Ten largest metropolitans in India

Rank	Metropolitan Area	State/Territory	2010 Estimate
1	Mumbai	Maharashtra	21,900,967
2	Delhi	Delhi	18,916,890
3	Kolkata	West Bengal	15,644,040
4	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	7,413,779
5	Bangalore	Karnataka	6,562,408
6	Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh	6,383,850
7	Pune	Maharashtra	5,518,688
8	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	5,413,622
9	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	3,627,313
10	Surat	Gujarat	3,244,328

Note :- Mumbai is the sixth most populous city in the world .

Indian Metropolitan By Area

The Top Ten Metropolitans in India by area are (minimum population 4 million):-

1. National Capital Region(NCR) Delhi - Area  33,578 sq km².
2. Mumbai Metropolitan Region - 4,355 km².
3. Kolkata Metropolitan area - 1923 km²  approx.
4. Pune Metropolitan Area - 1710 km² approx.
5.  Kanpur Metropolitan Area - 1640 km² .
6. Chennai Metropolitan Area -1189 km² .
7. Bangalore Metropolitan Area 869 km² apporx.
8. Hyderabad Metropolitan Area 759 km²  approx.
9. Ahmedabad Metropolitan 493 km² .
10. Surat Metropolitan Area 366 km². 

Note:- National Capital Region (NCR) is the world's second largest urban agglomeration.