>>> Tags: none TN Top 10 Cities as per provisional population in the 2011 census Updated figures with provisional 2011 Census tables. Notes and highlights Ranking is based on Urban Agglomeration (UA) population Chennai has managed to retain the 4th place at all India level by a very thin margin of less than 2 lakhs over Bangalore. Tiruppur continues to grow in a frenetic pace and now occupies 5th spot and close to the million mark. Coimbatore has had a robust growth (almost 50%) and soon we can see a Kovai - Tiruppur metropolitan area. Trichy managed to cross the million mark and retain fourth place. Salem missed both the magic million figure and 5th place. Erode has climbed above Tirunelveli with a little bit of reconfiguration of UA from 2001 census (Bhavani areas has been added to Erode UA while the Namakkal district places of Erode UA in 2001 census have been listed under Komarapalayam UA. For practical purposes, Erode and Komarapalayam should be considered as single UA or as twin cities. Rankings however dont change. Vellore too to an extent suffers like Erode as Ranipet UA has been counted as a separate UA. However, there is still a lack of contiguity between the two cities which may be bridged by next census. Rank City 1 Chennai 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Coimbatore Madurai Trichy Tiruppur Salem Erode Tirunelveli Vellore Thoothukudi Population City 46,81,087 10,61,447 10,16,885 8,46,915 4,44,543 8,31,038 1,56,953 4,74,838 1,85,895 2,37,374 Population - Metro 86,96,010 21,51,466 14,62,420 10,21,717 9,62,982 9,19,150 5,21,776 4,98,984 4,81,966 4,10,760

The next 5 are (11) Dindigul - 2,92,132 (12) Thanjavur - 2,90,724(13) Ranipet 2,62,346(14) Sivakasi - 2,34,688 and (15) Karur - 2,33,763 2001 Results for comparison Rank City 1 Chennai 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Coimbatore Madurai Trichy Salem Tiruppur Tirunelveli Erode Vellore Thoothukudi Population City 43,43,645 9,30,882 9,28,869 7,52,066 6,96,760 3,44,543 4,11,831 1,50,541 1,77,230 2,16,054 Population - Metro 65,60,242 14,61,139 12,03,095 8,66,354 7,51,438 5,50,826 4,33,352 3,89,906 3,86,746 2,43,415

The next 5 are (11) Thanjavur - 2,15,525 (12) Nagercoil - 2,08,149 (13) Dindigul - 1,96,619 (14) Kanchipuram - 1,88,349 and (15) Kumbakonam - 1,60,027

Municipal corporations of Tamil Nadu ( . There are 10 municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu

[edit] List of municipal corporationsRan k 1 2 3 4 5 City Chennai Coimbatore Madurai Tiruchirapp alli Salem

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Erode Tirupur Tirunelveli Vellore Thoothukud i

HEADQUARTER of TamilNadu. It is located in the centre part of TN. Based on the population TRICHY had been pushed to the fourth spot and overshadowed by Madurai and Coimbatore. When TRICHY is compared to Madurai(Big Village), the city TRICHY has the upperhand in all the aspects. And TRICHY has equivalent historical background to Madurai. When compared with Coimbatore(Manchester), TRICHY giving more Industrial output than the Kovai. TRICHY BHEL alone contributing 6000cr. 70% of the needs for Pressure Vessels, Boilers, Windmill Towers used in INDIA has been met by industries located in TRICHY. TRICHY has the TECHNO PARK through which the city is contributing for the IT. The city cost of living is low and where you can find peace to live. TRICHY has more no of International flights and Cargo Services in TN next to Chennai. This is the city where government has introduced AIRBUS and AC Buses for the city service. By Road,Rail,Air TRICHY is well connected and stands high compared to Madurai and Kovai. Here you can find the fine mixed blend of Industry and agriStill Trichy has the hidden potential to grow. Yes, like this i can list u more TRICHY ROCKS!!!!1. Malai Says:June 30th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

Congrates Vijayanfor promoting Salem in each and every corner of net world. But Fact is Salem never ever overtake trichy for atleast another century. Wait till 2011 censes data releases2. Malai Says:July 1st, 2009 at 5:55 pm

Look out the below link

http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html Trichy is 458th largest Agglomerations of the World . Salem nowhere near trichy..This status as on 30th December 2oo83. IMMAN Says:July 7th, 2009 at 11:34 am

