Best Places to Live in India: The Numbers

This post gives you the facts behind the best places to live in India. We take the Ease of Living scores for 2020, and give you a breakdown of how each of the top 111 cities in the country rank across four parameters, viz. Quality of Life, Economic Ability, Sustainability and Citizen Perception Survey score.

For a synopsis on each city, you can check this page here: Best Cities to Live in India.

Legend for Reference

• Quality of Life: QOL
• Economic Ability: EA
• Sustainability: SST
• Citizen Perception Survey: CPS
• Ease of Living (w/o CPS): EOL w/o CPS
• Ease of Living: EOL

City	QOL	QOL Rank	EA	EA Rank	SST	SST Rank	EOL (w/o CPS)	EOL (w/o CPS) Rank	CPS	CPS Rank	EOL	EOL Rank
Bengaluru	55.67	17	78.82	1	59.97	20	43.30	1	78.00	42	66.70	1
Pune	58.10	6	48.88	3	75.74	1	42.81	2	78.20	38	66.27	2
Ahmedabad	57.46	11	48.19	4	64.22	6	40.18	3	82.30	18	64.87	3
Chennai	60.84	2	34.16	7	57.05	36	37.83	4	82.60	15	62.61	4
Surat	57.96	8	30.29	11	62.41	11	37.31	5	81.40	21	61.73	5
Navi Mumbai	59.93	4	23.53	19	61.85	12	36.88	6	82.40	16	61.60	6
Shimla	53.05	44	23.39	20	69.16	3	35.91	10	83.30	13	60.90	7
Bhubaneswar	51.79	57	11.57	47	57.77	28	31.41	44	94.80	1	59.85	8
Coimbatore	60.33	3	32.48	9	48.25	87	35.63	11	80.30	26	59.72	9
Vadodara	58.10	7	24.06	18	57.22	34	35.39	13	79.50	30	59.24	10
Indore	59.86	5	15.09	29	61.62	13	35.54	12	76.80	49	58.58	11
Silvassa	55.06	22	12.54	37	46.16	96	30.38	53	93.50	2	58.43	12
Greater Mumbai	51.12	69	32.12	10	60.74	15	34.86	15	77.90	44	58.23	13
Thane	55.04	23	40.52	5	54.90	50	36.32	9	72.80	77	58.16	14
Kalyan Dombivali	57.80	10	19.89	22	56.11	43	34.43	17	77.60	45	57.71	15
Delhi	51.22	67	50.73	2	56.02	46	36.74	7	69.40	95	57.56	16
Ludhiana	56.00	15	26.25	15	55.24	48	34.59	16	75.90	56	57.36	17
Visakhapatnam	51.93	52	19.42	23	65.18	4	34.12	20	77.20	47	57.28	18
Pimpri Chinchwad	54.79	25	30.07	12	65.09	5	36.70	8	68.20	97	57.16	19
Kakinada	54.53	31	11.98	42	51.67	68	31.22	46	85.40	8	56.84	20
Solapur	51.79	58	4.02	91	56.04	45	29.94	62	88.80	4	56.58	21
Salem	52.93	46	9.20	58	62.93	10	32.49	32	79.70	28	56.40	22
Vellore	56.49	13	20.71	21	53.19	60	33.52	22	76.20	55	56.38	23
Raipur	54.74	28	11.73	46	63.77	8	33.67	21	75.30	61	56.26	24
Bhopal	57.92	9	14.01	31	51.68	67	32.71	28	78.50	36	56.26	25
Gandhinagar	55.02	24	15.12	28	51.99	63	31.92	38	81.10	24	56.25	26
Gurugram	53.30	42	32.50	8	57.34	33	35.00	14	70.00	93	56.00	27
Rajkot	51.86	53	13.52	33	59.55	22	32.09	36	79.50	31	55.94	28
Jaipur	47.66	91	10.49	54	57.07	35	29.67	68	87.10	5	55.80	29
Madurai	54.49	32	11.96	44	59.96	21	32.86	25	76.40	51	55.78	30
