Patna Metropolitan Region (
Hindi: पटना महानगरीय क्षेत्र) is an official definition of the metropolitan area surrounding the
Bihar capital city
Patna in India. It is also known as the Patna metropolitan area, or Patna planning area. It consists of one municipal corporation and five municipal councils of Patna district. The entire region has a estimated population (as of 2011) of 2,874,000 over an area of 1,167.04 km². The
Government of Bihar notified this area on 13 August 2014, replacing
PRDA area, which included
Hajipur in Vaishali district and
Sonepur in Saran district.