St.Thomas Mount-cum-Pallavaram is a

cantonment A cantonment (, , or ) is a military quarters. In Bangladesh, India and other parts of South Asia, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the British India, colonial-era). In military of the United States, United Stat ...

located in the

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in the Indian

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. Located in

Chengalpattu district 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 ...

, it includes some prominent places like the St.Thomas Mount itself, which is a sacred place of Christians where St. Thomas was believed to be martyred, the

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and the

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and part of

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 ...

which includes Army Camp, Cantonment Park and some other localities. It lies in

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 ...

of Chengalpattu District.

Demographics

India

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, St.Thomas Mount-cum-Pallavaram had a population of 42,459. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. St. Thomas Mount-cum-Pallavaram has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 75%. In St.Thomas Mount-cum-Pallavaram, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Enclaves of Cantonment Board

# St. Thomas Mount Cantonment Board Enclave # Meenambakkam Cantonment Board Enclave (

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) # Pallavaram Cantonment Board Enclave

References

{{Reflist Cantonment Board of St. Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram http://www.cbstm.org.in/ Cities and towns in Chengalpattu district