The List of the Riverside Cities in India
The river always plays an important role in the evolution of civilization. The river supplies the water for the growth of animals, plants, and humans. Water is necessary for the development of cities. Therefore, all the major cities in India are situated near the banks of the river.
The list of the Indian cities on the river banks is referred to the table below.
| CITY | RIVER | STATES |
| Rajahmundry | Godavari | Andhra Pradesh |
| Vijayawada | Krishna | Andhra Pradesh |
| Guntur | Krishna | Andhra Pradesh |
| Amaravati | Krishna | Andhra Pradesh |
| Kurnool | Tungabhadra | Andhra Pradesh |
| Hindupur | Pennar | Andhra Pradesh |
| Tadipatri | Pennar | Andhra Pradesh |
| Nellore | Pennar | Andhra Pradesh |
| Dibrugarh | Brahmaputra | Assam |
| Guwahati | Brahmaputra | Assam |
| Gaya | Falgu or Phalgu | Bihar |
| Bhagalpur | Ganga | Bihar |
| Patna | Ganga | Bihar |
| Hajipur | Ganga | Bihar |
| Katihar | Ganga | Bihar |
| Munger | Ganga | Bihar |
| Jamalpur | Ganga | Bihar |
| Buxar | Ganga | Bihar |
| Purnia | Koshi | Bihar |
| Darbhanga | Bagmati River | Bihar |
| Muzaffarpur | Burhi Gandak River | Bihar |
| Chhapra | Junction of Ghaghara and Ganga River | Bihar |
| New Delhi | Yamuna | Delhi (U.T.) |
| Daman | Daman Ganga | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (U.T.) |
| Panaji | Mandovi | Goa |
| Ahmedabad | Sabarmati | Gujarat |
| Vadodara | Vishwamitri | Gujarat |
| Bharuch | Narmada | Gujarat |
| Rajkot | Aji | Gujarat |
| Surat | Tapi or Tapti | Gujarat |
| Jammu | Tawi | Jammu & Kashmir (U.T.) |
| Srinagar | Jhelum | Jammu & Kashmir (U.T.) |
| Jamshedpur | Confluence of Subarnarekha and Kharkai | Jharkhand |
| Dhanbad | Damodar | Jharkhand |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Karamana | Kerala |
| Kochi | Periyar River | Kerala |
| Elamkulam | Bharathappuzha | Kerala |
| Malappuram | Kadalundipuzha | Kerala |
| Bangalore | Vrishabhavathi River and Ponnaiyar River | Karnataka |
| Mangalore | Netravati River and Gurupura River | Karnataka |
| Shimoga | Tunga | Karnataka |
| Bhadravathi | Bhadra | Karnataka |
| Hospet | Tungabhadra | Karnataka |
| Karwar | Kali | Karnataka |
| Bagalkot | Ghataprabha | Karnataka |
| Mysore | Kaveri (or Cauvery) | Karnataka |
| Leh | Indus | Ladakh (U.T.) |
| Jabalpur | Narmada | Madhya Pradesh |
| Gwaliar | Chambal | Madhya Pradesh |
| Ujjain | Shipra | Madhya Pradesh |
| Pandharpur | Bhima | Maharashtra |
| Bhusawal | Tapi (or Tapti) | Maharashtra |
| Kolhapur | Panchaganga | Maharashtra |
| Malegaon | Confluence of Girna and Mausam rivers | Maharashtra |
| Pune | Confluence of Mula and Mutha rivers | Maharashtra |
| Karjat | Ulhas | Maharashtra |
| Nashik | Godavari | Maharashtra |
| Sangli | Krishna | Maharashtra |
| Nagpur | Nag | Maharashtra |
| Cuttack | Mahanadi | Odisha |
| Sambalpur | Mahanadi | Odisha |
| Rourkela | Brahmani | Odisha |
| Chhatrapur | Rushikula | Odisha |
| Ferozpur | Sutlej | Punjab |
| Ludhiana | Sutlej | Punjab |
| Kota | Chambal | Rajasthan |
| Dholpur | Chambal | Rajasthan |
| Ajmer | Luni | Rajasthan |
| Rangpo | Teesta | Sikkim |
| Thiruchirapalli | Kaveri (or Cauvery) | Tamil Nadu |
| Madurai | Vaigai | Tamil Nadu |
| Chennai | Cooum and Adyar | Tamil Nadu |
| Coimbatore | Noyyal | Tamil Nadu |
| Erode | Kaveri | Tamil Nadu |
| Kanchipuram | Palar and Vegavathi | Tamil Nadu |
| Thanjavur | Vennaaru and Vadavaaru | Tamil Nadu |
| Vellore | Palar | Tamil Nadu |
| Hyderabad | Musi | Telangana |
| Ramagundam | Godavari | Telangana |
| Agra | Yamuna | Uttar Pradesh |
| Mathura | Yamuna | Uttar Pradesh |
| Auraiya | Yamuna | Uttar Pradesh |
| Etawah | Yamuna | Uttar Pradesh |
| Fatehgarh | Ganga | Uttar Pradesh |
| Kannauj | Ganga | Uttar Pradesh |
| Farrukhabad | Ganga | Uttar Pradesh |
| Chakeri | Ganga | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shuklaganj | Ganga | Uttar Pradesh |
| Gorakhpur | Rapti | Uttar Pradesh |
| Lucknow | Gomti | Uttar Pradesh |
| Jaunpur | Gomti | Uttar Pradesh |
| Jhansi | Pahuj River | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ayodhya | Sarayu | Uttar Pradesh |
| Prayagraj | Confluence of Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati | Uttar Pradesh |
| Varanasi | Ganga | Uttar Pradesh |
| Kanpur | Ganga | Uttar Pradesh |
| Badrinath | Alaknanda | Uttarakhand |
| Haridwar | Ganga | Uttarakhand |
| Devprayag | Confluence of Bhagirathi and Alaknanda River | Uttarakhand |
| KolKata | Hooghly (or Hugli) | West Bengal |
| Durgapur | Damodar | West Bengal |
| Asansol | Damodar | West Bengal |
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