Maaththoor ( ta, மாத்தூர்) formerly known as Mathur is a residential area located north of

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, a metropolitan city in

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. Maaththoor is administered by the

Greater Chennai Corporation The Greater Chennai Corporation, formerly known as the Corporation of Madras (1688-1996) and Corporation of Chennai (1996-2016), is the civic body that governs the city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Inaugurated on 29 September ...

and belongs to Madhavaram taluk of

district.

Location

Maaththoor is located north of Chennai with Manali in the east and

Madhavaram Milk Colony Madhavaram Milk Colony is a neighbourhood in north of Chennai, a metropolitan city in Chennai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Madhavaram Milk Colony is a small habitat of 5000+ population in the northern part of Chennai. Due to th ...

to the south. Other neighbouring areas include Madhavaram, Kosappur and

Kodungaiyur Kodungaiyur is a residential neighbourhood in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It comes under Perambur Taluk of the Chennai District. Location and surroundings Kodungaiyur covers a vast area bordering Manali to th ...

History

In earlier days Maaththoor is a rural area comprising the villages Periyamaaththoor and Chinnamaaththoor. In the early 1990s the

Tamil Nadu Housing Board Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) ( ta, தமிழ்நாடு வீட்டு வசதி வாரியம்) is a government organisation in Tamil Nadu, India. History Formed in 1947 as a small organisation in the name of "City Impr ...

and the Madras Metropolitan Development Authority planned and developed a township in the village of Periyamaaththoor and named as Maaththoor MMDA. In October 2011, the erstwhile Maaththoor village panchayat is merged with

and it came under the jurisdiction of

. Though Maaththoor is annexed with

in 24 October 2011 it remained as a part of

Madhavaram taluk Madhavaram taluk is a taluk of Chennai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The centre of the taluk is the neighbourhood of Madhavaram. The headquarters of the taluk is Tondiarpet division. And the taluk has been bifurcated from ambattu ...

in Thiruvallur district till 15 August 2018 which was later added into

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, ...

officially with other areas fall under the

limits. On 11 June 2020, the Government of Tamil Nadu renamed Mathur as Maaththoor along with other neighbourhoods and towns of Tamil Nadu as per the pronunciation in Tamil language.

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Maaththoor had a population of 27,674 with 14,081 males and 13,593 females. A total of 2,980 were under the age of six, constituting 1,607 males and 1,373 females.

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accounted for 16.57% and .13% of the population, respectively. The average literacy of the town was 80.41%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of 6886 households. There were a total of 10,160 workers, comprising 64 cultivators, 97 main agricultural labourers, 79 in house hold industries, 7,871 other workers, 2,049 marginal workers, 24 marginal cultivators, 99 marginal agricultural labourers, 77 marginal workers in household industries and 1,849 other marginal workers. There were a total of 17,514 non workers. As per the religious census of 2011, Maaththoor had 84.40%

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, 6.05%

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

, 8.72%

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ ...

, 0.17% Sikhs, 0.02% Buddhists, 0.09%

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, 0.05% following other religions and 0.39% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.

References

External links

Greater Chennai Corporation official websiteChennai District official websiteCMDA official websiteCDMA map of Maaththoor
{{Chennai district Neighbourhoods in Chennai

Location

History

Demographics

See also

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