page_title: Malappuram metropolitan area
section_title: Proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation
hierarchical_section_title: Malappuram metropolitan area / Proposed Malappuram Municipal Corporation
caption_attribution_description: English: Greater Malappuram City Map depicts future Municipal Corporation expansion as well as Areas that comes under Malappuram City Tag.
context_page_description: The Malappuram metropolitan area or Malappuram urban agglomeration is a Metropolitan area centred around the city of Malappuram, in Malappuram district, Kerala, India. It is the 25th 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 million-plus urban agglomeration in Kerala which hasn't any municipal corporation within its limit. 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 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%.
context_section_description: Malappuram is the only million-plus urban agglomeration (metropolitan area) 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:
  Malappuram Municipality
  Manjeri Municipality
  Kottakkal Municipality
  Anakkayam Outgrowth
  Koottilangadi, a suburb village of Malappuram
  Pookkottur, a suburb village of Malappuram
  Kodur, a suburb village of Malappuram
  Ponmala, a suburb village of Malappuram
  Othukkungal, an outgrowth of Malappuram
  Makkaraparamba
caption: Malappuram City Map showing proposed corporation limit
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