Coimbatore metropolitan area


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, 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,, 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.
Sl. No.NameGoverning TypePopulationArea
1KangayampalayamCensus Town8,2517.62
2Arasur, CoimbatoreCensus Town11,51020.14
3Ashokapuram, CoimbatoreCensus Town12,99311.81
4ChettipalayamTown Panchayat10,36631.86
5ChinniampalayamCensus Town8,2326
6DhaliyurTown Panchayat11,50021.41
7EttimadaiTown Panchayat9,35216.44
8Gudalur Municipality38,85929.95
9IdikaraiTown Panchayat8,68616.76
10IrugurTown Panchayat25,69111.655
11Kaniyur, CoimbatoreCensus Town12,01118.33
12KannampalayamTown Panchayat15,86811.32
13KarumathampattiMunicipality35,06227
14KurudampalayamCensus Town18,7499
15MadukkaraiMunicipality30,35721.47
16MalumichampattiCensus Town12,93615.8
17MopperipalayamTown Panchayat10,92315
18MuthugoundenpudurCensus Town10,25917
19NarasimhanaickenpalayamTown Panchayat17,8586.36
20NeelamburCensus Town8,3829
21OthakalmandapamTown Panchayat12,20713.6
22Pallapalayam, CoimbatoreTown Panchayat11,9105.61
23Pattanam, CoimbatoreCensus Town9,19610.54
24PeriyanaickenpalayamTown Panchayat25,9309.37
25PerurTown Panchayat8,0046.4
26Perur ChettipalayamCensus Town17,80911.17
27PooluvapattiTown Panchayat12,85316.5
28SarcarsamakulamTown Panchayat10,28910.05
29SomayampalayamCensus Town14,78713.11
30SulurTown Panchayat27,90910.96
31Thenkarai, CoimbatoreTown Panchayat7,34912
32ThirumalayampalayamTown Panchayat12,16430.65
33ThondamuthurTown Panchayat11,49229.58
34VedapattiTown Panchayat11,6586.2
35Veerapandi, CoimbatoreTown Panchayat16,95312.35
36VellaloreTown Panchayat24,87216.64
37KaramadaiMunicipalty3516619.3
38MarudurVillage Panchayat9,49129.14
39BilichiVillage Panchayat1041227.94
40MasagoundenchettipalayamVillage Panchayat9,61627.36
41KaregoundenpalayamVillage Panchayat7,53121.39
42SelakkaricalVillage Panchayat6,22021.23
43BogampattiVillage Panchayat2,41518.79
44AppanayakkanpattiVillage Panchayat3,99218.74
45PichanurVillage Panchayat6,26118.72
46VellamadaiVillage Panchayat6,87417.19
47valukkuparaiVillage Panchayat4,89116.99
48vellanaipattiVillage Panchayat4,63616.42
49PachapalayamVillage Panchayat2,35915.59
50Vadavalli SulurVillage Panchayat3,85915.52
51MadampattiVillage Panchayat6,77115.44
52KalangalVillage Panchayat5,59015.01
53NayakkanpalayamVillage Panchayat3,00814.89
55SikkarampalayamCensus Town1024214.52
56KallapalayamVillage Panchayat3,06614.41
57SemmandampalayamVillage Panchayat5,97013.93
58DevarayapuramVillage Panchayat6,41713.92
59PeedampalliVillage Panchayat3,89613.60
60TheethipalayamCensus Town8,62913.39
61KuppepalayamVillage Panchayat2,78413.21
62ArasampalayamVillage Panchayat3,81812.60
63PanapattiVillage Panchayat2,63512.08
64KadampadiCensus Town8,14712.02
6522 NanjundapuramCencus Town9,35512.01
66IdayarpalayamVillage Panchayat2,25111.91
67SeerapalayamVillage Panchayat5,88111.88
68MyleripalayamVillage Panchayat4,99011.13
69ArisipalayamVillage Panchayat2,40010.85
70KattampattiVillage Panchayat5,85910.80
71VadaputhurVillage Panchayat5,17610.60
72KittampalayamVillage Panchayat4,36210.41
73AgraharasamakulamVillage Panchayat4,14410.28
74PappampattiVillage Panchayat4,14310.25
75Chinna ThadagamCensus Town8,40710.20
76NaranapuramVillage Panchayat2,1119.16
77KondayampalayamVillage Panchayat6,6369.06
78KunnathurVillage Panchayat4,2819.01
79SolavampalayamVillage Panchayat6,3878.70
80ThennamanallurVillage Panchayat5,0988.54
81KariampalayamVillage Panchayat4,4988.2
82KallipalayamVillage Panchayat2,8217.56
8324 VeerapandiVillage Panchayat7,52835.78
84PannimadaiCensus Town137857.48
85PachapalayamVillage Panchayat2,9337.32
86KaravellimadapurVillage Panchayat5,6266.79
87RasipalayamVillage Panchayat4,4075.58
88NachipalayamVillage Panchayat3,0085.18
89PottayandiporambuVillage Panchayat1,5305.03
90MylampattiVillage Panchayat2,8234.81
91KarunsamikaudampalayamVillage Panchayat3434.14
92PalathuraiVillage Panchayat2,7273.44
93KuthiraiyalampalayamVillage Panchayat1,4482.64
94ThamakavundampalayamVillage Panchayat4822.64
95CoimbatoreM.Corp.1,584,719257.04
Total--24,57,4521531.57