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Question
What are metropolitan cities? How are they different from urban agglomerations?
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Solution
According to the census of India, the cities with a population between 1 to 5 million are termed metropolitan cities. An urban agglomeration is a stretch of an urban area that may comprise two or more cities. Many of the metropolitan cities of India are basically urban agglomeration.
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