List of cities in Maharashtra

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'''[[Maharashtra]]''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ɑː|h|ə|ˈ|r|ɑː|ʃ|t|r|ə}} {{IPA-mr |məharaːʂʈrə||Maharashtra.ogg}}), is a [[States and territories of India|state]] in the [[West India|western]] region of [[India]]. It is a [[List of states and union territories of India by population|second-most populous]] state after [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[List of states and territories of India by area|third largest state by area]] in India. Maharashtra is the wealthiest state in India, contributing 15% of the country's industrial output and 13.3% of its GDP (2006–2007 figures).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.worldbank.org.in/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/INDIAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:20951183~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:295584,00.html | location = India | title = Countries | publisher = World Bank | date = | accessdate = 2008-10-31 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120213182416/http://www.worldbank.org.in/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/INDIAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:20951183~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:295584,00.html | archive-date = 13 February 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Maharashtra is the world's second-most populous first-level administrative country sub-division. Were it a nation in its own right, Maharashtra would be the [[List of countries by population|world's tenth-most populous state]], followed by [[Mexico]]. There are 41,000 villages and 378 urban centres in Maharashtra.{{cn|date=April 2019}}

==List of metropolitan areas in Maharashtra==

{{See also|List of metropolitan areas in India}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="vertical-align:top"
! style="width:0.01px;"| Rank
! style="width:180px;"| Metropolitan area
! style="width:325px;"| Urban planning authority
! style="width:50px;"| State/Territory
! style="width:10px;"| Population (2011)
! style="width:10px;"| Area (in km2)
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 1
| [[Mumbai Metropolitan Region]]
| [[Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
| style="text-align:left;"|2,48,14,288<ref>{{cite web|title=MMR – Population and Employment|url=http://www.naredco.in/pdfs/sc-deshpande.pdf|website=National Real Estate Development Council|publisher=Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation|accessdate=21 March 2016|page=4}}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;"|5,354.5<ref>{{cite web|title=About MMR|url=https://mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in/about-mmr|website=Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority|accessdate=21 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2
| [[Pune Metropolitan Area|Pune Metropolitan Region]]
| [[Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
| style="text-align:left;"|78,49,968<ref name="pmrda">{{cite news|title=Expansion plans: PMRDA wants 800 villages within limits|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/pune-redrawn-now-largest-urban-unit-in-maharashtra/|accessdate=18 March 2016|work=The Indian Express|date=8 December 2015|location=Mumbai}}</ref>
| style="text-align:left;" |8,616.79<ref name="pmrda"/>
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 3
|[[Nagpur metropolitan area|Nagpur Metropolitan Region]]
|[[Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development Authority]]
|[[Maharashtra]]
|35,30,000
|3,567.37
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|- style="vertical-align:top"
! style="width:0.01px;"| Rank
! style="width:200px;"| Name
! style="width:12px;"| District
! style="width:5px;"| Population
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 1
| style="text-align:left" | [[Greater Mumbai]] UA
| style="text-align:left" | Mumbai
| style="text-align:right" | 2,48,14,288
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2
| style="text-align:left" | [[Pune]] UA
| style="text-align:left" | Pune
| style="text-align:right" | 78,49,968
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 3
| style="text-align:left" | [[Nagpur]] UA
| style="text-align:left" | Nagpur
| style="text-align:right" | 35,30,000
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 4
| style="text-align:left" | [[Nashik]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Nashik
| style="text-align:right" | 18,92,769
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 5
| style="text-align:left" | [[Thane]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Thane
| style="text-align:right" | 18,86,941
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 6
| style="text-align:left" | [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] UA
| style="text-align:left" | Aurangabad
| style="text-align:right" | 16,89,376
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 7
| style="text-align:left" | [[Solapur]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Solapur
| style="text-align:right" | 12,51,119
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 8
| style="text-align:left" | [[Jalgaon]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Jalgaon
| style="text-align:right" | 9,98,714
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 9
| style="text-align:left" | [[Amravati]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Amravati
| style="text-align:right" | 8,46,801
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 10
| style="text-align:left" | [[Nanded]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Nanded