In all the aspects TRICHY stands higher than all of the Tamilnadu Tier-II cities. If you compare Salem with TRICHY by means of Multiplex screens, you should have one thing on mind - Trichy is the first city in Tamilnadu to have a five theater complex(MARIS Complex). When compared with the Industrial output, Trichy is giving even higher than Coimbatore(10000Cr). BHEL alone contributes 6000Cr. Salem could never be compared with TRICHY at any cost. TRICHY is the only city having International Airport as well Cargo Services next to Chennai. Passport Office,Planetorium,Arivalayam(DMK) are some to mention which are located in Trichy excluding Chennai.Trichy has more no of Central Government Firms like OFT,HAPP,High Energy Batteries,SR GoldenRock WorkShop viz Trichy has major Private employers like Ceethar,Rane,Irizar TVS,Anand Engg,Cauvery Engg,etc., The 70% of the boilers used in Thermal powerplants are manufactured by BHEL TRICHY and 80% of Windmill Towers are being produced from the industries in Trichy.Trichy is the mixed blend of city and agri where people can live peacefully. By the population,Industrial output,no of educational institutes TRICHY stands higher than Salem. Even if you compare the city area, TRICHY is bigger than Salem. Now only Salem have got a Railway Div. But TRICHY had got it lots of years back. TNSTC-TRICHY is having more no of fleets on different routes in suburban and city areas which shows its vast city area. Buses like Low Floor Deluxe Buses(For ordinary Fare), A/C coaches, Vestibule Buses marches the Rock City and even introduced first next to Chennai. The details provided above is just what existing in the ROCKFORT CITY.In near future The Rock City will be the Commercial center of Tamilnadu. The TRICHY City is ranked at No.4 after Chennai,Coimbatore,Madurai.is just based on the population and hence overshadowed. Still the city has the potential to grow in all the areasIs it unawareness of the people who are having the thought to compare Salem with Trichy?4. Arul Says:July 11th, 2009 at 9:50 pm

Both Trichy and Salem are growing well in its own field. Like Trichy, Salem is not an important historical place of past history nor a place of tourism. It is true that Salem is lagging behind Trichy in educational institution and it is because of government. And Trichy is well connected with air internationally, whereas Salem is trying hard to resume the domestic operations. Southern railways gives much importance to Trichy because of the history behind the South Indian Railway company. Salem was shown step mother treatment, and just it is seeing few developments for past 1year whereas Trichy is seeing it for past 60-70years. But in industrialization, Salem took little one step forward than Trichy in many fields such as power plants, aluminum plants, chemical plants, magnetite plants, steel plants, sago industry, textile industry because of the resource available in

Salem. Apart from this, Salem was one of the important logistics hub in the state because of the location. City bus connection is far excellent in Tirchy when compared to any other city in TN, Salem was much lagging behind in this due to poor planning from TNSTC-Salem. And the vestibule buses, low floor buses are not running much in Salem. When coming to population, few claim that Salem may overtake Trichy is based on the % growth from 1991 to 2001. Salem had steep raise in population from 1991 to 2001 but Trichy had moderate one. And one more info. let me add, few statistics shows that Salem stands 3rd next to Chennai, Coimbatore economically forward in many of economic indicators like GDP, Vehicle ownership, purchasing power etc., So running the city buses, international flights are not only the indicators for a citys growth. Lot other data evaluate a citys growth.5. Immanuel Says:July 13th, 2009 at 11:43 am

@ARUL What other data evaluates a citys growth.????? Claims are not enough to take a firm decision!!! There is no way to take the Industrial lead of Trichy to Salem.That is confirmed through various resources. The Industrial output of TRICHY is much much more than the Salem . Trichy city was already populated.Hence now a days you can find the population growth in the outskirts of the city areas which are going to be added sooner to the corporation limit. The TRICHY - ROCK CITY expands. When you take the economic indicators like Vehicle ownership, purchasing power Valparai stands higher than Salem.Does it mean Valparai is bigger than Salem????? When you have more population in the city, you require the city buses on different routes to commute.Trichy has it. When a city economically grows, the transportation requirements goes up.Thus how ROCK CITY is well connected by road, rail and air This is where TRICHY stands Almost certainly, it is good to have comparisons b/w cities on various data.TRICHY Welcomes.. To say more, Still the ROCK CITY has more potential than Salem to grow in all the fields6. ari Says:July 27th, 2009 at 11:42 pm

Tirunelveli was made Corporation on 1st June 1994 along with Salem Not 2001 boss http://tirunelvelicorp.tn.gov.in/7. chennaispot Says:July 28th, 2009 at 7:36 am

