Malappuram metropolitan area


The Malappuram Metropolitan Area or Malappuram Urban Agglomeration is an urban agglomeration centred around the city of Malappuram, Kerala, India. It is the 32nd largest urban agglomeration in India and the 4th largest in Kerala.
It consists of Malappuram municipality, its adjoining municipalities, and census towns. It has a population of 1.7 million as per the 2011 Census of India. It is the only city in Kerala with a million-plus urban agglomeration that is yet to be upgraded to a Municipal Corporation. It is the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the world with a 44.1% urban growth between 2015 and 2020 as per the survey conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) based on urban area growth during January 2020. As of 2011, Malappuram metropolitan area has a literacy rate of 94.14%, which is higher than the national urban average of 85%.

Constituents of the urban agglomeration

According to the 2011 census, the Malappuram metropolitan area comprises the following constituents:
Census town: A census town is a village that meets certain urban criteria: it has a population of at least 5,000, a population density of 400 persons per sq. km or more, and at least 75% of its male working population is engaged in non-agricultural activities. Unlike statutory towns, census towns are administered by gram panchayats rather than municipalities.
No.LocationTypePopulation
1MalappuramMunicipality101,387
2ManjeriMunicipality97,104
3PonnaniMunicipality90,491
4KondottyMunicipality59,256
5TirurangadiMunicipality56,632
6TirurMunicipality56,058
7KottakkalMunicipality44,382
8ValancheryMunicipality40,318
9ThennalaCensus town56,546
10MoonniyurCensus town55,535
11VengaraCensus town48,600
12TanalurCensus town47,976
13Pallikkal BazarCensus town46,962
14KodurCensus town45,459
15Abdu Rahiman NagarCensus town41,993
16KannamangalamCensus town41,260
17TriprangodeCensus town41,167
18NannambraCensus town40,543
19OthukkungalCensus town39,139
20VazhayurCensus town36,909
21ParappurCensus town36,270
22KoottilangadiCensus town36,602
23NeduvaCensus town35,996
24ThalakkadCensus town35,820
25MarancheryCensus town35,011
26PeruvallurCensus town34,941
27ChelembraCensus town34,149
28AlamkodCensus town33,918
29EdappalCensus town32,550
30ThenhipalamCensus town32,045
31CheriyamundamCensus town31,212
32IrimbiliyamCensus town30,635
33CherukavuCensus town30,126
34OorakamCensus town29,157
35PerumannaCensus town27,278
36KaladyCensus town25,872
37PonmundamCensus town25,855
38KuttippuramCensus town25,750
39TirunavayaCensus town24,790
40AriyallurCensus town22,558
41NaduvattomCensus town21,273

Proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation

Malappuram is the only million-plus urban agglomeration of Kerala which has no municipal corporation within its limit. However, there is a demand to upgrade the Malappuram Municipality into a Municipal Corporation by incorporating the local bodies in Greater Malappuram region.
The proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation comprises:

Proposed Metro rail

Malappuram Metro is a proposed rapid transit system for Malappuram metropolitan area, In 2025, The Malappuram District Body has also examined the feasibility of implementing a metro rail project for the Malappuram metropolitan area and its suburbs. Tirur Constituency Legislator Kurukkoli Moideen has submitted an initial report on a detailed feasibility study on the feasibility of implementing the project and presented a motion in the Kerala Assembly for this purpose