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Coimbatore Metropolitan Area Coimbatore Urban Agglomeration
Metropolitan area
Nickname: Manchester of South India
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Planning Authority	Coimbatore Urban Development Authority (CUDA)
Seat	Coimbatore
Districts	parts of Coimbatore district
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	CCMC
Area
• Metropolitan area	809.75 km (312.65 sq mi)
Population
• Metro	2,136,916
Demonym	Coimbatorian
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	641XXX
STD Code	+91-0422
Vehicle registration	TN-37 (South), TN-38 (North), TN-66 (Central) & TN-99 (West)
Website	www.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 district.

Economy

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), namely, ELCOT SEZ, CHIL SEZ, SPAN Venture SEZ, Aspen SEZ and at least five more SEZs are in the pipeline. 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. 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. 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. The term "Coimbatore Wet Grinder" was given a Geographical indication for wet grinders manufactured in Coimbatore in 2006. Coimbatore is also home to a common facility for the manufacturers of wet grinders.

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 17th among the global outsourcing cities. Companies like Amazon, Altran, Bosch, Cognizant, Ford, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies, Ericsson, Cameron International, NTT DATA, Expleo, 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. 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 Metro

The Coimbatore Metro Rail has proposed five corridors to serve the Coimbatore metropolitan area.

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.

Municipal corporations

1. Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation

Municipalities

1. Gudalur (Coimbatore district)
2. Karumathampatti
3. Madukkarai

Town Panchayats

1. Irugur
2. Kannampalayam
3. Othakalmandapam
4. Pallapalayam
5. Periyanaickenpalayam
6. Perur
7. Pooluvapatti
8. Sarcarsamakulam
9. Sulur
10. Vedapatti
11. Veerapandi, Coimbatore
12. Vellalore
13. Kinathukadavu

Districts

1. Coimbatore district (partial)

Taluks

From Coimbatore district

1. Coimbatore North
2. Coimbatore South
3. Sulur(partial)
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

• Chennai metropolitan area
• Madurai metropolitan area
• Salem metropolitan area
• Tiruchirappalli metropolitan area
• List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India
• List of districts in Tamil Nadu by Human Development Index
• List of urban agglomerations in Tamil Nadu
• List of metropolitan areas in India
• Coimbatore Urban Development Authority

References

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3. "Industrial park for electric and electronic components to come up in Sulur at 500 acres". The Times of India. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
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5. "Poll code set to hit wet grinders business". Live Mint. 6 August 2015.
6. "thehindubusinessline.com". Business Line. 24 March 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
7. "Coimbatore wet grinder gets GI certification". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 28 March 2006. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
8. "hindu.com". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
9. "Indian cities among global outsourcing cities - retrieved on 16 April 2009". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
10. "சாஃப்ட்வேர் சாம்ராஜ்யம்!- வளர்ச்சிப்பாதையில் கோவை மென்பொருள் ஏற்றுமதி!".
11. "Coimbatore Urban Region Population".
12. "Alandurai Town Panchayat".
13. "Chettipalayam Town Panchayat".
14. "Dhaliyur Town Panchayat".
15. "Ettimadai Town Panchayat".
16. "Gudalur Town Panchayat".
17. "Idigarai Town Panchayat".
18. "Irugur Town Panchayat".
19. "Kannampalayam Town Panchayat".
20. "Karumathampatti Town Panchayat".
21. "Madukkarai Town Panchayat".
22. "Mopperipalayam Town Panchayat".
23. "NSN Palayam Town Panchayat".
24. "OK Mandapam Town Panchayat".
25. "Pallapalayam Town Panchayat".
26. "Periyanaickenpalayam Town Panchayat".
27. "Perur Town Panchayat".
28. "Pooluvapatti Town Panchayat".
29. "Sarcarsamakulam Town Panchayat".
30. "Sulur Town Panchayat".
31. "Thenkarai Town Panchayat".
32. "Thirumalayampalayam town panchayat".
33. "Thondamuthur Town Panchayat".
34. "Vedapatti Town Panchayat".
35. "Veerapandi Town Panchayat".
36. "Vellalore Town Panchayat".
37. "Tamil Nadu: Fifth corridor of metro rail to connect Vellalore and Ukkadam | Coimbatore News - Times of India". The Times of India. 18 February 2020.
38. "Rs 6,683cr allocated for city metro rail project". The Times of India. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
39. "India Census 2011" (PDF). April 2017.

• Metropolitan areas of Tamil Nadu
• Geography of Coimbatore