Poonamallee 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 ...
in
Chennai City
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city
A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, Department (country subdivision), departmen ...
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
Poonamallee
Poonamallee is suburb of Chennai, India under the Chennai Metropolitan Area. It was historically called ''Pushpagirimangalam'', later renamed in Tamil as ''Poovirundhavalli'' (), and now colloquially called as ''Poondhamalli''. It is a town in ...
.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Poonamallee had a population of 652,904 with 330,000 males and 322,904 females. There were 978 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 78.89. Child population in the age group below 6 was 33,158 Males and 31,973 Females.
References
Taluks of Tiruvallur district
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