Madurai metropolitan area
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Madurai Metropolitan Area
Madurai Urban Agglomeration | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: Athens of the East | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Planning Authority | Madurai Urban Development Authority (MUDA) |
| Seat | Madurai |
| Districts |
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| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | MCMC |
| Area | |
| 1,254.93 km2 (484.53 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 147.97 km2 (57.13 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Metro | 2,263,115 (2,011 Census) |
| Demonym | Maduraikaran |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | TN-58 (South), TN-59 (North) & TN-64 (Central) |
| Website | maduraicorporation |
The Madurai Metropolitan Area, is the 17th largest metropolitan area in India and is the third largest metropolitan area in the state of Tamil Nadu only next to Chennai, Coimbatore The Madurai Metropolitan Area consists of the city of Madurai and its suburbs in Madurai district.[1][2]
Composition
[edit]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
[edit]Municipalities
[edit]Town Panchayats
[edit]Census Towns
[edit]- Kannanendal
- Melamadai
- Chinna Anuppanadi
- Nagavakulam
Districts
[edit]- Madurai district (partial)
Taluks
[edit]From Madurai district
- Madurai-North (partial)
- Madurai-South
- Melur (partial)
- Thirumangalam (partial)
- Thiruparankundram
- Vadipatti (partial)
Transport
[edit]The Regional Transport offices in the Madurai metropolitan area are TN-58 (Madurai South), TN-59 (Madurai North), and TN-64 (Madurai Central).[4]
Madurai Metro Rail
[edit]In 2021,The Tamil Nadu Government proposed a metro for the city of Madurai.[5][6]
See also
[edit]
- 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
[edit]- ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Chennai 4th in urban agglomerations".
- ^ "India Census 2011" (PDF). April 2017.
- ^ "Registration Series Allotted to Regional Transport Offices". Government of Tamil Nadu, State Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Metro rail plan for Madurai, a great move".
- ^ "CMRL to do a feasibility study for building mass rapid transit in three cities".