A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less populated surrounding territories under the same administrative division, sharing industry, infrastructure and housing. Based on these faculties Ahmedabad is the largest metropolitan area in Gujarat.
This is a list of metropolitan areas by population in Gujarat. The 74th Amendment to the Indian Constitution defines a metropolitan area as:
An area having a population of 10 Lakh or 1 Million or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area.
Ahmedabad
Surat
Vadodara
Rajkotclass=notpageimage| List of metropolitan areas in Gujarat
List
List is based on the data of cities by Population.
| Rank | City | District | Type | Population (2021) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad | Metropolis | 8,253,000 |
| 2 | Surat | Surat | Metropolis | 4,645,384 |
| 3 | Vadodara | Vadodara | Metropolis | 3,041,791 |
| 4 | Rajkot | Rajkot | Metropolis | 1,390,640 |
See also
- List of cities in Gujarat by population
- List of metropolitan areas in India
- List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India
References
- "Local Bodies" (PDF). Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. National Informatics Centre. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- "The Constitution (Seventy-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1992".
- "Cities above 1 Lakh, Census 2011" (PDF). Government of India. Retrieved 3 February 2016.