As a country invested in improving women’s workforce participation, India’s cities play a pivotal role in the transformation. Cities can empower working women in several ways by implementing policies, creating supportive environments, and offering resources that enable women to thrive in the workforce.
Top Cities for Women in India is the only kind of study that addresses different inclusivity aspects of cities across two categories, offering insights into strengths and gaps and the effectiveness of policies while encouraging corporate accountability and attracting talent and investment.
Report
About the Report
The Top Cities for Women in India 2024 study creates a City Inclusion Score (CIS) for a list of pre-determined cities (chosen based on the role these cities play in the economic growth of the country). The CIS is a composite of the two pillars, namely:
- Social Inclusion Score (SIS) - Social Inclusion Score (SIS) - takes into account the external social environment of including how safe the city is for women, how many women of the city are employed, how good is the quality of life in the city with respect to education, health, housing, water and sanitation, mobility, recreation, etc.
- Industry Inclusion Score (IIS) - Industrial Inclusion Score (IIS) - an industrial/business concept and evaluates the extent to which organizations in the city across industries are inclusive of women.
Key Findings
Key Findings
The study covered 120 cities in the country to gauge their inclusivity and conduciveness to working women.
In the 2023 and 2022 study, we covered 113 and 111 cities, respectively.
Unlike the previous editions, this year, we combined the list into a comprehensive one, including both big and small cities.
| Rank | City | State |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Bengaluru |
Karnataka |
|
2 |
Chennai |
Tamil Nadu |
|
3 |
Mumbai |
Maharashtra |
|
4 |
Hyderabad |
Telangana |
|
5 |
Pune |
Maharashtra |
|
6 |
Kolkata |
West Bengal |
|
7 |
Ahmedabad |
Gujarat |
|
8 |
Delhi |
Delhi |
|
9 |
Gurugram |
Haryana |
|
10 |
Coimbatore |
Tamil Nadu |
|
11 |
Kochi |
Kerala |
|
12 |
Tiruchirappalli |
Tamil Nadu |
|
13 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Kerala |
|
14 |
Shimla |
Himachal Pradesh |
|
15 |
Vellore |
Tamil Nadu |
|
16 |
Jaipur |
Rajasthan |
|
17 |
Madurai |
Tamil Nadu |
|
18 |
Salem |
Tamil Nadu |
|
19 |
Erode |
Tamil Nadu |
|
20 |
Tiruppur |
Tamil Nadu |
|
21 |
Puducherry |
Puducherry |
|
22 |
Kozhikode |
Kerala |
|
23 |
Jammu |
Jammu & Kashmir |
|
24 |
Mangalore |
Karnataka |
|
25 |
Visakhapatnam |
Andhra Pradesh |
Previous edition
Second Edition:
In the second edition of the ‘Top Cities for Women in India’, we identified very critical indices to measure a city in terms of their ability to empower women’s careers. The framework is holistic and rests on pillars that cover safety, governmental policies for empowerment, density of women friendly organisations and industries to name a few. A total of 113 cities in India were analysed basis the study constructs and the ranking has emerged.
First Edition:
In the first edition of the ‘Top Cities for Women in India’, we identified very critical indices to measure a city in terms of their ability to empower women’s careers. The framework is holistic and rests on pillars that cover safety, governmental policies for empowerment, density of women friendly organisations and industries to name a few. A total of 111 cities in India were analysed basis the study constructs and the ranking has emerged.
