List of metropolitan areas in India

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As per the Constitution of India, a metropolitan area is defined as an area having a population of 10 lakh 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 a public notification to be a Metropolitan area.[1][2]

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

The list is updated for cities wherever metropolitan area data is available with the corresponding sources. All population data correspond to the 2011 census. For regions that were expanded post-2011 and no updated population data is available, data corresponding to the old urban area limits as per the 2011 census has been considered.[3]

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Metropolitan area State/UT Image Population Area (km2) Source
National Capital Region Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh 58,150,000 55,083 [4]
Mumbai Maharashtra 23,598,000 6,328 [5]
Kolkata West Bengal 15,870,000 1,876 [6]
Chennai Tamil Nadu 12,288,000[lower-alpha 1] 5,904 [8]
Bangalore Karnataka 11,490,000 8,005 [9][10]
Hyderabad Telangana 9,600,000 7,257 [11][12]
Pune Maharashtra 7,276,000 7,256 [13]
Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Andhra Pradesh 5,873,588[lower-alpha 2] 8,603 [14]
Ahmedabad Gujarat 6,357,693[lower-alpha 2] 1,866 [15]
Surat Gujarat 4,591,246[lower-alpha 2] 722 [16]
Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 4,070,000[lower-alpha 2] 7,323 [17]
Jaipur Rajasthan 3,073,350 484.64 [18]
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 2,902,920[lower-alpha 2] 1,150 [19]
Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 2,920,067 301.16 [20]
Nagpur Maharashtra 2,497,870 3,567 [21][22]
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 2,467,000 1,531.57 [23]
Salem Tamil Nadu 2,290,024 1,265.20 [24]
Madurai Tamil Nadu 2,263,115 1,254.93 [25]
Kochi Kerala 2,119,724 440 [26][27][28]
Ludhiana Punjab 2,029,000 1,182.58 [29]

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  1. ↑ As per the 2011 census, population corresponding to the pre-expansion limits was about 8.9 million.[7] The population estimate corresponding to the post-expansion limits was given as 12.288 million (based on the 2011 census) by CMDA.[8]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Population corresponds to pre-expansion limits

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Local Bodies (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India. p. 9. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. ↑ The Constitution (Seventy-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1992 (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011 (Report). Government of India (NIC). Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Annual Report & Annual Accounts 2019-20 (PDF) (Report). National Capital Region Planning Board. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "About Mumbai Metropolitan Region". Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Introducing KMDA". Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "About CMA". Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority [@CMDA_Official] (26 February 2024). "Population of Chennai Metropolitan Area" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "BMRDA Planning area". Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Structural Plan, Bangalore Metro Region (PDF) (Report). Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority. p. 50. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA)". Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Hyderabad metropolitan development authority" (PDF). Hyderabad metropolitan development authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority - Background". Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "AP CRDA". crda.ap.gov.in. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  15. ↑ "About Us, AUDA". Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "About us, SUDA". Surat Urban Development Authority. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "VISAKHAPATNAM Metropolitan Region DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY - VMRDA". vmrda.gov.in. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  18. ↑ "Govt declares Jaipur a metropolitan area". Zee News. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  19. ↑ "Lucknow Development Authority seeks expansion of jurisdiction". Times of India. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  20. ↑ "Kanpur City". Kanpur Development Authority. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  21. ↑ "NMRDA". www.nmrda.org. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  22. ↑ "Nagpur Metropolitan Urban Region Population 2011-2025 Census". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  23. ↑ "மாவட்ட நகர் ஊரமைப்பு அலுவலகம்கோயம்புத்தூர் மாவட்டம், கோயம்புத்தூர் – Coimbatore". Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  24. ↑ "Salem Draft Master Plan 2024" (PDF). Salem LPA Master Plan. 17 February 2024.
  25. ↑ "Madurailpa". madurailpa.com. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  26. ↑ "Despite being eligible, Kochi lacks MPC | Kochi News - The Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  27. ↑ "Kochi Metropolitan Urban Region Population 2011-2025 Census". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  28. ↑ "3 Kerala cities gets ranked in India's top 10 cities' list". madhyamamonline.com. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  29. ↑ "Home | Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority, Punjab Govt. Undertaking, India". glada.gov.in. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
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