Hi Ari, Please see http://tirunelvelicorp.tn.gov.in/ab-muni.htm. It is 2001 SLN8. ashraf Says:August 21st, 2009 at 2:48 pm

vellore is a fort city of tamilnadu, it has more features like golden temple , fort, university etc.. after 10 years it will go up it cant beat any city it is the no 1 best city9. ashraf Says:August 21st, 2009 at 2:54 pm

vellore is a big city in tamilnadu it has over 9 taluks population also increasing day by day10. Francis Says:August 21st, 2009 at 4:23 pm

who told british people to make trichy railway as head quarters during their rule? who told to build st.lourds church at st.josephs college campus? Many things can be listed like this. The reason behind this is, trichy being geographically central location, which requires badly for any administration or management and this is confirmed by some statistics which had been taken for the growth of the business in recent times. So it is very clear that nobody, even politician can prohibit the growth of trichy. When we view the recent developments, it seems that trichy will grow enormously. but still i wish all cities and villages and all tamil speaking people in tamil nadu and around the world to grow. thanks Francis Saudi Arabia11. Arul Says:September 6th, 2009 at 10:21 am

@Immanuel Here is the proof for Salem leads Trichy in Manufacturing. http://i26.tinypic.com/343m5pz.jpg In the above link, Chennai & Coimbatore is in blue color contributes more to the states Manufacturing sector. And next comes Salem, Thiruvallur and Virudhunagar districts

which are in rose colour and rest of other districts are in red colour. And this is manufacturing centers in India. http://i29.tinypic.com/2lw40mg.jpg Coimbatore, Chennai, Salem, Erode, Karur, Namakkal, Virudhunagar & Tuticorin districts are shown as the manufacturing centres in TN state. Having BHEL and power plant based machinery manufacturers alone does not make a city to be full fledged manufacturing centres. The other districts have very wide variety of field in manufacturing. So they take lead over Trichy districts. If you have more data to shows Trichys manufacturing output is more than Salem, then please come up with statistics and info. proof, I will stand corrected.12. Immanuel Says:September 7th, 2009 at 11:09 am

Dear Arul, The link youve given doesnt bear out evidently that the Salem leads Trichy.The maps are shaded with some specific colours to show the GDP Manufacturing Centres. U mentioned the districts like Salem, Namakkal,Karur,Virudhunagar,Tuticorin are in the rose cloured regionTrichy is too in the rose colour region along with Salem Isnt??? Then why you have left Trichy to mention there??? And Trichy is not only having the BHELTrichy is a major engineering hub and energy equipment and fabrication center of India A number of small scale industries have also sprung up in Trichy, mostly around Thuvakudi and Mathur. RockCity has two defense factories, SR Workshop(Manufactures and Exports), High Energy Battery Manufacturing Unit and more Leather tanneries are located on the way to Pudukottai. Viralimalai, considered an industrial suburb has the factories like Ceethar, Sanmar, Rane, etc.,. Trichy has numerous rice mills supplying polished rice all over Tamil Nadu Can you tell the Industrial output of Salem in numbers?13. Vijayan Says:September 26th, 2009 at 9:41 am

@ Immanuel, Salem Steel Plant, India Cements, TANMAG, Burn Standard & Co., Tata Refractories, Dalmia Magnesites, JSW Steel Works, Aaroghya (Hatsun Dairy), Raasi Seeds, Paraqon, Sanmar Chemicals, Mettur Thermal Power Plant, Mettur Hydro Power Plant are some major manufacturing units in and around Salem. Salem also has several silver ancillary units, textile related units (like spinning mills, clustered looms etc) in its periphery. Salem is one of the regions with rich granite base.

The above mentioned industrial units (with the exception to Salem Steel Plant, and possibly JSW Steel) may sound new to you. But the ones you had mentioned in your post sound similar unfamiliarity to me, except BHEL at Trichy. Anyways, since you have decided not to hear and understanding anything other that what you have known so far, the above few statements of mine will definitely be overlooked by you, and will not be taken by you in the right spirit.14. Immanuel Says:September 26th, 2009 at 10:39 am

Mr.Vijayan, U shouldnt tell what i decided and understood.Here the discussion is going on the industry growth and spread of Tamilnadu Cities Your data should speakDont try to debate by abusing anyones comment No of persons reading and commenting on this site with their viewsThis is not a quarrel between TRICHY and SALEM.Indeed, you have not taken my views and comment in right spirit. Your last two lines of comment shows that you are so biased on Salem.15. Vijayan Says:October 1st, 2009 at 6:17 pm

