List of most populous metropolitan areas in India
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This article lists the Largest metropolitan areas in India, by population according to the 2011 provisional population results. In India, a Metropolitan area is an extended urban agglomeration.[1]
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| Rank | Metropolitan Area | State/Territory | 2011 (Provisional figures)[1] | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delhi (NCR) | Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan | 21,753,486 | Includes Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad |
| 2 | Mumbai Metropolitan Region | Maharashtra | 20,748,395 | Includes Navi Mumbai, Thane, Vasai-Virar, Bhiwandi and Panvel |
| 3 | Kolkata Metropolitan Area | West Bengal | 14,617,882 | Includes Howrah, Salt Lake |
| 4 | Chennai Metropolitan Area | Tamil Nadu | 8,917,749 | Includes Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur |
| 5 | Bangalore | Karnataka | 8,728,906 | Includes Hosur |
| 6 | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh | 7,749,334 | Includes Secunderabad |
| 7 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 6,352,254 | |
| 8 | Pune Metropolitan Area | Maharashtra | 5,049,968 | Includes Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune Cantonment Board, Khadki Cantonment Board and Dehu Road Cantonment Board |
| 9 | Surat Metropolitan Region | Gujarat | 4,585,367 | |
| 10 | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 3,073,350 | |
| 11 | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 2,920,067 | |
| 12 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 2,901,474 | |
| 13 | Nagpur | Maharashtra | 2,583,911 | |
| 14 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 2,167,447 | |
| 15 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 2,151,466 | |
| 16 | Kochi | Kerala | 2,117,990 | |
| 17 | Patna | Bihar | 2,046,652 | |
| 18 | Calicut | Kerala | 2,030,519 | |
| 19 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 1,883,381 | |
| 20 | Thrissur | Kerala | 1,854,783 | |
| 21 | Vadodara | Gujarat | 1,817,191 | |
| 22 | Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 1,746,467 | |
| 23 | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | 1,730,320 | |
| 24 | Malappuram Urban Center | Kerala | 1,698,645 | |
| 25 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | 1,687,406 | |
| 26 | Kannur | Kerala | 1,642,892 | |
| 27 | Ludhiana | Punjab | 1,613,878 | |
| 28 | Nashik | Maharashtra | 1,562,769 | |
| 29 | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh | 1,491,202 | |
| 30 | Madurai | Tamil Nadu | 1,462,420 | |
| 31 | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 1,435,113 | |
| 32 | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | 1,424,908 | |
| 33 | Rajkot | Gujarat | 1,390,933 | |
| 34 | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | 1,337,131 | |
| 35 | Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir | 1,273,312 | |
| 36 | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh | 1,267,564 | |
| 37 | Asansol | West Bengal | 1,243,008 | |
| 38 | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh | 1,216,719 | |
| 39 | Dhanbad | Jharkhand | 1,195,298 | |
| 40 | Aurangabad | Maharashtra | 1,189,376 | |
| 41 | Amritsar | Punjab | 1,183,705 | |
| 42 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan | 1,137,815 | |
| 43 | Ranchi | Jharkhand | 1,126,741 | |
| 44 | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | 1,122,555 | |
| 45 | Kollam | Kerala | 1,110,005 | |
| 46 | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | 1,101,981 | |
| 47 | Durg-Bhilainagar | Chhattisgarh | 1,064,077 | |
| 48 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 1,025,682 | |
| 49 | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 1,021,717 | |
| 50 | Kota | Rajasthan | 1,001,365 |
[edit] See also
- List of million-plus agglomerations in India
- List of most populous cities in India
- List of states and union territories of India by population
- Demographics of India
[edit] References
- ^ a b "INDIA STATS : Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. National Informatics Centre. http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2011IS3. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
