Surat metropolitan area
State	Gujarat
Districts Districts of India A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and otherwise directly into tehsils or talukas.District officials include:...	Surat Surat Surat , also known as Suryapur, is the commercial capital city of the Indian state of Gujarat. Surat is India's Eighth most populous city and Ninth-most populous urban agglomeration. It is also administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in India. The city proper... Navsari Navsari Navsari is a city and municipality in the Surat Metropolitan Region and also the administrative headquarters Navsari District of Gujarat, India. Navsari is also the Twin City of Surat, and only 37 km south of Surat.-Geography:... Dang Tapi
Area Area Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat...	4,255 km²
Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... (2010)	6512000
Density Density The mass density or density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol most often used for density is ρ . In some cases , density is also defined as its weight per unit volume; although, this quantity is more properly called specific weight... (2008)	4,065/km²
Codes   • Postal   • Telephone   • Vehicle	394 0xx to 395 0XX +0261, 026XX, GJ-5, GJ-19, GJ-21, GJ-15
Time zone Time zone A time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...	IST Indian Standard Time Indian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...  (UTC Coordinated Universal Time Coordinated Universal Time is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is one of several closely related successors to Greenwich Mean Time. Computer servers, online services and other entities that rely on having a universally accepted time use UTC for that purpose...  +5:30)

The Surat Metropolitan Area/Surat Metropolitan Region (SMR) is a metropolitan area

Metropolitan area

The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...

 consisting of the Indian

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...

 metropolis of Surat

Surat

Surat , also known as Suryapur, is the commercial capital city of the Indian state of Gujarat. Surat is India's Eighth most populous city and Ninth-most populous urban agglomeration. It is also administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in India. The city proper...

 and its satellite towns. Developing over a period of about 18 years, it consists of one municipal corporation, 7 municipalities and 6 Counter Magnets. The entire area is overseen by the Surat Urban Development Authority

Surat Urban Development Authority

Surat Urban Development Authority is the urban planning agency of Surat, India. SUDA was formed in 1976, under Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act - 1976, which covers SMC and 722 Kms area of 148 villages surrounding SMC...

(SUDA), a Gujarat state government organisation in charge of town planning, development, transport and housing. The Surat Urban Development Authority

Surat Urban Development Authority

Surat Urban Development Authority is the urban planning agency of Surat, India. SUDA was formed in 1976, under Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act - 1976, which covers SMC and 722 Kms area of 148 villages surrounding SMC...

 has faced difficulties in developing proper integrated planning of the region as result of which a new urban development body (Surat Metropolitan Region Development Authority) was planned in 2008 for the entire Surat Metropolitan Region. Although it is under SUDA authorities the area outside of Surat Municipal Corporation lacks organised development. The region is also famous for haphazard and illegal development as a result of rapid urbanisation. The examples of haphazard development are Chalthan

Chalthan

Chalthan is a census town in Surat district in the state of Gujarat, India.-Demographics: India census, Chalthan had a population of 12,746. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. Chalthan has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male...

 and Kim

Kim

-Names:* Kim * Kim * Kim * Kim, Vietnamese form of Jin -Places:* KIM, IATA code for Kimberley Airport in South Africa* Kim, Colorado, United States* Kim, a town near Surat, Gujarat, India...

 on NH 8 and Hazira, Kadodara

Kadodara

Kadodara is a city in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Kadodra is a junction of NH 6 and NH 8 and is on the middle way on Surat-Bardoli road. The civic agency of...

 on NH 6. Many fear it is on the verge of becoming a Mega-slum. Surat Metropolitan Region is India's sixth largest metropolitan region in terms of area. The metropolitan limits of the Surat Metropolitan Area were extended in 2008 by the State's Urban Development Ministry. The limits were extended from 800 Sq km to 4255 Sq km including Navsari and Dang districts.
The region has an area of 4,255 km² and a population estimated in 2010 as 6,512,000. http://www.sudaonline.com/suda/index.asp.

