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The list is updated for cities wherever metropolitan area data is available with the corresponding sources. All population data correspond to the 2011 census. For regions that were expanded post-2011 and no updated population data is available, data corresponding to the old urban area limits as per the 2011 census has been considered. [3]
The city receives 2578 hours of sunshine per annum, with the maximum sunlight occurring in March. [4] Pollution is a major concern in Kolkata, and the Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) level is high when compared to other major cities of India, [5] [6] leading to regular smog and haze. Severe air pollution in the city has caused a rise in ...
City State / UT Area (km 2) Area governed by Ref ; 1 Delhi: Delhi: 1484 km 2: Municipal Corporation of Delhi [1] 2 Bengaluru: Karnataka: 741 km 2: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike: 3 Vishakapatnam: Andhra Pradesh: 681.96 km 2: Greater Vishakapatnam Municipal Corporation [2] 4 Hyderabad: Telangana: 650 km 2: Greater Hyderabad Municipal ...
This is a list of the most populous cities in India. Cities are a type of sub-administrative unit and are defined by the Ministry of Home Affairs. In some cases, cities are bifurcated into municipalities, which can lead to cities being included within other cities. This list is based on the Census of India using data from the 2001 census of India and the 2011 census of India. Map class ...
An Urban Agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000 as per the 2001 Census. In varying local conditions, there were similar other combinations which have been treated as urban agglomerations satisfying the basic condition of contiguity."
[10]: 15 Kolkata, which is under the jurisdiction of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), has an area of 205 km 2 (79 sq mi). [11] The east–west dimension of the city is comparatively narrow, stretching from the Hooghly River in the west to roughly the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in the east—a span of 9–10 km (5.6–6.2 mi). [ 12 ]
Streets and homes were inundated with floodwaters and transportation ground to a halt on Monday when the Indian city of Kolkata received more than 50 percent of its normal rainfall for the entire ...
An illustration of the Kolkata Metropolitan Region. The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (abbreviated KMA; formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area), also known as Greater Kolkata, is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the third most populous metropolitan area in India after Delhi and Mumbai.