| style="text-align:right" | 7,50,564
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 11
| style="text-align:left" | [[Kolhapur]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Kolhapur
| style="text-align:right" | 6,49,283
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| style="text-align:left" | [[Akola]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Akola
| style="text-align:right" | 5,37,149
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 13
| style="text-align:left" | [[Ulhasnagar]] UA
| style="text-align:left" | Thane
| style="text-align:right" | 5,06,973
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 14
| style="text-align:left" | [[Sangli]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Sangli
| style="text-align:right" | 5,02,697
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 15
| style="text-align:left" | [[Malegaon]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Nashik
| style="text-align:right" | 4,71,006
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 16
| style="text-align:left" | [[Latur]] UA
| style="text-align:left" | Latur
| style="text-align:right" | 3,82,754
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 17
| style="text-align:left" | [[Dhule]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Dhule
| style="text-align:right" | 3,76,093
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 18
| style="text-align:left" | [[Ahmednagar]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Ahmednagar
| style="text-align:right" | 3,79,867
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 19
| style="text-align:left" | [[ichalkaranji]] UA
| style="text-align:left" | kolhapur
| style="text-align:right" | 4,69,000
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 20
| style="text-align:left" | [[miraj]] UA
| style="text-align:left" | sangli
| style="text-align:right" | 3,25,709
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 21
| style="text-align:left" | [[Chandrapur]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Chandrapur
| style="text-align:right" | 3,21,036
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 22
| style="text-align:left" | [[Parbhani]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Parbhani
| style="text-align:right" | 3,07,191
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 23
| style="text-align:left" | [[Jalna, Maharashtra|Jalna]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Jalna
| style="text-align:right" | 2,85,349
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 24
| style="text-align:left" | [[Bhusawal]] UA
| style="text-align:left" | Jalgaon
| style="text-align:right" | 2,04,016
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 25
| style="text-align:left" | [[Navi Mumbai]] Panvel Raigad CT
| style="text-align:left" | Panvel
| style="text-align:right" | 5,04,999
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 26
| style="text-align:left" | [[Panvel]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Panvel
| style="text-align:right" | 3,80,464
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 27
| style="text-align:left" | [[Satara (city)|Satara]] UA
| style="text-align:left" | Satara
| style="text-align:right" | 3,09,170
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 28
| style="text-align:left" | [[Beed]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Beed
| style="text-align:right" | 2,06,237
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 29
| style="text-align:left" | [[Yavatmal]] UA
| style="text-align:left" | Yavatmal
| style="text-align:right" | 2,88,464
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 30
| style="text-align:left" | [[Kamptee]] UA
| style="text-align:left" | Nagpur
| style="text-align:right" | 1,46,124
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 31
| style="text-align:left" | [[Gondia]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Gondia
| style="text-align:right" | 1,70,889
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 32
| style="text-align:left" | [[Barshi]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Solapur
| style="text-align:right" | 1,18,573
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 33
| style="text-align:left" | [[Achalpur]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Amravati
| style="text-align:right" | 1,28,293
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 34
| style="text-align:left" | [[Osmanabad]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Osmanabad
| style="text-align:right" | 1,12,085
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 35
| style="text-align:left" | [[Nandurbar]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Nandurbar
| style="text-align:right" | 1,11,067
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 36
| style="text-align:left" | [[Wardha]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Wardha
| style="text-align:right" | 2,15,543
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 37
| style="text-align:left" | [[Udgir]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Latur
| style="text-align:right" | 1,04,063
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 38
| style="text-align:left" | [[Hinganghat]] City
| style="text-align:left" | Wardha
| style="text-align:right" | 2,25,312
|-
|}
 

== See also ==
*[[List of metropolitan areas in India]]
*[[List of cities in India by population]]
*[[List of cities in Maharashtra by population]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://censusindia.gov.in/2011-common/censusdata2011.html Census 2011]

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