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India: Metropolitan Areas Of India

2011/06/12

Principal Agglomerations

	Name	Adm.	A Cf 2001-03-01
1	Mumbai	MAH	16,434,386
2	Kolkata	WES	13,205,697
3	Delhi	DEL	12,877,470
4	Chennai	TAM	6,560,242
5	Hyderābād	AND	5,742,036
6	Bengaluru	KAR	5,701,446
7	Ahmadābād	GUJ	4,525,013
8	Pune	MAH	3,760,636
9	Sūrat	GUJ	2,811,614
10	Kānpur	UTT	2,715,555

Agglomerations

	Name	Adm.	A Cf 1981-03-01	A Cf 1991-03-01	A Cf 2001-03-01
i	Agartala	TRI	132,186	157,358	189,998
i	Āgra [Agra] {Agra}	UTT	747,318	948,063	1,331,339
i	Ahmadābād [Ahmedabad] {Ahmadabad}	GUJ	2,548,057	3,312,216	4,525,013
i	Ahmadnagar	MAH	181,210	222,088	347,549
i	Āīzawl {Aizawl}	MIZ	74,493	155,240	228,280
i	Ajmer	RAJ	375,593	402,700	490,520
i	Akola	MAH	225,412	328,034	400,520
i	Alappuzha (Alleppey)	KER	169,940	264,969	282,675
i	Alīgarh {Aligarh}	UTT	320,861	480,520	669,087
i	Allahābād [Allahabad] {Allahabad}	UTT	650,070	844,546	1,042,229
i	Alwar	RAJ	145,795	210,146	266,203
i	Amrāvati {Amravati}	MAH	261,404	421,576	549,510
i	Amritsar	PUN	594,844	708,835	1,003,917
i	Ānand {Anand}	GUJ	83,936	174,480	218,486
i	Anantapur	AND	119,531	174,924	243,143
i	Ara (Arrah)	BIH	125,111	157,082	203,380
i	Asansol	WES	366,424	763,939	1,067,369
i	Barddhamān (Burdwan) {Barddhaman}	WES	167,364	245,079	285,602
i	Bareilly	UTT	449,425	617,350	748,353
i	Bathinda (Bhatinda)	PUN	127,363	159,114	217,256
i	Belgaum	KAR	300,372	402,412	506,480
i	Bellary	KAR	201,579	245,391	316,766
i	Bengaluru [Bangalore]	KAR	2,921,751	4,130,288	5,701,446
i	Bhāgalpur {Bhagalpur}	BIH	225,062	260,119	350,133
i	Bharatpur	RAJ	105,274	156,880	205,235
i	Bhāvnagar (Bhaunagar) {Bhavnagar}	GUJ	308,642	405,225	517,708
i	Bhilai (Bhilai Nagar)	CHH	490,214	685,474	927,864
i	Bhīlwāra {Bhilwara}	RAJ	122,625	183,965	280,128
i	Bhiwandi	MAH	115,298	392,214	621,427
i	Bhopāl [Bhopal] {Bhopal}	MAD	671,018	1,062,771	1,458,416
i	Bhubaneswar	OSA	219,211	411,542	658,220
i	Bihār (Bihar Sharif) {Bihar}	BIH	151,343	201,323	232,071
i	Bijāpur {Bijapur}	KAR	147,313	193,131	253,891
i	Bīkāner {Bikaner}	RAJ	287,712	416,289	529,690
i	Bilāspur {Bilaspur}	CHH	187,104	229,615	335,293
i	Bokāro Steel City {Bokaro Steel City}	JHA	264,480	398,890	497,780
i	Brahmapur (Berhampur)	OSA	162,550	210,418	307,792
i	Chandīgarh [Chandigarh] {Chandigarh}	CHA	422,841	575,829	808,515
i	Chandrapur	MAH	115,777	226,105	289,450
i	Chennai [Madras]	TAM	4,289,347	5,421,985	6,560,242