Municipal Corporation	Population (2010 )	Area (km²)	Density (per km²)
Municipal Corporation of Surat Surat Surat , also known as Suryapur, is the commercial capital city of the Indian state of Gujarat. Surat is India's Eighth most populous city and Ninth-most populous urban agglomeration. It is also administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in India. The city proper...	4,767,789	326.515	15,238
Totals	47,67,789	326.515	15,238

Municipalities

1. Navsari
   Navsari
   Navsari is a city and municipality in the Surat Metropolitan Region and also the administrative headquarters Navsari District of Gujarat, India. Navsari is also the Twin City of Surat, and only 37 km south of Surat.-Geography:...
   
    
2. Kanakpur-Kansad
   Kanakpur-Kansad
   Kanakpur-Kansad is city and a Municipality in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The town is located 25 km south of Surat off the old Surat-Mumbai highway near Sachin. It is one of the Middle-Class residential Town in Surat Metropolitan Region. The major population consist of...
   
    
3. Vijalpor
   Vijalpor
   Vijalpor is a city and a municipality in Navsari district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city is under Surat Metropolitan Region. The town is located at an distance of 7 km south of Navsari City off Udhana-Nasik Highway.-Demographics:...
   
   
4. Bardoli
   Bardoli
   Bardoli is a city and a municipality in Surat Metropolitan Region in the state of Gujarat, India. Bardoli is the east most end of the Metropolis of Surat. Bardoli is one of the primary Satellite Towns of Surat Metropolitan Region.-Geography:...
   
   
5. Tarasadi
   Tarasadi
   Tarasadi is city and a Municipality in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The town is located 45 km North-East of Surat on Surat-Mumbai highway near Kosamba.- Demographics :...
   
    
6. Gandevi
   Gandevi
   Gandevi is a City and a Municipality in Navsari district in the state of Gujarat, India.-Geography:The town of Gandevi lies in the prosperous southern part of the state of Gujarat...
   
    
7. Billimora 

Counter Magnets

1. Bharuch
   Bharuch
   Bharuch , also known as Broach, is the oldest city in Gujarat, situated at the mouth of the holy river Narmada. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District and a municipality of more than 1,50,000 inhabitants. As Bharuch is a major seaport city, a number of trade activities have...
   
   
2. Ankleshwar
3. Vyara
   Vyara
   Vyara is a city, a municipality and the district headquarters of the Tapi district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Geography:Vyara is located at . It has an average elevation of 69 metres .-Demographics:...
   
   
4. Songadh
   Songadh
   Fort Songadh is a city and a municipality in Tapi district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It has previously been known as "Soneri Gadh, later being abbreviated to the now common Songadh.-Geography:Songadh is located at...
   
   
5. Valsad
   Valsad
   Valsad , formerly known as Bulsar, is a city and a municipality in the Valsad district of the Indian state of Gujarat. The city has a collectorate, a district court, and a police headquarters with a historic prison...
   
   
6. Vapi
   Vapi
   Vapi Vapi Vapi (IAST: vāpī, Gujarati: , is a city and a municipality in Valsad district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is situated on the banks of Damanganga River in southern Gujarat, India. Vapi falls under the taluka administration of Pardi...
   
   

The Metropolitan region has 6 Counter Magnets in 3 directions. Bharuch

Bharuch

Bharuch , also known as Broach, is the oldest city in Gujarat, situated at the mouth of the holy river Narmada. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District and a municipality of more than 1,50,000 inhabitants. As Bharuch is a major seaport city, a number of trade activities have...

 and Ankleshwar in North, Vyara

Vyara

Vyara is a city, a municipality and the district headquarters of the Tapi district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Geography:Vyara is located at . It has an average elevation of 69 metres .-Demographics:...

 and Songadh

Songadh

Fort Songadh is a city and a municipality in Tapi district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It has previously been known as "Soneri Gadh, later being abbreviated to the now common Songadh.-Geography:Songadh is located at...

 in East and Valsad

Valsad

Valsad , formerly known as Bulsar, is a city and a municipality in the Valsad district of the Indian state of Gujarat. The city has a collectorate, a district court, and a police headquarters with a historic prison...

