Distance to nearest metro
Straight-line km from the district centroid to the nearest tier-1 commercial city (Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad). Lower is better for market access.
733 districts with this metric set.
| Rank | District | State | Metric (km) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #501 | Thoothukudi | Tamil Nadu | 469.2 km | 17,50,176 |
| #502 | Kathua | Jammu & Kashmir | 470.7 km | — |
| #503 | Koraput | Odisha | 473.4 km | 13,79,647 |
| #504 | Tirunelveli | Tamil Nadu | 473.9 km | 30,77,233 |
| #505 | Saiha | Mizoram | 474.2 km | 56,574 |
| #506 | Shravasti | Uttar Pradesh | 474.2 km | 11,17,361 |
| #507 | Goalpara | Assam | 474.7 km | 10,08,183 |
| #508 | Banda | Uttar Pradesh | 475.4 km | 17,99,410 |
| #509 | Nabarangpur | Odisha | 475.5 km | 12,20,946 |
| #510 | Kollam | Kerala | 476.4 km | 26,35,375 |
| #511 | Kolasib | Mizoram | 477.4 km | 83,955 |
| #512 | Madhubani | Bihar | 477.6 km | 44,87,379 |
| #513 | RaeBareli | Uttar Pradesh | 477.6 km | 34,05,559 |
| #514 | Arwal | Bihar | 478.5 km | 7,00,843 |
| #515 | Karimganj | Assam | 480.3 km | 12,28,686 |
| #516 | Samba | Jammu & Kashmir | 481.3 km | — |
| #517 | Bongaigaon | Assam | 487 km | 7,38,804 |
| #518 | Kandhamal | Odisha | 487.3 km | 7,33,110 |
| #519 | Androth | Lakshadweep | 488.1 km | — |
| #520 | Hailakandi | Assam | 488.2 km | 6,59,296 |
| #521 | East Khasi Hills | Meghalaya | 488.3 km | 8,25,922 |
| #522 | Chirang | Assam | 489.3 km | 4,82,162 |
| #523 | Dhamtari | Chhattisgarh | 491.3 km | 7,99,781 |
| #524 | Gonda | Uttar Pradesh | 494.5 km | 34,33,919 |
| #525 | Rajnandgaon | Chhattisgarh | 496.4 km | 15,37,133 |
| #526 | Darjeeling | West Bengal | 496.6 km | 18,46,823 |
| #527 | Garhwa | Jharkhand | 497.6 km | 13,22,784 |
| #528 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 497.8 km | 23,71,061 |
| #529 | Chhatarpur | Madhya Pradesh | 498.3 km | 17,62,375 |
| #530 | Sonepur | Odisha | 498.3 km | 6,10,183 |
| #531 | Muzaffarpur | Bihar | 498.8 km | 48,01,062 |
| #532 | Kalimpong | West Bengal | 499.1 km | 2,51,642 |
| #533 | Betul | Madhya Pradesh | 499.3 km | 15,75,362 |
| #534 | Bhojpur | Bihar | 501 km | 27,28,407 |
| #535 | Vaishali | Bihar | 501.8 km | 34,95,021 |
| #536 | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | 502.8 km | 42,90,589 |
| #537 | West Jaintia Hills | Meghalaya | 504.1 km | 2,70,352 |
| #538 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | 504.5 km | 33,01,427 |
| #539 | Balrampur | Chhattisgarh | 505.6 km | — |
| #540 | Balrampur | Uttar Pradesh | 505.6 km | 21,48,665 |
| #541 | Bargarh | Odisha | 508.6 km | 14,81,255 |
| #542 | Kamrup | Assam | 510.1 km | 15,17,542 |
| #543 | East Jaintia Hills | Meghalaya | 511.3 km | 1,22,436 |
| #544 | Jammu | Jammu & Kashmir | 512.9 km | — |
| #545 | Ri Bhoi | Meghalaya | 514 km | 2,58,840 |
| #546 | Durg | Chhattisgarh | 514.3 km | 33,43,872 |
| #547 | Barpeta | Assam | 514.8 km | 16,93,622 |
| #548 | Rohtas | Bihar | 515.9 km | 29,59,918 |
| #549 | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | 516.3 km | 14,93,984 |
| #550 | Champhai | Mizoram | 517.5 km | 1,25,745 |