Chengalpattu District is one of the 38
districts
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of
Tamil Nadu
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, in
India
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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
Kancheepuram district is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The area comprising the present day Kancheepuram district was earlier a part of Chingleput district. The original Chingleput district was split in 1997 into ...
after the announcement about the bifurcation of districts on 18 July 2019.
Demographics
Tamil language
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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
Tambaram is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. Located in the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu ...
and
Vandalur taluk.
* 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 and
Cheyyur taluk.
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
Tambaram City Municipal Corporation is the civic body administering Tambaram, a southern suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It covers an area of 87.64 sq. km and has an estimated 2021 population of 960,887.
It is one of the thre ...
(Municipal Corporation for southern suburbs in
Greater Chennai
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 ...
).
Municipalities
Chengalpattu District has 4 Municipalities
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
Maraimalai Nagar is a satellite town of Chennai, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a municipality town in Chengalpattu district. It lies in the southern part of the Chennai metropolitan area around 50 km from downtown Chennai ...
Cantonment Boards
Chengalpattu District has only 1 Cantonment Board
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St.Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram Cantonment Board
Town Panchayats
Chengalpattu District has 6 Town Panchayats details of which are in
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Acharapakkam
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Edaikazhinadu
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Karunguzhi
Karunguzhi is a town in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
History
the town of Karunguzhi, with an interruption between 1825 and 1835, was the first capital and administrative headquarters were transferred to Kanchipuram. ...
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Mamallapuram
Mamallapuram, also known as Mahabalipuram, is a town in Chengalpattu district in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, best known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 7th- and 8th-century Hindu Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram. It is o ...
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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
Panchayat Unions
Chengalpattu District has 8 Panchayat Unions
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Kattangulathur
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St. Thomas Mount
Parangimalai (known in English as St. Thomas Mount) is a small hillock in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, near the neighbourhood of Guindy and very close to Chennai International Airport.
The ancient Syrian Christian community of India trace t ...
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Thirupporur
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Tirukalukundram
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Lathur
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Chithamur
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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 ...
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Acharapakkam
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 state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest c ...
,
Vandalur
Vandalur is a census town and residential locality in southern part of the metropolitan city of Chennai, India. It is a neighbourhood in the southwestern part of Chennai. Vandalur serves as the southern gateway to Chennai city. It has the Arig ...
,
Urapakkam
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 ...
,
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,
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
Medavakkam is a southern suburb of Chennai in Tambaram taluk of Chengalpattu district, which is adjacent to the neighbourhood of Sholinganallur, Madipakkam, Selaiyur, Keelkattalai, Velachery and Tambaram and it is center place to the developi ...
,
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,
Siruseri
Siruseri is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. It is a village under Thiruporur panchayat union in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, and is 35 km from Chennai, along the Old Mahabalipuram Road. It is located between Navalur and Kelam ...
,
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:
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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 ...
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Tambaram
Tambaram is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. Located in the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, it is governed by Tambaram City Municipal Corporation and is a part of the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
Etymology
Tambaram is an ancient town ...
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Pallavaram
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
Two State Assembly constituencies are partially from Chennai:
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Alandur
Alandur is a zone of Chennai corporation, and an urban node in Chennai district in Guindy division in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is Surrounded by Guindy in the North and East, Adambakkam in the South, Pazhavanthangal in the South-We ...
- few villages like
Moovarasampattu and
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 ...
only
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Sholinganallur
Sholinganallur, also spelled Solinganalloor or Sozhinganalloor, is a locality in the southern part of Chennai, India.
Etymology
The etymology given by Tamil scholars is "chola" + "angam" + "nallur" , which indicates that Sholinganallur was on ...
- few villages like
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 ...
Nanmangalamand
Medavakkam
Medavakkam is a southern suburb of Chennai in Tambaram taluk of Chengalpattu district, which is adjacent to the neighbourhood of Sholinganallur, Madipakkam, Selaiyur, Keelkattalai, Velachery and Tambaram and it is center place to the developi ...
only.
See also
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List of districts of Tamil Nadu
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Organizations
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References
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