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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 Municipal Corporation For the list of largest metropolitan areas see List of metropolitan areas in India.
Greater Jaipur and Heritage Jaipur become two separate municipal corporations so it is not in the list.
This list is only for the area within a one municipal corporation, which has an area of more than 400 km2.
Rank
City
State / UT
Area (km2)
Area governed by
Ref
1
Delhi
Delhi
1484 km2
Municipal Corporation of Delhi
[1]
2
Bengaluru
Karnataka
741 km2
Greater Bangalore
3
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
681.96 km2
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation
[2]
4
Hyderabad
Telangana
650 km2
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
[3]
5
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
631 km2
Lucknow Municipal Corporation
[4]
6
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
530 km2
Amdavad Municipal Corporation
[5]
7
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
530 km2
Indore Municipal Corporation
[6]
8
Pune
Maharashtra
484.61 km2
Pune Municipal Corporation
[7]
9
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
463 km2
Bhopal Municipal Corporation
[8]
10
Surat
Gujarat
461.60 km2
Surat Municipal Corporation
[9]
11
Meerut
Uttar Pradesh
450 km2
Meerut Municipal Corporation
12
Mumbai
Maharashtra
440 km2[10]
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
[11]
13
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
426 km2
Greater Chennai Corporation
14
Warangal
Telangana
407.77 km2
Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation
^"Municipal Corporation of Delhi". mcdonline.nic.in. Retrieved 22 May 2022. It occupies an area of 1397.3 Sq. Kms. which is sub- divided into 12 Zones
^"About Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation". Retrieved 2 December 2023. With a population of 20,91,811 and occupying 681.96 sq.km(proposed), it is the second largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the third largest city on the east coast of India (after Chennai and Kolkata)
^"Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation - Corporation History". Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023. City grows from 175 sq km to 650 sq km
^"Lucknow to expand, 88 new villages under LMC wings". Times of India. Lucknow: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2023. total area under Lucknow Municipal Corporation to 631 sqkm
^"Ahmedabad to get 70 sq km bigger". Times of India. Ahmedabad. 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023. The city is set to expand by 70-odd square kilometres, taking its total area under municipal limits to 530 sq km.
^"Indore City – Indore municipal corporation". Retrieved 13 December 2023. The city is distributed over a land area of just 530 square kilometres (200 sq mi), making Indore the most densely populated major city in the central province.
^"Pune pips Mumbai as Maharashtra's largest city in terms of geographical area". CNBC TV18. 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^"Madhya Pradesh: Bifurcation of Bhopal Municipal Corporation not a cakewalk, say experts". The Economic Times. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2023. Urban development department officials are optimistic that two corporations in Bhopal, which spans across 463 square km and is among the 15 largest cities of India, will be beneficial for all.
^"Area of Town : Surat Municipal Corporation". Surat Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
^"The total area of Mumbai is 603.4 km2 (233 sq mi). Of this, the island city spans 67.79 km2 (26 sq mi), while the suburban district spans 370 km2 (143 sq mi), together accounting for 437.71 km2 (169 sq mi) under the administration of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM). The remaining areas belong to various Defence establishments, the Mumbai Port Trust (Government of India), the Atomic Energy Commission (Government of India)and the Borivali Sanjay Gandhi National Park (Government of India), which are out of the jurisdiction of the MCGM". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^"City Profile of Greater Mumbai" (PDF). Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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