Lok Sabha Question No. 4450 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-14
Subject: Metropolitan Cities
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

No. 4450

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4450

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 14, 2016

## METROPOLITAN CITIES

SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the name of metropolitan cities in the country;
- (b) the norms for awarding the status of metropolitan cities to a city;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to award the status of metropolitan cities to the big cities; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a)  &  (b):  The  Census  of  India  does  not  use  the  term  "metropolitan cities". It uses the term "million plus" cities. The High Power Committee Report on Indian Urban Infrastructure and Services (March 2011) and Urban and Regional Development Plans Formulation and Implementation (URDPFI)  Guidelines (January 2015) issued by Ministry of  Urban Development define metropolitan cities as cities with population above 1  million. The  name  of  metropolitan  cities  in  the  country  is  given  in Annexure.

- (c) & (d): No, Madam. There is no such proposal.

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## Annexure

## Annexure is referred to Part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4450 for answer on 14.12.2016 regarding Metropolitan Cities.

## Names of Metropolitan Cities in India - 2011

|   Sl. No | Name of UA/City       | State Name     |   Population |
|----------|-----------------------|----------------|--------------|
|        1 | Greater Mumbai UA     | Maharashtra    |     18414288 |
|        2 | Delhi UA              | NCT of Delhi   |     16314838 |
|        3 | Kolkata UA            | West Bengal    |     14112536 |
|        4 | Chennai UA            | Tamil Nadu     |      8696010 |
|        5 | BANGALORE UA          | Karnataka      |      8499399 |
|        6 | Hyderabad UA          | Andhra Pradesh |      7749334 |
|        7 | Ahmadabad UA          | Gujarat        |      6352254 |
|        8 | Pune UA               | Maharashtra    |      5049968 |
|        9 | Surat UA              | Gujarat        |      4585367 |
|       10 | Jaipur (M Corp.)      | Rajasthan      |      3073350 |
|       11 | Kanpur UA             | Uttar Pradesh  |      2920067 |
|       12 | Lucknow UA            | Uttar Pradesh  |      2901474 |
|       13 | Nagpur UA             | Maharashtra    |      2497777 |
|       14 | Ghaziabad UA          | Uttar Pradesh  |      2358525 |
|       15 | Indore UA             | Madhya Pradesh |      2167447 |
|       16 | Coimbatore UA         | Tamil Nadu     |      2151466 |
|       17 | Kochi UA              | Kerala         |      2117990 |
|       18 | Patna UA              | Bihar          |      2046652 |
|       19 | Kozhikode UA          | Kerala         |      2030519 |
|       20 | Bhopal UA             | Madhya Pradesh |      1883381 |
|       21 | Thrissur UA           | Kerala         |      1854783 |
|       22 | Vadodara UA           | Gujarat        |      1817191 |
|       23 | Agra UA               | Uttar Pradesh  |      1746467 |
|       24 | Visakhapatnam         | Andhra Pradesh |      1730320 |
|       25 | Malappuram UA         | Kerala         |      1698645 |
|       26 | Thiruvananthapuram UA | Kerala         |      1687406 |
|       27 | Kannur UA             | Kerala         |      1642892 |
|       28 | Ludhiana (M Corp.)    | Punjab         |      1613878 |
|       29 | Nashik UA             | Maharashtra    |      1562769 |
|       30 | Vijayawada UA         | Andhra Pradesh |      1491202 |
|       31 | Madurai UA            | Tamil Nadu     |      1462420 |
|       32 | Varanasi UA           | Uttar Pradesh  |      1435113 |
|       33 | Meerut UA             | Uttar Pradesh  |      1424908 |
|       34 | Faridabad (M Corp.)   | Haryana        |      1404653 |
|       35 | Rajkot UA             | Gujarat        |      1390933 |
|       36 | Jamshedpur UA         | Jharkhand      |      1337131 |

|   37 | Srinagar UA                | Jammu & Kashmir   |   1273312 |
|------|----------------------------|-------------------|-----------|
|   38 | Jabalpur UA                | Madhya Pradesh    |   1267564 |
|   39 | Asansol UA                 | West Bengal       |   1243008 |
|   40 | Vasai Virar City (M Corp.) | Maharashtra       |   1221233 |
|   41 | Allahabad UA               | Uttar Pradesh     |   1216719 |
|   42 | Dhanbad UA                 | Jharkhand         |   1195298 |
|   43 | Aurangabad UA              | Maharashtra       |   1189376 |
|   44 | Amritsar UA                | Punjab            |   1183705 |
|   45 | Jodhpur UA                 | Rajasthan         |   1137815 |
|   46 | Ranchi UA                  | Jharkhand         |   1126741 |
|   47 | Raipur UA                  | Chhattisgarh      |   1122555 |
|   48 | Kollam UA                  | Kerala            |   1110005 |
|   49 | Gwalior UA                 | Madhya Pradesh    |   1101981 |
|   50 | Durg-Bhilainagar UA        | Chhattisgarh      |   1064077 |
|   51 | Chandigarh UA              | Chandigarh        |   1025682 |
|   52 | Tiruchirappalli UA         | Tamil Nadu        |   1021717 |
|   53 | Kota (M Corp.)             | Rajasthan         |   1001365 |

## UA- Urban Agglomeration M. Corp. - Municipal Corporation

## Souce: Census of India 2011