Coimbatore metropolitan area

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Coimbatore Metropolitan Area
Coimbatore Urban Agglomeration
Nickname: 
Manchester of South India
Country Flag of India.svg India
State Tamil Nadu
Planning Authority Coimbatore Urban Development Authority (CUDA)
Parliament constituencies
Assembly constituencies
Jurisdiction
  • Municipal corporations - 1
  • Municipalities - 4
  • Town Panchayats - 21
  • Revenue Villages - 66
Seat Coimbatore
Districts
Government
  Type Municipal Corporation
  Body CCMC
Area
[1]
1,531.57 km2 (591.34 sq mi)
Population
[1]
   Metro
2,457,452
Demonym Coimbatorian
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
641XXX
STD Code +91-0422
Vehicle registration TN-37 (South), TN-38 (North), TN-66 (Central) , TN-99 (West) & TN-37Z (Sulur).
Website www.ccmc.gov.in
www.coimbatorelpa.com

The Coimbatore Metropolitan Area, or Coimbatore Urban Agglomeration, is the sixteenth-most populous metropolitan area in India, the second most populous metropolitan area in the state of Tamil Nadu next only to Chennai. The Coimbatore Metropolitan Area consists of the city of Coimbatore and its suburbs in Coimbatore district.

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Economy

The economy of the metropolitan area of Coimbatore is heavily influenced by information technology, engineering and textiles at recent times. The city has four special economic zones (SEZ), namely, ELCOT SEZ, CHIL SEZ, SPAN Venture SEZ, Aspen SEZ and at least five more SEZs are in the pipeline. [2] Coimbatore has trade associations like CODISSIA, COINDIA and COJEWEL representing industries in the city. The Government of Tamil Nadu has proposed for setting up an Industrial park at Sulur. [3] Coimbatore also has Engineering SEZ in the outskirts of city "Aspen SEZ" spread over 376 acres. CODISSIA Industrial Park is being set up at Moperipalayam nearly 260 acres and at Kallapalayam nearly 150 acres. The city already has industrial estates owned by SIDCO at Kurichi, SIDCO at Malumichampatti, Electrical & Electronics Industrial Estate at Kalapatti and Sree Suba Ganesh Industrial estate near Kovilpalayam. The large number of engineering colleges in the region producing about 50,000 engineers. [4] Indian Railways has "Southern Railway Signal & Telecom Workshop" in Podanur which is a manufacturing unit for Electrical & Communication division of Indian Railways. "L&T - MBDA Missile Systems" is a joint venture setting up a new unit in Aspen SEZ, Coimbatore to manufacture defense products. Coimbatore urban agglomeration has more than 700 wet grinder manufacturers with a monthly output, As of 2015, of 75,000 units per every 100,000 produced in India. [5] [6] The term "Coimbatore Wet Grinder" was given a Geographical indication for wet grinders manufactured in Coimbatore in 2006. [7] Coimbatore is also home to a common facility for the manufacturers of wet grinders. [8]

IT SEZ at Saravanampatti CHIL SEZ.jpg
IT SEZ at Saravanampatti

The city is the second largest software producer in Tamil Nadu, next only to Chennai. IT and BPO industry in the city has grown greatly with the launch of TIDEL Park Coimbatore & Wipro Software Development Centre in ELCOT SEZ, KCT TechPark, Hanudev Infopark, Rathinam Technopark, KGISL Campus, Span Venture SEZ, Elysium Central and other planned IT parks in and around the city. It is ranked at [9] 17th among the global outsourcing cities. Companies like Amazon, Altran, Bosch, Cognizant, Ford, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies, Ericsson, Cameron International, NTT DATA, Expleo, Harman, ThoughtWorks, McWane, State Street Corporation, Tessolve, IQVIA, Deloitte, Owler, Access Healthcare, UST Global, Impiger Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Pactron India Pvt Ltd and Nous Infosystems having a presence in the city. Cognizant has second largest headcount in the country with more than 15000+ employees in the city. And Bosch has the second largest development center in Coimbatore outside Germany with 5500+ employees in the city. Software export stood more than 15,000 crores for the financial year 2018–2019, which is second largest in the state after Chennai. [10] TICEL Bio-Park III, a Bio-Technology Park is being constructed in 10 acres of land at Somayampalayam, Coimbatore which is set to open in Jan-2020 Due to huge demand from IT Companies for space at Coimbatore, TIDEL Park Coimbatore-Phase-II is planned to be built within ELCOT SEZ in additional 6 acres of land with 5 Lakh sq.feet space at 250 crores.[ citation needed ]

List

Former Suburbs incorporated into Coimbatore Municipal Corporation (2011 Census)
Sl. No.NameGoverning TypePopulation [11]
1 Coimbatore Municipal Corporation1,050,721
2 Chinnavedampatti Town Panchayat20,122
3 Goundampalayam Municipality83,908
4 Kalapatti Town Panchayat39,586
5 Kuniyamuthur Municipality95,924
6 Kurichi Municipality123,667
7 Saravanampatti Town Panchayat32,920
8 Thudiyalur Town Panchayat33,924
9 Vadavalli Town Panchayat39,873
10 Veerakeralam Town Panchayat23,841
11 Vellakinar Town Panchayat15,998
12 Vilankurichi Census Town24,235
Total--1,584,719

Below is the list of towns which comprise the Coimbatore Metropolitan Area.

