Ambattur taluk is a

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Chennai district Chennai district, formerly known as Madras district, is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the smallest and the most densely populated district in the state. The district is coterminous with the city of Chennai, w ...

of the

Indian state India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

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. Its headquarters are the neighbourhood of

Ambattur Ambattur is located in northwestern part of Chennai City, in Ambattur taluk of the Chennai District, surrounded by Avadi, Anna Nagar, Padi, Mogappair, Kallikuppam, Surapet, Korattur, Ayappakkam, and Thiruverkadu. It covers an area of . The n ...

. This taluk was created from a division of

Ponneri taluk ponneri is a taluk of Tiruvallur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Ponneri Ponneri is a town located in Chennai Metropolitan Region, Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tami ...

, Tiruvallur district. On 4 January 2018,

was expanded by annexing Ambattur taluk. The RTO code for Ambattur taluk is TN-13. *The revenue villages in Ambattur taluk are : #

#Athipet #Karukku #Kallikuppam #Pudur #

Korattur Korattur is situated in the western part of Chennai. It is a part of the Ambattur Zone of Chennai Corporation and located along the Chennai-Bangalore/Mumbai railroad about 12 km from the Chennai Central. It is developed with TNHB Layouts si ...

#Menambedu #Anna Nagar West extension #

Mogappair Mogappair (also known as Dr. J. J. Nagar) is a residential neighborhood in north-western Chennai, India. It is located west of the Jawaharlal Nehru Road (Inner Ring Road) and is part of the Ambattur zone (7) of the Greater Chennai Corporation. ...

#Oragadam # Padi #Pattravakkam.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Ambattur had a population of 924,474 out of which 469,137 are males and 455,337 are females. There were 971 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a

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rate of 81.9%. Child population in the age group below 6 years were 45,980 males and 43,831 females.

References

{{Chennai district, state=collapsed Taluks of Chennai district