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.
List
| Metropolitan area | State/Territory | Skyline | Population | Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | As of | km2 | sq mi | |||
| National Capital Region | Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan |  |
20,965,000 | 2022 | 2,163 | 835 |
| Mumbai | Maharashtra |  |
20,961,000 | 2022 | 4,354 | 1,681 |
| Kolkata | West Bengal |  |
15,134,000 | 2022 | 1,851 | 715 |
| Bangalore | Karnataka |  |
13,193,000 | 2022 | 8,005 | 3,091 |
| Chennai | Tamil Nadu |  |
11,503,293 | 2022 | 5,904 | 2,280 |
| Hyderabad | Telangana |  |
10,534,000 | 2022 | 7,257 | 2,802 |
| Pune | Maharashtra |  |
10,089,916 | 2022 | 7,256 | 2,802 |
| Ahmedabad | Gujarat |  |
8,450,000 | 2022 | 1,866 | 720 |
| Surat | Gujarat |  |
7,784,000 | 2022 | 3,261 | 1,259 |
| Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh |  |
6,000,000 | 2022 | 7,329 | 2,830 |
| Andhra Pradesh Capital Region | Andhra Pradesh | 5,873,588 | 2011 | 8,603 | 3,322 | |
| Jaipur | Rajasthan |  |
4,107,000 | 2022 | 4,873 | 1,881 |
| Kozhikode | Kerala |  |
3,921,000 | 2022 | 944 | 364 |
| Kochi | Kerala |  |
3,301,000 | 2022 | 440 | 170 |
| Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh |  |
3,190,000 | 2022 | 403 | 156 |
| Nagpur | Maharashtra |  |
2,991,000 | 2022 | 3,567 | 1,377 |
| Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu |  |
2,935,000 | 2022 | 888 | 343 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala |  |
2,793,000 | 2022 | 310 | 120 |
| Nashik | Maharashtra |
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2,180,000 | 2022 | 259.13 | 100.05 |
| Madurai | Tamil Nadu |  |
1,799,000 | 2022 | 247 | 95 |
| Raipur | Chhattisgarh | 1,760,000 | 2022 | 1,000 | 390 | |
| Jodhpur | Rajasthan |  |
1,548,000 | 2022 | 1,005 | 388 |
| Salem | Tamil Nadu |  |
1,146,000 | 2022 | 799 | 308 |