This is a list of metropolitan areas by population in India. The 74th Amendment to the Indian Constitution defines a metropolitan area as:

An area having a population of 10 Lakh or 1 Million 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 public notification to be a Metropolitan area.[1][2]

List

Metropolitan area State/Territory Skyline Population Area
Count As of km2 sq mi
National Capital Region Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
Skyline at Rajiv Chowk.JPG
46,069,000 2011[3] 55,083 21,268[4]
Mumbai Maharashtra
SBML9878-140422-BackBay skyline.jpg
20,961,000 2022[5] 4,354 1,681[6]
Chennai Tamil Nadu
Chennai metro during trail run during night.JPG
15,900,000 2022 5,904 2,280
Kolkata West Bengal
Kolkata Skyline From Vidyasagar Seti 2.jpg
15,134,000 2022[7] 1,851 715[8]
Bangalore Karnataka
UB City at night .jpg
13,193,000 2022[9] 741 286[10]
Hyderabad Telangana
High Rise buildings in Madhapur from Golkonda hill.jpg
10,534,000 2022[11] 7,257 2,802[12]
Pune Maharashtra
Amanora Skyline.jpg
10,089,916 2022[13] 7,256 2,802[13]
Ahmedabad Gujarat
SG Highway Skyline.jpg
8,450,000 2022[14] 1,866 720[14]
Surat Gujarat
Aerial view of Surat ,Adajan Side.jpg
7,784,000 2022[15] 3,261 1,259
Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
Vizag View from Kailasagiri.jpg
6,000,000 2022[16][17] 7,329 2,830[18]
Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Andhra Pradesh
Vijayawada from Gandhi Hill.jpg
5,873,588 2011[19] 8,603 3,322
Jaipur Rajasthan
World Trade Park Jaipur in 2012.jpg
4,107,000 2022 4,873 1,881[20]
Kozhikode Kerala
Calicut beach skyline.jpg
3,921,000 2022 944 364[21]
Kochi Kerala
Kochi Skyline.jpg
3,301,000 2022 440 170[22]
Kanpur Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur skyline.jpg
3,190,000 2022[23] 403 156
Nagpur Maharashtra
Night at Sitabuldi Nagpur.jpg
2,991,000 2022 3,567 1,377[24]
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu
CHIL SEZ.jpg
2,935,000 2022 888 343
Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
Night View of Technopark Trivandrum.jpg
2,793,000 2022 310 120[25]
Nashik Maharashtra
Goda Ghat, Nashik.jpg
2,180,000[26] 2022[26] 259.13[27] 100.05[27]
Madurai Tamil Nadu
Goddess Meenakshi
1,799,000 2022[8] 247 95
Salem Tamil Nadu
Salem city from Hills.jpg
1,774,122 2022[28][29] 799 308
Raipur Chhattisgarh
Raipur Skyline in 2019.png
1,760,000 2022[30] 1,000 390
Jodhpur Rajasthan
Jodhpur Modern Skyline.jpg
2,300,000 2022[31][32][33] 1,005 388

See also

References

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