List of most populous metropolitan areas in India
This article lists the top twenty metropolitan areas in India by population as of 2006. The combined population of these 25 metros accounts for approximately one-Eighth of the national population.
| Rank | City | Persons [1] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greater Mumbai (Bombay) | 19,944,371 |
| 2 | Delhi | 17,753,087 |
| 3 | Kolkata (Calcutta) | 14,681,589 |
| 4 | Chennai (Madras) | 6,957,669 |
| 5 | Bangalore | 6,158,677 |
| 6 | Hyderabad | 6,012,368 |
| 7 | Ahmedabad | 5,080,566 |
| 8 | Pune | 4,863,760 |
| 9 | Kanpur | 3,243,745 |
| 10 | Surat | 3,044,731 |
| 11 | Jaipur | 2,871,522 |
| 12 | Lucknow | 2,769,755 |
| 13 | Nagpur | 2,447,533 |
| 14 | Patna | 2,258,505 |
| 15 | Indore | 1,809,320 |
| 16 | Bhopal | 1,638,774 |
| 17 | Meerut | 1,618,909 |
| 18 | Vadodara | 1,616,221 |
| 19 | Ludhiana | 1,584,743 |
| 20 | Bhubaneshwar | 1,577,016 |
| 21 | Coimbatore | 1,566,010 |
| 22 | Agra | 1,538,253 |
| 23 | Nashik | 1,497,096 |
| 24 | Kochi | 1,467,863 |
| 25 | Vishakapatnam | 1,439,777 |
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India-related lists | Metropolitan areas of India