@Immanuel, The last line in your previous post replying to Arul (Can you tell the Industrial output of Salem in numbers?) shows your lack of knowledge about the industrial strength of Salem. May be you did not get a chance to really study the industrial strength of Salem, as you are in a very small circle. And when I try to point that out, you think that I am biased on Salem. Yes, indeed being a native of Salem, I tend to be biased, but that does not mean that I am talking something without facts and figures. Salem, in no way is lesser than Trichy in terms of industrial output. That is clearly visible if you get a chance to visit the statistics of the Commerical Tax returns by each region in the state in the TN government website. Salem zone generates the third highest commerical tax (taxes collected from all kinds of industries) in the state next only to Chennai and Coimbatore zone. You are making a comment that my data should speak. I did give the list of major industries (just as you did) in and around Salem for your reference. I am not sure if you wanted me to provide you the balance sheet of each companies (just as you didnt) I am refering to. I am not debating, arguing or trying to abuse anyone personally. I am just trying to tell the facts.16. Immanuel Says:October 5th, 2009 at 10:39 am

@Vijayan In this column, i asked about the Industrial Output of SalemIt does not mean iam having lack of knowledge of Industrial strength of Salem. You never going to stop abusing.

Foremost try to understand what is Industrial outputHow many industries located in Salem & how much they paying as commercial tax are not the answers of Industrial Output Question I never tried to hide the potential of SalemWhilst the comments given by you and Arul just says Salem is doing well, never shows Salem leads Trichy And While you and arul (two links given by him to show salem leads bt never done d work)comments, never seen how trichy is doing and u veil it. Probably it could be your lack of knowledge to compare Salem with TrichyIncluding me more persons have replied for u and Arul in the same column for your comments. When you dont understand what is Industrial Output, i will never ask you for the balance sheet of each companies you refering to If u r capable to talk about the balance sheets, i hope the industries in trichy too maintaining their balance sheets and they will speak:) When you talk about the facts just stop with itNever try to hide other cities potential And your facts are not enough to show the Salem leads the ROCKCITY at all17. Vijayan Says:October 20th, 2009 at 10:41 am

Then why dont you give enough facts and figures that tell that Trichy leads Salem in terms of Industrial output? That way we can conclude that Salem lacks behind Trichy. What parameters and scale are you taking into consideration to say that Trichy leads Salem?18. Immanuel Says:October 21st, 2009 at 1:08 pm

Y should I ???? As ive never started this debate on Industrial lead, I do not require to give the stat to show TRICHY leads SalemFACT IS KNOWN BY EVERYONE. When u say, Salem leads Trichy there is no enough facts to strengthen your statements. when Arul said Salem is doing more than TRICHY, i replied him clearly in the same columnU also listed the industries in the Salem RegionOfcourse, in the recent past Salem may have seen the growth.Fine,I agree. By the same time y didnt u look into the growth of TRICHY???!Bt just started to compare.For every comparison i too answered back. U took the population and the Industry bed most seriously in this editorial column Since uve asked me, its my task to make u aware of the FACTS. Population : Still TRICHY is in the forefront. -U can refer any website reg this Industry Lead : Y salem hadnt been given with CII region HQ as just like Trichy got it Trichy region contributes 13% of the states GDPWhre as the region under which

Salem comes contributes just 7% of the states GDP. I could give the Industrial output of TRICHY in numbers bt when uve not given it for Salem it wont make much sense. I can show and list even more than this.If still u doubted on any other parameters, list it. V shall look into it19. Vijayan Says:October 21st, 2009 at 6:46 pm

Thank you so much SIR for the detailed explanation! Let Trichy be the front runner in every aspect! Long live, Trichy!20. vignesh Says:October 22nd, 2009 at 7:49 am

If coimbatore given little importance then it will be in a pole position with competition to other metro citeis in india. tirupur will lead trichy by 2020 t0 take fourth and tuticorin will take a lead position to 7 th in 202521. Immanuel Says:October 22nd, 2009 at 10:30 am

Bless U Mr.VIJAYAN for ur wish LONG LIVE, TRICHY :):(22. V.VIGNESH Says:October 31st, 2009 at 11:12 am

ERODE IS THE SIXTH LARGEST CITY IN TAMIL NADU.BUT TIRUNELVELI IN SEVENTH PLACE .PALIYAPALAYAM AND SPP COLONY HAS BEEN PRPOSED TO INCLUDE IN ERODE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AFTER INCLUDE ERODE IS THE FOURT LARGEST URBAN AGGLORMENT IN TAMILNADU23. Faroz Says:November 27th, 2009 at 3:47 am

