Local businesses in Madurai
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- IT and company offices: 3
- PiBi Technologies; Dot Com Infoway Limited; Sri Murugan Soap Works
- Government offices: 9
- District Registrar Office, MADURAI; Deputy Station Manager (Commercial); On Duty Station Master; Tamil Nadu Electricity Board - Arasaradi; Madurai Corporation; Employee's Provident Fund Organisation
- Colleges and universities: 11
- MSS Wakf Board College; The American College; Madura College; Madurai Medical College; Madurai Kamaraj University College; Fathima college for women; Shri Meenakshi Government College for Women; Tamil Nadu Polytechnic College; Fatima College; Government Law College - Madurai
- Workshops and craft businesses: 7
- Manappatti Chettinad Catering Services; BIBA; Lakshmi studio photography; Snazzy Snaps; Neeraj Ladies Tailors & Saree Drapist; G Tex Tailors; IT Digital sales and service
- Finance, insurance and legal offices: 6
- LIC of India, Branch Office 3; National Insurance; Maxlife Insurance; Kottak Life insurance; Madurai Insurance Xpress - LIC; Bajaj Capital
- Hospitals: 187
- Apollo Speciality Hospitals Madurai; Arun Hospital Madurai; Quality Care Hospital; Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai; The Christian Mission Hospital; Dr.Agarwal's Eye Hospital; Life Care Hospitals; Sp Hospital, Madurai; Annai Hospital; Bagavathy Hospital
- Banks: 49
- SBI Administrative Office; BOI; Kotak Life; DBS Bank India; India Post Payments Bank; Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited; City Union Bank; HDFC; IDFC First Bank; Karur Vysya Bank
Madurai facts
- District
- Madurai district
- Area
- about 147.97 sq km, about 101 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 625001 (Madurai West), 625104 (Madurai Agricultural College), 625002 (Madurai Corporation Building), 625020 (Madurai Courts)
- Places nearby
- Meenakshi Temple (historic Hindu temple, 1 km), Albert Victor Overbridge (bridge, 1 km), Goripalayam Mosque (mosque, 1 km), Koodal Azhagar Temple (perumal temple, 1 km)
- Local economy
- Madurai was traditionally an agrarian society with paddy as the main crop, and cotton was introduced on the black soils of the district during Nayaka rule in the 16th century.
- Education
- Madurai has long been a centre of learning for Tamil literature, art, music and dance, and the Tamil Sangam is said to have met here.
- History
- Madurai is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities of Tamil Nadu, dating to the 3rd century BCE, and the Sangam-era site of Keeladi lies about 12 km south-east of the city.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.