Jodhpur	52.99	45	25.08	16	51.60	69	32.63	29	76.90	48	55.70	31
Hyderabad	51.28	66	30.05	13	58.69	26	34.19	19	70.70	90	55.40	32
Nagpur	50.59	76	15.35	27	59.43	23	31.90	39	78.10	40	55.33	33
Davanagere	50.96	70	2.15	105	49.70	78	28.10	88	90.50	3	55.25	34
Tiruchirappalli	54.75	27	11.99	41	58.16	27	32.59	30	75.50	58	55.24	35
Agartala	47.87	90	3.17	101	60.25	17	29.28	73	86.40	7	55.20	36
Lucknow	51.30	65	10.05	55	54.81	51	30.43	52	82.40	17	55.15	37
Ajmer	50.23	78	12.29	39	53.31	58	30.08	58	82.70	14	54.89	38
Puducherry	52.53	47	8.01	63	50.71	71	29.73	67	83.50	12	54.78	39
Varanasi	55.50	18	5.49	80	57.51	32	31.75	41	76.40	52	54.67	40
Diu	55.73	16	11.30	50	55.74	47	32.35	33	74.30	68	54.64	41
Karnal	51.73	59	3.88	92	70.65	2	32.82	26	72.20	83	54.48	42
Panaji	62.42	1	8.90	59	48.15	89	32.81	27	72.10	84	54.44	43
Kanpur	51.33	64	10.93	52	52.33	62	30.07	59	81.20	23	54.43	44
Chandigarh	54.42	33	9.90	56	60.13	19	32.56	31	72.80	78	54.40	45
Ghaziabad	54.11	34	13.81	32	56.08	44	32.23	35	73.60	71	54.31	46
Tirunelveli	54.63	30	11.24	51	60.71	16	32.95	23	70.30	92	54.04	47
Tiruppur	51.40	63	39.12	6	51.70	66	34.20	18	66.10	106	54.03	48
Warangal	56.45	14	4.72	86	59.26	24	32.32	34	72.30	82	54.01	49
Mangalore	54.78	26	11.96	43	50.31	74	31.03	48	76.40	53	53.95	50
Thiruvananthapuram	54.74	29	7.92	64	57.52	31	31.85	40	73.60	72	53.93	51
Gwalior	51.43	62	5.97	78	64.17	7	31.73	42	73.30	74	53.72	52
Prayagraj	55.33	20	5.42	81	63.57	9	32.89	24	68.00	99	53.29	53
Karimnagar	52.50	49	4.48	87	53.68	54	29.78	65	78.30	37	53.27	54
Patna	47.02	94	24.61	17	49.32	83	30.01	60	77.50	46	53.26	55
Tumakuru	56.52	12	4.16	89	50.64	72	30.53	51	75.10	64	53.06	56
Aurangabad	55.50	19	13.39	35	50.38	73	31.51	43	71.30	87	52.90	57
Erode	47.97	89	12.50	38	56.28	42	29.92	63	76.50	50	52.87	58
Sagar	46.96	95	13.21	36	49.38	82	28.29	83	81.90	20	52.86	59
Shivamogga	50.69	73	3.20	99	50.16	76	28.26	87	82.00	19	52.86	60
Agra	45.72	98	7.91	65	56.52	40	28.49	82	80.30	27	52.58	61
Jammu	54.05	36	7.47	66	41.20	106	28.28	84	80.70	25	52.49	62
Bihar Sharif	48.71	86	0.58	110	59.14	25	28.96	76	78.20	39	52.42	63
Dehradun	49.81	80	6.65	73	56.93	38	29.82	64	75.30	62	52.41	64
Meerut	48.98	85	7.25	67	51.98	64	28.62	81	79.30	32	52.41	65
Bhagalpur	49.02	83	0.67	109	48.22	88	26.90	95	84.30	10	52.19	66
Jalandhar	50.60	75	13.48	34	50.19	75	29.77	66	74.70	65	52.18	67
Thanjavur	53.40	40	3.45	94	45.32	98	28.27	86	79.70	29	52.18	68
Ujjain	50.91	71	5.27	82	57.66	29	30.14	55	73.00	76	52.04	69
Jhansi	45.35	101	2.46	104	60.20	18	28.28	85	78.10	41	51.71	70
Shillong	43.54	104	4.74	85	56.53	39	27.26	92	81.30	22	51.65	71
