Stadiums in India: Quick Answer
The largest stadium in India is the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with a capacity of 132,000 — the world's largest cricket stadium. The largest football stadium in India is Salt Lake Stadium (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan) in Kolkata, at 85,000. The oldest active cricket stadium in India is Eden Gardens, Kolkata, established in 1864. The world's largest all-seater hockey stadium is the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, Odisha, with 21,800 seats (Guinness World Records). The biggest upcoming venue is the Anil Agarwal International Cricket Stadium in Jaipur, planned at 75,000 and under construction. This note lists 89 stadiums — cricket, football, hockey and indoor — state-wise, as of 7 November 2026.
🔥 Key Exam Takeaway: Largest cricket stadium in the world = Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (132,000; renamed 24 Feb 2021). Largest football stadium in India = Salt Lake, Kolkata (85,000). Oldest active cricket stadium = Eden Gardens (1864). Largest hockey stadium = Birsa Munda, Rourkela (21,800, Guinness). Top-5 capacity ladder: 132,000 → 85,000 → 68,000 → 65,000 → 60,000. Renames: Feroz Shah Kotla → Arun Jaitley Stadium; Motera / Sardar Patel Stadium → Narendra Modi Stadium.
How to Read Stadium Capacities
Every capacity in this note is approximate. Capacities change with renovation, safety norms and event configuration, and the same stadium appears with different figures across sources — even within a single competitor's own tables. Where sources conflict, this note gives the convergent figure — the one that PracticeMock's top-10 list and GKToday agree on — and footnotes the variant underneath the table. Never memorise a capacity to the last seat: exams ask for the rounded headline figure, the rank, or the city, not 33,108 versus 33,100.
Two traps follow from this. First, Salt Lake Stadium is the largest football stadium in India, not the largest stadium overall — the Narendra Modi Stadium (132,000) is much larger, and some competitor pages wrongly call Salt Lake the biggest stadium in India. Second, the Narendra Modi Stadium is the largest cricket stadium in the world; this note does not call it the largest stadium in the world without qualification, because other venues (such as North Korea's Rungrado May Day Stadium) are cited with larger figures in some rankings.
Largest Stadiums in India by Capacity (Top 10 Band)
The top 10 by capacity is a band with ties, not a strict 1–10 ladder. Four venues tie at 50,000, so twelve venues fill the top ten ranks.
| Rank | Stadium | City, State | Sport | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narendra Modi Stadium | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Cricket | 132,000 |
| 2 | Salt Lake Stadium (VYBK) | Kolkata, West Bengal | Football | 85,000 |
| 3 | Eden Gardens | Kolkata, West Bengal | Cricket | 68,000 |
| 4 | Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium | Raipur (Naya Raipur), Chhattisgarh | Cricket | 65,000 |
| 5= | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | New Delhi, Delhi | Football / Athletics | 60,000 |
| 5= | Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium (Kaloor) | Kochi, Kerala | Football / Cricket | 60,000 |
| 7= | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium | Hyderabad, Telangana | Cricket | 55,000 |
| 7= | DY Patil Stadium | Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra | Cricket / Football | 55,000 |
| 9= | Greenfield International Stadium | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | Cricket / Football | 50,000 |
| 9= | Ekana Cricket Stadium | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Cricket | 50,000 |
| 9= | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk) | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Cricket | 50,000 |
| 9= | JSCA International Stadium Complex | Ranchi, Jharkhand | Cricket | 50,000 |
Kolkata owns two of the top three venues (Salt Lake at 85,000 and Eden Gardens at 68,000) — the only city with two top-3 stadiums. Gujarat owns the biggest (132,000), and Kerala has two 50,000-plus venues (Greenfield and EMS Stadium, Kozhikode).
Latest: Upcoming Stadiums
| Stadium | City, State | Status | Planned capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anil Agarwal International Cricket Stadium | Chonp, Jaipur, Rajasthan | Under construction (delayed as of September 2026); foundation stone laid 5 February 2022 | 75,000 (two phases: 40,000 + 35,000) |
The Anil Agarwal Stadium is being built on 100 acres at Chonp village on the Jaipur–Delhi bypass, under an agreement between Hindustan Zinc Ltd (Vedanta) and the Rajasthan Cricket Association. The foundation stone was laid on 5 February 2022 by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and then BCCI President Sourav Ganguly. When complete it would be India's second-largest cricket stadium and the world's third-largest. No completion year is given in this note: reports disagree, and the venue was reported delayed as of September 2026. No cost figure is given either, because sources disagree on it.
