National Capital Region

The National Capital Region (NCR) in India is the designation for the conurbation or metropolitan area which encompasses the entire National Capital Territory of Delhi, which includes New Delhi, as well as urban areas surrounding it in neighboring states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
The four constituent Sub-Regions of NCR are as follows:

The Haryana Sub-Region comprises thirteen districts: Faridabad, Gurgaon, Mewat, Rohtak, Sonepat, Rewari, Jhajjar, Panipat, Palwal, Mahendragarh (Narnaul), Bhiwani, Jind and Karnal.
The Uttar Pradesh Sub-Region comprises seven districts: Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Gautam Budh Nagar, Baghpat, Hapur, Muzaffarnagar.
The Rajasthan Sub-Region comprises two districts: Bharatpur, Alwar
Delhi, which constitutes about 2.9% of the land area of the Region.

National Capital Region and it’s Component Districts

A total of 20 districts in three neighbouring states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan along with whole of the National Capital Territory of Delhi constitute the National Capital Region (NCR) of India as defined in National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) Act, 1985. The areas and populations of these Component districts are set out below

District	State	Area(km2)	Capital
Delhi	(NCT)	1,483
Sub-region
Delhi	Delhi	1,483	Delhi
UttarPradesh	UttarPradesh	10,853
Sub-region
Ghaziabad	UttarPradesh	1,179	Ghaziabad
GautamBudhNagar	UttarPradesh	1,282	GautamBudhNagar
Bulandshahr	UttarPradesh	3,719	Bulandshahr
Baghpat	UttarPradesh	1,321	Baghpat
Hapur	UttarPradesh	—	Hapur
Muzaffarnagar	UttarPradesh	4,008	Muzaffarnagar
Haryana	Haryana	25,327
Sub-region
Faridabad	Haryana	741	Faridabad
Gurgaon	Haryana	1,258	Gurgaon
Mewat	Haryana	1,507	Nuh
Rohtak	Haryana	1,745	Rohtak
Sonipat	Haryana	2,122	Sonipat
Rewari	Haryana	1,594	Rewari
Jhajjar	Haryana	1,834	Jhajjar
Panipat	Haryana	1,268	Panipat
Palwal	Haryana	1,359	Palwal
Mahendragarh	Haryana	1,899	Narnaul
Bhiwani	Haryana	4,778	Bhiwani
Jind	Haryana	2,702	Jind
Karnal	Haryana	2,702	Karnal
Rajasthan	Rajasthan	13,446
Sub-region
Bharatpur	Rajasthan	5,066	Bharatpur
Alwar	Rajasthan	8,380	Alwar

Counter Magnets Areas

Counter-magnet towns are identified as those that can be developed as alternative centres of growth and attract migrants to them rather than Delhi. These towns are located in six states-Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab, in addition to Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan, which are already part of the national capital region.

The criteria for selecting counter magnet towns are: that they should not be within approximately 250 kilometres from Delhi, should have their own established roots and potential of growth and should not be centres of either religious, strategic or environmental importance.

These are:

Haryana state