Coimbatore Metropolitan Area (2011 Census)
Sl. No.NameGoverning TypePopulationArea (km2.)
1 Kangayampalayam Census Town8,2517.62
2 Arasur, Coimbatore Census Town11,51020.14
3 Ashokapuram, Coimbatore Census Town12,99311.81
4 Chettipalayam Town Panchayat10,36631.86 [12]
5 Chinniampalayam Census Town8,2326
6 Dhaliyur Town Panchayat11,50021.41 [13]
7 Ettimadai Town Panchayat9,35216.44 [14]
8 Gudalur (Coimbatore district) Municipality38,85929.95 [15]
9 Idikarai Town Panchayat8,68616.76 [16]
10 Irugur Town Panchayat25,69111.655 [17]
11 Kaniyur, Coimbatore Census Town12,01118.33
12 Kannampalayam Town Panchayat15,86811.32 [18]
13 Karumathampatti Municipality35,06227 [19]
14 Kurudampalayam Census Town18,7499
15 Madukkarai Municipality30,35721.47 [20]
16 Malumichampatti Census Town12,93615.8
17 Mopperipalayam Town Panchayat10,92315 [21]
18 Muthugoundenpudur Census Town10,25917
19 Narasimhanaickenpalayam Town Panchayat17,8586.36 [22]
20 Neelambur Census Town8,3829
21 Othakalmandapam Town Panchayat12,20713.6 [23]
22 Pallapalayam, Coimbatore Town Panchayat11,9105.61 [24]
23 Pattanam, Coimbatore Census Town9,19610.54
24 Periyanaickenpalayam Town Panchayat25,9309.37 [25]
25 Perur Town Panchayat8,0046.4 [26]
26 Perur Chettipalayam Census Town17,80911.17
27 Pooluvapatti Town Panchayat12,85316.5 [27]
28 Sarcarsamakulam Town Panchayat10,28910.05 [28]
29 Somayampalayam Census Town14,78713.11
30 Sulur Town Panchayat27,90910.96 [29]
31 Thenkarai, Coimbatore Town Panchayat7,34912 [30]
32 Thirumalayampalayam Town Panchayat12,16430.65 [31]
33 Thondamuthur Town Panchayat11,49229.58 [32]
34 Vedapatti Town Panchayat11,6586.2 [33]
35 Veerapandi, Coimbatore Town Panchayat16,95312.35 [34]
36 Vellalore Town Panchayat24,87216.64 [35]
37 Karamadai Municipalty3516619.3 [36]
38 Marudur Village Panchayat9,49129.14
39 Bilichi Village Panchayat1041227.94
40 Masagoundenchettipalayam Village Panchayat9,61627.36
41 Karegoundenpalayam Village Panchayat7,53121.39
42 Selakkarical Village Panchayat6,22021.23
43 Bogampatti Village Panchayat2,41518.79
44 Appanayakkanpatti Village Panchayat3,99218.74
45 Pichanur Village Panchayat6,26118.72
46 Vellamadai Village Panchayat6,87417.19
47 valukkuparai Village Panchayat4,89116.99
48 vellanaipatti Village Panchayat4,63616.42
49 Pachapalayam Village Panchayat2,35915.59
50 Vadavalli Sulur Village Panchayat3,85915.52
51 Madampatti Village Panchayat6,77115.44
52 Kalangal Village Panchayat5,59015.01
53 Nayakkanpalayam Village Panchayat3,00814.89
55 Sikkarampalayam Census Town1024214.52
56 Kallapalayam Village Panchayat3,06614.41
57 Semmandampalayam Village Panchayat5,97013.93
58 Devarayapuram Village Panchayat6,41713.92
59 Peedampalli Village Panchayat3,89613.60
60 Theethipalayam Census Town8,62913.39
61 Kuppepalayam Village Panchayat2,78413.21
62 Arasampalayam Village Panchayat3,81812.60
63 Panapatti Village Panchayat2,63512.08
64 Kadampadi Census Town8,14712.02
65 22 Nanjundapuram Cencus Town9,35512.01
66 Idayarpalayam Village Panchayat2,25111.91
67 Seerapalayam Village Panchayat5,88111.88
68 Myleripalayam Village Panchayat4,99011.13
69 Arisipalayam Village Panchayat2,40010.85
70 Kattampatti Village Panchayat5,85910.80
71 Vadaputhur Village Panchayat5,17610.60
72 Kittampalayam Village Panchayat4,36210.41
73 Agraharasamakulam Village Panchayat4,14410.28
74 Pappampatti Village Panchayat4,14310.25
75 Chinna Thadagam Census Town8,40710.20
76 Naranapuram Village Panchayat2,1119.16
77 Kondayampalayam Village Panchayat6,6369.06
78 Kunnathur Village Panchayat4,2819.01
79 Solavampalayam Village Panchayat6,3878.70
80 Thennamanallur Village Panchayat5,0988.54
81 Kariampalayam Village Panchayat4,4988.2
82 Kallipalayam Village Panchayat2,8217.56
83 24 Veerapandi Village Panchayat7,52835.78
84 Pannimadai Census Town137857.48
85 Pachapalayam Village Panchayat2,9337.32
86 Karavellimadapur Village Panchayat5,6266.79
87 Rasipalayam Village Panchayat4,4075.58
88 Nachipalayam Village Panchayat3,0085.18
89 Pottayandiporambu Village Panchayat1,5305.03
90 Mylampatti Village Panchayat2,8234.81
91 Karunsamikaudampalayam Village Panchayat3434.14
92 Palathurai Village Panchayat2,7273.44
93 Kuthiraiyalampalayam Village Panchayat1,4482.64
94 Thamakavundampalayam Village Panchayat4822.64
95 Coimbatore M.Corp.1,584,719 257.04
Total--24,57,4521531.57