i	Coimbatore	TAM	920,355	1,100,746	1,461,139
i	Cuttack	OSA	327,412	440,295	587,182
i	Damān (Damão) {Daman}	DAM	...	26,905	35,770
i	Darbhanga	BIH	176,301	218,391	267,348
i	Dāvanagere {Davanagere}	KAR	196,621	287,233	364,523
i	Dehra Dūn {Dehra Dun}	UAR	293,010	368,053	530,263
i	Delhi	DEL	5,729,283	8,419,084	12,877,470
i	Dewās {Dewas}	MAD	83,465	164,364	231,672
i	Dhanbād [Dhanbad] {Dhanbad}	JHA	678,069	815,005	1,065,327
i	Dhule	MAH	210,759	278,317	341,755
i	Dispur	ASS	...	Guwāhāti	Guwāhāti
i	Durgāpur {Durgapur}	WES	311,798	425,836	493,405
i	Elūru {Eluru}	AND	168,154	212,866	215,804
i	Erode	TAM	275,991	361,755	389,906
i	Etāwah {Etawah}	UTT	112,174	124,072	210,453
i	Faizābād {Faizabad}	UTT	143,167	176,922	208,162
i	Farīdābād (New Township) {Faridabad}	HAR	330,864	617,717	1,055,938
i	Farrukhābād (cum-Fatehgarh) {Farrukhabad}	UTT	160,796	208,727	242,997
i	Fīrozābād {Firozabad}	UTT	202,338	270,536	432,866
i	Gāndhinagar {Gandhinagar}	GUJ	62,443	123,359	195,985
i	Gangānagar (Sri Gangānagar) {Ganganagar}	RAJ	123,692	161,482	222,858
i	Gangtok	SIK	...	25,024	29,354
i	Gaya	BIH	247,075	294,427	394,945
i	Ghāziābād {Ghaziabad}	UTT	287,170	511,759	968,256
i	Gorakhpur	UTT	307,501	505,566	622,701
i	Gulbarga (Gulburga)	KAR	221,325	310,920	430,265
i	Guntūr {Guntur}	AND	367,699	471,051	514,461
i	Gurgaon	HAR	100,877	135,884	228,820
i	Guwāhāti [Gauhati] {Guwahati}	ASS	...	584,342	818,809
i	Gwalior	MAD	555,862	717,780	865,548
i	Hābra {Habra}	WES	129,610	196,970	239,209
i	Hāpur {Hapur}	UTT	102,837	146,262	211,983
i	Hardwār (Haridwar) {Hardwar}	UAR	145,946	187,392	220,767
i	Hisār {Hisar}	HAR	137,369	181,255	263,186
i	Hubli-Dhārwār [Hubli-Dharwar] {Hubli-Dharwar}	KAR	527,108	648,298	786,195
i	Hyderābād [Hyderabad] {Hyderabad}	AND	2,545,836	4,344,437	5,742,036
i	Ichalkaranji (Ichaikaroji)	MAH	133,751	235,979	285,860
i	Imphāl {Imphal}	MAN	156,622	202,839	250,234
i	Indore	MAD	829,327	1,109,056	1,506,062
i	Ingrāj Bāzār (English Bāzār) {Ingraj Bazar}	WES	79,010	177,164	224,415
i	Itānagar {Itanagar}	ARU	...	16,545	35,022
i	Jabalpur	MAD	757,303	888,916	1,098,000
i	Jaipur	RAJ	1,015,160	1,518,235	2,322,575
i	Jalandhar [Jullundur]	PUN	408,196	509,510	714,077
i	Jālgaon {Jalgaon}	MAH	145,335	242,193	368,618
i	Jālna {Jalna}	MAH	122,276	174,985	235,795
i	Jammu	JAM	223,361	...	612,163
i	Jamnagar	GUJ	317,362	381,646	556,956
i	Jamshedpur	JHA	669,580	829,171	1,104,713
