The Coimbatore Metropolitan Area, or Coimbatore Urban Agglomeration, is the sixteenth-most populous metropolitan area in

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, the second most populous metropolitan area in the state of

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. The Coimbatore Metropolitan Area consists of the city of Coimbatore and its

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in Coimbatore district.

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. 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 Sulur (Tamil:) is a town located in the Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is a suburb of Coimbatore. It is the headquarters of Sulur Taluk of Coimbatore district. There are many market places and many big retail and wholesale shops ...

. 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. Indian Railways has "Southern Railway Signal & Telecom Workshop" in Podanur which is a manufacturing unit for Electrical & Communication division of Indian Railways. " L&T -

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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, , of 75,000 units per every 100,000 produced in India. The term "Coimbatore Wet Grinder" was given a

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for wet grinders manufactured in Coimbatore in 2006. Coimbatore is also home to a common facility for the manufacturers of wet grinders. CHIL SEZ

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 17th among the global outsourcing cities. Companies like

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, 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. 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.

List

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

Coimbatore Metro

The Coimbatore Metro Rail has proposed five corridors to serve the Coimbatore metropolitan area.

Composition

The Coimbatore urban agglomeration is a metropolitan area in

state, consisting of the city of Coimbatore and its suburbs. It consists of a

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and suburban areas spread out in parts of Coimbatore district.

Municipal corporations

# Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation

Municipalities

# Gudalur (Coimbatore district) # Karumathampatti # Madukkarai

Town Panchayats

Alanthurai Alandurai is a panchayat town in Coimbatore district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It falls under Perur taluk. It is a western suburb of Coimbatore, which comes under the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation. It lies very close to Kerala border ...

# Chettipalayam # Dhaliyur # Ettimadai #

Idikarai Idikarai is a panchayat town in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is situated at the banks of Kousika River. The place is easily accessible by Road through public transportation. Demographics India census A census is t ...

# Irugur #

Kannampalayam Kannampalayam is a suburb of Coimbatore, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Kannampalayam is a Town Panchayat. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the ...

Mopperipalayam Mopperipalayam is a panchayat town in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given ...

# Narasimhanaickenpalayam # Othakalmandapam # Pallapalayam # Periyanaickenpalayam # Perur # Pooluvapatti #

Sarcarsamakulam Sarcarsamakulam, also known as Kovilpalayam, is a western suburb in Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This town is located 17 kilometers from Coimbatore Junction and 12 kilometers from Coimbatore International Airport, Tami ...

# Thenkarai #

Thirumalayampalayam Thirumalayampalayam is a panchayat town in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is an important suburb of Coimbatore. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculat ...

# Thondamuthur # Vedapatti #

Veerapandi, Coimbatore Veerapandi is a panchayat town in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given p ...

# Vellalore

Districts

# Coimbatore district (partial)

Taluks

From Coimbatore district # Coimbatore North # Coimbatore South #

(partial) # Perur # Madukkarai #

Kinathukadavu Kinathukadavu (also spelt as Kinathukkadavu), meaning ''Pass of the Well'', is a town panchayat suburb of Coimbatore city and taluk in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is along the National Highway 209 and is fro ...

(partial) # Annur (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).

References

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