Urban agglomerations in Tamil Nadu

An urban agglomeration is defined as "a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths, or two or more physically contiguous towns together with or without outgrowths of such towns". An urban agglomeration must consist of at least a statutory town and its total population (i.e. all the constituents put together) should not be less than 20,000.

Cities in bold are administered as Municipal corporations.

Ten largest urban agglomerations in Tamil Nadu
Urban agglomerations in Tamil Nadu[1]
Rank City District Population

(2011)

1 Chennai Chennai 8,696,010
2 Coimbatore Coimbatore 2,151,466
3 Madurai Madurai 1,462,420
4 Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli 1,021,717
5 Tiruppur Tiruppur 962,982
6 Salem Salem 919,950
7 Erode Erode 521,776
8 Tirunelveli Tirunelveli 498,924
9 Vellore Vellore 481,966
10 Thoothukudi Thoothukudi 410,760
11 Dindigul Dindigul 292,132
12 Thanjavur Thanjavur 290,724
13 Ranipet Ranipet 262,346
14 Sivakasi Virudhunagar 234,688
15 Karur Karur 233,763
16 Udhagamandalam Nilgiris 233,374
17 Hosur Krishnagiri 229,507
18 Nagercoil Kanyakumari 224,849
19 Kancheepuram Kancheepuram 221,749
20 Komarapalayam Namakkal 194,992
21 Karaikudi Sivaganga 181,347
22 Neyveli Cuddalore 178,925
23 Cuddalore Cuddalore 173,361
24 Kumbakonam Thanjavur 167,098
25 Tiruvannamalai Tiruvannamalai 144,683
26 Pollachi Coimbatore 135,235
27 Rajapalayam Virudhunagar 130,119
28 Gudiyatham Vellore 124,274
29 Pudukottai Pudukottai 117,215
30 Vaniyambadi Tirupattur 116,712
31 Ambur Tirupattur 113,856
32 Nagapattinam Nagapattinam 102,838

See also

References

  1. ^ Urban Agglomerations and Cities having population 1 lakh and above (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 (Report). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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