 and Vapi

Vapi

Vapi Vapi Vapi (IAST: vāpī, Gujarati: , is a city and a municipality in Valsad district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is situated on the banks of Damanganga River in southern Gujarat, India. Vapi falls under the taluka administration of Pardi...

 in South. All these Counter Magnets range between 70 to 130 km range from Surat. All these Six Counter Magnets are in the consideration of State Government's ambitious Twin City project. Ankleshwar and Vapi are considered as one of the largest industrial cities of Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

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Satellite Towns

1. Kadodara
   Kadodara
   Kadodara is a city in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Kadodra is a junction of NH 6 and NH 8 and is on the middle way on Surat-Bardoli road. The civic agency of...
   
   
2. Kamrej
   Kamrej
   Kamrej is a Satellite Town of Surat City in Surat district in the state of Gujarat, India.-Demographics: India census, Kamrej had a population of 12,746. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. Kamrej has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%;...
   
   
3. Palsana
   Palsana
   Not to be confused with the Palsana located north of Jaipur in Rajasthan.Palsana is a city and a Municipality in Surat district in Gujarat, India. It is situated on National highway-8 at a distance of 25 km from Surat. Palsana connects Surat with NH8 by Outer Ring Road also known as Hazira-Sachin...
   
   
4. Sayan, Gothangam
5. Udhana
   Udhana
   Udhna is a Sub-City of Surat. Located primarily on Surat-Navsari Highway in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is 7 km south of the Commercial Capital of Gujarat i.e Surat. Udhna is a Major Railway Station in Western India. Udhna is one of India's largest Textile manufacturing city...
   
   
6. Bamroli
   Bamroli
   Bamroli was a city and a Municipality in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The town is located 15 km south of Surat near Pandesara. The city comes under Surat Metropolitan Region. The city is one of the eight amalgamated Municipalities in Surat City. Now it is a Accommodates...
   
   
7. Amroli
   Amroli
   Amroli is a city and a Municipality in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat.-Demographics: India census, Amroli had a population of 32457. Males constitute 63% of the population and females 38%. Amroli has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male...
   
   
8. Kim
   Kim
   -Names:* Kim * Kim * Kim * Kim, Vietnamese form of Jin -Places:* KIM, IATA code for Kimberley Airport in South Africa* Kim, Colorado, United States* Kim, a town near Surat, Gujarat, India...
   
   
9. Sachin, Gujarat
   Sachin, Gujarat
   Sachin is one of the major Industrial city in Surat Metropolitan Region in the Indian state of Gujarat. The town is located 11 km south of Udhana and 19 km from Surat on old Surat-Udhana-Mumbai highway. Sachin is also a Railway junction on Surat-Navsari line. The town is one of Asia's largest...
   
   

The area takes up three districts of Gujarat state.

1. Surat
   Surat district
   Surat is a district in the state of Gujarat India with Surat city as the administrative headquarters of this district. It is surrounded by Bharuch, Narmada , Navsari and Dang districts. To the west is the Gulf of Cambay. It is the second-most advanced district in Gujarat...
   
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2. Navsari
   Navsari district
   Navsari is an administrative district in the state of Gujarat in India, with its headquarters at Navsari city. The district covers an area of 2,211 square kilometres, and had a population of 1,229,250 in 2001.Dudhia Talao:...
   
    (part)
3. Dang
   Dang district
   Dang is a district in the state of Gujarat in India. The administrative headquarters of the district are located in Ahwa. The Dangs have an area of 1764 km² and a population of 186,729 ....
   
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4. Tapi district
   Tapi district
   Tapi district is one of the 26 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Vyara town is the district headquarters.-History:Located in the southern part of Gujarat. On 27th September 2007, the district of Surat was bifurcated into two new districts, viz. Surat district with its headquarter at...
   
   

External links

• http://www.sudaonline.com/suda/index.asp
• http://workshopsabarmati.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/prof-utpal-sharma-3.ppt.