Coimbatore Metro

The Coimbatore Metro Rail has proposed five corridors to serve the Coimbatore metropolitan area. [37] [38]

Composition

The Coimbatore urban agglomeration is a metropolitan area in Tamil Nadu state, consisting of the city of Coimbatore and its suburbs. It consists of a municipal corporation and suburban areas spread out in parts of Coimbatore district. [39]

Municipal corporations

  1. Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation

Municipalities

  1. Gudalur (Coimbatore district)
  2. Karumathampatti
  3. Madukkarai
  4. Karamadai

Town Panchayats

  1. Irugur
  2. Kannampalayam
  3. Othakalmandapam
  4. Pallapalayam
  5. Periyanaickenpalayam
  6. Perur
  7. Pooluvapatti
  8. Sarcarsamakulam
  9. Sulur
  10. Vedapatti
  11. Veerapandi, Coimbatore
  12. Vellalore
  13. Kinathukadavu
  14. Thirumalayampalayam
  15. Chettipalayam
  16. Mopperipalayam
  17. Dhaliyur
  18. Ettimadai
  19. Thondamuthur
  20. Thenkarai
  21. Idikarai

Districts

  1. Coimbatore district (partial)

Taluks

From Coimbatore district

  1. Coimbatore North
  2. Coimbatore South
  3. Sulur(partial)
  4. Perur
  5. Madukkarai
  6. Kinathukadavu (partial)
  7. Annur (partial)
  8. Mettupalayam(partial)

Transport

The Regional Transport offices in the Coimbatore metropolitan area are TN-37 (Coimbatore South), TN-38 (Coimbatore North), TN-66 (Coimbatore Central), TN-99 (Coimbatore West) and Unit offices such as TN-37Z (Sulur).

See also

References

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  11. "Coimbatore Urban Region Population".
  12. "Chettipalayam Town Panchayat".
  13. "Dhaliyur Town Panchayat".
  14. "Ettimadai Town Panchayat".
  15. "Gudalur Town Panchayat".
  16. "Idigarai Town Panchayat".
  17. "Irugur Town Panchayat".
  18. "Kannampalayam Town Panchayat".
  19. "Karumathampatti Town Panchayat".
  20. "Madukkarai Town Panchayat".
  21. "Mopperipalayam Town Panchayat".
  22. "NSN Palayam Town Panchayat".
  23. "OK Mandapam Town Panchayat".
  24. "Pallapalayam Town Panchayat".
  25. "Periyanaickenpalayam Town Panchayat".
  26. "Perur Town Panchayat".
  27. "Pooluvapatti Town Panchayat".
  28. "Sarcarsamakulam Town Panchayat".
  29. "Sulur Town Panchayat".
  30. "Thenkarai Town Panchayat".
  31. "Thirumalayampalayam town panchayat".
  32. "Thondamuthur Town Panchayat".
  33. "Vedapatti Town Panchayat".
  34. "Veerapandi Town Panchayat".
  35. "Vellalore Town Panchayat".
  36. "Karamadai Municipalty".
  37. "Tamil Nadu: Fifth corridor of metro rail to connect Vellalore and Ukkadam | Coimbatore News - Times of India". The Times of India . 18 February 2020.
  38. "Rs 6,683cr allocated for city metro rail project". The Times of India. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  39. "India Census 2011" (PDF). April 2017.