Mumbai Metropolitan Region


Mumbai Metropolitan Region is a metropolitan area consisting of Mumbai and its satellite towns in Maharashtra, India. The region has an area of 6,355 square kilometers and with a population of over 26 million it is among the most populous metropolitan areas in the world.
Developing over a period of about 20 years, it consists of nine municipal corporations and fifteen smaller municipal councils. The entire area is overseen by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, a Maharashtra State Government organisation in charge of town planning, development, transportation and housing in the region.
The MMRDA was formed to address the challenges in planning and development of integrated infrastructure for the metropolitan region. The areas outside Brihan Mumbai and Navi Mumbai have lacked organised development. Navi Mumbai, developed as one of the largest planned cities in the world, was promoted by a Maharashtra Government-owned company, City and Industrial Development Corporation.
The region has had problems related to haphazard and illegal development as a result of rapid urbanisation. Villages along the NH3 in Bhiwandi Taluka are examples of haphazard developments in the MMR, with some of the largest warehousing areas in India. Government agencies such as the Town Planner and Collector of Thane have had challenges in addressing unorganised development.

Municipal corporations

  1. Mumbai
  2. Thane
  3. Kalyan-Dombivli
  4. Navi Mumbai
  5. Panvel
  6. Vasai-Virar
  7. Mira-Bhayandar
  8. Bhiwandi-Nizampur
  9. Ulhasnagar

    Municipal Councils

  10. Ambarnath
  11. Badlapur
  12. Uran
  13. Alibaug
  14. Pen
  15. Matheran
  16. Karjat
  17. Khopoli
  18. Palghar

    Districts

  19. Mumbai City
  20. Mumbai Suburban
  21. Thane
  22. Palghar
  23. Raigad