Talk:List of most populous metropolitan areas in India

Photos

The photographs of each city do not give a true picture of the city to an unknown reader. For e.g., look at Kolkata which is one of India's dirtiest cities. Most of the photos only show buildings or some random flyovers. No point. - Prashanth —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.92.133 (talk) 14:22, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

request

I agree with prashanth, please give us an opportunity to edit the photos of the cities which reflect its respective flavour.

N Not done please read WP:IMAGE. Monkeymanman (talk) 21:02, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Technical Correction

The list is agglomerations, not cities. Each of these agglomerations has multiple cities.

This has since been corrected. Urban ugglomerations have been moved to another article. AreJay 02:56, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Previous Unlabeled Comment

I couldn't relocate the exact .jpg I used, but the info's all over the net, so I've cited a reliable source at the bottom of the page that can be referred to. The numbers are the same. Thanks for the hard work 'text'ing it all, and I apologize for my sloppiness with citation! --LordSuryaofShropshire 13:38, Apr 7, 2004 (UTC)

Bangalore third largest?!

This article mentions Kolkata city's population as being less than Bangalore's. It even cites a source - World Gazetter. I am not sure if it is reliable. In no government document, or other private study which might be privy to such statistics, is there any mention of Bangalore being more populous than Kolkata. Honestly, it just goes against 'common sense'. Perhaps someone could verfity the figures with some 'official' statistics. Priyatu 08:12, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

The municipal corporation of Bangalore is estimated for 2005 to be just slightly larger than the municipal corporation of Kolkata. The agglomerations (which the current list is based on) are a different matter. Polaron 16:11, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Well Bangalore is the 4th largest city and I am not sure why Hosur is part of Bangalore. Hosur belongs to a different state and can never be considered to be part of bangalore. In Fact Bangalore has two parts, Bangalore Urban and Bangalore Rural. Please check your facts before you write and also appreciate if you could make this editable, These are supposed to be public Articles. Please refer to the Census data for clarity on the figures. King2droid (talk) 00:07, 3 January 2012 (UTC)king2Droid ~~king2droid~~

Bangalore is the third largest city and fifth largest urban agglomeration in India as per the 2011 census reports. The two parts—Bangalore Urban and Bangalore Rural that you were referring is the entire Bangalore district. Hosur is considered to be a part of the Bangalore metropolitan area because there is a continuous chain of urban settlement in the Bangalore–Hosur corridor. —Commander _{(Ping me)} 09:37, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Source

Where are the figures from? The current figures are not consistent with the cited World Gazetteer link. Also, are there official definitions for these areas? We should provide a link to the area definitions as well. We should also add surface area figures which would make this list more useful. Polaron 15:52, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I would add that Bhubaneshwar / Bhubaneswar, Orissa, appears twice on this list We really need a source 68.192.0.180 (talk) 01:08, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to updated from source given in References section. Thanks. GDibyendu (talk) 11:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Salem

Why has it been left out of the list? According to the 2001 India census the city alone had a population of 696,760 while the Salem Urban Agglomeration had a population of 751,438. Given that the 100th most populous metropolitan area on the existing list only has a population of 396,515 it seems odd why Salem has been left off the list. On a similar note, Erode which is said to be only the 7th largest settlement in Tamil Nadu (Salem is the 5th) is on the list of 100 most populous metropolitan area even though both the city and metropolitan areas are much smaller both in terms of size and population to Salem city and Salem's metropolitan area. I wonder how many other such places are missing in the existing list. Mcgillianaire (talk) 14:39, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Looking at the linked World Gazetter source, it appears that for some reason, Salem has indeed been left out. The city figure shows up [1] but the agglomeration figure is empty [2]. This in an error on the part of the source. Do you know of alternative recent estimate for the Salem UA? --Polaron | Talk 15:23, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Update

2010 World Gazetteer figures are out. Adding the update tag if anyone wants to update the article before I get the chance to. Elockid ^(Talk·_Contribs) 03:50, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Update finished. Elockid ^(Talk·_Contribs) 18:22, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Reliability

The pages main reference is highly questionable. It is questionable source and it is better to shift to refernce like CITY POPULATION.DE http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html. It article clearly violates the wikipedias another article List of million-plus agglomerations in India which has a much greater importance.Hence i kindly want to discuss the possibility of merging this item with List of million-plus agglomerations in India or updating its source.-- devx101 [TALK] 18:35, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Chintansareen, 24 February 2011

{{edit semi-protected}}

Chintansareen (talk) 06:40, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. Qwyrxian (talk) 07:19, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Bharathy1989, 14 September 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} please include "salem", tamil nadu in this list as it has over 8.5 lakh population and it is bigger than few of the cities mentioned there.

Bharathy1989 (talk) 04:38, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

So, please tell us what these sources actually are, thanks.  Chzz  ►  04:23, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

N Not done

Edit request from Drritesh, 24 September 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} I wanted to tell respected editors... Ahmedabad should be on seventh place followed by Pune on eighth. It has been recently reported by many sources.

So, what are these sources?  Chzz  ►  04:23, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit Request

Figures mentioned in the labels of the photos show both Bangalore and Hyderabad at position 5 AMEY 27-10-2011 7:27 PM (IST) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ask5332 (talk • contribs) 13:58, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Y Done --Commander _{(Ping Me)} 16:14, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Criteria

There is a difference between "Urban agglomerations" and "Metropolitan areas". In India, a city is called a Metropolitan area, if it has a population of over 4 million. Going by that logic, we will have only nine cities according to the 2011 census. Listing 100 cities which includes several small areas would make no meaning, when there is a separate article for List of million-plus agglomerations in India. The Government gives the Metropolitan definition only for cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Nagpur. See this link for more clarifications. --Commander _{(Ping Me)} 19:47, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

We could do a comparative list for the metropolitan areas for a bigger list. For example, the same idea as List of cities by GDP. One column be the official numbers and then we can add data from other reliable sources into separate columns. This was we can have official data and people can an idea of how many people are living a metropolitan area where data is missing. Elockid (Alternate) ^(Talk) 21:17, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

abt mumbai ; this article depicts delhi is largest metropolitan region which is in contrast with wht mentioned in article List of million-plus agglomerations in India.... also official census data (ref http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf) provides information tht mumbai is largest UA and also largest city followed by delhi n then kolkata. i think this article should merged with article List of million-plus agglomerations in India. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dramol2011 (talk • contribs) 12:01, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Both are different. An Urban agglomeration is a continuous urban stretch where as a Metropolitan area covers even the nearby UAs. —Commander _{(Ping me)} 13:11, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

See this link published by the Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. —Commander _{(Ping me)} 13:13, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 14 December 2011

180.211.70.153 (talk) 08:37, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

N Not done Please be more specific about the request. —Commander _{(Ping me)} 11:23, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Ghaziabad

The Coverage column for Delhi says that it includes Ghaziabad. Then why should Ghaziabad be listed seperately?

Anbu121 (talk me) 11:39, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

You got a point there. This list was designed based on the information published by Press Information Bureau, Government of India —Commander _{(Ping me)} 16:41, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

I've corrected the list and updated accordingly. Many thanks for pointing out! —Commander _{(Ping me)} 16:50, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Chennai

Chennai Metropolitan area has nothing do do with Kanchipuram. It covers only the Tambaram taluk in Kanchipuram district and Ambattur taluk of tiruvallur district.

Anbu121 (talk me) 11:50, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Who said? Check the sources! If Hosur is a part of Bangalore Metropolitan area, Kanchipuram can very well be a part of Chennai MA. —Commander _{(Ping me)} 15:40, 14 January 2012 (UTC)