Kavaratti	50.63	74	3.27	98	53.58	56	28.93	77	75.50	59	51.58	72
Dharamshala	53.58	38	2.55	103	60.77	14	31.29	45	67.40	101	51.51	73
Moradabad	48.63	87	6.06	76	49.45	81	27.82	90	78.70	35	51.43	74
Kochi	47.39	93	28.41	14	45.69	97	29.99	61	71.40	86	51.41	75
Hubli Dharwad	52.53	48	6.58	74	53.61	55	30.09	57	71.00	88	51.39	76
Nashik	53.29	43	17.25	24	53.94	52	32.03	37	64.20	110	51.29	77
Vasai Virar	51.84	55	10.89	53	48.53	85	29.48	71	72.60	80	51.26	78
Faridabad	45.57	99	14.10	30	53.17	61	28.70	80	75.20	63	51.26	79
Rae Bareli	49.57	81	3.18	100	41.54	105	26.13	102	83.60	11	51.21	80
Gangtok	52.14	51	16.36	25	40.50	109	28.80	79	74.60	66	51.18	81
Port Blair	55.14	21	5.09	83	47.77	90	29.62	69	71.70	85	51.13	82
Thoothukudi	48.13	88	12.09	40	53.57	57	29.37	72	72.50	81	51.12	83
Saharanpur	49.02	84	11.88	45	49.48	80	28.83	78	73.60	73	50.91	84
Amravati	53.31	41	3.39	95	55.12	49	30.19	54	67.30	104	50.38	85
Vijayawada	50.40	77	11.57	48	53.78	53	30.13	56	67.40	102	50.35	86
Tirupati	54.07	35	11.46	49	51.96	65	31.04	47	64.30	109	50.33	87
Ranchi	51.86	54	6.88	72	49.59	79	29.10	74	70.70	91	50.31	88
Belagavi	52.48	50	7.21	69	56.36	41	30.72	50	65.20	108	50.28	89
Udaipur	53.83	37	6.88	71	48.71	84	29.61	70	68.80	96	50.25	90
Jabalpur	50.75	72	4.41	88	53.31	59	29.09	75	69.50	94	49.94	91
Kohima	50.06	79	0.55	111	46.87	94	26.98	94	76.30	54	49.87	92
Imphal	45.01	102	1.14	108	38.38	111	23.60	108	86.80	6	49.64	93
Kota	46.42	96	6.03	77	44.87	100	26.12	103	78.00	43	49.52	94
Dahod	53.55	39	3.33	97	39.34	110	27.11	93	74.30	69	49.40	95
Amritsar	51.50	61	9.46	57	57.05	37	30.85	49	61.70	111	49.36	96
Bilaspur	37.24	109	7.16	70	47.46	92	23.60	109	85.30	9	49.19	97
Itanagar	51.19	68	1.39	107	40.95	107	26.31	99	75.50	60	48.96	98
Rourkela	42.90	105	8.09	62	49.76	77	26.18	101	75.70	57	48.89	99
Pasighat	51.71	60	4.14	90	40.51	108	26.82	96	73.20	75	48.78	100
Guwahati	43.65	103	8.63	60	48.31	86	26.23	100	74.30	70	48.52	101
Dindigul	49.55	82	7.23	68	47.41	93	27.91	89	68.10	98	48.34	102
Aizawl	41.03	108	8.41	61	44.51	101	24.52	106	78.80	34	48.16	103
Bareilly	45.48	100	4.98	84	43.75	103	25.41	104	74.40	67	47.73	104
Aligarh	51.81	56	3.77	93	43.28	104	27.35	91	66.00	107	47.15	105
Dhanbad	34.71	110	6.42	75	50.90	70	23.29	110	78.90	33	46.96	106
Rampur	47.50	92	3.37	96	47.64	91	26.66	97	67.40	103	46.88	107
Namchi	42.03	106	15.69	26	46.80	95	26.42	98	66.80	105	46.46	108
Satna	41.28	107	5.81	79	45.21	99	24.36	107	70.80	89	45.60	109
Muzaffarpur	45.87	97	1.85	106	44.31	102	25.19	105	67.80	100	45.53	110
Srinagar	26.06	111	3.09	102	57.61	30	21.11	111	72.80	79	42.95	111