i	Jhānsi {Jhansi}	UTT	284,141	368,154	460,278
i	Jodhpur	RAJ	506,345	666,279	860,818
i	Jūnāgadh {Junagadh}	GUJ	120,416	167,110	252,108
i	Kadapa (Cuddapah)	AND	103,125	215,866	262,506
i	Kākināda {Kakinada}	AND	226,409	327,541	376,861
i	Kānpur [Kanpur] {Kanpur}	UTT	1,639,064	2,029,889	2,715,555
i	Karīmnagar {Karimnagar}	AND	86,125	148,583	218,302
i	Karnāl {Karnal}	HAR	132,107	176,131	221,236
i	Kavaratti	LAK	6,608	8,677	10,119
i	Kharagpur	WES	232,575	264,842	272,865
i	Kochi [Cochin]	KER	685,836	1,140,605	1,355,972
i	Kohīma {Kohima}	NAG	36,000	51,418	77,030
i	Kolhāpur [Kolhapur] {Kolhapur}	MAH	351,392	418,538	505,541
i	Kolkata [Calcutta]	WES	9,194,018	11,021,918	13,205,697
i	Kollam (Quilon)	KER	167,598	362,572	380,091
i	Korba	CHH	83,387	124,501	315,690
i	Kota	RAJ	358,421	537,371	703,150
i	Kozhikode [Calicut]	KER	546,058	801,190	880,247
i	Kurnool	AND	206,832	275,360	342,973
i	Lātūr {Latur}	MAH	111,986	197,408	299,985
i	Lucknow	UTT	1,007,604	1,669,204	2,245,509
i	Ludhiāna [Ludhiana] {Ludhiana}	PUN	607,052	1,042,740	1,398,467
i	Madurai	TAM	907,732	1,085,914	1,203,095
i	Mālegaon {Malegaon}	MAH	245,883	342,595	409,403
i	Mangalore	KAR	306,078	426,341	539,387
i	Mathura	UTT	159,498	235,922	323,315
i	Maunath Bhanjan (Mau)	UTT	86,326	136,697	212,657
i	Meerut	UTT	536,615	849,799	1,161,716
i	Mirzāpur (cum-Vindhyāchal) {Mirzapur}	UTT	127,787	169,336	205,053
i	Morādābād {Moradabad}	UTT	345,350	443,701	641,583
i	Mumbai [Bombay]	MAH	8,243,405	12,596,243	16,434,386
i	Muzaffarnagar	UTT	171,684	247,624	331,668
i	Muzaffarpur	BIH	190,416	241,107	305,525
i	Mysore	KAR	479,081	653,345	799,228
i	Nāgercoil {Nagercoil}	TAM	171,684	190,084	208,179
i	Nāgpur [Nagpur] {Nagpur}	MAH	1,302,066	1,664,006	2,129,500
i	Nānded {Nanded}	MAH	191,269	309,316	430,733
i	Nāshik [Nasik] {Nashik}	MAH	429,034	725,341	1,152,326
i	Navsāri {Navsari}	GUJ	129,266	190,946	232,411
i	Nellore	AND	237,065	316,606	404,775
i	Nizāmābād {Nizamabad}	AND	183,061	241,034	288,722
i	Noida	UTT	...	146,516	305,058
i	Panaji (Panjim)	GOA	77,226	85,515	99,677
i	Pānīpat {Panipat}	HAR	137,927	191,212	354,148
i	Parbhani	MAH	109,364	190,255	259,329
i	Patiāla {Patiala}	PUN	206,254	253,706	323,884
i	Patna	BIH	918,903	1,099,647	1,697,976
i	Port Blair	ANI	49,634	74,955	99,984
i	Puducherry (Pondicherry)	PCH	251,420	401,437	505,959
i	Pune [Poona]	MAH	1,686,109	2,493,987	3,760,636
i	Rāichūr {Raichur}	KAR	124,762	170,577	207,421
i	Raipur	CHH	338,245	462,694	700,113
