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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Madurai Metropolitan Area<br />
| parts_type = [[Districts]]<br />
| population_demonym = Maduraikaran<br />
| population_metro = 1,462,420<br />
| population_density_km2 = <br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_footnotes =<ref name=2011UA/><br />
| area_metro_km2 = 147.97<br />
| area_urban_km2 = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 247<br />
| parts = [[Madurai]] city and suburban parts of the city in [[Madurai District]]<br />
| other_name = Madurai Urban Agglomeration<br />
| seat = [[Madurai]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]<br />
| nickname = Athens of the East<br />
| settlement_type = [[Metropolitan Area]]<br />
| utc_offset = +5:30<br />
| blank_name_sec1 = Development authority<br />
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Madurai Local Planning Authority]]<br />
| image_caption = Madurai metropolitan area<br />
| image_skyline =<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Madurai Metropolitan Area''', or '''Madurai Urban Agglomeration''', is the 31st largest urban agglomeration in [[India]] and is the third largest metropolitan area or urban agglomeration in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]] only next to [[Chennai metropolitan area|Chennai]] and [[Coimbatore metropolitan area|Coimbatore]]. The Madurai Metropolitan Area consists of the city of [[Madurai]] and its [[suburbs]] in [[Madurai district]].<ref name=2011UA>{{cite web|title=Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|work=Censusindia|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=18 October 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113152754/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|archive-date=13 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chennai 4th in urban agglomerations|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-4th-in-urban-agglomerations/article2670674.ece}}</ref><br />
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== Composition ==<br />
The Madurai urban agglomeration is a [[metropolitan area]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] state, consisting of the city of [[Madurai]] and its suburbs. It consists of a [[municipal corporation]] and suburban areas spread out in parts of Madurai district.<ref name="demog2011">{{cite web|title=India Census 2011|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf|date=April 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Municipal corporations ==<br />
#[[Madurai|Madurai City Municipal Corporation]]<br />
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== Municipalities ==<br />
#[[Tirumangalam, Madurai|Tirumangalam]]<br />
#[[Melur]]<br />
#[[Thiruparankundram]]<br />
#[[Usilampatti]]<br />
#[[Avaniapuram|Avaniyapuram]]<br />
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== Town Panchayats ==<br />
#[[Vadipatti]]<br />
#[[Paravai]]<br />
#[[Vilangudi, Madurai|Vilangudi]]<br />
#[[Thirunagar]]<br />
#[[Sholavandan]]<br />
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== Census Towns ==<br />
#Kannanendal <br />
#Melamadai <br />
#Chinna Anuppanadi<br />
#Nagavakulam<br />
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== Districts ==<br />
#[[Madurai district]] (partial)<br />
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== Taluks ==<br />
From [[Madurai district]]<br />
#[[Madurai-North taluk|Madurai-North]] (partial)<br />
#[[Madurai-South taluk|Madurai-South]]<br />
#[[Melur taluk|Melur]] (partial)<br />
#[[Thirumangalam taluk|Thirumangalam]] (partial)<br />
#[[Thiruparankundram]]<br />
#[[Vadipatti taluk|Vadipatti]] (partial)<br />
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==Transport==<br />
The Regional Transport offices in the Madurai metropolitan area are TN-58 (Madurai South), TN-59 (Madurai North), and TN-64 (Madurai Central).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Registration Series Allotted to Regional Transport Offices|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu, State Transport Authority|url=https://tnsta.gov.in/contactus_rtooffice1.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912173047/http://www.tn.gov.in/sta/a2.pdf|archive-date=12 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Chennai metropolitan area]]<br />
* [[Coimbatore metropolitan area]]<br />
* [[Salem metropolitan area (India)|Salem metropolitan area]] <br />
* [[Tiruchirappalli metropolitan area]]<br />
* [[List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India]]<br />
* [[List of districts in Tamil Nadu by Human Development Index]]<br />
* [[List of million-plus urban agglomerations in Tamilnadu]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Metropolitan areas of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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