List of cities in India by area

This 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 corporations. For the list of largest metropolitan areas, see list of metropolitan areas in India..

Bengaluru (Bangalore) is not in this list because there are five different municipal corporations in Bengaluru city. Since 1 May 2025 the Greater Bengaluru Authority has power over the municipal corporations in Bengaluru; their chairman is the chief minister of the Greater Bengaluru Authority; the mayor of Bengaluru is appointed by the Greater Bengaluru Authority.

This list is only for areas within municipal corporations which have an area of more than 400 km².

Rank	City	State / UT	Area (km2)	Area governed by	Ref
1	Delhi	Delhi	1484	Municipal Corporation of Delhi	[1]
2	Ayodhya	Uttar Pradesh	872.81	Ayodhya Municipal Corporation	[2] [3]
3	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	681.96	Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation	[4]
4	Hyderabad	Telangana	650	Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation	[5]
5	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	631	Lucknow Municipal Corporation	[6]
6	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	530	Indore Municipal Corporation	[7]
7	Pune	Maharashtra	526	Pune Municipal Corporation	[8]
8	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	505	Amdavad Municipal Corporation	[9]
9	Jaipur	Rajasthan	484.64	Jaipur Municipal Corporation
10	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	463	Bhopal Municipal Corporation	[10]
11	Surat	Gujarat	461.60	Surat Municipal Corporation	[11]
12	Meerut	Uttar Pradesh	450	Meerut Municipal Corporation
13	Mumbai	Maharashtra	440	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation	[12]
14	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	426	Greater Chennai Corporation
15	Warangal	Telangana	407.77	Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation

See also

• List of cities in India by population

References

1. "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
2. "Ayodhya Set for 873 sq-km Expansion in Second Phase | Hindustan Times Haryana - newspaper - Read this story on Magzter.com". Magzter. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
3. "Ayodhya municipal limits to widen with 343 more villages". The Times of India. 21 May 2025. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 8 October 2025.
4. "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)
5. "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
6. "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
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "Ahmedabad to get 39 sq km bigger". Times of India . Ahmedabad. 19 June 2020. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2024. The city is set to expand by 70-odd square kilometres, taking its total area under municipal limits to 530 sq km.
10. "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 among the 15 largest cities of India, will be beneficial for all.
11. "Area of Town : Surat Municipal Corporation". Surat Municipal Corporation . Retrieved 4 December 2023.
12. "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.