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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #251 | Shahjahanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 265.8 km | 30,06,538 |
| #252 | Ballari (Bellary) | Karnataka | 267.1 km | 24,52,595 |
| #253 | Prakasam | Andhra Pradesh | 267.8 km | 33,97,448 |
| #254 | Morena | Madhya Pradesh | 268.9 km | 19,65,970 |
| #255 | Diu | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 269 km | 52,074 |
| #256 | Etawah | Uttar Pradesh | 270 km | 15,81,810 |
| #257 | Rupnagar | Punjab | 270.5 km | 6,84,627 |
| #258 | Khammam | Telangana | 270.7 km | 27,97,370 |
| #259 | Malda | West Bengal | 270.8 km | 39,88,845 |
| #260 | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 270.8 km | 27,22,290 |
| #261 | Kannur | Kerala | 272.3 km | 25,23,003 |
| #262 | Deoghar | Jharkhand | 272.4 km | 14,92,073 |
| #263 | Malappuram | Kerala | 273.6 km | 41,12,920 |
| #264 | Osmanabad | Maharashtra | 273.7 km | 16,57,576 |
| #265 | Giridih | Jharkhand | 274.7 km | 24,45,474 |
| #266 | Junagadh | Gujarat | 275.1 km | 27,43,082 |
| #267 | Godda | Jharkhand | 275.5 km | 13,13,551 |
| #268 | Bhind | Madhya Pradesh | 276 km | 17,03,005 |
| #269 | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh | 276.8 km | 8,14,010 |
| #270 | Bijapur | Chhattisgarh | 277.4 km | 2,55,230 |
| #271 | Vijayapura (Bijapur) | Karnataka | 277.4 km | 21,77,331 |
| #272 | Jamnagar | Gujarat | 277.5 km | 21,60,119 |
| #273 | Mandsaur | Madhya Pradesh | 280 km | 13,40,411 |
| #274 | Dhar | Madhya Pradesh | 280.7 km | 21,85,793 |
| #275 | Sawai Madhopur | Rajasthan | 282.2 km | 13,35,551 |
| #276 | Pilibhit | Uttar Pradesh | 282.4 km | 20,31,007 |
| #277 | Bathinda | Punjab | 282.5 km | 13,88,525 |
| #278 | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | 282.5 km | 20,32,036 |
| #279 | Thanjavur | Tamil Nadu | 283.4 km | 24,02,781 |
| #280 | Dhule | Maharashtra | 283.9 km | 20,50,862 |
| #281 | Bageshwar | Uttarakhand | 284 km | 2,59,898 |
| #282 | Neemuch | Madhya Pradesh | 284 km | 8,26,067 |
| #283 | Jajpur | Odisha | 284.1 km | 18,27,192 |
| #284 | Ludhiana | Punjab | 284.4 km | 34,98,739 |
| #285 | Pithoragarh | Uttarakhand | 285.1 km | 4,83,439 |
| #286 | Kasaragod | Kerala | 286.3 km | 13,07,375 |
| #287 | Chamoli | Uttarakhand | 287.1 km | 3,91,605 |
| #288 | Kachchh | Gujarat | 287.7 km | 20,92,371 |
| #289 | Champawat | Uttarakhand | 292.3 km | 2,59,648 |
| #290 | Dindigul | Tamil Nadu | 292.7 km | 21,59,775 |
| #291 | Uttarkashi | Uttarakhand | 293.1 km | 3,30,086 |
| #292 | Chittorgarh | Rajasthan | 293.2 km | 15,44,338 |
| #293 | Hingoli | Maharashtra | 295.1 km | 11,77,345 |
| #294 | Deogarh | Odisha | 295.2 km | 3,12,520 |
| #295 | Banka | Bihar | 296 km | 20,34,763 |
| #296 | Dakshin Dinajpur (South Dinajpur) | West Bengal | 297.1 km | 16,76,276 |
| #297 | Chandrapur | Maharashtra | 297.8 km | 22,04,307 |
| #298 | Parbhani | Maharashtra | 298.1 km | 18,36,086 |
| #299 | Amreli | Gujarat | 298.5 km | 15,14,190 |
| #300 | Nawanshahr (Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar) | Punjab | 298.8 km | — |