Chengalpattu District is one of the 38

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

Demographics

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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 Chennai metropolitan area, Greater Chennai City formed from the bifurcation of Alandur taluk in 2015. It also included some areas from Sriperumbudur taluk, Sriperumbudur Taluk. Its headquarters are in the town of Pa ...

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. It comes under the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and it is a suburb of Chennai city. ...

and

Vandalur taluk Vandalur taluk is a taluk in Chengalpattu district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Vandalur Vandalur is a census town and residential locality in southern part of the metropolitan city of Chenn ...

. * 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 Thiruporur taluk is a taluk in Chengalpattu district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Thiruporur. History This taluk was created by the former chief minister J.Jayalalithaa in 2012 bifurcating Che ...

and

Tirukalukundram taluk Tirukalukundram taluk or Thirukalukundram taluk ( ta, திருக்கழுகுன்றம் வட்டம்) is a taluk of Chengalpattu district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The sacred town, Tirukalukundram is the present tal ...

. * Madurantakam Revenue Division:

Madurantakam taluk Madurantakam taluk is a taluk of Chengalpattu district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Madurantakam. Madurantakam taluk is bounded by Chengalpattu taluk in north, Uthiramerur taluk of Kanchipuram di ...

and

Cheyyur taluk Cheyyur taluk is a taluk of Chengalpattu district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Cheyyur. Demographics According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Cheyyur had a population of 1 with 102,128 males ...

. 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 (Municipal Corporation for southern suburbs in

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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 Nandivaram-Guduvancheri is a municipality located in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Demographics India census, Nandivaram-Guduvancheri Guduvancheri is a suburb located in the southern part of Chennai city, Tami ...

* Maraimalai Nagar

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 Acharapakkam is a panchayat town in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is famous for its ancient Shiva temple, namely Aatcheeswara swamy Temple which is one of the Devaram temples. Acharapakkam town is about 96 km ...

Edaikazhinadu Edaikazhinadu is a panchayat town in Chengalpattu district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Edaikazhinadu was situated near villages Vennangupattu, Kadappakkam. Alamparai fort, a 17th century historical fort, is located in this region. Demog ...

Karunguzhi Karunguzhi is a town in Chengalpattu district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. History the town of Karunguzhi, with an interruption between 1825 and 1835, was the first capital and administrative headquarters w ...

* Mamallapuram *

Thiruporur Thiruporur is a panchayat town in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Thiruporur Kandaswamy temple is situated in the center of the town. There is a large temple tank in the vicinity of the temple. Thiruporur is located ...

Tirukalukundram Tirukalukundram also known as Tirukazhukundram is a panchayat town and Taluk head of Tirukalukundram taluk in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is famous for the Vedagiriswarar temple, a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord S ...

Panchayat Unions

Chengalpattu District has 8 Panchayat Unions *

Kattangulathur Kattankulathur is a suburb of Chennai, India, located on the southern side of the city in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu. It comes under the Maraimalai Nagar municipality in the Chengalpattu taluk and suburb of Chennai within Chennai Met ...

* St. Thomas Mount * Thirupporur *

* Lathur * Chithamur *

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 States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth ...

, Vandalur, Urapakkam,

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 Tirusulam is a neighbourhood in Chennai, India. For administrative purposes, it is a census town in Chennai. The Chennai International Airport is located here opposite the Tirusulam Railway station, with the cargo terminal located at the adja ...

Cowl Bazaar Cowl Bazaar is a suburb of Chennai located in the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is a Gram panchayat, village panchayat in St. Thomas Mount, St.Thomas Mount Block located north of Polichalur, Pozhichalur and west of Chennai Inte ...

, Medavakkam, Nanmangalam,

Kovilambakkam Kovilambakkam is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. It is located in Chengalpattu district in the state of Tamil Nadu, about 26 km from Chennai city center and 12 km from Tambaram. The neighbourhood spans the areas of Sunnambu Kolath ...

, 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 Thalambur is a place which is located behind Navalur near Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state i ...

, Siruseri, Muttukadu,

Singaperumal Koil Singaperumal Koil is a census town located between Chengalpattu and Maraimalai Nagar in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A famous temple to Narasimha, the Padalathri Narasimhar Temple is situated in Singaperumal Koil. I ...

Paranur Paranur is a village in India near the busy GST Road or National Highway 45. It has a railway station and few hundred houses, and is 44 km from Chennai International Airport in Tirusulam. Paranur comes under Panchayat union/block of Katta ...

, Kodur, Koovathur, Nedumaram, Seekinankuppam, Veerabogam, Manamai, Padur, Kolatthur, Manampathy, Mullipakkam, Karumpakkam and Cheyyur.

Assembly constituencies

Chengalpattu District has 6 State Assembly Constituencies: *

* Tambaram *

Pallavaram Pallavaram (originally Pallava Puram) is a residential neighborhood of Chennai, India. Pallavaram was a part of Alandur until August 2015 and since then a new taluk with headquarters at Pallavaram was created. The town is known for its canto ...

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 Cheyyur (), is a town in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Cheyyur is surrounded by four sub-areas: North, East, South and West Cheyyur. The town has a Taluk Office (administrative offices) and a regional treasury centre. ...

Two State Assembly constituencies are partially from Chennai: * Alandur - few villages like Moovarasampattu and

only * Sholinganallur - few villages like

Nanmangalam
and Medavakkam only.

References

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