List of metropolitan areas in India

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This is a list of metropolitan areas by population in India. The 74th Amendment to the Indian Constitution defines a metropolitan area as:

An area having a population of 10 Lakh or 1 Million or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area.[1][2]

List[edit]

Metropolitan area State/Territory Skyline Population Area
Count As of km2 sq mi
National Capital Region Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,Rajasthan Skyline at Rajiv Chowk.JPG 25,735,000 2016[3] 2,163 835[3]
Mumbai Maharashtra Mumbai Skyline during monsoon.jpg 20,800,000 2005[4] 4,354 1,681[5]
Kolkata West Bengal File:Roads Of Kolkata.jpg 18,540,000 2020[6] 1,851 715[7]
Chennai Tamil Nadu Chennai metro during trail run during night.JPG 13,300,253 2011 8,462 3,267
Bangalore Karnataka UB City at night .jpg 10,576,167 2013[8] 8,005 3,091[9]
Hyderabad Telangana High Rise buildings in Madhapur from Golkonda hill.jpg 9,700,000 2011[10] 7,257 2,802[11]
Ahmedabad Gujarat SG Highway Skyline.jpg 8,345,326 2019[12] 1,866 720[12]
Pune Maharashtra File:Pimpri-Chinchwad Skyline.jpg 7,276,000 2015[13] 7,256 2,802[13]
Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh Vizag View from Kailasagiri.jpg 6,000,000 2011[14][15] 7,329 2,830[16]
Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Kanpur skyline.jpg 5,873,588 2011[17] 8,603 3,322
Surat Gujarat Aerial view of Surat ,Adajan Side.jpg 4,466,826 2011[18] 3,261 1,259
Patna Bihar Moin-Ul-Haque Stadium.JPG 3,874,000 2011 1,167 451
Jaipur Rajasthan World Trade Park Jaipur in 2012.jpg 3,812,262 2015 4,873 1,881[19]
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu CHIL SEZ.jpg 2,849,335 2011 888 343
Nagpur Maharashtra Night at Sitabuldi Nagpur.jpg 2,497,870 2011 3,567 1,377[20]
Raipur Chhattisgarh 2,917,060 2020[21] 1,000 390
Kochi Kerala Kochi Skyline.jpg 2,117,990 2020 440 170[22]
Kozhikode Kerala Calicut beach skyline.jpg 2,028,399 2011 944 364[23]
Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Night View of Technopark Trivandrum.jpg 1,687,406 2011 310 120[24]
Madurai Tamil Nadu Goddess Meenakshi's Own Kingdom!.jpg 1,470,755 2011[7] 247 95
Jodhpur Rajasthan Jodhpur Modern Skyline.jpg 1,137,815 2011[25][26][27] 1,005 388
Salem Tamil Nadu Salem city from Hills.jpg 1,124,346 2011[28][29] 799 308

References[edit]

  1. "Local Bodies" (PDF). Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. National Informatics Centre. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. "The Constitution (Seventy-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1992".
  3. 3.0 3.1 Demographia (April 2016). Demographia World Urban Areas (PDF) (12th ed.). Retrieved 17 November 2016. (excludes Kondli)
  4. "MMR – Population and Employment" (PDF). National Real Estate Development Council. Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. p. 4. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  5. "About MMR". Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  6. http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/urban_2020_1.html
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 million and above" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  8. "Table 3: Decadal population of State and BMR" (PDF). BMRDA. Government of Karnataka. p. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  9. "Profile". Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  10. "Time to put metropolitan planning committee in place". Times of India. Hyderabad. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  11. "About HMDA". Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority - AUDA". www.auda.gov.in. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  13. 13.0 13.1 "Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority - PMRDA". www.pmrda.gov.in. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  14. "Upgradation of VMRDA". Times of India. Visakhapatnam. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  15. "VMRDA loses 1,628 sq.km to new urban development body". Visakhapatnam: Times of India. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  16. "Vizag City limits expand to cater future needs". Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. "SFD Report - Kanpur, India". Susana. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  18. "Wardwise Area and Population : Surat Municipal corporation". www.suratmunicipal.gov.in. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  19. "Upgradation of JDA". Times of India. Jaipur. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  20. "About NMR". Jaipur. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  21. {{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/chhattisgarh/raipur/news/to-greater-127868854.html
  22. "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 million and above" (PDF). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  23. "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 million and above" (PDF). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  24. India UA Population. "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 million and above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  25. "Execution of Jodhpur Master Plan 2021". Jodhpur Region 3rd Master Plan Execution (in हिन्दी). 18 February 2021.
  26. https://hindi.news18.com/news/rajasthan/jodhpur-paving-the-way-for-development-jda-approves-third-master-plan-rjsr-3472550.html
  27. https://jda.urban.rajasthan.gov.in/content/dam/raj/udh/development-authority/jda-jodhpur/pdf/Jodhpur%20MDP%20Report%202031.pdf
  28. "Salem, India Metro Area Population 1950-2021". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  29. "Salem District Town and Country Planning | Salem District, Government of Tamil Nadu | India". Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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