List of cities in India by area

The below list is about the area of largest cities in India. The cities are ranked by the area governed by local political bodies such as Municipality or Municipal Corporation.[1] For list of largest metropolitan areas in India, see List of metropolitan areas in India.

Rank City State / UT Area (km2) Area governed by Ref
1 Delhi Delhi NCR 1484 Municipal Corporation of Delhi
2 Bengaluru Karnataka 709 Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike [2]
3 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 681 Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation [3][4]
4 Ranchi Jharkhand 652 Ranchi Municipal Corporation [5]
5 Hyderabad Telangana 625 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation [6]
6 Mumbai Maharashtra 603 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) administers 437.71 sq. km.; the rest is occupied by Defence lands, Mumbai Port Trust, and Sanjay Gandhi National Park, which are outside BMC's purview [7]
7 Indore Madhya Pradesh 530 Indore Municipal Corporation [8]
8 Jaipur Rajasthan 467 Jaipur Municipal Corporation [9]
9 Ahmedabad Gujarat 464 Amdavad Municipal Corporation [10]
10 Chennai Tamil Nadu 426 Greater Chennai Corporation [11]
11 Bhubaneswar Odisha 422 Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation
12 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 403 Kanpur Municipal Corporation
13 Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh 374 Jabalpur Municipal Corporation
14 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 349 Lucknow Municipal Corporation
15 Pune Maharashtra 331 Pune Municipal Corporation

See also

References
  1. "Metropolitan Cities of India" (PDF). Central Pollution Control Board. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  2. K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj (28 July 2015). "Bengaluru is growing fast, but governed like a village". The Hindu. Bengaluru. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. "Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation: Introduction". Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. "Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs" (PDF). Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. "City Profile" (PDF). Ranchi Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. "Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation". www.ghmc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  7. "City Profile of Greater Mumbai" (PDF). Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  8. .pdf "DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK - INDORE" Check |url= value (help) (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations Madhya Pradesh. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  9. "City Profile". Jaipur Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  10. "About The Corporation: Ahmedabad Today". Amdavad Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  11. "Scope of digital mapping exercise in city likely to be enlarged". The Hindu. 24 December 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
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