Metropolitan area comprises a population of ten lakhs (one million) or more, and comprises one or more districts comprising two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous area, specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area.
Rank |
Metropolitan area |
Governing authority |
Census 2011 |
1 |
Mumbai Metropolitan Region |
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority |
18,414,288 |
2 |
National Capital Region |
Delhi Development Authority |
16,314,838 |
3 |
Kolkata Metropolitan Area |
Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority |
14,112,536 |
4 |
Chennai Metropolitan Area |
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority |
8,696,010 |
5 |
Bangalore Metropolitan Area |
Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority |
8,499,399 |
6 |
Hyderabad Metropolitan Area |
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority |
7,749,334 |
7 |
Ahmedabad Metropolitan Region |
Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority |
6,352,254 |
8 |
Pune Metropolitan Area |
5,049,968 |
|
9 |
Surat Metropolitan Region |
4,585,367 |
|
10 |
Jaipur Metropolitan Region |
Jaipur Development Authority |
3,073,350 |
11 |
Kochi metropolitan area |
Greater Cochin Development Authority |
2,277,630 |