Stadiums in India: Complete List (89 Stadiums)
One table, four sports. Capacities are approximate (see the capacity notes below the table). Multi-sport venues appear once, with both sports listed. Two venues are deliberately left out: Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi, because sources give two different capacities (35,000 and 25,000) and neither is verified; and a "Birsa Munda Football Stadium, Ranchi" listing, which is single-source and unverified.
| Stadium | City | State / UT | Sport | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narendra Modi Stadium | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | Cricket | 132,000 |
| Eden Gardens | Kolkata | West Bengal | Cricket | 68,000 |
| Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | Cricket | 65,000 |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana | Cricket | 55,000 |
| DY Patil Stadium | Navi Mumbai | Maharashtra | Cricket / Football | 55,000 |
| Greenfield International Stadium | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | Cricket / Football | 50,000 |
| Ekana Cricket Stadium | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | Cricket | 50,000 |
| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk) | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Cricket | 50,000 |
| JSCA International Stadium Complex | Ranchi | Jharkhand | Cricket | 50,000 |
| Barsapara Cricket Stadium (ACA Stadium) | Guwahati | Assam | Cricket | 46,000 |
| Barabati Stadium | Cuttack | Odisha | Cricket | 45,000 |
| Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | Nagpur | Maharashtra | Cricket | 45,000 |
| Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium | Gahunje (Pune) | Maharashtra | Cricket | 42,700 |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka | Cricket | 40,000 |
| Green Park Stadium | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | Cricket | 39,000 |
| Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium | Mullanpur | Punjab | Cricket | 38,000 |
| Arun Jaitley Stadium (ex-Feroz Shah Kotla) | New Delhi | Delhi | Cricket | 35,200 |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Cricket | 33,100 |
| Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | Rajasthan | Cricket | 30,000 |
| Holkar Cricket Stadium | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Cricket | 30,000 |
| Maharaja Bir Bikram Stadium | Agartala | Tripura | Cricket | 30,000 |
| Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium | Rajkot | Gujarat | Cricket | 28,000 |
| PCA IS Bindra Stadium | Mohali | Punjab | Cricket | 26,000 |
| Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | Cricket | 25,000 |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium | Dehradun | Uttarakhand | Cricket | 25,000 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Pune | Maharashtra | Cricket | 25,000 |
| HPCA Stadium | Dharamshala | Himachal Pradesh | Cricket | 21,200 |
| Brabourne Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Cricket | 20,000 |
| Veer Surendra Sai Stadium | Sambalpur | Odisha | Cricket | 20,000 |
| Captain Roop Singh Stadium | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | Cricket | 18,000 |
| Salt Lake Stadium (VYBK) | Kolkata | West Bengal | Football | 85,000 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | New Delhi | Delhi | Football / Athletics | 60,000 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium (Kaloor) | Kochi | Kerala | Football / Cricket | 60,000 |
| EMS Stadium | Kozhikode | Kerala | Football | 50,000 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Football | 40,000 |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | Kollam | Kerala | Football | 40,000 |
| Mangala Stadium | Mangaluru | Karnataka | Football | 40,000 |
| Kanchenjunga Stadium | Siliguri | West Bengal | Football | 40,000 |
| JRD Tata Sports Complex | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | Football | 40,000 |
| East Bengal Ground | Kolkata | West Bengal | Football | 40,000 |
| Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | Imphal | Manipur | Football | 35,285 |
| Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium | Guwahati | Assam | Football / Athletics | 32,844 |
| Paljor Stadium | Gangtok | Sikkim | Football | 30,000 |
| Baichung Stadium | Namchi | Sikkim | Football | 30,000 |
| Sree Kanteerava Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka | Football | 25,000 |
| Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | Football | 25,000 |
