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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Greater Cochin<br />
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| settlement_type = Metropolis <br />
| image_skyline = Kochi India.jpg<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = '''[[Ernakulam]] Mainland, as seen from the Vembanad Lake'''<br />
| pushpin_map = <!--India Kerala--><br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
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| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| area_total_km2 = 732<br />
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| population_total = 2939038<br />
| population_as_of = 2001<br />
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| population_density_km2 = 4015<br />
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="AuziasEtLabourdette2013">{{cite book|work=Kerala 2013 Petit Futé (avec cartes, photos + avis des lecteurs)|language=French|page=80|title=Pratique|first1=Dominique|last1=Auzias|first2=Jean-Paul|last2=Labourdette|publisher=[[Petit Futé]]|isbn=9782746959675}}</ref><br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
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| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
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| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 0484<br />
| registration_plate = KL-7,KL-39,KL-40,KL-41,KL-42,KL-43,KL-63<br />
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'''Greater Cochin''' is the area defined by [[Greater Cochin Development Authority]] for town planning. This area consists of the [[Kochi UA]] region and its suburbs. The [[Greater Cochin Development Authority]] (GCDA) and [[Goshree Islands Development Authority]] (GIDA) are the nodal agencies that handles town planning and development within the Greater Cochin Area.<br />
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==Definitions==<br />
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Greater Cochin area consists of [[Corporation of Cochin|Cochin Corporation]], 9 municipalities ([[Aluva]], [[North Paravoor]], [[Perumbavoor]], [[Angamaly]], [[Kalamassery]], [[Thripunithura]], [[Maradu]], [[Thrikkakara]], [[Eloor]] ), 25 intervening panchayats ([[Chellanam]], [[Kumbalanghi]], [[Cheranelloor]], [[Varapuzha]], [[Chennamangalam]], [[Kadamakkudy]], [[Mulavukad]], [[Kadungalloor]], [[Alengad]], [[Chengamanad, Ernakulam district|Chengamanad]], [[Nedumbassery]], [[Chottanikkara]], [[Puthencruz|Vadavucode-Puthencruz]], [[Choornikkara]], [[Edathala]], [[Kumbalam, Ernakulam|Kumbalam]], [[Kottuvally]], [[Vypin]] Island etc.) and scattered islands around Kochi City (Goshree Islands) covering an area of 732&nbsp;km².<ref name="Hindu2012">{{cite news|title=Has the GCDA outlived its objective?|date=2008-01-26|work=[[The Hindu]]}}<!--URL:http://www.hindu.com/pp/2008/01/26/stories/2008012650620100.htm ARCHIVE: Archive Today slug DzXp--></ref> This has a population of over 3.0 million (2011 census).<br />
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The state government and the GCDA have plans to include [[Mala, Kerala|Mala]] and [[Kodungallur]] in Thrissur district; [[Piravom]] and [[Kolenchery]], in [[Ernakulam]] district; [[Thalayolaparambu]] and [[Vaikom]] in [[Kottayam]]; and [[Cherthala]] in Alappuzha district within the Kochi metropolitan limits. The newly formed metropolis would be put under the charge of a new authority called Kochi Metropolitan Regional Development Authority.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kochi metropolitan area]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Kochi (India) topics}}<br />
{{Neighbourhoods of Kochi}}</div>
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