Madurai metropolitan area

Madurai Metropolitan Area
Madurai Urban Agglomeration
Nickname: 
Athens of the East
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
Planning AuthorityMadurai Urban Development Authority (MUDA)
SeatMadurai
Districts
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyMCMC
Area
1,254.93 km2 (484.53 sq mi)
 • Metro
147.97 km2 (57.13 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro
2,263,115 (2,011 Census)
DemonymMaduraikaran
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationTN-58 (South), TN-59 (North) & TN-64 (Central)
Websitemaduraicorporation.co.in

The Madurai Metropolitan Area, is the 17th 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]

  1. ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Censusindia. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Chennai 4th in urban agglomerations".