List of metropolitan areas in India
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This is a list of metropolitan areas by population in India. As per the Constitution of India, a metropolitan area 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
Following is the list of largest metropolitan areas by population as of 2023:[3]
| Metropolitan area | State/UT | Image | Population | Area (km2) | Density (Pop./km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Capital Region | Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh | 
|
31,190,000 | 2,344 | 13,307 |
| Mumbai | Maharashtra | 
|
25,189,000 | 1,046 | 24,073 |
| Kolkata | West Bengal | 
|
21,747,000 | 1,352 | 16,085 |
| Bangalore | Karnataka | 
|
15,257,000 | 1,743 | 8,753 |
| Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 
|
11,570,000 | 1,225 | 9,444 |
| Hyderabad | Telengana | 
|
9,797,000 | 1,689 | 5,802 |
| Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 
|
8,006,000 | 505 | 15,852 |
| Pune | Maharashtra | 
|
6,819,000 | 650 | 10,489 |
| Surat | Gujarat | 
|
6,601,000 | 293 | 22,554 |
| Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 
|
4,661,000 | 484 | 9,624 |
| Jaipur | Rajasthan | 
|
4,360,000 | 694 | 6,281 |
| Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 
|
4,350,000 | 300 | 14,479 |
| Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 
|
3,765,000 | 282 | 13,336 |
| Nagpur | Maharashtra | 
|
3,493,000 | 383 | 9,113 |
| Patna | Bihar | 
|
3,331,000 | 179 | 18,639 |
| Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 
|
3,229,000 | 174 | 18,608 |
| Kozhikode | Kerala | 
|
3,049,000 | 515 | 5,916 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | 
|
2,851,000 | 313 | 9,097 |
| Agra | Uttar Pradesh | 
|
2,737,000 | 225 | 12,147 |
| Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 
|
2,562,000 | 181 | 14,131 |
| Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 
|
2,551,000 | 580 | 4,397 |
| Salem | TamilNadu | 
|
2,463,367 | 675 | 3,649 |
| Prayagraj | Uttar Pradesh | 
|
2,438,000 | 122 | 20,028 |
| Kochi | Kerala | 
|
2,381,000 | 440 | 5,408 |
| Ludhiana | Punjab | 
|
2,205,000 | 212 | 10,382 |
| Vadodara | Gujarat | 
|
2,182,000 | 186 | 11,701 |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab | 
|
2,168,000 | 259 | 8,371 |
| Madurai | Tamil Nadu | 
|
2,048,000 | 150 | 13,633 |
| Meerut | Uttar Pradesh | 
|
2,011,000 | 161 | 12,523 |
| Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | 
|
2,005,000 | 313 | 6,398 |
| Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | 
|
1,925,000 | 153 | 12,597 |
| Malappuram | Kerala | 
|
1,868,000 | 337 | 5,548 |
| Nashik | Maharashtra | 
|
1,810,000 | 135 | 13,439 |
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
References
- ^ Local Bodies (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India. p. 9. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ The Constitution (Seventy-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1992 (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ World Urban Areas 13th Annual Edition (PDF). Demographia (Report). August 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.