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{{about|the urban agglomeration in Kerala|other uses|Malappuram (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Malappuram metropolitan area
| nickname =
| settlement_type = [[Metropolis]]
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
| photo1a = Manjeri Town Calicut Road View.jpg
| photo2a = Ponnani harbour 2.jpg
| photo2b = Chamravattam bridge kerala.jpg
| photo3a = Malappuram DownHill Aerial View.jpg
| photo3b = MDSC Stadium Manjeri.jpg
| photo4a = Calicut university vip guest house.jpg
| photo4b = Vaidyar.JPG
| photo5a = കരിപ്പുര്‍ വിമാനത്താവളം.jpg
| spacing = 1
| color_border = black
| color = white
| size = 240
| foot_montage = '''Clockwise from top:'''<br/>[[Manjeri]], [[Chamravattom Regulator-cum-Bridge]], [[Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium|Payyanad stadium]], [[Maha Kavi Moyinkutty Vaidyar Smarakam]], [[Calicut International Airport|Karipur International Airport]], [[University of Calicut]], [[Malappuram|Malappuram city]], [[Ponnani]] harbour
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| image_map = Malappuram UA.jpg
| map_caption = Malappuram metropolitan area
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| pushpin_map_caption = Malappuram metropolitan area
| coordinates =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name = "dchb malappuram">{{cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3205_PART_B_MALAPPURAM.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |title= Area and population of towns in Malappuram metropolitan area}}</ref>
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 858
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 1,729,522
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Pop_city">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/india2/Million_Plus_UAs_Cities_2011.pdf|title=Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 million and above|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2011-11-19}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| registration_plate = KL-10, KL-55, KL-84, KL-65,KL-53,KL-54
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Malappuram]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 1102 [[female|♀]]/1000[[male|♂]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank3_info_sec1 = 94.14%
| website =
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The '''Malappuram Metropolitan Area''' or '''Malappuram Urban Agglomeration''' is an urban agglomeration centred around the city of [[Malappuram]], in [[Malappuram district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.govemployees.in/2015/06/02/revised-list-of-classification-cities-for-hra-of-central-government-employees/ |website=www.govemployees.in |title= "Cities of India - statewise}}</ref> It is the [[List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India|25th largest urban agglomeration]] in India and the 4th largest in Kerala.

It consists of Malappuram municipality, its adjoining municipalities, and census towns. It has a population of 1.7 million as per the [[2011 Census of India]].<ref name="Pop_city"/> It is the only city in Kerala with a million-plus urban agglomeration that is yet to be upgraded to a Municipal Corporation. It is the [[List of Kerala cities by urban area growth|fastest-growing metropolitan area in the world]] with a 44.1% urban growth between 2015 and 2020 as per the survey conducted by [[Economist Intelligence Unit|Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)]] based on urban area growth during January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/three-of-worlds-ten-fastest-growing-urban-areas-are-in-kerala-6205749/ |title=3 of world’s 10 fastest-growing urban areas are in Kerala: Economist ranking |date=8 Jan 2020 |access-date=13 Jan 2020}}</ref> As of 2011, Malappuram metropolitan area has a literacy rate of 94.14%, which is higher than the national urban average of 85%.

