Madurai metropolitan area

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Madurai Metropolitan Area
Madurai Urban Agglomeration
Nickname: 
Athens of the East
Country Flag of India.svg India
State Tamil Nadu
Planning Authority Madurai Urban Development Authority (MUDA)
Seat Madurai
Districts
Government
  Type Municipal Corporation
  Body MCMC
Area
   Metropolitan area 247 km2 (95 sq mi)
  Metro
147.97 km2 (57.13 sq mi)
Population
   Metro
1,462,420 (2,011 Census)
Demonym Maduraikaran
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration TN-58 (South), TN-59 (North) & TN-64 (Central)
Website maduraicorporation.co.in

The Madurai Metropolitan Area, is the 31st largest metropolitan area in India and is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Tamil Nadu only next to Chennai, Coimbatore and Salem. The Madurai Metropolitan Area consists of the city of Madurai and its suburbs in Madurai district. [1] [2]

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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

  1. Madurai City Municipal Corporation

Municipalities

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

Town Panchayats

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

Census Towns

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

Districts

  1. Madurai district (partial)

Taluks

From Madurai district

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

Madurai Metro Rail

In 2021,The Tamil Nadu Government proposed a metro for the city of Madurai. [5] [6]

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References

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  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".