Gummidipoondi 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 ...
of
Tiruvallur district 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 ...
of
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 largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of
Gummidipoondi
Gummidipoondi is an industrial town in Chennai Metropolitan Region of Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Notably, it is the northernmost assembly constituency and settlement in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Demographics
Ind ...
.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Gummidipoondi had a population of 190,548 with 95,833 males and 94,715 females. There were 988 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 64.49%. The child population in the age group below 6 years consisted of 10,232 males and 9,986 females.
References
Taluks of Tiruvallur district
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