== Constituents of the urban agglomeration ==
According to the 2011 census, the Malappuram metropolitan area comprises the following constituents:<ref name="Malappuram metropolitan area"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|---- align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! No.
! Location
! Type
! Population<br/>(2011)<ref name = "dchb malappuram"/>
|----
| 1
| [[Malappuram]]
| Municipal city
| 101,386
|-
| 2
| [[Manjeri]]
| Municipality
| 97,102
|-
| 3
| [[Ponnani]]
| Municipality
| 90,491
|-
| 4
| [[Kondotty]]
| Municipality
| 59,256
|-
| 5
| [[Tirurangadi]]
| Municipality
| 56,632
|-
| 6
| [[Tirur]]
| Municipality
| 56,058
|-
| 7
| [[Kottakkal]]
| Municipality
| 44,382
|-
| 8
| [[Valanchery]]
| Municipality
| 40,318
|-
| 9
| [[Thennala]]
| Census town
| 56,546
|-
| 10
| [[Thalappara|Moonniyur]]
| Census town
| 55,535
|-
| 11
| [[Vengara, Malappuram district|Vengara]]
| Census town
| 48,600
|-
| 12
| [[Tanalur]]
| Census town
| 47,976
|-
| 13
| [[Pallikkal Bazar]]
| Census town
| 46,962
|-
| 14
| [[Kodur, Malappuram|Kodur]]
| Census town
| 45,459
|-
| 15
| [[Abdu Rahiman Nagar]]
| Census town
| 41,993
|-
| 16
| Kannamangalam
| Census town
| 41,260
|-
| 17
| [[Triprangode]]
| Census town
| 41,167
|-
| 18
| [[Nannambra]]
| Census town
| 40,543
|-
| 19
| [[Othukkungal]]
| Census town
| 39,139
|-
| 20
| [[Vazhayur]]
| Census town
| 36,909
|-
| 21
| [[Parappur]]
| Census town
| 36,270
|-
| 22
| [[Koottilangadi]]
| Census town
| 36,602
|-
| 23
| [[Neduva]]
| Census town
| 35,996
|-
| 24
| [[Thalakkad]]
| Census town
| 35,820
|-
| 25
| [[Maranchery]]
| Census town
| 35,011
|-
| 26
| [[Peruvallur]]
| Census town
| 34,941
|-
| 27
| [[Chelembra]]
| Census town
| 34,149
|-
| 28
| [[Alamkod, Edappal|Alamkod]]
| Census town
| 33,918
|-
| 29
| [[Edappal]]
| Census town
| 32,550
|-
| 30
| [[Chelari|Thenhipalam]]
| Census town
| 32,045
|-
| 31
| [[Cheriyamundam]]
| Census town
| 31,212
|-
| 32
| [[Irimbiliyam]]
| Census town
| 30,635
|-
| 33
| [[Cherukavu]]
| Census town
| 30,126
|-
| 34
| [[Oorakam]]
| Census town
| 29,157
|-
| 35
| [[Perumanna-Klari|Perumanna]]
| Census town
| 27,278
|-
| 36
| [[Kalady, Malappuram|Kalady]]
| Census town
| 25,872
|-
| 37
| [[Ponmundam]]
| Census town
| 25,855
|-
| 38
| [[Kuttippuram]]
| Census town
| 25,750
|-
| 39
| [[Tirunavaya]]
| Census town
| 24,790
|-
| 40
| [[Ariyallur]]
| Census town
| 22,558
|-
| 41
| [[Naduvattom, Malappuram|Naduvattom]]
| Census town
| 21,273<ref name="Malappuram metropolitan area">{{cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/622777/urban |website=kerala.gov.in |title = Constituents of Malappuram metropolitan area}}</ref>
|}

== Proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation ==
[[File:Greater Malappuram Map.png|thumb|250px|Malappuram City Map showing proposed corporation limit]]
Malappuram is the only million-plus urban agglomeration (metropolitan area) of Kerala which has no municipal corporation within its limit. However, there is a demand to upgrade the Malappuram [[Municipality]] into a [[Municipal Corporation]] by incorporating the local bodies in Greater Malappuram region.<ref name="Proposed corporation">{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/A-Planned-City-on-cards/articleshow/35179378.cms |website= timesofindia.indiatimes.com |title= Proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation |date= 16 May 2014 |access-date= 29 June 2020}}</ref>
The proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation comprises:
* [[Malappuram]] Municipality
*[[Manjeri]] Municipality
*[[Kottakkal]] Municipality
*[[Anakkayam]] Outgrowth
*[[Koottilangadi]], a suburb village of Malappuram
*[[Pookkottur]], a suburb village of Malappuram
*[[Kodur, Malappuram|Kodur]], a suburb village of Malappuram
*[[Ponmala]], a suburb village of Malappuram
*[[Othukkungal]], an outgrowth of Malappuram
*Makkaraparamba<ref name="Proposed corporation"/>

==See also==

*[[Administration of Malappuram district|Administration of Malappuram]]
*[[Education in Malappuram]]
*[[History of Malappuram district|History of Malappuram]]
*[[List of desoms in Malappuram district (1981)|List of desoms in Malappuram (1981)]]
*[[List of Gram Panchayats in Malappuram district|List of Gram Panchayats in Malappuram]]
*[[List of people from Malappuram district|List of people from Malappuram]]
*[[List of villages in Malappuram district|List of villages in Malappuram]]
*[[Transportation in Malappuram district|Transportation in Malappuram]]
*[[Malappuram district]]
*[[South Malabar]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mlp.kerala.gov.in/ Government of Kerala – Malappuram Portal]
* [http://malappuram.nic.in/ Government of India – Malappuram Portal]

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