i	Rājahmundry {Rajahmundry}	AND	268,370	401,397	413,616
i	Rājkot [Rajkot] {Rajkot}	GUJ	445,076	654,490	1,003,015
i	Rāmagundam {Ramagundam}	AND	...	214,384	237,686
i	Rāmpur {Rampur}	UTT	204,610	243,742	281,494
i	Rānchi [Ranchi] {Ranchi}	JHA	502,771	614,795	863,495
i	Ratlām {Ratlam}	MAD	155,578	195,776	234,419
i	Raurkela (Rourkela)	OSA	322,610	398,864	484,874
i	Rohtak	HAR	166,767	216,096	294,577
i	Sāgar {Sagar}	MAD	207,479	257,119	308,922
i	Sahāranpur {Saharanpur}	UTT	295,355	374,945	455,754
i	Salem	TAM	518,615	578,291	751,438
i	Sambalpur	OSA	162,214	193,297	226,469
i	Sāngli (-Miraj) {Sangli}	MAH	268,988	363,751	447,774
i	Satna	MAD	96,667	160,500	229,307
i	Shāhjahānpur {Shahjahanpur}	UTT	205,095	260,403	321,885
i	Shambajinagar (Aurangābād) [Aurangabad]	MAH	316,421	592,709	892,483
i	Shiliguri (Siliguri)	WES	154,378	216,950	472,374
i	Shillong	MEG	174,703	223,366	267,662
i	Shimla	HIM	70,604	110,360	144,975
i	Shimoga	KAR	151,783	193,028	274,352
i	Silvassa	DAD	6,914	11,725	21,893
i	Solāpur [Sholapur] {Solapur}	MAH	514,860	620,846	872,478
i	Sonīpat {Sonipat}	HAR	109,369	143,922	225,074
i	Srīnagar [Srinagar] {Srinagar}	JAM	606,002	...	988,210
i	Sūrat [Surat] {Surat}	GUJ	913,806	1,518,950	2,811,614
i	Surendranagar	GUJ	130,602	166,466	219,585
i	Thalassery (Tellicherry)	KER	98,704	463,962	498,207
i	Thāna (Thane) {Thana}	MAH	389,801	Mumbai	Mumbai
i	Thanjāvūr {Thanjavur}	TAM	184,015	202,013	215,314
i	Thiruvananthapuram [Trivandrum]	KER	520,125	826,225	889,635
i	Thoothukkudi (Tuticorin)	TAM	250,677	280,091	243,415
i	Thrissur (Trichūr)	KER	170,122	275,053	330,122
i	Tiruchirāppalli (Tiruchchirāppalli) [Tiruchirappalli] {Tiruchirappalli}	TAM	609,548	711,862	866,354
i	Tirunelveli	TAM	323,344	366,869	433,352
i	Tirupati	AND	115,292	188,904	303,521
i	Tiruppūr (Tirupper) {Tiruppur}	TAM	215,859	306,237	550,826
i	Tumkūr {Tumkur}	KAR	108,670	179,877	248,929
i	Udaipur	RAJ	232,588	308,571	389,438
i	Ujjain	MAD	278,454	362,633	431,162
i	Ulhāsnagar {Ulhasnagar}	MAH	648,671	Mumbai	Mumbai
i	Vadodara (Baroda)	GUJ	744,881	1,126,824	1,491,045
i	Vārānasi [Benares] {Varanasi}	UTT	791,162	1,030,863	1,203,961
i	Vellore	TAM	247,041	310,776	386,746
i	Vijayawāda [Vijayawada] {Vijayawada}	AND	543,008	845,756	1,039,518
i	Visākhapatnam [Vishakhapatnam] {Visakhapatnam}	AND	603,630	1,057,118	1,345,938
i	Warangal	AND	335,159	467,757	579,216
i	Yamunānagar {Yamunanagar}	HAR	160,424	219,754	306,740

