Kolkata metropolitan area
The Kolkata Metropolitan Area, also known as Greater Kolkata, is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the third most populous List of most populous [metropolitan areas in India|metropolitan area] in India after Delhi and Mumbai. The area is administered by the Kolkata [Metropolitan Development Authority].
History
What is now the KMA was first legally defined as the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area in the schedule of the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area Control Act, 1965. After repeal of that Act, the area was redefined as the Calcutta Metropolitan Area in the first schedule of West Bengal Town and Country Act, 1979.
Jurisdiction
The area covers 4 municipal corporations along with 38 Municipalities.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census data, the total population of the Kolkata metropolitan area was 14,112,536. KMDA report states the total area is 1,888 km2, making the population density 7,480 per km2.