Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Constituents

The KMA consists of :

• 3 Municipal corporations: Kolkata Municipal Corporation
  Kolkata Municipal Corporation
  Kolkata Municipal Corporation is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Kolkata. The organization is known, in short, as KMC . This civic administrative body administers an area of 185 sq. km. Its motto, Purosree Bibardhan, is inscribed on its emblem in Bengali...
  
   (KMC), Howrah Municipal Corporation and Chandannagore Municipal Corporation
• 38 Municipalities
• 72 cities
• 527 towns and villages

Demographics

According to the 2001 census data, the total population of KMA is 13,216,546. The total area is 1,026 km², making the population density 12,883 per km².

According to a KMDA report of 2003, the approximate population is 14,000,000. The area is 1785 km², thus reducing the population density to 7843 per km².

According to 2005 KMDA reports, the population has crossed 15 million and the area covered by KMA now is more than 1854 km².

See also

• List of airports in the Kolkata metropolitan area
• List of metropolitan areas in Asia by population