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The Madurai Metropolitan Area, is the 17th largest metropolitan area in
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and is the third largest metropolitan area in the state of
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only next to
Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
,
Coimbatore Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr, ), also known as Kovai (), is one of the major Metropolitan cities of India, metropolitan cities in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyy ...
The Madurai Metropolitan Area consists of the city of
Madurai Madurai ( , , ), formerly known as Madura, is a major city in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District, which is ...
and its
suburbs A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...
in
Madurai district Madurai District is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency The city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the famous Sri Meenakshi ...
.


Composition

The Madurai urban agglomeration is a
metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban area, urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share Industry (economics), industries, commercial areas, Transport infrastructure, transport network ...
in
Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
state, consisting of the city of
Madurai Madurai ( , , ), formerly known as Madura, is a major city in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District, which is ...
and its suburbs. It consists of a
municipal corporation Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally o ...
and suburban areas spread out in parts of Madurai district.


Municipal corporations

# Madurai City Municipal Corporation


Municipalities

# Tirumangalam #
Melur Melur is the Northern entrance of Madurai district. It is the town and municipality in the Madurai North in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Melur Old Name is Called Naduvi Nadu. The name Melur comes from "Mela Nadu". Melur is called Thaigramam ...
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Usilampatti Usilampatti () is a town and a second grade municipality of Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is also a designated taluk and revenue division. Location Usilampatti town lies 37 km east of Theni town and 32 km ...


Town Panchayats

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Vadipatti T. Vadipatti is a panchayat town in the Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.and also known as "west gateway of Madurai. Etymology The name ''T. Vadipatti '' derives from the root vaayi''l'' or ''vaasal'', meaning 'the door' or 'e ...
# Paravai #
Sholavandan Sholavandan is a panchayat town in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located on the left bank of the Vaigai River, sixteen miles north west of Madurai. It is one of 12 "town- panchayats" of Madurai district. Et ...


Census Towns

#Kannanendal #Melamadai #Chinna Anuppanadi #Nagavakulam


Districts

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Madurai district Madurai District is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency The city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the famous Sri Meenakshi ...
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Taluks

From
Madurai district Madurai District is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency The city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the famous Sri Meenakshi ...
# Madurai-North (partial) # Madurai-South #
Melur Melur is the Northern entrance of Madurai district. It is the town and municipality in the Madurai North in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Melur Old Name is Called Naduvi Nadu. The name Melur comes from "Mela Nadu". Melur is called Thaigramam ...
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Thiruparankundram Thiruparankundram, also spelled Tirupparankundram or Tiruparangundram, is a neighbourhood in Madurai city in Tamil Nadu, India. It is about from Periyar Bus Terminus, the centre of the city and constitutes the southwest part of the Madurai cit ...
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Vadipatti T. Vadipatti is a panchayat town in the Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.and also known as "west gateway of Madurai. Etymology The name ''T. Vadipatti '' derives from the root vaayi''l'' or ''vaasal'', meaning 'the door' or 'e ...
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Transport

The Regional Transport offices in the Madurai metropolitan area are TN-58 (Madurai South), TN-59 (Madurai North), and TN-64 (Madurai Central).


Madurai Metro Rail

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


See also

* Chennai metropolitan area *
Coimbatore metropolitan area 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 Metropoli ...
* Salem metropolitan area *
Tiruchirappalli metropolitan area The Tiruchirappalli Metropolitan Area, or Tiruchirappalli Urban Agglomeration, is the 51st largest urban agglomeration in India and is the fourth largest metropolitan city in the state of Tamil Nadu next to Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai. The Ti ...
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List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India India is a country in South Asia and is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the most-populous country with more than 1.4 billion people, home to nearly 17.5 percent of the world's population. India consists of twenty-eig ...
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List of districts in Tamil Nadu by Human Development Index The average Human Development Index (HDI) for the state of Tamil Nadu in 1996 calculated by the government's State Planning Commission was 0.636. By 2001, the average HDI for the state calculated by the State Planning Commission had risen to 0.6 ...
* List of million-plus urban agglomerations in Tamilnadu


References

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