Chengalpattu District is one of the 38 districts of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

, in

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. The district headquarters is located at

Chengalpattu Chengalpattu, previously known as Chingleput, is a city and the headquarters of Chengalpattu district of the state Tamil Nadu, India. The town is located near to the industrial and IT hub. It is the headquarters of the district and is away fro ...

. Chengalpattu district came into existence on 29 November 2019 when it was carved out of

Kanchipuram district Kancheepuram district is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The area comprising the present day Kancheepuram district was earlier a part of Chingleput district. The original Chingleput district was split in 1997 into ...

after the announcement about the bifurcation of districts on 18 July 2019.

Demographics

Tamil language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of P ...

is the primary language spoken in the district.

Politics

Administration

Chengalpattu District has 3 Revenue Divisions * Tambaram Revenue Division:

Pallavaram taluk Pallavaram taluk is a taluk in Greater Chennai City formed from the bifurcation of Alandur taluk in 2015. It also included some areas from Sriperumbudur Taluk. Its headquarters are in the town of Pallavaram near Pallavaram–Thuraipakkam Radi ...

Tambaram taluk Tambaram taluk is a taluk of Chengalpattu district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Tambaram Tambaram is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. Located in the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu ...

and Vandalur taluk. * Chengalpattu Revenue Division:

Chengalpattu taluk Chengalpattu taluk is a taluk of Chengalpattu district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Chengalpattu. Demographics According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Chengalpattu had a population of 571,254 ...

, Thiruporur taluk and Tirukalukundram taluk. * Madurantakam Revenue Division: Madurantakam taluk and Cheyyur taluk. Pallavaram, Tambaram and parts of Vandalur taluks lie in the

Chennai Metropolitan Area The Greater Chennai Metropolitan Area, or simply the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA), is the third-most populous metropolitan area in India, the 22nd-most in Asia, and the 40th-most in the world. The CMA consists of the core city of Chennai, wh ...

District Panchayat

Chengalpattu district has 16 district panchayat wards details of which are in

Municipal Corporation

Chengalpattu district has 1 Municipal Corporation

Tambaram Municipal Corporation Tambaram City Municipal Corporation is the civic body administering Tambaram, a southern suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It covers an area of 87.64 sq. km and has an estimated 2021 population of 960,887. It is one of the thre ...

(Municipal Corporation for southern suburbs in

Greater Chennai The Greater Chennai Metropolitan Area, or simply the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA), is the third-most populous metropolitan area in India, the 22nd-most in Asia, and the 40th-most in the world. The CMA consists of the core city of Chennai, wh ...

Municipalities

Chengalpattu District has 4 Municipalities *

Madurantakam Madurantakam () is the southernmost suburb of Chennai city and a municipality in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is known for the artificial and second largest lake in Tamil Nadu, the Maduranthakam lake. It is ...

* Nandivaram-Guduvancheri *

Maraimalai Nagar Maraimalai Nagar is a satellite town of Chennai, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a municipality town in Chengalpattu district. It lies in the southern part of the Chennai metropolitan area around 50 km from downtown Chennai ...

Cantonment Boards

Chengalpattu District has only 1 Cantonment Board * St.Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram Cantonment Board

Town Panchayats

Chengalpattu District has 6 Town Panchayats details of which are in * Acharapakkam * Edaikazhinadu *

Karunguzhi Karunguzhi is a town in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. History the town of Karunguzhi, with an interruption between 1825 and 1835, was the first capital and administrative headquarters were transferred to Kanchipuram. ...

Mamallapuram Mamallapuram, also known as Mahabalipuram, is a town in Chengalpattu district in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, best known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 7th- and 8th-century Hindu Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram. It is ...

* Thiruporur * Tirukalukundram

Panchayat Unions

Chengalpattu District has 8 Panchayat Unions * Kattangulathur *

St. Thomas Mount Parangimalai (known in English as St. Thomas Mount) is a small hillock in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, near the neighbourhood of Guindy and very close to Chennai International Airport. The ancient Syrian Christian community of India trace t ...

* Thirupporur * Tirukalukundram * Lathur * Chithamur *

* Acharapakkam

Village Panchayats

Chengalpattu District has 359 Rural Village Panchayats.

Mudichur Mudichur is a Residential Locality in Chennai Metropolitan Area in Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest c ...

Vandalur Vandalur is a census town and residential locality in southern part of the metropolitan city of Chennai, India. It is a neighbourhood in the southwestern part of Chennai. Vandalur serves as the southern gateway to Chennai city. It has the Ari ...

Urapakkam Chengalpattu District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, in India. The district headquarters is located at Chengalpattu. Chengalpattu district came into existence on 29 November 2019 when it was carved out of Kanchipuram district after ...

Pozhichalur Pozhichalur (also commonly spelled as Polichalur) is a census town in Chennai metropolitan city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a suburb of Chennai and is located close to the Chennai Airport at Tirusulam on its south west side. It li ...

, Tirusulam, Cowl Bazaar,

Medavakkam Medavakkam is a southern suburb of Chennai in Tambaram taluk of Chengalpattu district, which is adjacent to the neighbourhood of Sholinganallur, Madipakkam, Selaiyur, Keelkattalai, Velachery and Tambaram and it is center place to the developi ...

, Nanmangalam, Kovilambakkam, Agaramthen, Mappedu,

Sithalapakkam Sithalapakkam is a residential locality of south Chennai, India. It is about 3 km away from Medavakkam. Sithalapakkam is surrounded by two lakes and a hill. Some portion of this hill is cutout for sand and stone. Wild birds can be seen at ...

, Kovilanchery, Ponmar, Mambakkam, Thalambur,

Siruseri Siruseri is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. It is a village under Thiruporur panchayat union in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, and is 35 km from Chennai, along the Old Mahabalipuram Road. It is located between Navalur and Kelam ...

, Muttukadu, Singaperumal Koil, Paranur, Kodur, Koovathur, Nedumaram, Seekinankuppam, Veerabogam, Manamai, Padur, Kolatthur, Manampathy, Mullipakkam, Karumpakkam and Cheyyur.

Assembly constituencies

Chengalpattu District has 6 State Assembly Constituencies: *

Tambaram Tambaram is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. Located in the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, it is governed by Tambaram City Municipal Corporation and is a part of the Chennai Metropolitan Area. Etymology Tambaram is an ancient to ...

* Pallavaram *

Maduranthakam Madurantakam () is the southernmost suburb of Chennai city and a municipality in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is known for the artificial and second largest lake in Tamil Nadu, the Maduranthakam lake. It is ...

* Cheyyur * Thiruporur Two State Assembly constituencies are partially from Chennai: *

Alandur Alandur is a zone of Chennai corporation, and an urban node in Chennai district in Guindy division in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is Surrounded by Guindy in the North and East, Adambakkam in the South, Pazhavanthangal in the South-We ...

- few villages like Moovarasampattu and Cowl Bazaar only *

Sholinganallur Sholinganallur, also spelled Solinganalloor or Sozhinganalloor, is a locality in the southern part of Chennai, India. Etymology The etymology given by Tamil scholars is "chola" + "angam" + "nallur" , which indicates that Sholinganallur was on ...

- few villages like Kovilambakkam
Nanmangalam
and

only.

References

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