List of metropolitan areas in India

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This is a list of metropolitan areas in India, by population according to the 2011 provisional population results.

In India, a Metropolitan area has a population of ten lakhs (one million) or more, and comprises one or more districts comprising two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous area, specified by the Governor by public notification.[1][2]

List

Rank Metropolitan area Governing authority State/Territory Population
(2011)[3]
Area
(in km2)
Ref
1 National Capital Region National Capital Region Planning Board Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana
46,049,032
34,144
NCRPB[4][5]
2 Mumbai Metropolitan Region Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Maharashtra
20,748,395
4,354.5
MMRDA[6]
3 Kolkata Metropolitan Area Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority West Bengal
14,617,882
1,851.41
KMDA[7]
4 Chennai Metropolitan Area Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority Tamil Nadu
8,917,749
1,189
CMDA[8]
5 Bangalore Metropolitan Area Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority Karnataka
8,728,906
8,005
BMRDA[8]
6 Hyderabad Metropolitan Area Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority Telangana
7,749,334
7,100
HMDA[9]
7 Ahmedabad Metropolitan Region Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority Gujarat
6,352,254
1,294.65
AUDA[10]
8 Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Andhra Pradesh
5,800,000
8352.69
APCRDA[11][12]
9 Pune Metropolitan Area Pune Metropolitan Development Authority Maharashtra
5,049,968
3,500
PMRDA[13]
10 Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority Andhra Pradesh
4,200,000
5573
VUDA[14][15]
11 Jaipur Metropolitan Region Jaipur Development Authority Rajasthan
3,073,350
623
JMR[16]
12 Indore Metropolitan Region Indore Development Authority Madhya Pradesh
2,170,295
390
IMR[17]

See also

References

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