List of metropolitan areas in India

This is a list of metropolitan areas by population in India. 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]

List

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]

Metropolitan area	State/UT	Image	Population	Area (km^2)	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[a]	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[b]	8,603	[14]
Ahmedabad	Gujarat		6,357,693[b]	1,866	[15]
Surat	Gujarat		4,591,246[b]	722	[16]
Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh		4,070,000[b]	7,323	[17]
Jaipur	Rajasthan		3,073,350	484.64	[18]
Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh		2,902,920[b]	1,150	[19]
Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh		2,920,067	301.16	[20]
Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu		2,467,000	1,531.57	[21]
Salem	Tamil Nadu		2,290,024	1,265.20	[22]
Madurai	Tamil Nadu		2,263,115	1,254.93	[23]
Kochi	Kerala		2,119,724	440	[24][25][26]

See also

• List of cities in India by population
• List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India
• List of states and union territories of India by population
• Demographics of India

Notes

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. Population corresponds to pre-expansion limits

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