Madurai metropolitan area

Summary

The Madurai Metropolitan Area, is the 31st largest metropolitan area in India and is the third largest metropolitan area 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]

Madurai Metropolitan Area
Madurai Urban Agglomeration
Nickname: 
Athens of the East
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
Planning AuthorityMadurai Urban Development Authority (MUDA)
SeatMadurai
Districts
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyMCMC
Area
 • Metropolitan area247 km2 (95 sq mi)
 • Metro
147.97 km2 (57.13 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro
1,462,420 (2,011 Census)
DemonymMaduraikaran
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationTN-58 (South), TN-59 (North) & TN-64 (Central)
Websitemaduraicorporation.co.in

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

  1. Madurai City Municipal Corporation

Municipalities edit

  1. Tirumangalam
  2. Melur
  3. Thiruparankundram
  4. Usilampatti
  5. Avaniyapuram

Town Panchayats edit

  1. Vadipatti
  2. Paravai
  3. Vilangudi
  4. Thirunagar
  5. Sholavandan

Census Towns edit

  1. Kannanendal
  2. Melamadai
  3. Chinna Anuppanadi
  4. Nagavakulam

Districts edit

  1. Madurai district (partial)

Taluks edit

From Madurai district

  1. Madurai-North (partial)
  2. Madurai-South
  3. Melur (partial)
  4. Thirumangalam (partial)
  5. Thiruparankundram
  6. 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

References edit

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Chennai 4th in urban agglomerations".
  3. ^ "India Census 2011" (PDF). April 2017.
  4. ^ "Registration Series Allotted to Regional Transport Offices". Government of Tamil Nadu, State Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Metro rail plan for Madurai, a great move".
  6. ^ "CMRL to do a feasibility study for building mass rapid transit in three cities".