| Indira Gandhi Stadium | Kohima | Nagaland | Football | 20,000 |
| Kalyani Stadium | Kalyani | West Bengal | Football | 20,000 |
| The Arena by TransStadia | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | Football | 20,000 |
| Mumbai Football Arena | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Football | 18,000 |
| Guru Nanak Stadium | Ludhiana | Punjab | Football | 15,000 |
| Kishore Bharati Krirangan | Kolkata | West Bengal | Football | 12,000 |
| Duler Stadium | Mapusa | Goa | Football | 10,000 |
| Cooperage Football Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Football | 5,000 |
| Chandigarh Hockey Stadium | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Hockey | 30,000 |
| Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium | Rourkela | Odisha | Hockey | 21,800 |
| Master Chandgiram Sports Stadium | Saifai | Uttar Pradesh | Hockey | 20,000 |
| Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium | New Delhi | Delhi | Hockey | 16,200 |
| Kalinga Hockey Stadium | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | Hockey | 16,000 |
| Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium | Rourkela | Odisha | Hockey | 15,000 |
| Rajnandgaon International Hockey Stadium | Rajnandgaon | Chhattisgarh | Hockey | 15,000 |
| Mohali International Hockey Stadium | Mohali | Punjab | Hockey | 13,648 |
| Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex | Pune | Maharashtra | Hockey | 11,900 |
| Aishbagh Stadium | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | Hockey | 10,000 |
| Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | Hockey | 10,000 |
| Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium | Ferozepur | Punjab | Hockey | 10,000 |
| Trichy Hockey Ground | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | Hockey | 10,000 |
| Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Hockey | 8,670 |
| Mahindra Hockey Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Hockey | 8,250 |
| Khuman Lampak Hockey Stadium | Imphal | Manipur | Hockey | 8,000 |
| G. M. C. Balayogi Hockey Ground | Hyderabad | Telangana | Hockey | 8,000 |
| Surjit Hockey Stadium | Jalandhar | Punjab | Hockey | 7,000 |
| Bangalore Hockey Stadium | Bengaluru | Karnataka | Hockey | 7,000 |
| Shivaji Hockey Stadium | New Delhi | Delhi | Hockey | 5,500 |
| Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium | Ranchi | Jharkhand | Hockey | 5,000 |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Hockey Stadium | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | Hockey | 4,000 |
| Kollam International Hockey Stadium | Kollam | Kerala | Hockey | 3,000 |
| Indira Gandhi Arena | New Delhi | Delhi | Indoor | 14,348 |
| Netaji Indoor Stadium | Kolkata | West Bengal | Indoor | 12,000 |
| Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium | Kochi | Kerala | Indoor | 10,000 |
| Abhay Prashal Indoor Stadium | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Indoor | 10,000 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | Indoor | 8,000 |
| Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium | Surat | Gujarat | Indoor | 6,832 |
| Thyagaraj Sports Complex | New Delhi | Delhi | Indoor | 5,694 |
| Vivekananda Nagar Indoor Sports Complex | Nagpur | Maharashtra | Indoor | 5,000 |
| Gachibowli Indoor Stadium | Hyderabad | Telangana | Indoor | 5,000 |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium | Mumbai | Maharashtra | Indoor | 5,000 |
| Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium | Taleigao | Goa | Indoor | 4,000 |
| Talkatora Indoor Stadium | New Delhi | Delhi | Indoor | 3,035 |
Capacity notes — where sources disagree
- Eden Gardens: 68,000 (some listings say 66,000).
- Rajiv Gandhi International, Hyderabad: 55,000 (one table says 39,200).
- DY Patil: 55,000 (one football table says 45,300).
- Greenfield: 50,000 (its top-10 listing says 55,000).
- M. A. Chidambaram (Chepauk): 50,000 (one table says 38,200, the reduced post-renovation figure).
- M. Chinnaswamy: 40,000 (one table says 33,800).
- Sawai Mansingh: 30,000 (one table says 23,185).
- Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune: 42,700 (one table says 37,406).
- Brabourne: 20,000 (one table wrongly says 50,000).
- JLN Stadium, Kochi: 60,000 (one football table says 41,000, the post-renovation seating figure).
- JLN Stadium, Delhi: 60,000 (one football table says 60,254).
- Ekana: 50,000 (one table says 50,100). Wankhede: 33,100 (one table says 33,108) — not 45,000, a figure from a viral infographic that was disputed in its own comments.
