Coimbatore metropolitan area

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Coimbatore Metropolitan Area

Coimbatore Urban Agglomeration
Metropolitan area
Nickname(s): 
Manchester of South India
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
SeatCoimbatore
Districts
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • BodyCCMC
Area
 • Metropolitan area704.93 km2 (272.17 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro
2,854,918
Demonym(s)Coimbatorian
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
641XXX
STD Code+91-0422
Vehicle registrationTN 37 (South), TN 38 (North), TN 66 (Central) & TN 99 (West)
Websitewww.ccmc.gov.in

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 Metropolitan Area consists of the city of Coimbatore and its suburbs in Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts.

Economy[]

Main article: Economy of Coimbatore

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], ELCOT SEZ, CHIL SEZ, SPAN Venture SEZ, Aspen SEZ and at least five more SEZs are in the pipeline.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] Indian Railways has "Southern Railway Signal & Telecom Workshop" in Podanur which is a manufacturing unit for Electrical & Communication division of Indian Railways. "L&T - MBDA 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, As of 2015, of 75,000 units per every 100,000 produced in India.[6][7] The term "Coimbatore Wet Grinder" was given a Geographical indication for wet grinders manufactured in Coimbatore in 2006.[8] Coimbatore is also home to a common facility for the manufacturers of wet grinders.[9]

IT SEZ at Saravanampatti

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[10] 17th among the global outsourcing cities. Companies like Amazon, Altran, Bosch, Cognizant, Ford, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies, Ericsson, Cameron International, NTT DATA, Harman, ThoughtWorks, McWane, State Street Corporation, Tessolve, IQVIA, Deloitte, Owler, 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.[11] 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 Metropolitan Area (2011 Census)
Sl. No. Name Governing Type Population Area (km2.)
1 Alanthurai Town Panchayat 7,221 21.68
2 Arasur, Coimbatore Census Town 11,510 20.14
3 Ashokapuram, Coimbatore Census Town 12,993 11.81
4 Chettipalayam Town Panchayat 10,366 1.68
5 Chinniampalayam Census Town 8,232 6
6 Dhaliyur Town Panchayat 11,500 21.41
7 Ettimadai Town Panchayat 9,352 16.44
8 Gudalur (Coimbatore district) Town Panchayat 38,859 29.95
9 Idikarai Town Panchayat 8,686 4.7
10 Irugur Town Panchayat 25,691 11.66
11 Kaniyur, Coimbatore Census Town 12,011 18.33
12 Kannampalayam Town Panchayat 15,868 11.32
13 Karumathampatti Town Panchayat 35,062 27
14 Kurudampalayam Census Town 18,749 9
15 Madukkarai Town Panchayat 30,357 8.3
16 Malumichampatti Census Town 12,936 15.8
17 Mopperipalayam Town Panchayat 10,923 15
18 Muthugoundenpudur Census Town 10,259 17
19 Narasimhanaickenpalayam Town Panchayat 17,858 2.44
20 Neelambur Census Town 8,382 9
21 Othakalmandapam Town Panchayat 12,207 13.6
22 Pallapalayam, Coimbatore Town Panchayat 11,910 10
23 Pattanam, Coimbatore Census Town 9,196 10.54
24 Periyanaickenpalayam Town Panchayat 25,930 9.37
25 Perur Town Panchayat 8,004 6.4
26 Perur Chettipalayam Census Town 17,809 11.17
27 Pooluvapatti Town Panchayat 12,853 16.5
28 Sarcarsamakulam Town Panchayat 10,289 10.5
29 Somayampalayam Census Town 14,787 13.11
30 Sulur Town Panchayat 27,909 4
31 Thenkarai, Coimbatore Town Panchayat 7,349 12
32 Thirumalayampalayam Town Panchayat 12,164 21
33 Thondamuthur Town Panchayat 11,492 11.42
34 Vedapatti Town Panchayat 11,658 3.77
35 Veerapandi, Coimbatore Town Panchayat 16,953 9.5
36 Vellalore Town Panchayat 24,872 16.64
37 Coimbatore M.Corp. 15,84,719 246.75
Total - - 21,36,916 704.93

Coimbatore Metro[]

Main article: Coimbatore metro

The Coimbatore Metro Rail has proposed five corridors to serve the Coimbatore metropolitan area.[12][13]

Composition[]

The Coimbatore urban agglomeration is a metropolitan area in Tamil Nadu state, consisting of the city of Coimbatore and its suburbs. It consists of a municipal corporation and suburban areas spread out in parts of Coimbatore district.[14]

Municipal corporations[]

  1. Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation

Town Panchayats[]

  1. Alanthurai
  2. Chettipalayam
  3. Dhaliyur
  4. Ettimadai
  5. Gudalur (Coimbatore district)
  6. Idikarai
  7. Irugur
  8. Kannampalayam
  9. Karumathampatti
  10. Madukkarai
  11. Mopperipalayam
  12. Narasimhanaickenpalayam
  13. Othakalmandapam
  14. Pallapalayam
  15. Periyanaickenpalayam
  16. Perur
  17. Pooluvapatti
  18. Sarcarsamakulam
  19. Sulur
  20. Thenkarai
  21. Thirumalayampalayam
  22. Thondamuthur
  23. Vedapatti
  24. Veerapandi, Coimbatore
  25. Vellalore

Districts[]

  1. Coimbatore district (partial)

Taluks[]

From Coimbatore district

  1. Coimbatore North
  2. Coimbatore South
  3. Sulur
  4. Perur
  5. Madukkarai
  6. Kinathukadavu (partial)
  7. 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).

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Coimbatore 2011 District Census Handbook Page No. 28" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Coimbatore (2021) - Population Stat". populationstat.com. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  3. ^ "Bosch picks up 1-lakh-sqft space in Kovai". The Times of India. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 16 Feb 2011.
  4. ^ "Industrial park for electric and electronic components to come up in Sulur at 500 acres". The Times of India. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 16 Feb 2011.
  5. ^ "Coimbatore: IT sector on the fast track : NATION: India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  6. ^ "Poll code set to hit wet grinders business". Live Mint. 6 August 2015.
  7. ^ "thehindubusinessline.com". Business Line. 2005-03-24. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
  8. ^ "Coimbatore wet grinder gets GI certification". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2006-03-28. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
  9. ^ "hindu.com". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2007-08-05. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
  10. ^ "Indian cities among global outsourcing cities - retrieved on 16 April 2009". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  11. ^ [1]
  12. ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/fifth-corridor-of-metro-rail-to-connect-vellalore-ukkadam/articleshow/74181408.cms
  13. ^ "Rs 6,683cr allocated for city metro rail project". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  14. ^ "India Census 2011" (PDF). April 2017.

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