 | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh
28 | Warangal | Telangana
29 | Mumbai | Maharashtra
30 | Suryapet | Telangana
Source: Ministry of Urban Development[12]

## 2015–2016

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The Union Ministry of Urban Development commissioned an extensive survey to study the progress of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Mission and to rank 73 cities on sanitation and cleanliness. The survey, the first for the Swachh Bharat Mission, was conducted by the Quality Council of India (QCI) and was named Swachh Sarvekshan. It covered all state capitals and another 53 cities with a population of above one million. It involved three streams of data collection - interaction with municipal body, direct observation and citizen feedback. Swachh Sarvekshan evaluated the work done in the following six measurable aspects of sanitation and hygiene:

* • Strategy for Open Defecation Free town (ODF) and Integrated Solid Waste Management (SWM)
* • Information, Education and Behaviour Change Communication (IEBC) activity
* • Sweeping, door to door collection and transportation (of solid waste)
* • Processing and disposal (of solid waste)
* • Provision of public & community toilet seats
* • Construction of household individual toilets

Swachh Sarvekshan 2016 was conducted between 5 January 2016 and 20 January 2016.[13] The Results, as per the latest available sources, are as follows:

Swachh Sarvekshan
Rank | City | State/Union Territory

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1 | Mysore | Karnataka
2 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh
3 | Tiruchirapalli | Tamil Nadu
4 | New Delhi | Delhi
5 | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh
6 | Surat | Gujarat
7 | Rajkot | Gujarat
8 | Gangtok | Sikkim
9 | Pimpri-Chinchwad | Maharashtra
10 | Mumbai | Maharashtra
11 | Pune | Maharashtra
12 | Navi Mumbai | Maharashtra
13 | Vadodara | Gujarat
14 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat
15 | Imphal | Manipur
16 | Panaji | Goa
17 | Thane | Maharashtra
18 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu
19 | Hyderabad | Telangana
20 | Nagpur | Maharashtra
21 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh
22 | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh
23 | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh
24 | Bhubaneshwar | Odisha
25 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh
26 | Madurai | Tamil Nadu
27 | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh
28 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh
29 | Jaipur | Rajasthan
30 | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh
31 | Nashik | Maharashtra
32 | Warangal | Telangana
33 | Agartala | Tripura
34 | Ludhiana | Punjab
35 | Vasai-Virar | Maharashtra
36 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu
37 | Gurgaon | Haryana
38 | Bengaluru | Karnataka
39 | SDMC | Delhi
40 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala
41 | Aizawl | Mizoram
42 | Gandhinagar | Gujarat
43 | NMCD[broken anchor] | Delhi
44 | Kozhikode | Kerala
45 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh
46 | Durg | Chhattisgarh
47 | Agra | Uttar Pradesh
48 | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir
49 | Amritsar | Punjab
50 | Guwahati | Assam
51 | Faridabad | Haryana
52 | EMCD[broken anchor] | Delhi
53 | Shillong | Meghalaya
54 | Hubli-Dharwad | Karnataka
55 | Kochi | Kerala
56 | Aurangabad | Maharashtra
57 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan
58 | Kota | Rajasthan
59 | Cuttack | Odisha
60 | Kohima | Nagaland
61 | Dehradun | Uttarakhand
62 | Ranchi | Jharkhand
63 | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh
64 | Kalyan-Dombivali | Maharashtra
65 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh
66 | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand
67 | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh
68 | Raipur | Chhattisgarh
69 | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh
70 | Patna | Bihar
71 | Itanagar | Arunachal Pradesh
72 | Asansol | West Bengal
73 | Dhanbad | Jharkhand
Source: Press Information Bureau and Ministry of Urban Development[14]

## 2014–2015

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Rank | City | State/Territory | Rating points (out of 20)

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1 | Mysore | Karnataka | 18.50
2 | Tiruchirapalli | Tamil Nadu | 14.25
3 | Navi Mumbai | Maharashtra | 14.18
4 | Kochi | Kerala | 14.07
5 | Hassan | Karnataka | 13.58
6 | Mandya | Karnataka | 13.52
7 | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 13.27
8 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | 12.98
9 | Halisahar | West Bengal | 12.75
10 | Gangtok | Sikkim | 12.68
Source: Ministry of Urban Development[15]

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) India, in 2015 it conducted a survey of the least polluted cities in India as well, ranked based on air quality. Among the least-polluted cities are Pathanamthitta, Mangalore, Wayanad, Hassan, and Palakkad. The table below shows the ranking of these cities as per the PM10 content in the air.[16][17]

Rank | City | State/Territory | PM10

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1 | Pathanamthitta | Kerala | 23
2 | Mangalore | Karnataka | 31
3 | Wayanad | Kerala | 33
4 | Hassan | Karnataka | 36
5 | Palakkad | Kerala | 36
Source: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) India[16]

## 2009–2010

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Rank | City | State/Territory | Rating points

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1 | Chandigarh | Union Territory of Chandigarh | 73.48
2 | Mysore | Karnataka | 70.65
3 | Surat | Gujarat | 69.08
4 | New Delhi | Delhi | 68.265
5 | Delhi Cantt. | Delhi | 61.367
6 | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 59.02
7 | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | 57.960
8 | Mangalore | Karnataka | 57.340
9 | Rajkot | Gujarat | 56.118
10 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 55.340
11 | Navi Mumbai | Maharashtra | 53.920
12 | Bangalore | Karnataka | 53.637
13 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 53.630
14 | Rourkela | Odisha | 53.400
15 | Mandya | Karnataka | 53.330
16 | Bidhannagar | West Bengal | 52.820
17 | Noida | Uttar Pradesh | 51.910
18 | Shillong | Meghalaya | 51.550
19 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 50.286
20 | Alandur | Tamil Nadu | 50.240
21 | Haridwar | Uttarakhand | 49.850
22 | Bidar | Karnataka | 49.820
23 | Achalpur | Maharashtra | 49.666
24 | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh | 49.060
25 | Kolkata | West Bengal | 48.965
Source: Ministry of Urban Development[18]

## See also

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* Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
* Central Pollution Control Board
* List of least polluted cities by particulate matter concentration

## References

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