Greater Kozhikode Metropolitan Area
Kozhikode urban agglomeration | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: City of Spices
Port City of Kerala | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kozhikode district |
| Government | |
| • Body | Corporation of Kozhikode |
| Area | |
| • Total | 909.79 km2 (351.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,028,399 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | 0495 and 0496 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-11, KL-18, KL-56, KL-57, KL-76, KL-77, KL-85 |
| Nearest city | Kozhikode |
| Sex ratio | 1102 |
| Literacy | 95.42 |
Kozhikode metropolitan area or Calicut urban agglomeration or Kozhikode urban agglomeration is the 19th largest urban agglomeration in India and 2nd largest in Kerala after the Kochi Metropolitan Area according to the 2011 Census of India. The Urban Agglomeration spans across 909.79 square kilometres of area encompassing a population of 2,028,399 (2.028 million).
The area constituted on the basis of census data 2011, consists of Corporation of Kozhikode and the municipalities of Vatakara, Koyilandy, Ramanattukara, Feroke, Payyoli, Koduvally, Mukkam .
- ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 million and above" (PDF). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 19 November 2011.