My fact is.. At business side both chennai & coimbatore are in same %(they r in very important market point in india so dont compare that cities) after that trichy is leading market when compare to madurai market. 1st trichy , 2nd madurai & Trippur 3rd salem & Erode 4th thudukodi dont see the Pollution for the growth of the city Imman Talks about coimbatore comparision: coimbatore have two airports in that city.. (Peelamedu & Sulur) Peelamedu - international airport

Sulur - airforce runway & passenger Details : Covai - 11,260ft - 847946 (Int.national passenger is less than trichy passenger) 2008-09 Madurai - 6790ft - 301703 Trichy - 8136ft - 435867 Salem - 6325ft top Tax payCity: (after chennai) 1. trippur 2. covai 3. erode 4. salem 5. madurai 6. trichy at the period of M.G.R as chief minister, he decided that TRICHY was the capital city of tamil nadu on 1992 but Unfortunately he passed away on 1987. very bad lucky. but trichy as many advantage for our tamil nadu.. Adv: => Center point of the state. => Large place for railway station & runway => Education => Many Govt project & plant railways : 1. chennai railway dept 2. salem railway dept (Include the coimbatore junction) 3. Madurai railway dept 4. Trichy railway dept Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai junc got A1 certification Trichy , Salem, Erode junc got A certification My lost information abt in this: Salem will lead in business than trichy bcoz, salem is nearby the place of business area of covai,trippur,erode, karur,nammakkal.and the way to chennai Trichy is now lead in education center while compare to coimbatore.. In trichy IIM is on there. is full advantage to trichy..all over tamilnadu the people to prefer their education to trichy after than chennai, covai, madurai. Erode & Trippur are the main support for the coimbatore city.. without trippur, the covai is not made this like of huge busniess center of our state. Education Means Trichy Business means salem in future madurai may be the capital of our tamil nadu

24. AJ Says:December 15th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

There is no point in fighting between cities in TN.Every city has its own values. Excluding Chennai , Western TN got much much more industrial development. Cities like Salem , Erode, Tirupur and Coimbatore are lies in the Industrial valley chain which approximately distance of 50-60 KM . There is no way that cities like Salem or Coimbatore will less than Tiruchi or Madurai .Each stands superior in their own way. There is no need to say anyone that Coimbatore is next to Chennai in all aspects. It is the FACT. Lot of techies & industrialist are from CBE only. There is proposal to form Coimbatore - Salem Industrial Corridor to make this western TN pioneer in economy belt. Salem is emerging as leading city in all rounds of development. Past 2 decades salem is being growing leap and bounds. Salem has SAIL , Dalmia Magnesite , BurnStandard , SYSCOL , MALCO , CHEMPLAST and lot of spinning mills. Tiruchi is very good historical place which attracts more tourist , no doubt in that and also have major industries like BHEL. And also one friend here told that Trichy had more international flights then CBE or SLM . For ex) Pune does not have flights to Dubai whereas Tiruchi got it via AirIndia express.Does it mean that Tiruchy is largest than Pune ????? Airconnectivity is purely based on people needs. And also in cental TN except Tiruchi all other towns are not witnessed much growth . But if you see western TN each city CBE,SLM ,Erode,Tirupur , Namakkal all are part of industrial valley chain and well developed. It is also known fact most of the people will migrate to western TN for their job opportunities. Tirupur alone have largest migrants from other parts of TN especially from south TN. One more friend says that Tiruchi got railways division long back and premier educational institutions longs back..and so on .. . .. ITS NOT ABOUT WHEN IT WAS STARTED, BUT HOW IT IS PERFORMING !!! . Highest revenue yielding railway division is NEWLY formed Salem division in the entire Southern railway :-)25. Arul Says:December 16th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

@Immanuel wrote U mentioned the districts like Salem, Namakkal,Karur,Virudhunagar,Tuticorin are in the rose cloured regionTrichy is too in the rose colour region along with Salem Isnt??? Then why you have left Trichy to mention there??? Can you please see this link again? http://i26.tinypic.com/343m5pz.jpg And can you please read the legend, the colour shows the different range of GDP from manufacturing. In that Trichy district falls under red and Salem district falls under rose. Rose - 6385crores - 3192crores

Red less than 3192 crores. The output is measured in terms of money here. As per the legend in that map, Salems manufacturing output is between 6385crores-3192crores and for Trichy is