Madurai metropolitan area

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

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.

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).

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