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Metropolitan area includes a city and its suburbs. For the city, see Kolkata.
Metropolitan Area in West Bengal, India
Kolkata Metropolitan Region
Greater Kolkata
Metropolitan Area
Country
India
State
West Bengal
Core city
Kolkata
Districts
Kolkata North 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas Howrah Hooghly Nadia
Government
• Body
Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority
Area
• Total
1,888 km2 (729 sq mi)
Population
(2023)[1]
• Total
15,870,000
• Density
24,000/km2 (60,000/sq mi)
• Metro rank
3rd in India; 2nd in Bengal Region; 13th in Asia; 16th in the world
Time zone
UTC+5.30 (IST)
Website
kmda.wb.gov.in
An illustration of the Kolkata Metropolitan Region
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. The area is administered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
The area covers four municipal corporations along with 37 municipalities.[2][3] Kolkata metropolitan district was legally defined in the schedule of the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area (Use and Development of Land) Control Act, 1965 (West Bengal Act XIV of 1965),[4] and, after repeal of that Act, redefined as Kolkata metropolitan area in the first schedule of West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979 (West Bengal Act XIII of 1979).[5]
^Kolkata Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Metropolis.org.
^"Chapter II – The Vision _ Evolution of Kolkata Metropolitan Area" (PDF). jnnurmmis.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^"CMPA Act, 1965 from SARTHAC, Calcutta High Court". Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^"WBTC Act, 1979 from SARTHAC, Calcutta High Court". Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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