| City – Metropolitan area |
State(s) |
Metro population |
Metro rank |
State or country Capital |
Rank in state |
Number 1 in the state |
Airport with scheduled flights |
Other airport nearby |
| NOIDA – Delhi |
UP, Delhi, Haryana |
18639762 |
2 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
| Kolkata |
West Bengal |
15414859 |
3 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
| Gandhinagar – Ahmedabad |
Gujarat |
5334314 |
7 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
| Pune |
Maharashtra |
5273211 |
8 |
No |
2 |
Mumbai (1) |
yes |
|
| Jaipur |
Rajasthan |
3102808 |
11 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
Yes |
|
| Patna |
Bihar |
2656318 |
13 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
| Bhopal |
Madhya Pradesh |
1751766 |
17 |
Yes |
2 |
Indore (15) |
yes |
|
| Bhubaneswar |
Orissa |
1666429 |
22 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
| Coimbatore |
Tamil Nadu |
1644224 |
23 |
No |
2 |
Chennai (4) |
yes |
|
| Kochi |
Kerala |
1541175 |
24 |
No |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
| Visakhapatnam |
Andhra Pradesh |
1511687 |
26 |
No |
2 |
Hyderabad (6) |
yes |
|
| Mysore |
Karnataka |
1230039 |
34 |
No |
2 |
Bangalore (5) |
New airport but no scheduled flights yet |
140 kms from Bangalore |
| Amritsar |
Punjab |
1206918 |
36 |
No |
2 |
Ludhiana (19) |
yes |
|
| Guwahati |
Assam |
1038071 |
44 |
Yes |
1 |
picked |
yes |
|
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