One Anchor Venue per State / UT
For quick revision, one anchor venue per state or union territory:
| State / UT | Anchor venue |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam |
| Assam | Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati |
| Bihar | Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna |
| Chandigarh | Sector 16 Stadium |
| Chhattisgarh | Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur |
| Delhi | Arun Jaitley Stadium / Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium / Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium |
| Goa | Duler Stadium, Mapusa |
| Gujarat | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Himachal Pradesh | HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi |
| Karnataka | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Kerala | Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Madhya Pradesh | Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore |
| Manipur | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, Imphal |
| Maharashtra | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Odisha | Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
| Nagaland | Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima |
| Punjab | PCA IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali |
| Sikkim | Paljor Stadium, Gangtok |
| Rajasthan | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| Tamil Nadu | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai |
| Tripura | Maharaja Bir Bikram Stadium, Agartala |
| Telangana | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow |
| Uttarakhand | Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun |
| West Bengal | Eden Gardens / Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata |
Stadiums in India: Records and Unique Facts
| Record | Answer |
|---|---|
| Largest cricket stadium in the world | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (132,000) |
| Largest football stadium in India | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata (85,000) |
| Oldest active cricket stadium in India | Eden Gardens, Kolkata (est. 1864) |
| Second-largest operational cricket stadium in India | Eden Gardens (68,000) |
| Largest all-seater hockey stadium in the world | Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela (21,800, Guinness) |
| Stadium that hosted the 2023 ODI World Cup final | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Stadium that hosted the FIFA U-17 World Cup final | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata |
| Stadium that hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi |
| Newest international venue in Punjab | Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur (38,000) |
| International hockey hub | Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar |
One-line facts that are asked in exams
- Narendra Modi Stadium: built 2015–2020 on the old Motera site; opened February 2020; renamed on 24 February 2021, when President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated it; formerly Sardar Patel Stadium / Motera Stadium. It overtook the Melbourne Cricket Ground (100,024) as the world's largest cricket stadium.
- Salt Lake Stadium: full name Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK); hosted the FIFA U-17 World Cup final.
- Eden Gardens: established 1864; the oldest active cricket stadium in India, but only third by capacity.
- Birsa Munda, Rourkela: 21,800 permanent seats — do not confuse it with the 5,000-seat Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Ranchi.
- PCA Stadium is in Mohali, not Chandigarh — a classic trap.
- Arun Jaitley Stadium was Feroz Shah Kotla before the rename — another classic trap.
- Kalinga Stadium is in Bhubaneswar, Odisha; Greenfield International Stadium is in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala — not to be confused with Green Park, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
- Two Jawaharlal Nehru Stadiums: Delhi (60,000, football/athletics) and Kochi/Kaloor (football/cricket) — plus Chennai (40,000) and Pune (25,000, cricket). Always give the city.
- Two Rajiv Gandhi International Stadiums: Hyderabad (cricket, 55,000) and Dehradun (cricket, 25,000). Always give the city.
Common Mistakes in Stadium Questions
- Salt Lake (85,000) is the largest football stadium, NOT the largest stadium overall — Narendra Modi Stadium (132,000) is larger.
- Eden Gardens is the oldest active cricket stadium (1864), not the largest — it is third by capacity (68,000).
- Feroz Shah Kotla = Arun Jaitley Stadium (renamed); Motera / Sardar Patel Stadium = Narendra Modi Stadium (renamed 24 Feb 2021).
- PCA Stadium is in Mohali, not Chandigarh.
- Two "Birsa Munda" stadiums: Rourkela hockey (21,800, Guinness record) vs Ranchi hockey (5,000) — different cities, different capacities.
- Two "Jawaharlal Nehru Stadiums": Delhi (60,000, football/athletics) and Kochi/Kaloor (football/cricket) — plus a Chennai JLN (40,000) and a Pune JLN (25,000, cricket). Always give the city.
- Two "Rajiv Gandhi International Stadiums": Hyderabad (cricket, 55,000) and Dehradun (cricket, 25,000) — always give the city.
- Kalinga Stadium is in Bhubaneswar, Odisha — not to be confused with any other Kalinga venue.
- Greenfield International Stadium is in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala — not to be confused with Green Park, Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh).
- Capacities are approximate and configuration-dependent — the same stadium appears with different figures across sources, so learn the convergent headline figure and the footnote, not a false precision.
How to Remember Stadiums in India (Study Method)
- Learn the top-5 capacity ladder: 132,000 (Ahmedabad) → 85,000 (Salt Lake) → 68,000 (Eden) → 65,000 (Raipur) → 60,000 (JLN Delhi). "132-85-68-65-60".
