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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 and Coimbatore. The Madurai Metropolitan Area consists of the city of Madurai and its suburbs in Madurai district.[1][2]
Composition
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.[3]
Municipal corporations
Municipalities
Town Panchayats
Census Towns
- Kannanendal
- Melamadai
- Chinna Anuppanadi
- Nagavakulam
Districts
- Madurai district (partial)
Taluks
From Madurai district
- Madurai-North (partial)
- Madurai-South
- Melur (partial)
- Thirumangalam (partial)
- Thiruparankundram
- Vadipatti (partial)
Transport
The Regional Transport offices in the Madurai metropolitan area are TN-58 (Madurai South), TN-59 (Madurai North), and TN-64 (Madurai Central).[4]
See also
- Chennai metropolitan area
- Coimbatore metropolitan area
- Salem metropolitan area
- Tiruchirappalli metropolitan area
- List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India
- List of districts in Tamil Nadu by Human Development Index
- List of million-plus urban agglomerations in Tamilnadu
References
- ↑ Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ↑ Chennai 4th in urban agglomerations.
- ↑ India Census 2011(April 2017).
- ↑ Registration Series Allotted to Regional Transport Offices. Government of Tamil Nadu, State Transport Authority.