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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Metropolitan areas in Gujarat}}<br />
{{see also|Districts of Gujarat|Cities of Gujarat|Talukas of Gujarat}}<br />
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A '''[[metropolitan area]]''' or '''metro''' is a '''region''' consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less populated surrounding territories under the same administrative division, sharing industry, infrastructure and housing.<br />
Based on these faculties [[Ahmedabad]] is the largest metropolitan area in [[Gujarat]].<br />
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This is a list of [[metropolitan area]]s by population in [[Gujarat]]. The 74th Amendment to the Indian Constitution defines a [[metropolitan area]] as: <blockquote>An area having a population of 10 [[Lakh]] or 1 Million or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by public notification to be a Metropolitan area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Local Bodies|url=http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/SYB2013/CH-42-LOCAL%20BODIES/local%20bodies.pdf|website=Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation|publisher=National Informatics Centre|access-date=5 June 2015|page=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034226/http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/SYB2013/CH-42-LOCAL%20BODIES/local%20bodies.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend74.htm|title=The Constitution (Seventy-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1992}}</ref></blockquote><br />
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{{location map+|Gujarat|width=300|right|caption=List of metropolitan areas in Gujarat|places={{location map~|Gujarat|label=[[Ahmedabad]]|lat=23.03|long=72.58}}<br />
{{location map~|Gujarat |lat=21.1012864|N|long=72.4951819|E|label=[[Surat]]|mark=Green pog.svg|position=right}}<br />
{{location map~|Gujarat|label=[[Vadodara]]|lat=22.18|long=73.12|mark=Blue pog.svg|position=right}}<br />
{{location map~ |Gujarat |lat=22.3000|N|long=70.7833|E|label=[[Rajkot]]|mark=Yellow pog.svg|position=right}}}}<br />
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== List ==<br />
List is based on the data of cities by Population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|title=Cities above 1 Lakh, Census 2011|publisher=Government of India|access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Rank<br />
!City<br />
!District<br />
!Type<br />
!Population (2021)<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Ahmedabad]]<br />
|[[Ahmedabad district|Ahmedabad]]<br />
|[[Metropolis]]<br />
|8,253,000<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Surat]]<br />
|[[Surat district|Surat]]<br />
|[[Metropolis]]<br />
|7,645,384<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Vadodara]]<br />
|[[Vadodara district|Vadodara]]<br />
|[[Metropolis]]<br />
|3,041,791<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Rajkot]]<br />
|[[Rajkot district|Rajkot]]<br />
|[[Metropolis]]<br />
|1,390,640<br />
|}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[List of cities in Gujarat by population]]<br />
* [[List of metropolitan areas in India]]<br />
* [[List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India]]<br />
* [[List of cities in Gujrat by school]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cities in Gujarat by population}}<br />
[[Category:Lists of cities in India by state or union territory|Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarat-related lists|Cities]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of cities in India by population|Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Cities and towns in Gujarat|Population]]</div>Andreasujg