- Learn that Kolkata owns #2 and #3 (Salt Lake 85,000 + Eden 68,000) — the only city with two top-3 venues.
- Learn the rename pairs: Kotla → Arun Jaitley; Motera → Narendra Modi (2021).
- Learn the hockey anchor: Rourkela 21,800 — "21.8k, world's largest all-seater hockey stadium, Guinness".
- Learn the state anchors: Gujarat = biggest (132,000); West Bengal = most big venues (Salt Lake + Eden + Kanchenjunga); Kerala = two 50,000-plus venues (Greenfield + EMS).
Stadiums in India MCQs with Answers
Q1. Which is the largest cricket stadium in the world? (a) Melbourne Cricket Ground (b) Eden Gardens (c) Narendra Modi Stadium (d) Salt Lake Stadium Answer: (c) Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (132,000).
Q2. Which is the largest football stadium in India? (a) Eden Gardens (b) Salt Lake Stadium (c) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi (d) DY Patil Stadium Answer: (b) Salt Lake Stadium (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan), Kolkata (85,000).
Q3. Which is the oldest active cricket stadium in India? (a) Wankhede Stadium (b) Eden Gardens (c) Chepauk (d) Feroz Shah Kotla Answer: (b) Eden Gardens, Kolkata (est. 1864).
Q4. What is the seating capacity of the Narendra Modi Stadium? (a) 110,000 (b) 100,024 (c) 132,000 (d) 85,000 Answer: (c) 132,000.
Q5. In which city is the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium located? (a) Bilaspur (b) Raipur (c) Bhilai (d) Rajnandgaon Answer: (b) Raipur (Naya Raipur), Chhattisgarh.
Q6. Which hockey stadium is the world's largest fully-seated hockey stadium? (a) Kalinga Hockey Stadium (b) Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium (c) Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela (d) Chandigarh Hockey Stadium Answer: (c) Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela, Odisha (21,800).
Q7. The Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi is now known by which name? (a) Arun Jaitley Stadium (b) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (c) Major Dhyan Chand Stadium (d) Indira Gandhi Arena Answer: (a) Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Q8. Where is the Kalinga Stadium located? (a) Cuttack (b) Rourkela (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Sambalpur Answer: (c) Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Q9. Which upcoming stadium in Jaipur will have a capacity of 75,000? (a) Sawai Mansingh Stadium (b) Anil Agarwal International Cricket Stadium (c) SMS Stadium (d) Jaipur International Stadium Answer: (b) Anil Agarwal International Cricket Stadium (under construction).
Q10. Which stadium hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi? (a) Arun Jaitley Stadium (b) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (c) Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium (d) Talkatora Indoor Stadium Answer: (b) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi.
Stadiums in India FAQs
What is the largest stadium in India?
The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad (132,000), the world's largest cricket stadium.
Which is the largest football stadium in India?
Salt Lake Stadium (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan) in Kolkata (85,000).
Which is the oldest stadium in India?
Eden Gardens in Kolkata, established in 1864 — the oldest active cricket stadium in India.
How many spectators can Eden Gardens hold?
About 68,000 (some listings say 66,000; capacities are approximate).
Where is the world's largest hockey stadium?
The Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, Odisha (21,800 seats, a Guinness record).
Which is the biggest upcoming cricket stadium in India?
The Anil Agarwal International Cricket Stadium in Jaipur (75,000 planned, under construction; foundation stone 5 February 2022).
Why do different sources give different capacities for the same stadium?
Capacities change with renovation, safety norms and event configuration, so the same stadium appears with different figures across sources. The figures in this note are the convergent approximate figures as of November 2026, with the main variants footnoted.
Related topics: revise Sports Trophies and Cups List India, National Sports Awards 2025 List, States and Capitals of India 2026, First in India List and Static GK for SSC CGL next.
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Sources: PracticeMock (2026 stadiums pages), GKToday, StudyIQ, Gallant Sports, ICC and SportsAdda for the Narendra Modi Stadium; Guinness World Records for the Birsa Munda hockey record; Testbook, GKToday and Wikipedia for the Anil Agarwal Stadium. Capacity conflicts recorded in the notes above are from PracticeMock's own tables. As of 7 November 2026.