(2001) Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (web), Delimitation Commission of India (web).

States & Union Territories

(1991) (2001) (2011) Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (web).

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A (km²)	Cf 1991-03-01	Cf 2001-03-01	Cp 2011-02-09
i	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	ANI	UTerr	Port Blair	8,248	280,661	356,152	379,944
i	Andhra Pradesh	AND	St	Hyderābād	275,069	66,508,008	76,210,007	84,665,533
i	Arunāchal Pradesh {Arunachal Pradesh}	ARU	St	Itānagar	83,743	864,558	1,097,968	1,382,611
i	Assam	ASS	St	Dispur	78,438	22,414,322	26,655,528	31,169,272
i	Bihār {Bihar}	BIH	St	Patna	94,163	64,530,554	82,998,509	103,804,637
i	Chandīgarh {Chandigarh}	CHA	UTerr	Chandīgarh	114	642,015	900,635	1,054,686
i	Chhattīsgarh {Chhattisgarh}	CHH	St	Raipur	135,191	17,614,928	20,833,803	25,540,196
i	Dādra & Nagar Haveli {Dadra & Nagar Haveli}	DAD	UTerr	Silvassa	491	138,477	220,490	342,853
i	Damān & Diu {Daman & Diu}	DAM	UTerr	Damān	112	101,586	158,204	242,911
i	Delhi	DEL	UTerr	Delhi	1,483	9,420,644	13,850,507	16,753,235
i	Goa	GOA	St	Panaji	3,702	1,169,793	1,347,668	1,457,723
i	Gujarāt {Gujarat}	GUJ	St	Gāndhinagar	196,024	41,309,582	50,671,017	60,383,628
i	Haryāna {Haryana}	HAR	St	Chandīgarh	44,212	16,463,648	21,144,564	25,353,081
i	Himāchal Pradesh {Himachal Pradesh}	HIM	St	Shimla	55,673	5,170,877	6,077,900	6,856,509
i	Jammu & Kashmīr {Jammu & Kashmir}	JAM	St	Srīnagar / Jammu	101,387	7,803,900	10,143,700	12,548,926
i	Jhārkhand {Jharkhand}	JHA	St	Rānchi	79,714	21,843,911	26,945,829	32,966,238
i	Karnātaka {Karnataka}	KAR	St	Bengaluru	191,791	44,977,201	52,850,562	61,130,704
i	Kerala	KER	St	Thiruvananthapuram	38,863	29,098,518	31,841,374	33,387,677
i	Lakshadweep	LAK	UTerr	Kavaratti	32	51,707	60,650	64,429
i	Madhya Pradesh	MAD	St	Bhopāl	308,245	48,566,242	60,348,023	72,597,565
i	Mahārāshtra {Maharashtra}	MAH	St	Mumbai	307,577	78,937,187	96,878,627	112,372,972
i	Manipur	MAN	St	Imphāl	22,327	1,837,149	2,166,788	2,721,756
i	Meghālaya {Meghalaya}	MEG	St	Shillong	22,429	1,774,778	2,318,822	2,964,007
i	Mizorām {Mizoram}	MIZ	St	Āīzawl	21,087	689,756	888,573	1,091,014
i	Nāgāland {Nagaland}	NAG	St	Kohīma	16,579	1,209,546	1,990,036	1,980,602
i	Odisha (Orissa)	OSA	St	Bhubaneswar	155,707	31,659,736	36,804,660	41,947,358
i	Puducherry (Pondicherry)	PCH	UTerr	Puducherry	480	807,785	974,345	1,244,464
i	Punjab	PUN	St	Chandīgarh	50,362	20,281,969	24,358,999	27,704,236
i	Rājasthān {Rajasthan}	RAJ	St	Jaipur	342,239	44,005,990	56,507,188	68,621,012
i	Sikkim	SIK	St	Gangtok	7,096	406,457	540,851	607,688
i	Tamil Nādu {Tamil Nadu}	TAM	St	Chennai	130,058	55,858,946	62,405,679	72,138,958
i	Tripura	TRI	St	Agartala	10,486	2,757,205	3,199,203	3,671,032
i	Uttarākhand (Uttaranchal) {Uttarakhand}	UAR	St	Dehra Dūn	53,483	7,113,483	8,489,349	10,116,752
i	Uttar Pradesh	UTT	St	Lucknow	240,928	131,998,804	166,197,921	199,581,477
i	West Bengal (Bangla)	WES	St	Kolkata	88,752	68,077,965	80,176,197	91,347,736
	India	IND		New Delhi	3,166,285	846,387,888	1,028,610,328	1,210,193,422

(1991) (2001) (2011) Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (web).

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